Declassified. Indexed. Searchable.
The black vault, structured.
BlackVaultDocs is a machine-readable index of declassified US government records — JFK, RFK, MLK, and other FOIA-released collections. Every document links directly to the original PDF at the National Archives, with structured metadata so researchers, journalists, and LLMs can reason over the full corpus.
High-search declassification topics
JFK assassination record releases and Castro-era subversion reports drive the most archive searches. Start with a release collection or search the full corpus.
Featured collections
All collections →JFK Assassination Records — 2017–2018 Release
23,950Files disclosed in 2017 and 2018 from the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection, merged onto a single archives.gov landing page.
JFK Assassination Records — 2022 Release
10,536Files disclosed in 2022 from the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection.
JFK Assassination Records — 2025 Release
2,706Files released by the National Archives in 2025 under the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, including previously redacted CIA, FBI, and State Department cables.
JFK Assassination Records — 2023 Release
2,677Files disclosed in 2023 from the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection, including newly released cables, memoranda, and operational files.
JFK Assassination Records — 2021 Release
1,484Files disclosed in 2021 from the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection.
MLK Jr. FBI Surveillance Records — 2025 Release
6,302FBI surveillance records on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. disclosed by the National Archives in 2025 pursuant to Executive Order 14176.
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Archive stats →- Audit of the Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice Mental Health Collaboration Program Grant Awarded to the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, Baltimore, Marylanddoj-oig-ojp
- Audit of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Diversion Control Support Task Orders Awarded to Ocean Bay Information and Systems Management, LLCdoj-oig-dea
- Investigative Summary: Findings of Misconduct by a then FBI Special Agent in Charge for Violating Department of Justice and FBI Policies Regarding the Acceptance of Gifts and FBI Policies Regarding the Use and Handling of Firearmsdoj-oig-fbi
- Audit of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ Management of Firearm Trace Requests at the National Tracing Centerdoj-oig-multiple-components
- Audit of the Office of Justice Programs Victim Assistance Funds Subawarded by the Nevada Division of Child and Family Services to United Citizens Foundation, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevadadoj-oig-ojp
- Audit of the Office of Justice Programs Victim Assistance Grants Awarded to the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Bismarck, North Dakotadoj-oig-ojp
- Audit of the Justice Management Division’s Fleet Management Programdoj-oig-other-component
- Audit of the United States Attorneys’ Offices' Compliance with Savanna’s Act of 2020 and Their Efforts in Response to Missing or Murdered Indigenous Personsdoj-oig-other-component
Frequently searched records
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Why this archive exists
Structured, not scanned
Every PDF has a canonical slug, source URL, agency, and collection tag — so queries beat keyword search on the originating release pages.
Original sources only
We link directly to the PDFs hosted by the National Archives. No re-uploads, no mirrors — you always see the primary source.
Built for discovery
Fast, static pages crawlable by humans and LLMs. Use the collection and agency indexes as your jumping-off points.