Some Surprises in the Latest RFK Records Release

Among them, the CIA's dossier on the senator and close internal analysis of his assassin

Jun 16, 2025

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Left: Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-N.Y.), Jan. 5, 1965 *(Credit: Bettman Archive/Public Domain)*; Right: Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, accused assassin of RFK, Aug. 25, 2021 *(Credit: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation/Public Domain)*

The CIA maintained a “201” personality file on Robert F. Kennedy beginning in the mid-1950s and extending to 1964 — while he served as the United States Attorney General. That 201 file appeared among the revelations in the thousands of documents that the National Archives (NARA) and CIA released on June 12.

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