In a recent note, I discussed the huge FBI liaison file with the Church Committee which is at least partially incorporated in the JFKARC. This is a typical example of documents included in the JFK Collection which have nothing to do with JFK or the assassination. How unrelated can such records be?…
Author Archives: Robert Reynolds
Siamese twin records
This note is really for my own reference, but may be helpful for one or two other people, somewhere, somehow.
Ever see a peanut M&M with two peanuts? If you have, that is what a siamese twin record is. The case I am looking at in this note is the 2023-06-28 release of record 124-10328-10029, with 31 pages (available here).…
December 2022 “duplicate records”: Note 3
This note covers one final case of multiple pdfs posted at NARA under one record number. Like the other cases discussed in the previous two notes (available here and here), this note involves CIA info in FBI records. Unlike the previous notes, this time I go into problems in the 2022 CIA document index which I have tried to use to explain things.…
More on “duplicate” records in December 2022
This note continues the previous note, which looked at “duplicate” records in the December 2022 releases. This odd type of releasing has occurred more than once in the ARC, and is worth a closer look for people who obsess over the mechanics of ARC declassification methods.
For everyone else, this is hardcore inside baseball, and you should probably skip this note.…
A look back at December 2022: “Duplicate” records
This is another very technical post, don’t bother with it unless you are obsessive over matching up numbers and pages in JFK ARC releases. This is my least favorite ARC subject by far, but if you want to understand the ARC review and release process in detail, it is something you can’t skip over.…
A flip flop zombie from 2023
Zombie redactions have been a topic on this blog several times. Check the search box for the various references. As defined more than once, “A zombie redaction is a redaction in copy X of a document which has already been released in copy Y of the same document, available in some other file or folder or microfilm reel.”…
Response to Matt Douthit
Matt Douthit, a JFK assassination researcher, posted a comment on Fred Litwin’s Youtube interview with me. I respond to Douthit’s comment in this note.
MD’s comment
Apologists: “There’s nothing to see in the remaining sealed files!”
In reality…
David Morales—61 pages still classified
William King Harvey—123 pages still classified
Anne Goodpasture—286 pages still classified
E.…
An interview with Fred Litwin, “On the Trail of Delusion”
Last week I had the pleasure of appearing on a new podcast series that Fred Litwin has started for his blog, “On the Trail of Delusion.” Fred has published three very interesting and useful books on the JFK assassination in addition to his blog, and his work is well worth a read.…
CIA working files and DCI minutes
This note concludes my survey of CIA record categories in the JFKARC. It is the fourth and last note in the series. Links to the series are available here. The two categories summarized below include fewer than 540 records, but some of these are quite interesting.
The DCI morning meeting minutes
From the early days of the CIA, the DCI (head of the CIA) held a meeting every morning with CIA executive officers, a practice that lasted up until the mid-1970s.…