Friday, October 27, 2017

JFK Assassination Records - 2017 Additional Documents Release

The National Archives is releasing documents previously withheld in accordance with the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act.  The vast majority of the Collection (88%) has been open in full and released to the public since the late 1990s. The records at issue are documents previously identified as assassination records, but withheld in full or withheld in part. Learn more
These releases include FBI, CIA, and other agency documents (both formerly withheld in part and formerly withheld in full) identified by the Assassination Records Review Board as assassination records. The releases to date are as follows:
Accessing the Release Files
To view or download a released file, follow the link in the “File Number” column. You can also download the full spreadsheet with metadata about all the documents. The files are sorted by NARA Release Date, with the most recent files appearing first. The previous withholding status (i.e., formerly withheld in part or formerly withheld in full) is identified in the “Formerly Withheld Status” column.

 https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/2017-release


Or bulk downloads at 2 gig per file for a total of 20 gigabytes:



 Completely download all 11 files to the same directory then open jfk.zip to unzip all.

Download times may be significant due to the large size.
https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/zip/jfk.z10


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