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Surely nobody sees this as a bad thing. It’s been a bit since these events happened.
I think its good, but humorously waiting for the conspiracists to shift the goal posts so we can spend the next 50 years talking about the "documents the fed shredded"
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Because they have assets who are still in the field that they don't want to expose or similar. Classified status is somewhat contagious, in that many of those documents aren't from the time period in question, they could be from yesterday if some government agent had a discussion about it.
somebody who was an adult during the jfk assassination is still out working "in the field"? do you seriously believe that?
A very convincing confession was published for the first time last month, of someone who alleges to have shot JFK. https://youtu.be/-8DGv6KSBZI
It's just a symbolic order, won't actually lead to anything important being released because the agencies have the authority to reject whatever they want. Many of the files have already been destroyed anyways. See: Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect: (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or (ii) t…
Honest question: why weren't they declassified earlier?
1) the CIA and/or FBI knew about the assassination plot and either couldn't, or didn't, stop it -- they failed
or 2) there is a non-zero chance the Dulles brothers engineered it, either deliberately or through deliberate inaction
my guess is #1
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If the transcript involves evidence against a random psychopath who committed murder against beloved public figures (with no connection whatsoever to the government), I don't understand why anyone involved with such an investigation would be upset about the release of such transcripts immediately, much less 15 years or 65 years in the future.
In our conspiracy theory riddled world? The first thing that comes to mind is Sandy Hook. Those poor parents being harassed by people accusing them of being “false flag” actors and all that nonsense. If you were a key witness in the JFK assassination you can bet nutjobs hell bent on some conspiracy theory or another are going to track you down and harass you. Not to mention the way more vanilla stuff: people whose te…
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You still have to explain the magic bullet impossibilities, fully intact bullet on the stretcher, Oswald as known CIA asset (CIA reports show this), etc. None of this is really explainable by the official story.
> You still have to explain the magic bullet impossibilities This has been explained ad nauseam. The bullet went in a straight line. > Oswald as known CIA asset (CIA reports show this) I’m sure the CIA has used a lot of unstable people all over. It’s not inconceivable that one of them went on to commit an assassination without being directed to by the CIA. Sometimes things are just boring.
That said, the public deserves to know the extent of the CIA's involvement.
I would be wholly unsurprised if it turned out to be some Mujahideen type deal where taxpayers invested a bunch to up-skill this guy, left him alone once the reason for the investment was over and he eventually came back around to shoot at us.
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I think its good, but humorously waiting for the conspiracists to shift the goal posts so we can spend the next 50 years talking about the "documents the fed shredded"
Reminds me of the flat earth experiments to prove the definitive truth that prove the earth is spherical and thus prove that the deep state manipulated the experiment which acts only to strengthen their resolve to get to the "real" truth.
Very funny watching flerfs realize other flerfs arent actually willing to look at real evidence without making it a conspiracy.
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I think its good, but humorously waiting for the conspiracists to shift the goal posts so we can spend the next 50 years talking about the "documents the fed shredded"
Is it really shifting the goal posts if we have evidence it really happens?
Its shifting the goal posts when the call has to been release all the documents, and when they do just that, saying it wasnt in fact all the documents...it would be impossible to have evidence of it, or verify it. Just unsubstantiated claims, but thats enough for some
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Sounds like a bunch of work. I thought the priority was reducing waste of taxpayer dollars?
This is a snide, low-effort comment that didn't have the bare minimum of effort put into it to research whether or not its core premise was correct, and actively degrades the quality of discourse on HN. It would have taken thirty seconds to Google "President Trump administration priorities" and come up with https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/01/pres... The efficacy or utility of those priorities doe…
i hate the wall of text on this site. i hate how some people feel entitled to tell others their remarks aren't welcome.
it truly takes away from this site to see the police show up on almost every single thread.
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.
He's explicitly at war with the deep state and existing institutions. Trying to tear them down and seize power. If these files make the FBI and/or other TLA(s) look bad, further public eroding trust and support, he wins.
The Republicans are also starting to win back non-white voters. Shedding light on the MLK assassination certainly does not hurt that effort.