“… SCONSIN on S.J. Res. 282 "The Assassination Materials Disclosure Act" Before the SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS MAY 12, 1992”
“… t (FOIA) requests for FBI records. I welcome this opportunity to testify on S.J. Res. 282, the Assassination Materials Disclosure Act of 1992, and the question it raises: Should Congress create a special Review Board and authorize it to release or postpone the release of relevan …”
“… ESTIMONY OF SENATOR DAVID L. BOREN BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS ON THE ASSASSINATION MATERIALS DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1992 May 12, 1992 Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I very much appreciate the opportunity to appear before this Committee to discuss with you Sena …”
“… ree-judge federal court division that appoints independent counsels for criminal investigations. The Justice-Department, in an April 27, 1992, letter to---- Chairman Glenn, worries that "it is not clear" that our approach to appointing the Review Board is constitutional. In addi …”
“13-00000 Statement for the Senate Committee on Government Affairs, May 12, 1992 CIA HAS NO: OBJECTION 10 , : DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR % Ernest R. May RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT —- • It is an .honor …”
“… 970s. Recently, this par- ticular set- of theories has found new life. Two books of this genre reached best-seller lists in the spring of 1992, and Oliver Stone's film, "JFK," became a box office hit.”
“… F JAMES H. LESAR PRESIDENT ASSASSINATION ARCHIVES AND RESEARCH CENTER ON S.J. RES. 282 "THE ASSASSINATION MATERIALS DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1992" BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE € May 12, 1992”
“… OCUMENT 97 Prepared Testimony In Support of H.R. 1553, - To amend the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 to extend the authorization of the Assassination Records Review Board until September 30, 1998. Before the National Security, Internat …”
“… s to Date As I know you are aware, the Review Board was created by The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (JFK Act) as an independent Federal agency to oversee the identification and release of records related to the assassination of President …”
“… Henry Waxman and Congressman Louis Stokes, our first witness for today, also who chaired the House Select Committee on Assassinations. In 1992, 30 years after the assassination, nearly one million pages of”
“… a process for reviewing and releasing to the public the records surrounding the Kennedy assassination. The result was that on October 26, 1992, President Bush signed into law Public Law 102-526, the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992. The origi …”
“13-00000 PAGE 18 Federal News Service, JUNE 4, 1997 A great deal of this was fueled in 1992 by a movie entitled "JFK." That movie contained many distortions of the facts and circumstances surrounding the death of our president. A …”
“… y will complete the work. REP. HASTERT: And do you believe that this process is consistent with the goals of your original legislation in 1992? REP. STOKES: Yes, I do, Mr. Chairman.”
“… board has been on task and on budget, that the review board has conducted its business in a professional and non-partisan manner, and in 1992, when the act was passed by this Congress and signed by President Bush, the enormity of the task was not”
“10 A6666____ , 104-10337-10002 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 1 25 August 1993 NOTE FOR: All HRG Members SUBJECT: Briefing of HPSCI on Denied JFK Documents This is to le …”
“… HRG review Coordination with OGC, DO (DO team detailed to HRG) - 4. Standards for review in JFK Assassination Records Collection . Act, 1992 need SU.Www- of t RCS of records into the assassination [Cuban exile activities) - Records related to the assassination or investigati …”
“… ssification issues (see OCA C/96-05672 of 27 Mar 96,) CSI- DO, and OGC briefed staff on the status of the JFK declassification effort, the 1992 law which established the JFK Assassination Records Review Board and the scope of the Board’s authority, and the details of some current d …”
“… understand the Agency’s equities and perspectives. Some staff expressed concern about the Board’s broad powers and authorities under the 1992 law, particularly regarding declassification of intelligence material bearing on identities, sources, and methods. (S) ---- ( ADDITIONAL …”
“13-00000 SECRET Page 2 WTC/Memorandum for the Record (KEY: C/96-05677) Pereira said that the 1992 Act specifies that the Board must have "clear and convincing evidence" if we want to postpone release, and said that the Board requires "c …”
“… ys focusing on the broader cumulative impact of their discrete decisions. (S) 2. Cipriani described the appeals process specified in the 1992 JFK Act. She also lent Sheehy a copy of the act, which he studied carefully during the briefing. Under the 1992 act, documents related to …”
“… involved. In response to a Sheehy question, Harrelson reminded staff that the original redaction and submission to the Board took place in 1992-3, and as noted above, our redaction standards and judgements have evolved since then. Further, we have to double-check each release to co …”
“… ification issues (see OCA C/96-05672 of 27 Mar 96,) CSI, DO, and OGC briefed staff on the status of the JFK declassification effort, the 1992 law which established the JFK Assassination Records Review Board and the scope of the Board's authority, and the details of some current …”
“… derstand the Agency's ~Some equities and perspectives. staff expressed concern about the Board's broad powers and authorities under the 1992 law, particularly regarding declassification of intelligence material bearing on identities, sources, and methods. (S) SUPPORTING TEXT: …”
“… are supported by thirty full-time Board staffers headed by former Berlin Documentation Center chief David Marwell. Pereira said that the 1992 Act specifies that the Board must have "clear and convincing evidence" if we want to postpone release, and said that the Board requires " …”
“… gnizing the broader cumulative impact of their discrete decisions. (S) . 2. Cipriani described the appeals process specified in the _ . 1992 JKF Act. She also lent Sheehy a copy of the act, which he studied carefully during the briefing. Under the 1992 act, documents related to …”
