NASA images of Mars

If you have spent any time watching the Google Earth maps you have discovered the joys of traveling via satellite. In partnership with NASA Google has just released images in a project called Google Mars. Explore the red planet through a collection of images gathered from the NASA web site. Want to learn more about missions to Mars? Check out the Demystifying Mars story of the exploration of the planet. Or check out the latest mission, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Operation Iraqi Freedom

The Department of Defense is required to submit quarterly reports to Congress on progress in Iraq, you can see these reports online. You can also view updates on the casualty counts at: http://www.defense.gov/news/casualty.pdf. Read about the operation from the White House perspective at Renewal in Iraq.

Sunshine Week

This is Sunshine week, which a week devoted to having a more open government. To read more about it check out: http://www.sunshineweek.org/. Want to learn more? Check out this opinion piece from the Denver Post. To learn more about getting information released by the government, check out our guide to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Want to see information released by the government due to FOIA? Check out our declassified documents page for links to some of the government's FOIA pages.

Human Rights Annual Report

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) just released their annual report for 2005. This 262 page report contains information on all the missions that the OHCHR is involved in, such as the two missions in the Sudan. The African Union currently heads up the mission in Darfur, which you can read more about at: http://www.africa-union.org/DARFUR/homedar.htm. For additional groups involved in human rights activities, check out our subject guide.

Testimony of Guantanamo Bay Detainees Before the Combatant Status Review Tribunal

The Defense Department has released over 5000 pages of transcripts from the testimony of Guantanamo Bay detainees. This testimony contains names and other identifying information on the detainees. Read these transcripts online at: http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/index.html. To read some of the other documents the defense department has released due to litigation see: http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/other_related.html. These materials have all been released due to FOIA (Freedom on Information Act) requests by various groups, for more information on the Freedom of Information Act, check out our subject guide.