National Archives (NARA)
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the custodian of the federal government’s permanent records, including major declassified collections like the JFK Assassination Records. DeclassDB searches NARA’s catalog and OCR text alongside the intelligence agencies.
Search below across the National Archives’ declassified holdings.
What you’ll find
- The JFK Assassination Records Collection
- Military and diplomatic records across U.S. history
- OCR’d document text from digitized holdings
For records held by an agency rather than NARA, use the builder below to draft a FOIA request to the right office.
Open the FOIA Request Builder →DeclassDB
FOIA search is fragmented and keyword-only. DeclassDB unifies seven federal archives — CIA CREST, FBI Vault, NSA, State, NARA, DoD, NSArchive — and adds AI semantic search, so you can find what you mean, not just what you typed.
AI semantic search
Find by meaning across 309,708 CREST documents (1.05M pages, full-text). The embedding model runs in your browser — no cloud round-trip. Pro & Researcher.
One query, every agency
Unified, blended, de-duplicated across seven federal sources. CIA / FBI / State always free; NSA / NARA / DoD / NSArchive unlocked on Pro.
Privacy-first by design
Vectors, AI summaries, and entity extraction all run on your device. No cloud, no search logs, no third-party trackers. Air-gappable for federal use.