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| POTUS and the secret JFK assassination files |
| 2017-04-28 |
| [Politico] The nation’s conspiracy-theorist-in-chief is facing a momentous decision. Will President Donald Trump allow the public to see a trove of thousands of long-secret government files about the event that, more than any other in modern American history, has fueled conspiracy theories ‐ the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy? The answer must come within months. And, according to a new timeline offered by the National Archives, it could come within weeks. Under the deadline set by a 1992 law, Trump has six months left to decide whether he will block the release of an estimated 3,600 files related to the assassination that are still under seal at the Archives. From what is known of the JFK documents, most come from the CIA and FBI, and a number may help resolve lingering questions about whether those agencies missed evidence of a conspiracy in Kennedy’s death. As with every earlier release of JFK assassination documents in the 53 years since shots rang out in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, it is virtually certain that some of the files will be seized on to support popular conspiracy theories about Kennedy’s murder; other documents are likely to undermine them. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #16 Yeah, I know. History repeats itself...and incompetency seems ingrained in their culture. Posted by Tennessee I doubt you and I could ever be close friends Tennessee, we think too much alike. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-04-28 21:14 |
| #15 ...Especially since LBJ was maybe a few months away from indictment after the Bobby Baker scandal. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2017-04-28 20:50 |
| #14 QUI BONO? LBJ. |
| Posted by: Jugum Stalin4194 2017-04-28 20:06 |
| #13 You've got to ask yourself: "Who had motive? Who was likely to gain the most?" LBJ. His mistress claims he was behind it. That's what I always thought. A glamorous, charismatic, popular young president and his treacherous old veep. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-04-28 19:29 |
| #12 Yeah, I know. History repeats itself...and incompetency seems ingrained in their culture. |
| Posted by: Tennessee 2017-04-28 17:45 |
| #11 You've got to ask yourself: "Who had motive? Who was likely to gain the most?" LBJ. His mistress claims he was behind it. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-04-28 17:00 |
#10  Probably will show an embarrassment of th />e Probably will show an embarrassment of the CIA/FBI...LHO was likely recruited by the Klingons and then the crazy man killed Kennedy. Incompetency not a conspiracy on CIAs part.Posted by: Tennessee You really are out there Tennessee, I mean.... |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-04-28 16:58 |
| #9 I continue to hold out for the Cuban's, perhaps with some backchannel help from Russians still pissed about the Missile back down by K. They did try and kill Fidel repeatedly. I have never understood when LHO took the rifle to the book depository? Was it on the basis of a published parade route in the local papers, or did it predate that? |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2017-04-28 15:52 |
| #8 One theory was Gov. Connelly dissed Oswald, (I ferget the 'offense') and he was aiming for the Gov. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2017-04-28 13:40 |
| #7 Probably will show an embarrassment of the CIA/FBI...LHO was likely recruited by the Klingons and then the crazy man killed Kennedy. Incompetency not a conspiracy on CIAs part. |
| Posted by: Tennessee 2017-04-28 12:46 |
| #6 I expect they are as full of inactionable innuendo as the Clinton emails. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-04-28 12:37 |
| #5 The Bushes did it........ I doubt that the Dems are crazy enough to blame it on Trump, that would be a touch precocious. But I wouldn't really put it past them. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-04-28 12:03 |
| #4 The Warren hearing was a whitewash. Why not release all these files for historians to pore over. It would be interesting to know what the Feds have in this trove. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-04-28 09:56 |
| #3 He's in a tough spot. Release it and if it doesn't blame the Rooshuns, it's because he and his minions are puppets of Putin |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-04-28 08:53 |
| #2 Clearly wasn't money. Must have been whores or Russians. Unless of course, the pattern as we now know it was broken. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-04-28 08:00 |
| #1 ...I'm going to bet that sometime within the next few weeks, a bill will go through Congress making sure that stuff stays sealed well unto the seventh generation or so. The Kennedy family ain't what it used to be, but it still has an enormous amount of clout. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2017-04-28 04:52 |