Eulogy for the CIA Factbook: The free standard for world facts, long an educational staple, is gone The Trump administration has shut down the CIA World Factbook, and there's much lamenting about the demise of a free source that many people used to check basic facts about countries.

Does it surprise anyone that the current occupants of the White House don't want people knowing the facts?
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The CIA World Factbook, the Access to Information Crisis, and the U.S. Role in the World On February 4, 2026, the CIA posted on their website “Spotlighting the World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell.” The short story lauded the World Factbook as “[o]ne of CIA’s oldest and most recogn…

My latest post on the @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog looks at what the recent demise of the CIA World Factbook tells us about the access to information crisis & the role of the U.S. in the world #CIAWorldFactbook ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/03/04/t...

Internet Archive Adds Searchable Access to Archived Pages From the #CIA World Factbook www.infodocket.com/2026/02/08/i... #webarchives #govdocs #ciaworldfactbook @archive.org

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Sad to see this key reference work shuttered. #libraries #CIAWorldFactbook

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The deletion of the online CIA World Factbook strengthens the case for physical libraries, where hard-copy information can endure.

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Fact Check: US Is NOT 'The Only Country' With Birthright Citizenship
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