You can also get to the recently released 2022 records by going to the following link:
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION DEC. 15 PRESS RELEASE
Update:
Due to last minute additions, the actual number of documents containing newly
released information is 13,173, not the number originally provided.
National Archives Releases New Group of JFK Assassination Documents
WASHINGTON,
December 15, 2022 – In accordance with President Biden’s memorandum of December 15, 2022, the National Archives
today posted 13,173, documents containing newly released information subject to
the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act
of 1992 (JFK Act). Released documents are available for download.
At the
direction of the President, and following the December 15, 2021, release, the National Archives and the
agencies responsible for withheld documents conducted an intensive review of each
remaining redaction withheld under section 5 of the JFK Act. This was the first
review under the JFK Act that was done in an interagency manner at the
redaction level.
The John
F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection (the Collection), established by
the National Archives in November 1992, consists of approximately five million
pages. The vast majority of the collection has been publicly available without
restrictions on access since the late 1990s. Following today’s release, over
97% of records in the collection are now available.
As
permitted under section 5 of the JFK Act, agencies appealed to the President to
continue postponement of certain information beyond October 22, 2021. Section 5
of the JFK Act permits postponement for an identifiable harm to military
defense, intelligence operations, law enforcement, or conduct of foreign
relations where the identifiable harm is of such gravity that it outweighs the
public interest in disclosure. The President then provided agencies with a
temporary certification until December 15, 2022, to allow for a review of all
documents withheld in part under section 5 of the JFK Act and directed agencies
“to ensure that the United States Government maximizes transparency, disclosing
all information in records concerning the assassination, except when the
strongest possible reasons counsel otherwise.” Today’s release is the result of
that review. Section 5 postponement decisions now affect less than 4,400
documents in the Collection.
As of
the December 15, 2021 release, all documents subject to section
5 of the JFK Act had been released in their entirety or in part, and no
documents subject to section 5 of the JFK Act remained withheld in their
entirety.
The
Collection also includes 515 documents withheld in full and another 2,545
documents withheld in part under sections 10 and 11 of the JFK Act. Section 10
of the JFK Act addresses records withheld under court seal or for grand jury
secrecy, and section 11 of the JFK Act addresses records subject to section
6103 of the Internal Revenue Code or a deed governing access to or transfer or
release of gifts or donations to the United States Government. Information
subject to sections 10 and 11 of the JFK Act cannot be released independently
by NARA, the agencies, or the President, though some of these documents also
contain information postponed under section 5, which has been made available and
posted today.
The
National Archives and the Department of Justice are working together to
determine whether information in five records withheld in full under
court seal or for grand jury secrecy under section 10 of the JFK Act can be
released.
Also
posted online today are the letters from agencies requesting postponement, agency
indices, and agency transparency plans.
Online
Resources:
The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection
Documenting the Death of a President
JFK Assassination Records Review Board
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