President Kennedy minutes before his death. (Public domain photo).
I guess this qualifies as kind of an Illuminatus! footnote, as the concealment of government records in the 1963 killing of John Kennedy has helped feed conspiracy theories.
President Donald Trump has issued many executive orders since taking office earlier this week. Many of them seem bad to me, but he did order that all remaining classified records be released in the murders of President John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., which makes sense to me.
This being the government, it can't just release everything. "The order directs the director of national intelligence and the attorney general to develop a plan within 15 days to release the remaining John F. Kennedy records, and within 45 days for the other two cases. It was not clear when the records would actually be released." So we'll see if this is it and everything finally is made available within a reasonable time.
Here is the actual order, which notes previous releases of records with redactions. "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." You can also read the White House FAQ.
My son texted me last night, "This will prove Oswald, Sirhan and Ray are innocent." Well, maybe!
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