ARC redactions as of Feb 2025

This note attempts to update my count of redacted documents in the JFK Assassination Records Collection as of this month (February 2025). More releases are certain in 2025, but how many? Hard to say. I’ll settle for knowing what’s not in the Collection right now.

This post will give a general introduction to current redactions.…

New page on NARA FOIA releases

For those interested, I have a new page on NARA FOIA docs related to the JFK ARC. The page is available here.

There is also a link to the page on the jfkarc.info front page under the section on withholding and releases in the JFK Collection.

The page includes links to the complete NARA email releases, parts of which I cited in my recent article at Washington Decoded, as well as other relevant material.…

WPRs in the “wrong file”

Given the large number of files and documents the HSCA requested from the FBI and CIA, one might expect that there would be some confusion and problems in retrieving the right one. Today’s note note looks at one such file that still has a couple of whole page redactions (WPRs), as well as numerous shorter redactions on pages which are present in the file.…

WPRs and Silvia Duran’s 201 file

Today’s note continues our series on whole page redactions (WPRs) in CIA documents from the JFKARC. These redactions were extensive in the 2017-2018 releases, but have been mostly released in 2022-2023. How many are left? Keep reading to find out!

The note today discusses whole page redactions in a single document referenced in the “201 file” for Silvia Duran, a file which I recently discussed here.…

More mixed up docs

Today’s post is about two mixed up docs in Sylvia Duran’s 201 file. This is definitely a NARA problem, hopefully one that will get straightened out when they repost these ARC records online.

The Sylvia Duran 201 file

A CIA 201 file is a collection of “biographical” material relating to someone the CIA is trying to keep track of.…

New FBI docs at MFF

Heads up! More FBI docs have been added to the Mary Ferrell Foundation collection. These docs were previously unavailable online. They date from early in the investigation and offer much interesting detail and atmosphere, well worth a look!

The Dallas Field Office file

The new additions to the MFF collection are from FBI casefile 89-43, compiled by the FBI’s Dallas field office.…

New CIA docs at MFF

More ARC docs are up on the MFF website, straight from the vaults of the AARC. The latest additions: over 160 CIA records, including some very interesting docs on Cuban matters.

What’s in the docs?

The new docs at MFF are in two sets: 84 records from CIA’s Latin American Division (JFK-Work Files), and 85 miscellaneous records, mostly from the hard copy JFK records in the HSCA-CIA segregated collection, as well as three docs from the HSCA-CIA staff records, and a handful from the CIA microfilm docs.…

New HSCA docs at MFF

The Mary Ferrell Foundation continues to dig out ARC records from its vaults. The latest find is a box of HSCA docs which fill some gaps and add a deposition from Bruce Solie.

HSCA-CIA boxes

This set of docs comes from several boxes in the HSCA-CIA segregated collection. Like the recent release of several sections of the HSCA-FBI liaison file, the box sat uncatalogued in the AARC vaults for who knows how long, but MFF is finally digging this stuff out and putting it on line.…