The 2025 RFK releases at NARA

NARA has posted three sets of documents in 2025 related to the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. With one exception, none of these sets are part of the JFK Assassination Records Collection, so I haven’t posted any research notes on them.

Since I have now posted a note on the new MLK releases at NARA, however, I have decided for the sake of completeness to post this brief write up on the new RFK releases as well.…

A new CIA doc release

The CIA has finally released some of the documents on CIA officer George Joannides that writer Jefferson Morley has been demanding for over a decade. The ARRB did not include these documents in the ARC, so they are not a formal part of the JFK Collection, but they are, of course, worth a look.…

The Latest FBI releases from NARA

NARA posted the “new” FBI releases related to the JFK assassination today (6/28/25). The announcement was posted on the 2025 releases page here, and the links for downloading are here. Twelve pages of links, get them while they’re hot!

Format issues

Happily, the releases are available as pdfs, just click on the link to the download page and look for the phrase “Files Available for Download — Other Files.”…

A new article from Tracy Parnell

Tracy Parnell has one of the best researched, best written JFK related blogs around. His latest post is on the complicated issue of CIA officer George Joannides. The article is available here.

Tracy has previously done a couple of illuminating posts on Joannides. I helped him with background research on this latest article, which focuses on what former HSCA General Counsel G.…

WPR records review, part 10: Ross Crozier’s 201 file

Our review of whole page redactions continues with a look at the files of CIA career agent Ross Crozier. These include a five volume 201 file, a regular personnel file, and a C-file (collecting clearance information on Crozier).

In 2023, three volumes of the 201 file had a total of 18 whole pages redacted, as well as dozens of shorter redactions in most of the files.…