April 27, 2023: more releases from the ARC

April 27 saw the release of redactions from 355 more records in the JFK ARC. This is on top of redactions released from 422 records on April 12. All 777 records with April releases are now released in full. This note takes a look at the 4/27 releases: where are they from and what kind of information has been released.…

Redactions in the ARC: Who releases what?

This note takes a look at who is releasing redactions left in the JFK Assassination Records Collection, and how many redactions are left. It’s not who you thought, and there are not many, it turns out.

Sources for record redactions in the ARC

Most of my notes on the December 2022 releases in the JFK ARC at NARA have dealt with CIA records.…

April 2023 releases from the ARC

April 12 saw the release of redactions from 422 records in the JFK ARC. This means there are now fewer than 4000 “Section 5” records with redactions. This note takes a look at the new releases: where are they from and what kind of information has been released.

Agencies releasing information

Which agencies have released new information this time?…

Back online!

Hello and apologies for anyone who wanted to access this site in the last week and a half. A long overdue upgrade to my server left it hors de combat, until I finally figured out what the problem, with a little help from number two son. There are new releases and I have new research as well to put on line; right now, however, I am still checking to make sure functionality is fully restored.…

Redacted CIA docs from the 1990s

My most recent note took a second look at redacted CIA docs from the 1940s, to see what is now open after the December 2022 releases. This note does the same thing for redacted docs from the 1990s. My original post on this subject from 2021 is here.

“Miscellaneous” CIA records: a recap

All of these 1990s records are notes, memos, letters, and cables about matters relating to the JFK Act and the ARRB, and are classified in the JFK database as “JFK-M”, where the M stands for miscellaneous.…

New releases up at MFF!

That was fast.

The December 2022 releases in the ARC are up at the Mary Ferrell Foundation website. These will be OCR’d and integrated into the superb MFF document database, substantially enhancing their research value. Big thanks from researchers everywhere to Rex Bradford, head guru of the MFF.

As a bonus, Rex also has a long note up on what’s in and out of the new releases.…

Short redacted CIA docs, 2022

This post picks up from the previous one, and continues grinding through comparisons with CIA redactions in 2021 and 2022 in order to get a better idea of what they are still holding out on us. This post looks at “short” (one page) redacted docs. I will suggest below that these short docs are still over-redacted.…