My article on the December ARC releases for Max Holland’s website Washington Decoded has recently received some commentary that might interest those who are interested in the JFK ARC.
Part of my article criticized author Jeff Morley’s views on the remaining redactions in the ARC. Morley recently responded at his blog, JFK Facts.…
One of the more confusing parts of the December 2021 ARC releases at NARA is the status of the “missing records.” This note looks at which records belong to this set, how they got labeled “missing” and how they were “found”. This is an extremely boring note, feel free to skip it.…
I have not yet posted any notes on the December 15 releases. I may have an article on these elsewhere in the next few weeks, so I will hold off on extended discussion for now. Following is just a quick summary of the records posted on NARA’s website.
Totals of records released per agency (the number in parentheses is the agency prefix):
| # | agency | record count | percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIA (104) | 958 | 64% |
| 2 | FBI (124) | 355 | 24% |
| 3 | HSCA (180) | 106 | 7% |
| 4 | SSCIA (157) | 24 | 2% |
| 5 | Ford Lib (178) | 15 | 1% |
| 6 | ACSI/IRR (194) | 11 | < 1% |
| 7 | OSA (198) | 5 | < 1% |
| 8 | JFK Lib (176) | 5 | < 1% |
| 9 | JCS (202) | 3 | < 1% |
| 10 | DOS (119) | 3 | < 1% |
| 11 | LBJ Lib (177) | 2 | < 1% |
| 12 | NARA/WC (179) | 2 | < 1% |
| 13 | NSC (145) | 1 | < 1% |
| 14 | NARA (181) | 1 | < 1% |
One surprise in the December releases was to see 70 78 records which were not previously released in 2017-2018.…