“… volved. In response to a Sheehy question, Harrelson reminded staff that the original redaction and submission to the Board took place in 1992-3, and as noted above, our redaction standards and judgements have evolved since then, Further, we have to double-check each release to c …”
“10 A6666______ , '104-10337-10014 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 1 1 i00J KE SE IN FULL 2000 24 November, 1998 Memo for the Record € Subject: JFK Records Review - Lessons Learned The CIA's JFK …”
“… ies were redacted. There is no evidence in the Collection to indicate that the Warren Commission conclusions were wrong. I. Background (1992-1995) The setting up of the Historical Review Program by DCI Gates in early 1992 coincided with growing interest in Congress to require …”
“… f Oswald's 201 (also known as the pre-assassination file). * six boxes of the Oswald's 201 were reviewed and transferred to NARA by Oct. 1992. The John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (JFK Act) was signed 26 October 1992: * it called for Presidential-app …”
“… 1995. It became clear in immediately that the ARRB would require the release of far more information than the Agency had released in the 1992-94 review. In mid-1995 HRG began a re-review of the previously released sanitized documents: * approximately 80% of the 227, 000 pages re …”
“… TION Oswald Files Pre-assassination “201’’ file -approximately 40 documents that existed at the time of the assassination. Released in 1992 with minimal deletions. DO 201 File (Approximately 26.000 pages): Agency’s primary file for documents dealing with the assassination or …”
“… with the HSCA during its investigation and subsequently became custodian of HSCA sequestered collection . He continued in this role until 1992. As the focal point for JFK related requests, Russ Holmes created a JFK reference file know as the “Ancillary Collection” (13 boxes). Th …”
“… egal strategy may win the battle and lose the war. Lawsuits are a lot more expensive than negotiation. 4. The Agency Task Force that in 1992 considered some of the aspects of DCI Gates' "openness" philosophy did not have the benefit of the JFK experience. I suggest that a seni …”
“… eration was given to establishing a fifth Directorate of Information Handling. After a good bit of internal agonizing, DCI Gates in April 1992 signed off on HR 70-14 . to make "significant historical information available without 8 SECRET”
“… The JFK Act allowed the Review Board Clinton's Executive Order had been in effect 1 to postpone release of information if release prior to 1992, it could not have achieved the % would constitute an unwarranted invasion maximum disclosure accomplished by the. of personal privacy or …”
“… it in the disclo dence or a preponder —Senator John-Glenn, sure; third, the JFK Act created an independent ance of the evidence, May 12, 1992” 04 agency—the Review Board—whose mandate were not consistent with was to ensure that agencies respected the the legislation's stated goa …”
“important to understand July22, 1992 1-62.99 under standards similar to the Board's deci ing information related to sions for CIA officers. Where the Review the assassinatio …”
“13-00000 FINAL Report OF THE ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW BOARD :: Record reviewed unilaterally by CIA. in 1992. Same record after Review Board action io 1995. USA Iwwwv.9 REPUXUEOSIU CA USE BNEW CIA RELEASE I SUNJECT: Tele in « line the fits € …”
“… to reject the FBI's general policy on foreign counterintelli arguments, and instead required the FBI to gence activities. In its July 22,1992.cf^M present asset-specific evidence that explained paper, the FBI defined " the particular harm that the FBI expected the "intelligence …”
“13-00000 OGC-92-53256 14 December 1992 MEMORANDUM FOR: VIA: FROM: Associate Gene Litigation Div J Chief, Historical Review Group W. George Jame unsel OGC Robert J. E …”
“13-00000. DCI/OGC/RJE:ig 76105/ 15 Dec 1992 OGC-92-53256 Distribution: 1 - Addressee 1 - DO/IRO 1 - DI/IRO 1 - DS&T/IRO 1 - DA/IRO 1 - DCI/IRO % 1 - PCS/PGG 1 - ERR 1 - D …”
“… sination Records 1. Per your request, I have attached a copy of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of % 1992 (ARCA), Pub. L. 102-526, 106 Stat. 3443-3458, reprinted at 44 U.S.C. § 2107 note. For ycur convenience, I have highlighted the pertinent …”
“… that all information will be made available to the public no later than 25 years after the passage of the ARCA (which occurred in October 1992) unless the president certifies that continued postponement is necessary. ARCA § 4(g) (2) (D) . With respect to intelligence-related info …”
“… ination Records,” subject to declassification review. A number of such documents were released in full in the early years of the project (1992-1994), with the concurrence of the DO/IRO, but OIM has no documentation regarding coordination with liaison. Third, in a number of docum …”
“10 A6666_____ , 104-10338-10005 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 •> '7 Jury ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET Coordination: JFK Assassination Document (FBI referral) SUBJECT: (Optional) FROM: Barry Harrels …”
“10 A6666______ , '104-10338-10018 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM OCI No. 1586/64 - CI7 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Office of Current Intelligence V • 4 June 1964 CURREN …”
“… 10/21/98 COMMENTS : JFK-RH01 : F001 : 1998.10.21.16:48:44:233031 Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Case#:NW 65990 Date: 11-01-2021 [R] ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10400-10069 NW 65990 Docld:32389097 Page 1 L NW 65990 Docld: …”
“… 1998.10.31.10:31:52:310109: F023 NW 65990 Docld:32389223 Page 1 Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Case#:NW 65990 Date: 11-01-2021 [R] ITEM IS RESTRICTED Best available image 2. CH GINAAND COF”
“10 A6666_____ , 104-10400-10311 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 10 / 2 FORM 3020b . @ 7-71 MFG:52/75 1 fe T eV : ■ CABLE SEC DISSEM BY PER EUR# 30 TOTAL COPIES 6- RUN BY : REPRODUCTION BY O …”
“-OAAGGA___ 104-10400-10316 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET SECURITY FOR COMMITTEES 11 March 1977 plant MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. James M. Potts Key mate 459 to 13W0P Chief, Africa Division …”