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Order Declassifying JFK and MLK Assassination Records [pdf]

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Re: Order Declassifying JFK and MLK Assassination Records [pdf]

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Post by addicted »

RajT88 wrote: post #5
dgfitz wrote: post #2

Surely nobody sees this as a bad thing. It’s been a bit since these events happened.

I am sure it makes some TLA look bad. I fully expect to not have everything released.

The FBI.

The FBI was out for MLK.

In his first term Trump liked the FBI so he allowed them to redact the JFK files he was legally supposed to release to the public.

But in 2025 they’re his bogey man so releasing it so Kash Patel has an even easier time remolding it in his image makes a lot of sense.

Re: Order Declassifying JFK and MLK Assassination Records [pdf]

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Post by skullone »

declan_roberts wrote: post #10
conductr wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He probably already knows, because, well, ya know

It should be bipartisan at this point to demand the release. If it makes everyone in office look bad then all the better!

Because a ton of people in office were his "clients". This country is rotten

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Post by sirbutters »

IAmNotACellist wrote: post #4
dgfitz wrote: post #2

Surely nobody sees this as a bad thing. It’s been a bit since these events happened.

I can think of a few agencies that might be sweating. Or maybe it'll come out that it really was just a random nutjob. Or they'll redact something and conspiracy theorists will forever say that the crucial piece of evidence is contained under the last remaining Sharpie ink

Bullseye. That's exactly what will happen. They have much more to gain by keeping some of the mystery. If they hand out a black and white explanation they have 1 less leverage to manipulate the mass.

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Post by shmoe »

declan_roberts wrote: post #10
conductr wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He probably already knows, because, well, ya know

It should be bipartisan at this point to demand the release. If it makes everyone in office look bad then all the better!

That's precisely why we'll never see it.

Re: Order Declassifying JFK and MLK Assassination Records [pdf]

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Post by stevenwoo »

dgfitz wrote: post #2

Surely nobody sees this as a bad thing. It’s been a bit since these events happened.

During his first term, Trump was the one who stopped all the records from being released automatically. This is his MO, to claim as victory something that would have happened without him opening his mouth in the first place.
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