The 2025–2026 JFK and RFK releases

The newly released JFK records include the closed testimony of William Harvey, who ran the CIA’s assassination capability. He confirmed a “general philosophic discussion of assassination and assassination techniques” with Sidney Gottlieb. [1] Gottlieb had already prepared poison for Lumumba. [2] Believers argue that the same people who planned killings abroad could have done so at home, and that the files were held back for decades for a reason. [3]

In the Harvey transcript, released unredacted in March 2025, Senate counsel asks about notes from a conversation with “Sid Gottlieb” on 25 January. Harvey says the phrase “Last resort beyond last resort and a confession of weakness” is “obviously referring to assassination” and was probably his own opinion to Gottlieb. [1]

The Public Interest Declassification Board says that as of 18 March 2025, all JFK Collection records previously withheld for classification have been released. [2] The RFK releases ran to more than 84,000 pages in 2025, and the CIA released 54 documents of its own. [3][4] A further 11,022 JFK pages followed on 30 January 2026. [5]

This file found nothing in these releases showing that MKULTRA techniques were used on Oswald, Sirhan or anyone else involved in the Kennedy killings.