INVESTIGATINGIntelligenceThe CIA published its latest batch of documents in October 2025 through its official website. The release covers decades of intelligence operations, though the full scope and most significant revelations require deep analysis of thousands of pages.
“The CIA published its latest batch of declassified documents in October 2025 through its official website. The release covers decades of intelligence operations, though the full scope and most significant revelations require deep analysis of thousands of pages.”
On October 7, 2025, the CIA published its latest batch of declassified documents. As always, the agency framed it as a commitment to transparency. As always, the real question is: what took so long?
The CIA has a well-established pattern: classify everything, fight FOIA requests for decades, then release documents when the information is old enough that the people responsible are dead or retired and the public has moved on. MKUltra documents were destroyed in 1973 and only partially recovered through FOIA in 1977. Operation Mockingbird details trickled out over decades. The family jewels weren't released until 2007.
The CIA's own declassification page confirms the October 2025 release. The documents span multiple decades and cover various intelligence operations. Full analysis requires researchers to comb through thousands of pages — which is by design. Burying significant revelations in massive document dumps ensures that only the most dedicated investigators will find the important material.
Every CIA declassification confirms the same truth: the agency engaged in activities it knew were illegal, unconstitutional, or deeply unethical, and it hid the evidence for as long as possible. The Church Committee uncovered some of this in the 1970s. Fifty years later, we're still finding out what they did.
No one's said anything yet. Be the first to drop your take.
