President Biden has finally spoken on the release of records under the JFK Act. In a memo released October 22, 2021, Biden ordered NARA to begin preparation for further releases, including putting the entire JFK Assassination Records Collection online. The memo is available here.
The memo is long, specifying lots more paperwork for agencies (primarily the CIA) who want to continue redacting their documents, plus short term, mid term, and long term plans for release of more info.…
I am still looking at NARA 21, the updated version of the JFK ARC database. I have had recent correspondence with NARA on the status of the database that corrects a couple of my earlier posts.
The first correction here is on the 13 records in the updated JFK database labeled “declassify”.…
I have finally added an introductory page on the history of the ARC. Here is a link to it. There is a link to it on the home page as well. Let me know if you have any corrections or suggestions! …
This note looks at a specific issue in the ARC, but since it looks at it in the context of the latest information on redactions, call it my seventh note on NARA 21, the updated version of the JFK ARC database (available here). NARA 21 is the most current resource for ARC redactions, incorporating all the info from the 2017-2018 releases/redactions.…
This note takes up some general issues in the ARC, but since it looks at them in the context of the latest information on redactions, call it my sixth note on NARA 21, the updated version of the JFK ARC database (available here). NARA 21 incorporates the 2017-2018 ARC releases, and is therefore essential when looking at redaction issues.…
This is my fifth note on NARA 21, the updated version of the JFK ARC database (available here). See the first note in this series for more details on the what, when, why of NARA 21.
This note continues the topic I took up in my fourth note: What kind of material is redacted in Collection records and how extensive are these redactions?…
I have recently heard from NARA on its future plans for database updates and record releases from the JFK Assassination Records Collection.
After the updated JFK collection database (NARA 21 for short) was posted on-line in June 2021, I wondered about NARA’s plans for further reviews, updates, and releases.…
[Revised 7/18/2021]
This is my fourth note on NARA 21, the updated version of the JFK ARC database (available here). See the first note in this series for more details on the what, when, why of NARA 21.
This note deals with one of my main interests in the ARC: how many records in the Collection are still redacted, and on what basis do they remain redacted after the October 2017 “deadline” for the release of ARC records?…
[Updated on 7/16/2021]
This is my third note on NARA 21, the updated version of the JFK ARC database (available here). See the earlier notes in this series for more details on the what, when, why of NARA 21.
This note deals with one of the most discussed issues relating to the ARC: how many records are withheld in full, and on what basis do they remain withheld despite the passage of the October 2017 “deadline” for the release of ARC records?…
This is my second note on NARA 21, the revised version of the JFK ARC database (available here). The ACRS, the on-line version of the JFK database, is still off-line undergoing maintenance. This new version of the database, NARA 21, consists of six excel files which give a snapshot of the database as of May 17, 2021.…