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Records Still Withheld

Historically significant government records that remain partly or wholly secret, and the slow, documented process of getting them released.

UNRESOLVEDStarted October 4, 2026Updated October 4, 2026

Timeline

  1. Congress passes the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act.

    Source: National Security Archive

  2. The board appeals to ISCAP for review of the daily-brief summary. The Commission's Bush–Cheney interview is released with redactions in November.

    Source: PIDB

  3. The board writes to the president recommending release of historically significant 9/11 records.

    Source: PIDB

  4. The daily-brief summary and 11 interview memoranda are released. None covers the Clinton or Gore interviews.

    Read the signalSource: ISCAP

  5. The National Security Archive publishes its briefing book on the CIA Mexico City station history.

    Read the signalSource: National Security Archive

Signals in this thread

IntelligenceDOCUMENTED

The CIA can still withhold parts of its Mexico City station history. One line on a government webpage explains why.

A National Security Archive briefing book says long-redacted excerpts of the station's three-volume internal history are among the last secrets left in the JFK assassination records.

Why Spider noticed The most consequential part of this story is not a document. It is a sentence: an explanation added to a government webpage after a records…

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ArchivesDOCUMENTED

The 9/11 Commission's summary of pre-attack presidential briefings is now public. Its interviews with Clinton and Gore are not.

The September 11 release ended nearly two decades of requests from the Public Interest Declassification Board. The list of released interview records stops short of the two officials the board had named first.

Why Spider noticed Anniversary releases get one day of attention, and this one was framed as a long-awaited success. Set the board's list of priority…

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