David, James
Fellowship Advisor Inactive National Air and Space Museum staffDavid, James
Fellowship Advisor Inactive National Air and Space Museum staffIntelligence and space programs; immediate post-World War II U.S. communications intelligence organization and policies; Federal records management; classification and declassification of federal records, location and accessibility of agency, White House, and Congressional records.
Background And Education
Education And Training
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- David, James E. 2018. "What Radio Traffic Can We Intercept in Space? Early U.S. Communications Intelligence Payloads." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 25, (4) 5–15. 2018
- David, James E. 2017. "How much detail do we need to see? High and very high resolution photography, GAMBIT, and the Manned Orbiting Laboratory." Intelligence and National Security, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2017.1294372. 2017
- David, James E. 2016. "Corona and the Search for Soviet ICBMs." Geospatial Intelligence Review (a classified National Geo-Spatial Intelligence Agency publication). 2016
- David, James E. 2016. "What Kind of Landsat-D Ground Station Can We Export to China?" Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 23, (2) 18–28. 2016
- David, James E. 2013. "Can We Finally See those Records? An Update on the Automatic/Systematic Declassification Review Program." The American Archivist, 76, (2) 415–437. 2013
- David, James E. 2013. "What's Disrupting Our Satellite Operations? NASA, the Intelligence Community, and RF Interference." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 20, (3) 42–50. 2013
- David, James E. 2010. "What Should CORONA Photograph and How Often?" Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 17, (3) 42–52. 2010
- David, James E. 2009. "The Intelligence Agencies Help Find Whales: Civilian Use of Classified Overhead Photography under Project Argo." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 16, (4) 27–36. 2009
- David, James E. 2009. "What should nations reveal about their spying from space? An examination of the US experience." Space Policy, 25, (2) 117–127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spacepol.2009.02.009. 2009
- David, James E. 2007. "Bourbon operations in China following World War II." Cryptologia, 31, (2) 254–262. https://doi.org/10.1080/01611190701313957. 2007
- David, James E. 2007. "Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Mixed Progress Under the Automatic/Systematic Declassification Review Program." The American Archivist, 70 16–48. 2007
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Book
- David, James E. 2015. Spies and Shuttles, NASA's Secret Relationships with the DoD and CIA. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. 2015
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Review
- David, James E. 2014. [Book review] "Dino Brugioni’s Eyes in the Sky: Eisenhower, the CIA, and Cold War Aerial Espionage." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 21, (4), 63. 2014
- David, James E. 2013. [Book review] "America's Space Sentinels: The History of the DSP and SBIRS Satellite Systems, by Jeffrey T. Richelson." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 20, (2), 64. 2013
- David, James E. 2009. [Book review] "Spying from Space: Constructing America's Satellite Command and Control System." Journal of Cold War Studies, 11, (2), 151–152. https://doi.org/10.1162/jcws.2009.11.2.151. 2009
- David, James E. 2009. [Book review] "The U.S. Intelligence Community (Fifth Edition)." Cryptologia, 33, 99–101. 2009
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Webpage
- David, James E. 2018. Scavenging for Intelligence: The U.S. Government's Secret Search for Foreign Objects during the Cold War. The George Washington University. 2018
- David, James E. 2016. President's Daily Brief Spotlighted Soviet Missile and Space Programs in the 1960s and 1970s. The George Washington University. 2016
Editor Of
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Book
- David, James E., editor. 2015. NASA's Secret Relationships with U.S. Defense and Intelligence Agencies. Washington, DC: The National Security Archive. In National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 509. 2015
