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and Research Center was founded in 1984 to provide a permanent organization which
would acquire, preserve, and disseminate information on political assassinations.
With the passage of the 1992 JFK Assassination Records Collection Act and successful
suits under the Freedom of Information Act, the AARC has come into the possession
of hundreds of thousands of pages of long-awaited government records. The AARC
is devoted to reaching the widest possible audience with this new information. For
more information about the AARC, click the about the AARC
tab near the top of this page. FEATURES OF THIS
SITE
 Public Library. The AARC electronic library provides access to over 50,000
pages of reports, transcripts, and documents relating to political assassinations, many released in recent years under the JFK Records Act.
 News & Views. News on AARC projects, updates on FOIA lawsuits, essays, and new developments in the JFK, MLK, and RFK assassination controversies.
 Catalog. The AARC CD-ROM Catalog has several titles available for purchase. Each CD-ROM
contains thousands of pages of documents, transcripts, and reports. Speed your research with instant access and full-text search.
Membership.
Become a member of the AARC today. Benefits include discounts on CD-ROM titles.
JOINT VENTURE WITH MARY FERRELL FOUNDATION
 The AARC has partnered with the Mary Ferrell Foundation, supplying nearly a million pages of AARC records for browsing and searching via the MFF website. These records include massive CIA and FBI documents received as settlement for a lawsuit brought by Mark Allen, as well as other document collections on the John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy assassinations.
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and disseminating information on political assassinations.
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Morley v. CIA Due Back in Court Over Records on George Joannides
April 11, 2012 - This is the second trip to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
in the Morley case. This is journalist Jefferson Morley's effort to obtain records pertaining to George Joannides, the CIA case
officer for the DRE (Directorio Revoluciionario Estudantil), the Cuban exile organization which had contacts with Lee
Harvey Oswald in the months prior to President Kennedy's assassination. The prior appeal was landmark decision which
ruled that the CIA had to search its normally exempt operational files for responsive records. As a result of this
victory, it was revealed that Joannides was working undercover when he was made the CIA's liaison to the House Select
Committee on assassinations. In that capacity, Joannides never revealed to the HSCA that he had been DRE's case
officer when Oswald was in contact with it. Instead, he deflected the HSCA's requests both for documents about
DRE and for the identity of DRE's case officer.
On remand to the District Court, operational files were searched and additional information released. However,
the CIA still withholds 295 documents in their entireties and has not located the monthly progress reports detailing
the funding of the DRE during the 17-month period when Joannides was its case officer.
The following briefs are attached: (1) Brief for Appellant
Morley; (2) Brief for Appellee Central Intelligence
Agency; and (3) Reply Brief for Appellant Morley.
The case is schedule for oral argument before the Court of Appeals on April 16, 2012, 10 minutes of argument for each side.
Letter to US Archivist Requests Prompt Release of CIA's JFK Records
Jan 22, 2012 - The AARC, in a letter dated January 20, 2012, requested that the National Archives
and the CIA release some 50,000 pages relating to the JFK assassination that remain withheld in full from
the public, as well as an undisclosed number of partially deleted records. The letter maintains that
release of such records well before the 50th anniversary of the assassination on November 22, 2013,
is essential to having a full and robust national discussion of this event and its significance.
The working group that produced the AARC's letter consisted of three AARC Board Members and two leading
attorneys who have a profound interest in the subject. The letter was also signed by Professor G. Robert Blakey,
the former Chief Counsel of the House Select Committee on Assassinations.
In short, the AARC has advised NARA and the CIA that fifty years of secrecy is enough.
The working group is currently discussing how best to develop a plan of action to get NARA and CIA
to expedite disclosure of the withheld records. Stay tuned.
An accompanying press release describes the letter.
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Electronic Document Partners
The
AARC's effort to disseminate its voluminous paper records in electronic form is aided by these partners:
Mary Ferrell Foundation
The AARC is by far the largest contributor to the MFF's unparalleled electronic archive of documents on political assassinations.
 History Matters
History Matters is the creator of this website and the CD-ROMs available in the AARC catalog.
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