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Order Declassifying JFK and MLK Assassination Records [pdf]

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As much as some would like to pretend it does, his issues in his personal life still don’t make segregation and lack of voting rights an okay thing.

Yes, but he was really bad in some respects, that clashes with his public image/caricature in a way that kind of matters

You can say the same thing for literally every political figure throughout all of human history. People have said this throughout all recorded history.

Please read a book.

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#92

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The remaining 1% is almost certainly where the good stuff is.

Or just people's names. Something like "Joe Blow said he saw a person with a brown bag." You'd redact Joe's name even if there's nothing particularly interesting about him.

You'd redact a name, but not an entire file.

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And 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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerton_Man

Sorry if I missed something, but was it really resolved? AFAICT they likely ID'd the man, but not really anything else about the bizarre case. The note, the clothes labels, the cipher, etc.

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

Nope, not a bad thing, but I'm still waiting on the sasquatch files.

While you wait check out "Saxsquatch" on YouTube, he's currently on a North American tour. I can't wait to see him!

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

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

Reading the Epstein saga start to finish has been instructive as to how power works in this country. I previously had not understood it.

What you wrote is very interesting (and intriguing). What readings would you recommend?

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

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It was a campaign process and obviously people want to know the whole story.

> obviously people want to know the whole story. And, yet, they never will.

Or they already do.

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Someone previously decided that the remaining 1%, 1700 files, shouldn't be viewed by the public. Why? 1700 files is plenty to hold some interesting truths.

I think the idea was to wait for people mentioned in those documents to die, so as to not affect their privacy. You want people to tell the truth to government investigations in the future, and not hold something back because they think in 15 years the government might just release a transcript of everything you told them.

That's not the stated reason why they're dragging their feet.

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Someone previously decided that the remaining 1%, 1700 files, shouldn't be viewed by the public. Why? 1700 files is plenty to hold some interesting truths.

I think the idea was to wait for people mentioned in those documents to die, so as to not affect their privacy. You want people to tell the truth to government investigations in the future, and not hold something back because they think in 15 years the government might just release a transcript of everything you told them.

> I think the idea was to wait for people mentioned in those documents to die, so as to not affect their privacy

I also remember that story, but it's no justification for keeping something with this much public interest secret.

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Great do Epstein next

I think the desire to keep that stuff quiet is bipartisan because loads of people from both parties are exposed, as well as too many wealthy people. Now that we also have P-Diddy it makes me wonder just how many high class sleazy pimps with blackmail operations are operating at a given time. This must be a standard racket.

Back in the late 2010s, I worked with someone who had a personal relationship with PD, to the point that my business partner was soft pitching our business to PD...

The person that I worked with partied with PD and mirrored some of the same (alleged) sort of toxic and abusive antics in their own home and social circles, which I experienced firsthand. There was a darkness emanating from this person that I haven’t really felt before or since. We ultimately stopped working together due to them violating our contract.

The public allegations so far totally jibe with my experience associating with PDs associates and my limited visibility into the world of PD. I’m very glad to have come to my senses and avoided any closer orbit of this world.

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