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Famous American Trials (Linder/UMo-Kansas City)

Excerpted trial transcripts, speeches, and points of law from famous trials
Leopold and Loeb, Scopes Monkey, Rosenbergs, Amistad, Bill Haywood, Salem Witchcraft, My Lai Courts Martial, Scottsboro, Dakota Conflict, Mississippi Burning, Chicago Seven, and Johnson Impeachment
Links to other American trials include Aaron Burr, John Brown, Lincoln Assassination, Lizzie Borden, Sacco-Vanetti, Lindbergh, Alger Hiss, Charles Manson, Patty Hearst, John Hinckley, Rodney King, and O.J. Simpson

FBI Freedom of Information Act Archives

Thousands of historic records in Adobe Acrobat format
Includes the Rosenbergs, Lucille Ball, John Lennon, Al Capone, Roswell UFO
Arranged alphabetically by name or by subject category
Categories include: Famous Persons, Historical Interest, Espionage, Violent Crime, Gangster Era, Unusual Phenomena

Federalist Papers

Eighty-five articles written for New Yorkers in 1787 and 1788 urging ratification of the U.S. Constitution
Approval and rejection of constitutional provisions of all three branches of government
Describes theory behind the separation of powers in the constitution
Impeachment covered under the powers of the Senate
Used widely for interpretation of the constitution
Written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison
Text from Project Gutenberg and the Library of Congress

Final Months of the War with Japan: Signals Intelligence, U.S. Invasion Planning and the A-Bomb Decision (CIA)

Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra Matters

Report by Lawrence Walsh on U.S. sales of arms to Iran and military assistance to Nicaraguan rebels despite Congressional prohibition
Summarizes the cases
Investigation of individuals, including President Reagan and Vice President Bush
Concluding observations

Fog of War (Washington Post)

History of the Gulf War written in 1998
Air strikes, damage done, and installations rebuilt in seven years
Declassified documents, including National Security Directive 54 and Distinguished Flying Cross citations

Ford Administration, 1974-77,

Foreign Relations of the United States (State Dept)