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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,943 posts)
Sat Oct 23, 2021, 01:00 PM Oct 2021

White House delays release of JFK assassination records, citing COVID-19 pandemic

The White House said it would again delay the release of long-classified documents relating to President John F. Kennedy, citing the "significant impact" of the COVID-19 pandemic.

President Joe Biden issued a memo on Friday that said that most of the files will now be withheld until December 15 of next year, with some due to be released later this year.

The memo said that the pandemic has had a "significant impact" on the National Archives and Records Administration's ability to review whether redactions continue to meet the "statutory standard."

The agency said it needed additional time to research the material and "maximize the amount of information released."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-delays-release-of-jfk-assassination-records-citing-covid-19-pandemic/ar-AAPS00b

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White House delays release of JFK assassination records, citing COVID-19 pandemic (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2021 OP
I predict if you can remember the assassination, you will never live to see the records. Sneederbunk Oct 2021 #1
My thoughts exactly! BlueJac Oct 2021 #2
They've Had 58 Years... ProfessorGAC Oct 2021 #3

ProfessorGAC

(65,010 posts)
3. They've Had 58 Years...
Sat Oct 23, 2021, 03:29 PM
Oct 2021

...to bring redactions up to statutory standard, even if those rule changed now & then.
Not releasing them just fuels conspiracy theories, but the continual delays obviously could be interpreted as hiding something.
If there are no bombshells, just release the stupid docs & starve the CTs of oxygen.

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