The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has discovered approximately 2,400 records related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination that were never provided to the board responsible for reviewing and disclosing such documents. This revelation follows President Trump’s January 23 executive order demanding the release of all JFK assassination records, as well as records relating to the assassination of his younger brother, Robert “Bobby” Kennedy Sr., and Martin Luther King.
The discovery, made 61 years after Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas, Texas, underscores government reluctance to be fully transparent about the slaying. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence disclosed the existence of these records to the White House on Friday as part of their plan to comply with Trump’s order.
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Jefferson Morley, an expert on the assassination and vice president of the Mary Ferrell Foundation, described the findings as significant. Under the 1992 JFK Records Act, these records were supposed to be handed over to the JFK Assassination Records Review Board and then to the National Archives for public disclosure by 2017. However, these newly discovered files were not previously submitted or reviewed.
Trump expressed regret for not releasing all JFK records during his first term. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nephew of President Kennedy and son of Bobby Kennedy—who has been nominated for Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary by President Trump—praised him for his initiative to disclose the relevant records, noting that, in life, JFK argued that “The very word ‘secrecy’ is repugnant in a free and open society,” and that Americans “are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secrecy.”
Despite Trump’s executive order, intelligence agencies continue pushing for redactions. […]
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