</s>APPROVED FOR RELEASE 2025 UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 14176 From: William Bosnian (williambosnian@gmail.gov) - williambosnano@mara.gov- Date: 03/26/2018: 14:57:54 star(s) maryam.gov. - Mindanao@miranda.anderecchio@gina.gov~ To: Subject: 26 Final Package - JFK Status (Tab #5) Pend Final Package-JFK Status(Tab #6) 26 March AOTUS Tabs to POTUS Tabs 5.5pf 26 March AOTOS Tabs 4.PDF 26 March Attachments: Memo to JFK Act Version 12.00 docx 26 March Tabs 2.5 pf 26 Mar AOTUs Tabs 1.pdf Draft 26 March 2018 Just FYT at this point I have not yet heard back from David. Jay From: Forward message From: William Bosnian-william Bosnian@marna.gov> Date: Mon, Mar, 26, 2018 at 5:43 pm - 6:30 pm Subject: Final Package -- JFK (minus Tab #8) To: "Ferrero, David" -martha.murphy@nana.gov" -Stem, GaryM" -sargym.stem@mama.gov>> C: "Murphy, Martha." -martha.murphys@nanna.gov". -Stems, Garym.stem @mama gov> Dear David, Please attached a draft proposed memorandum for your review and, if you agree, your signature. Also attached are all of the tabs referenced in the memo. If you are o.k ., I will notify WHNSC. I will then work with your immediate staff to get you a copy for signature. We can send the formal package dated tomorrow. Kristen and will prepare all the copies, etc. and arrange for delivery. Be certain to look at Tab 7 - some of the 80 are clearly our responsibility. I have to send Tab 8 by itself and will do so shortly. Thanks, Jay

Summary  
The document details ongoing efforts by U.S. federal agencies to manage and declassify records related to the JFK assassination and associated sensitive information, including protections for individuals involved in investigations. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) finalized its review of three documents containing equities, identifying one confidential source (CSS) as living and requesting continued protection. Five CSS and two sources of information (SOIs) with undetermined status were flagged for postponed release due to risks of retaliation or harm. The FBI reported 3389 documents fully released under the "100 year rule" for deceased sources, while 189 undetermined sources required postponement. Court-ordered protections for Martin Luther King (MLK) information were noted but not elaborated. The Department of Defense (DOD) disclosed 80% of previously withheld records with minimal reductions, and the CIA requested continued postponement of sensitive intelligence disclosures to protect operational details and identities of living individuals.  

Key People  
- William Bosnian (DEA/DOJ)  
- David Ferrero (Archivist of the United States)  
- Martha Murphy (Special Access/FOIA Staff)  
- James Mathis (Special Access/FOIA Staff)  
- Heidi Brissette (Senior Attorney, DEA)  
- Nicholas D. Delaney (FBI staff)  
- Benjamin C. Richardson (Director, Information and Industrial Base Protection, DoD)  
- David S. Ferriero (Archivist of the United States)  
- J. Edgar Hoover (FBI director referenced in documents)  
- David A. Phillips (referenced as "Phillips, David Atlee")  
- James E. O’Neill (referenced)  
- Brenda Beasley (referenced)  
- James B. Rhoads (referenced multiple times)  
- Christine Osborn (referenced with attention to Mr. Califano)  

Key Locations  
- National Archives and Records Administration (College Park, MD)  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (Washington, D.C.)  
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) headquarters  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) headquarters (Washington, D.C.)  
- Washington, D.C. (National Archives and Records Administration headquarters)  
- FBI offices (New York, Tampa, Washington)  
- Air Force installations (AFISI, AFIS, etc.)  

Key Events  
- DEA’s final review of JFK records with protections for living sources and MLK-related information.  
- FBI’s application of the "100 year rule" and contextual evaluation to determine source status.  
- DOD’s disclosure of 80% of previously withheld documents with minimal reductions.  
- CIA’s re-review of JFK records to justify continued postponement of sensitive intelligence disclosures.  
- HSCA investigation into JFK and MLK assassinations (1977–1979).  
- Requests for postponement of SSN disclosure under the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992.  
- NARA’s review process for declassifying records by 2018.  

Key Organizations  
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Department of Defense (DOD)  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)  
- House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)  
- U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy

MLK Declassified Files

06976975_fwd_final_package_jfk.pdf

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