President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday declassifying Central Intelligence Agency files on the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
They will be released to the public after more than 50 years.
“”More than 50 years after the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Federal Government has not released to the public all of its records related to those events. Their families and the American people deserve transparency and truth. It is in the national interest to finally release all records related to these assassinations without delay,” the order explains. “I have now determined that the continued redaction and withholding of information from records pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is not consistent with the public interest and the release of these records is long overdue. And although no Act of Congress directs the release of information pertaining to the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I have determined that the release of all records in the Federal Government’s possession pertaining to each of those assassinations is also in the public interest.”
It will take about 60 days for all of the documents to be released “in full.” Trump said the “families and the American people deserve transparency and truth. It is in the national interest to finally release all records related to these assassinations without delay.”
The Department of Justice and director of national intelligence (nominee Tulsi Gabbard) will develop a plan for the president to complete the release of these documents.
The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 required all records related to the assassination of President Kennedy to be publicly disclosed in full by October 26, 2017, unless the President certifies that: (i) continued postponement is made necessary by an identifiable harm to the military defense, intelligence operations, law enforcement, or conduct of foreign relations; and (ii) the identifiable harm is of such gravity that it outweighs the public interest in disclosure. President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, section 5(g)(2)(D), Public Law 102-526, 106 Stat. 3443, 3448–49, codified at 44 U.S.C. 2107 note.
“I previously accepted proposed redactions from executive departments and agencies (agencies) in 2017 and 2018, but ordered the continued re-evaluation of those remaining redactions. See Temporary Certification for Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 82 Fed. Reg. 50,307–08 (Oct. 31, 2017); Certification for Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 83 Fed. Reg. 19, 157–58 (Apr. 26, 2018). In the Presidential Memorandum of April 26, 2018, I also ordered agencies to re-review each of those redactions over the next 3 years and disclose information that no longer warrants continued withholding under the standard set forth in section 5(g)(2)(D) of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992,” the order explained.
President Biden allowed agencies to delay the release.
Good
He had a chance to do it before but national security convinced him otherwise. Think we can handle knowing lbj and the cia did it? What about the mob? Nixon? 2 shooters or 3? Next, he can open up Roswell. Hillary was going to.
As the kids say, this is gonna be lit.
Trump is going to get popular support (leverage) to fundamentally transform the IC. He is really doing this. Let’s go.
Will the real killers please stand up and take your punishments? If not, we will find you.