Exclusive | RFK Jr. blasts CIA for reportedly ‘seizing’ uncle JFK’s assassination records: ‘It’s illegal’

Nypost · May 23, 2026 · 741 words · By Geoff Earle

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blasts CIA for reportedly ‘seizing’ uncle JFK’s assassination records: ‘It’s illegal’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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blasts CIA for reportedly ‘seizing’ uncle JFK’s assassination records: ‘It’s illegal’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

took aim at the CIA this week, blasting the agency for reportedly keeping a tranche of his uncle’s assassination records under wraps for a “sinister” reason he could neither identify or justify.

Common ground

The Health and Human Services secretary spoke to The Post days after the CIA seized boxes of secret JFK documents from the office of outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, prompting furious outcry from influential House Republicans.

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Claim 1: “Luna and Comer then wrote CIA Director John Ratcliffe telling him to preserve assassination and MK-Ultra records.”

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Claim 2: “Erdman said they included documents from the CIA’s previously secret MK-Ultra program, which dates to the 1950s-1970s — when the agency performed experiments on mind control and human behavior modification.”

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Wikipedia and History.com explicitly confirm that MK-Ultra was a CIA program involving mind control and human behavior modification experiments operating from the 1950s through the 1970s.

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web search NEUTRAL — MKUltra was an illegal human experimentation program designed and undertaken by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to develop procedures and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKUltra

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 16, 2017 ... MK-Ultra was a top-secret CIA project in which the agency conducted hundreds of clandestine experiments—sometimes on unwitting U.S. citizens ...
https://www.history.com/articles/history-of-mk-ultra

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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 23, 2024 ... ... CIA's mind control research programs. The new collection, CIA and the Behavioral Sciences: Mind Control, Drug Experiments and MKULTRA ...
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/dnsa-intelligence/20…

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Claim 3: “Former CIA officer James Erdman delivered bombshell whistleblower testimony before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs last week that the CIA took 40 boxes of assassination records from Gabbard’s office”

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The evidence provided for this claim consists of irrelevant text (alarm systems, Sons of the American Revolution, and a vocabulary list), providing no confirmation of James Erdman's testimony.

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web search NEUTRAL — Alarm Center Inc. Alarm Central · alarm communication technologies · alarm companies · Alarm Company Operator Disciplinary Review Committee · Alarm Computer ...
https://www.securitysystemsnews.com/tag

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web search NEUTRAL — 1\lid Atlantic District (Pennsylvania, Delaware, lllaryland, and District of Columbia). WILLinl T. OLD, 900 Jame·town Crescent, Norfolk, Va. South Atlantic ...
https://www.sar.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/XXXIX-NO-1_JU…

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web search NEUTRAL — ... officer-involved 112996 wegrow 113165 drivetrain 53070 rule-bound 148999 pre-conference 21823 cjchivers 93374 normality 22178 karnes 161401 o.c.d. 174240 ...
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ark/dyogatam/wordvecs/vocab.txt

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Claim 4: “The Health and Human Services secretary spoke to The Post days after the CIA seized boxes of secret JFK documents from the office of outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard”

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Multiple web search results from Yahoo and other sources report that the CIA took documents related to the JFK assassination and MK-Ultra from Tulsi Gabbard's office.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) / ˌsiː.aɪˈeɪ / is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collectin…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency

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web search NEUTRAL — CIA’s legacy is one of brave individuals dedicated to freedom, fulfilling our intelligence mission with ingenuity and grit. Protecting our country is at the heart of our mission — past, present, and f…
https://www.cia.gov/index.html

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web search NEUTRAL — The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) collects, evaluates, and disseminates vital information on economic, military, political, scientific, and other developments abroad to safeguard national security…
https://www.usa.gov/agencies/central-intelligence-agency

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Claim 5: “The ‘MK’ stands for mind control, and the CIA had these programs at Fort Detrick [Army labs in Maryland], but at 220 universities around our country”

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Evidence from a 1977 Senate Hearing confirms the role of Fort Detrick in support of CIA capabilities. While the specific number '220 universities' is not explicitly listed in the snippets, the general operation at universities and Fort Detrick is supported by the context of MK-Ultra's scope in the provided sources.

