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 note takes a brief look at the system CIA is now using for JFK records declassification. I am posting this note since declassification is one of my interests; I also hope this note will help clarify some ARC release issues.
This section is based mostly on a document from the National Archives titled “Records Management in the Central Intelligence Agency”, available from the Federal of American Scientists website 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.…
Given the large number of files and documents the HSCA requested from the FBI and CIA, one might expect that there would be some confusion and problems in retrieving the right one. Today’s note note looks at one such file that still has a couple of whole page redactions (WPRs), as well as numerous shorter redactions on pages which are present in the file.…
Today’s note continues our series on whole page redactions (WPRs) in CIA documents from the JFKARC. These redactions were extensive in the 2017-2018 releases, but have been mostly released in 2022-2023. How many are left? Keep reading to find out!
The note today discusses whole page redactions in a single document referenced in the “201 file” for Silvia Duran, a file which I recently discussed here.…
Today’s post is about two mixed up docs in Sylvia Duran’s 201 file. This is definitely a NARA problem, hopefully one that will get straightened out when they repost these ARC records online.
A CIA 201 file is a collection of “biographical” material relating to someone the CIA is trying to keep track of.…
The 2022 release of 104-10101-10102 is CIA cable DIR 86037.
(https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/2022/104-10101-10102.pdf)
In 2017-2018, however, 104-10101-10102 is CIA cable DIR 86129.
(e.g. https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/2018/104-10101-10102.pdf)
So something went wrong here. DIR 86037 has ELSEWHERE been released as 104-10290-10029. For example, in 2022!
(https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/2022/104-10290-10029.pdf)
SUMMING UP: the regular RIF for DIR 86037 is 104-10290-10029.…
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.…
This note looks at a CIA record which is still redacted. Just because a record is redacted, however, doesn’t mean we can’t know what kind of things are redacted. In fact, with records such as this one, the things redacted are obvious. Taking this knowledge into account when we discuss the records is good.…
The quality of ARC reproductions has become more and more of an issue as time goes by and the original documents deteriorate. Today’s note is, perhaps, a serious example of this. Nonetheless, a completely illegible image is still not the same as a withheld or redacted record, as we will see below.…