This is the first of a series of notes that try to straighten out some of the confusion around FBI multi-record pdfs. Multi-record pdfs are an FBI release format which combines multiple ARC records in a single pdf. This note discusses a simple, yet messy case: docid-32989711.pdf.
For a general description of multi-record pdfs released by the FBI through NARA, see here.…
This is a brief note on an issue related to FBI multi-record pdfs (see here for an introduction to this troublesome topic). A much longer, more substantial note on these pdfs is coming up.
The point of this post is that there is a bad link in the 2017 ARC pdfs posted at NARA.…
NARA posted the “new” FBI releases related to the JFK assassination today (6/28/25). The announcement was posted on the 2025 releases page here, and the links for downloading are here. Twelve pages of links, get them while they’re hot!
Happily, the releases are available as pdfs, just click on the link to the download page and look for the phrase “Files Available for Download — Other Files.”…
This note discusses the FBI-Church Committee liaison file, FBI file number 62-116395. The liaison file uses “SSC” as its abbreviation for the Church Committee, since their official title was the “Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities.” In the discussion below, I will therefore use SSC to refer to the Committee.
The SSC conducted a major inquiry into the United States intelligence community from 1975-1976.…
The Mary Ferrell Foundation continues to dig out ARC records from its vaults. The latest find is a box of folders from the FBI-HSCA liaison file.
FBI file 62-117290 is a massive compilation of docs requested by the HSCA during the course of its inquiry, plus various and sundry administrative docs.…
This note begins an introduction to the main FBI files in the JFK Assassination Records Collection. FBI records make up about 46 percent of the ARC. The next largest contributor to the Collection, the CIA, makes up only about 27 percent. FBI records are thus by far the largest component of the ARC, and well worth a careful look.…