This post looks at #3 on the list of WPR records: the CIA file for EDWARD G TICHBORN. What was Tichborn’s true name and who did he work for? Keep reading, all is revealed in this note!
Edward G. Tichborn is not a storied figure among JFK assassination researchers, but the name should be familiar to constant readers of this blog.…
This post takes up #2 on the list of WPR records: the CIA file for WIROGUE-1. Who was WIROGUE-1? If you answered Jyn Erso, you’re on the wrong blog!
WIROGUE-1 should be familiar to constant readers of this blog. I wrote an earlier post on WIROGUE and the big gaps in his CIA files which is available here.…
Fred Litwin has posted another video on his youtube channel. This time it’s a panel discussion of the new JFK releases at NARA, and the recent hearing held by the House Task Force on Declassification. There were five of us on the panel, with Fred moderating.
The link to the discussion is here.…
Prior to the 2025 releases, over six hundred pages in the ARC were completely redacted. These redacted pages have been a frequent subject on this blog, check out the blog category WPR records (whole page redactions).
The amount of information on these pages far surpassed every individual item redaction, paragraph redaction, and text block redaction in the rest of the collection.…
Another 207 pdfs were posted at NARA today (04-03-2025). This is the fifth batch of records posted this year, for an overall total of 2566 pdfs in 2025. Today’s pdfs were all NSA records. This is news, don’t miss the full story below!
NSA records have a checkered history in the ARC.…
This note looks at the ARC records posted at NARA on March 20. This was the third set of records posted, so they are batch 3. I have already covered batch 4, so this will probably be the last note in my overview of the 2025 releases, unless there is a batch 5.…
This note takes up a very messy, boring subject, so I’ll try to keep it short and snappy. It helps that not much is at stake in these releases.
Before you read this note, take a look at part 3A. That gives an overview of FBI doc problems in 2025.…
This note surveys the 16 additional ARC pdfs posted by NARA on 26 March. This is the fourth set of pdfs NARA has posted, so call these “batch 4”. Short story: these are all FBI/NSA docs, all are released in full. No more redactions here. One is JFK related, the others are not.…
On March 26, NARA posted 16 more pdfs of previously redacted records at the ARC website. Thanks to Fred Litwin for the heads up!
Ack! The only way to get these pdfs is to download everything again. This seems a poor solution to the problem of updating a release. Post them to another directory so we can just download the latest from there, or something.…
This post reviews the 2025 releases from FBI records in the ARC. FBI records have some complicated problems, so this note cannot cover them as thoroughly as the last note covered CIA records. The note will also skip any discussion of the 100+ FBI records re-posted at NARA on March 20.…