This post reviews the 2025 releases from CIA records in the ARC. The short version: Every CIA doc that was posted at NARA this month was released in full. No redactions are left in those docs.

Here is a summary of what is in this post:

• CIA records I missed in my redaction count
• CIA records that were not posted on NARA this time
• 600+ whole page redactions were released in full
• Everything else was released in full too
• Records where a lot of material was released
• The microfilm Oswald 201 file was NOT released

CIA records I missed in my redaction counts

At the end of February 2025, I wrote that 1482 CIA records still had redactions.

[03-23 update: After the first version of this note went online, NARA released a third batch of pdfs on 03-20. I have revised the note to discuss this new batch]

This post is a survey of the March 18 and 20 releases from the JFK Assassination Records Collection. NARA posted pdfs for 2182 records on March 18 in two batches, then a third batch of 161 records on 3/20.…

The long awaited JFK ARC releases finally came on 18 March 2025. Unfortunately, they came with a price. Along with releasing all the names, places and details previously redacted in the collection, the Trump administration decided to release the social security numbers of hundreds of people still living. I have written about this issue on this blog more than once.…

President Trump announced yesterday (17 March 2025) that new ARC releases are forthcoming on March 18. He estimated the release page total at about 80,000 pages. I am not running a newspaper here, so I won’t post anything on the new releases until I’m good and ready.

I will note that this page total must mean that CIA is going to release the microfilm version of the Oswald 201 file.…

In my previous post, I promised a list of currently redacted records in the JFKARC, excluding CIA records. The “non-CIA” list is now available in my dropbox folder here

The list of currently redacted CIA records I put up last week is available here.

The lists includes record number, number of pages, doc date, number of redactions, and redaction category.…

This is the third and final post in a series looking at redacted records in the JFK ARC as of February 2025. This note tracks redacted records from agencies other than the CIA. There are about 1000 non-CIA records that still have some information held back.

Other major points in this note:

• Redacted content is even more miscellaneous than in CIA records
• The largest single redaction category is personal info
• The majority of redactions are for CIA supplied info
• MLK and DOS redactions include whole page redactions

The overall takeaway for the series: the total number of redacted records in the ARC is one third less than usually claimed: ~2400, rather than ~3600.…