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Friday, October 27, 2017

Trump Blocks Full Release Of JFK Assassination Records After Last Minute CIA Push

With much of America clicking furiously all day Thursday on the website of the National Archives, hoping to be among the first to catch the release of thousands of previously unseen JFK Assassination records, the U.S. government was in danger of missing the deadline to release the trove of previously classified records from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, "adding an unexpected twist to a saga already rife with rumors and conspiracies" according to NBC.

Caving to lobbying pressure by intelligence agencies, Trump announced he would not order the release of the full tranche of records, instead following last-minute recommendations of his national security agencies that some of those records be redacted, White House officials said. During a call with reporters, White House officials explained that while some 2,800 JFK records will be released today, the publications of the remaining records has been postponed for 180 days to give agencies more time to figure out what they want redacted. By late Thursday afternoon, the memo specifying which material the CIA, State Department and other agencies still want to keep under wraps had yet not made it to Trump’s desk, intel officials told NBC News.

“There’s a mad scramble going on in the executive branch to get this done,” one official said.

As CBS adds, the delay requests – some of which were registered a couple of months ago and some more recently - come from agencies throughout the government including the CIA and FBI. Some of the worry seems to center around documents created in the 1990's, when the congressional committee was crafting the legislation setting Thursday as the release date. Officials told CBS News there is concern the documents may reveal sources and operations from the near past and include current people or operations. Of particular concern, according to officials, are names in the documents.

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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

The more redactions, the greater the mystery and suspicions of conspiracy among the powerful and their agents.

Anonymous said...

Protecting the criminal elite because their not all dead yet.

JoeAlbero said...

Look, while everyone is disappointed in what was actually released, let's NOT forget that this is the first President to release documents on this matter, period. But Liberals will attack Trump anyway.

Anonymous said...

So all in all, we're still not going to know the truth - but then, do we ever, when it comes to Government. I think not.

Anonymous said...

I heard the CIA took him aside and showed him a never before seen video of Kennedy's assassination from the angle of the grassy knoll, and suddenly DT changed his mind.

Anonymous said...

3 letter agencies covering their butts

Anonymous said...

Patience - it will be done. Chill...

Anonymous said...

What right did they have to hide anything about the assassination anyway? It was only to protect whoever was involved. Hoping they would be dead when this finally came out. They just want time to remove what they do not want us to see.