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Friday, November 29
US Reveals Over 1,000 Classified Documents of JFK Assassination
The Biden administration published a portion of the secret documents that some historians and conspiracy theorists hope will shed light on the murder in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy .
The publication of almost 1, 500 documents still leaves more than 12, 000 partially redacted or fully retained.
Expected to prolong the bitter debate between the federal government and JFK investigators , who have argued that the CIA, FBI, and other national security agencies have continuously blocked an orderly release by Congress.
The documents can be consulted here.
Investi Longtime JFK editors say the post will not substantially change public understanding of the circumstances surrounding Kennedy’s death .
But for many lawmakers and transparency advocates, the publication of all Remaining documents, as ordered by Congress in 1992, is about restoring faith in the functioning of the government.
Public polls have long shown that the majority of Americans don’t believe the official Warren Commission finding that Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald , acting alone.
“Because it has taken (the government) so long to get these records out, no matter what comes out, no one is going to believe that’s it,” he said. to CNN an official familiar with rating concerns related to what s documents.
In October, President Joe Biden delayed a release scheduled to “protect against identifiable damage to military defense, intelligence operations , law enforcement or foreign affairs conduct that is of such severity that it outweighs the public interest in immediate disclosure. ”
He established two deadlines: Wednesday, for any documents that the national security agencies have not proposed to be withheld, and the 15 December 2022, to allow the remaining documents to undergo a rigorous security review and then
Agencies wishing to continue withholding private documents after December 2022 are scheduled to provide the White House with “an unclassified index that identifies for c In one of those registries, the reasons why the agency proposes the continued deferral of the information in said registry, ”according to Biden’s October report.
That order dictated that those indexes should be made public along with the remaining documents at 2022.
“President Biden’s memorandum reinforces the strict standards set by Congress and requires agencies to follow a strict timeline and well-structured process,” said Ezra Cohen, Chairman of the Public Interest Declassification Board, a bipartisan advisory panel whose members are appointed by the president and Congress, said in a statement.
“The expectation of the PIDB is that, within than one year, most of the records currently held will be declassified and made available to the public. ”
The law dictated that all reg Murder records should be publicly disclosed by October 2017, but Trump and now Biden have allowed multiple postponements on FBI advice. , the CIA and other national security agencies.
Trump eventually released tens of thousands of documents, most of which include at least some redactions.
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