THEBLACKBOOK AUDIT

Annie Jacobsen

Our investigations stand on Annie's work. This page collects what we drew from it, every page on this site that uses it, and how we graded each claim built on it.

The book

Where their work appears on this site

How we graded the claims built on their work

3 FACT. A grade is our reading of the public record on one claim, not a verdict on the person.

  1. A US agency falsified Nazi scientists' security files so they could enter the country against a presidential order.

    FACT
    Operation Paperclip: Bringing Nazis to the US after WWII →
  2. Operation Paperclip — 1,600 Nazi scientists brought to the United States

    FACT
    The Dulles Blueprint →
  3. Wernher von Braun was an SS officer whose rockets were built with slave labor; his security assessment was softened to bring him to the US.

    FACT
    Operation Paperclip: Bringing Nazis to the US after WWII →