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.…
Continuing with my short posts on oddball releases, the specimen for today is record number 124-10289-10167, released in 2022, and which is, as the title indicates, a blank page. This note attempts to explain why the FBI issued a content free record. It may seem exotic to you newbies, but I’ve seen at least one other instance of this before.…
In a recent note, I discussed the huge FBI liaison file with the Church Committee which is at least partially incorporated in the JFKARC. This is a typical example of documents included in the JFK Collection which have nothing to do with JFK or the assassination. How unrelated can such records be?…
This note is really for my own reference, but may be helpful for one or two other people, somewhere, somehow.
Ever see a peanut M&M with two peanuts? If you have, that is what a siamese twin record is. The case I am looking at in this note is the 2023-06-28 release of record 124-10328-10029, with 31 pages (available here).…