More than 200 former congressional staffers had their Social Security numbers leaked in the JFK files that were declassified this week.
A Jan. 23 executive order by President Donald Trump ordered all records related to the JFK assassination to be released. On Tuesday, the Trump administration released 1,059 records spanning 31,400 pages.
The administration also called for the released 32,000 pages of records to have most of their redactions removed. However, some of the redacted information included the personal Social Security Security numbers and birth dates of congressional staffers who worked on the Senate Church Committee, which investigates abuses by America’s intelligence agencies, and the House Select Committee on Assassination.
The files were posted to the National Archives webpage under the headline “JFK Assassination Record — 2025 Documents Release.” A total of 80,000 files on the 1963 assassination are available for public review.
Many of those staffers, now with compromised identities, went on to serve in high-power positions, such as assistant secretary of state, U.S. ambassador, and at the State Department.
It is unknown how many of these staffers are still alive, but the Washington Post identified at least two men, Christopher Pyle, 86, and Joseph di Genova, 80, who are still alive and now have compromised identities.
“It’s absolutely outrageous. It’s sloppy, unprofessional,” di Genova, a former Trump campaign lawyer, told the outlet.
Di Genova shared that not only was his identity compromised, but he is concerned threats against him will resurface.
“In the past, I’ve had to report real threats against me to the FBI,” di Genova said. “There are dangerous nuts out there.”
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Pyle raised questions as to why the personal information of those working on the Church Committee ended up in the JFK files.
“I’m fascinated that this ended up in the released papers,” Pyle told the outlet. “Good Lord, the government is doing foolish things as usual.”