Category Archives: +2026 releases

The January 2026 record releases, part 4

This note continues my close look at the new versions of ARC records posted at NARA on 30 January 2026. It covers 16 new pdfs. These are in addition to the 12 pdfs discussed in part 2, and the 9 CIA pdfs covered in part 1.

These notes do not cover the new versions of the FBI records posted on January 30.…

The January 2026 record releases, part 3

This post looks at 12 ARC records released on 30 January 2026 which have not previously appeared online. Are these truly new documents? If yes, where did they come from and what is in them? If they were previously available on-site at NARA, why have they only been posted online now?…

The January 2026 record releases, part 2

In this note, I begin a more detailed look at the 140 JFKARC pdfs NARA published on 30 Jan 2026. Do these pdfs release more previously redacted information? If so what, and why is redacted information still being released over eight months after the main 2025 ARC releases?

This post is limited to the 9 CIA records in the January releases.…

January 30, 2026: 140 New pdfs from the JFKARC

NARA released 140 new pdfs from the JFK Assassination Records Collection on January 30. This post takes a look at the pdfs to see what new information has become available. Read on if you’re still interested!

The latest NARA announcement

This new release received a quite low profile announcement. The only place it got any notice was on NARA’s page for the 2025 JFK releases, under the section “Accessing the Records”, where a single line has been added: “January 30, 2026 – 10:00 AM EST Release: 11,022 pages (140 PDF files).”…