Joseph Backes covered the activities of the ARRB when it was operational

Backes' blog: www.justiceforkennedy.com

John Kelin's online magazine Fair Play (from 1994 to 2000)

All 36 issues of the Fair Play magazine

Backes wrote several articles about the ARRB in the Fair Play magazine

Backes also testified before the ARRB

RIF = Reader Identification Form (not Referred in Full)

The RIF number is a 13 digit code; eg: 104-10001-10000

The first three numbers indicate the agency of origin that the document came from

The first set of five numbers is the subject

The last set of five numbers tells you how many documents the agency has on that subject

There are at least over 330,000 RIF numbers (documents)

Mexico City - A New Analysis by John Newman

How Earl Warren agreed to be on the commission

FREE Borrowable Ebook: Taking Charge: The Johnson White House tapes, 1963-1964 by Michael Beschloss

The RIF is the first page in every single released document

When the declassification process started, the intelligence agencies could withold a document

by putting a withdrawal form

Here's what a withdrawal form looks like

Link to the full document (Bruce Solie interview)

Malcolm Blunt and Bart Kamp, Dealey Plaza UK

Book: The Devil is in the Details by Malcolm Blunt and Alan Dale: Paperback, Kindle

Details about Kennedy's Texas trip (1963)

Connally gained total control of the Texas trip

FREE Borrowable Ebook: The Advance Man by Jerry Bruno and Jeff Greenfield

Agency codes according to Malcolm Blunt

JFK Collection - All Record Numbers; April 21, 2021

Part B: Larry Schnapf; beginning at 1:09:08

Larry Schnapf's letter to Carolyn Maloney, Chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee

Read Larry Schnapf's letter to Rep. Maloney here; Download PDF

The National Archives does not have the same powers as the ARRB did

The ARRB had the power to override the agencies' recommendation for not releasing files

Trump postponed the release of the last batch of the JFK files to Oct 26, 2021

Read Schnapf's letter to Senate Homeland Committee here

Read the letter to the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) here

Register for Public Interest Declassification Board's Virtual Public Meeting, May 18, 2021, from 1:00-2:30 pm

Larry can be reached at [email protected]