Talk:John Whitten

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When was Whitten's name "declassified"?

The article originally stated:

The name [of John Whitten] was declassified in October 2002, seven days after the death of Richard Helms.

This is correctly cited from Jefferson Morley's article 'The Good Spy', but Morley's claim conflicts with the ARRB Final report, which states that the board voted to withhold Whitten's name "until May 1, 2001 or three months after the decease of the individual, whichever comes first." It is very likely that Whitten's name in fact released prior to 2002, and the death of Helms certainly had nothing to do with the ARRB decision to withhold or release Whitten's name. As the recently released ARC documents make clear (see in particular 104-10332-10014), ARRB withheld Whitten's name after he strongly protested their plans to release his name, claiming that he could be expelled from his place of residence (he was living outside the U.S. when informed of the ARRB's plan), or even jailed. Morley's article is highly misleading on this whole subject. Rgr09 (talk) 04:34, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

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