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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 13, 2024 ... And is it possible that whistleblowers are fabricating parts or all of their testimony? The US Air Force allegedly used disinformation against a ...
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO12/20241113/117721/HHRG…

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 6, 2019 ... The long read: Frank Olson died in 1953, but, because of clandestine US government experiments, it took decades for his family to get closer ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/06/from-mind-co…

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 3, 1977 ... 206-208); the role of Fort Detrick in support of CIA's. Biological/Chemical Warfare capability (p. 208); and material sabotage research (p ...
https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/rp3h/lansberry/mkultra.pdf

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Claim 6: “the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, which set a final records release date of 2025”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of search results for the biblical 'Book of John' and 'John the Apostle', which are completely irrelevant to the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992.

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web search NEUTRAL — Church tradition has held that John is the author of the Gospel of John and four other books of the New Testament – the three Epistles of John and the Book of Revelation.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Apostle

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web search NEUTRAL — 6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a w…
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1&version=…

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web search NEUTRAL — Read the Book of John online. Scripture chapters and verses with full summary, commentary meaning, and concordances for Bible study.
https://www.biblestudytools.com/john/

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Claim 7: “Kennedy Jr., 72”

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Wikipedia confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was born on January 17, 1954. Given the current date context (2025/2026 in evidence), he is 71 or 72. A cross-reference from Nypost explicitly states 'Kennedy, 72'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (born January 17, 1954), also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.

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web search NEUTRAL — Top QuestionsHow has Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. influenced laws or policies about the environment?How has Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s activism affected public awareness about environmental issues?
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-F-Kennedy-Jr

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web search NEUTRAL — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has spent his entire career in public service.Kennedy went on to co-found the Waterkeeper Alliance and served as its president for 21 years.
https://www.hhs.gov/about/leadership/robert-kennedy.html

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Claim 8: “House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) to try to get the agency to cough up any relevant material”

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Web search results from Yahoo and other sources confirm Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's claims regarding the CIA raiding Gabbard's office and her efforts to obtain those records.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 14, 2026 ... Audrey Guise she had 50 boxes of CIA secrets related to the JFK assassination and MKUltra (CIA mind comtrol, through drugs and tortures) that ...
https://www.facebook.com/fox13seattle/posts/florida-rep-anna…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 21, 2025 ... noted in her opening statement that, “[What] Americans have come to understand about the assassination of President Kennedy has been mostly ...
https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-task-for…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 14, 2026 ... ... files “were not given back.” “People from the CIA took documents (related to the JFK assassination/MKUltra) from the National Reconnaissance ...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/cia-took-files-jfk-mk-11…

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Claim 9: “President Trump signed an executive order days after retaking office calling for an end to the “endless delays” in the release.”

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While evidence confirms Donald Trump assumed office on January 20, 2025, there is no specific evidence provided in the search results regarding an executive order signed 'days after retaking office' specifically calling for an end to delays in JFK records release.

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web search NEUTRAL — The incumbent president is Donald Trump, who assumed office on January 20, 2025. [5][6] Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 47 presidencies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Unit…

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web search NEUTRAL — Click on a president below to learn more about each presidency through an interactive timeline. The table below the graphic provides a list of presidents of the United States, their birthplaces, polit…
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Presidents-of-the-United-St…

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web search NEUTRAL — Under President Donald Trump’s second administration, the United States has surged into a new era of prosperity, marked by record-setting economic growth and trillions in new private-sector...
https://www.whitehouse.gov/

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Claim 10: “Luna visited CIA headquarters at Langley last week, the agency confirmed”

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