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oh wow this is what hacker news is now, reddit light lol
Edgy comments without any substance sure do make it seem that way.
Order Declassifying JFK and MLK Assassination Records [pdf]
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Re: Order Declassifying JFK and MLK Assassination Records [pdf]
#72Surely 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
Heck, it doesn't matter even if there are zero redactions. I saw a good cartoon along these lines: Trump agrees with the need to release any and all info about the JFK assassinations, which shows that all the evidence points to Oswald being the lone killer. The conspiracy theorist responds "This goes deeper than we thought..."
I'm all for releasing all the known evidence about the case, but a large swath of people will never be satisfied unless they hear exactly what they want to hear. There are still a sizable number of people who think the Moon landings were faked, despite all evidence to the contrary.
Re: Order Declassifying JFK and MLK Assassination Records [pdf]
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#75Most of the documents were declassified already, I think 99% of 170,000 files or some large number. This was through the The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992. I don't know what's to gain in this release other than closure?
The remaining 1% is almost certainly where the good stuff is.
Re: Order Declassifying JFK and MLK Assassination Records [pdf]
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#77Most of the documents were declassified already, I think 99% of 170,000 files or some large number. This was through the The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992. I don't know what's to gain in this release other than closure?
To play devil's advocate, you could declassify 99% of the files, and still leave out the incriminating parts. I don't believe this is what happened, I'm just saying 99% of the truth can still leave a lot out.
Re: Order Declassifying JFK and MLK Assassination Records [pdf]
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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.
If the FBI had really done it, I doubt they would have left classified records saying they had. Most likely, either the records would have been destroyed long ago, or they never would have created any in the first place Other possibility: they really didn’t do it, but there’s some classified record which sure makes it sound like they did. e.g. some record of J. Edgar Hoover joking about doing it
If the FBI did it off the record then technically it's not the FBI it's a rogue actor or cell that happens to work for the government
If a bus driver for a federal prison snapped and shot him we could say the same thing.
Where is the line between agency and private party if it's not drawn on the record?
Re: Order Declassifying JFK and MLK Assassination Records [pdf]
#79Most of the documents were declassified already, I think 99% of 170,000 files or some large number. This was through the The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992. I don't know what's to gain in this release other than closure?
Are you assuming that the decisions of which pages were declassified was a random sample? Why would they have selected any pages to remain hidden?
Re: Order Declassifying JFK and MLK Assassination Records [pdf]
#80And once it is released you'll know and the mystery will be gone. I (Australian) was very enthused when the "Somerton man" was resolved. But it took away mystery and wonder from me which actually gave me joy.