Have the JFK files been released yet?

[B2G]

I thought that would be big news today.

[bathroommonkey76]

1. No

The website hasn't been updated yet.

https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/2017-release

It will probably crash after they release them.

[B2G]

2. Thanks for the link! nt

[greyl]

4. Downloads there were working fine late last night. nt

[B2G]

3. Files are now out there.

Twitter about to go into overdrive. Lol.

[bathroommonkey76]

5. I don't see them.

Why aren't they showing up on the National Archives site?

Some people have been posting old documents on Twitter throughout the day.

[B2G]

8. I think you're right.

I saw 'previously withheld' and assumed they were new.

[bathroommonkey76]

10. The Boston Globe, NPR, and other news organizations

are asking for the public's help to sift through the documents.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/10/26/help-comb-through-new-jfk-files/aJeDlcBf6esnET6YKjbAzM/story.html


http://www.npr.org/2017/10/26/560220148/the-jfk-files-calling-on-citizen-reporters

It will be a couple of days before we see anything in a news story.

[bathroommonkey76]

12. Check the link now. nt

[blogslut]

6. Not released yet AFAIK

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/jfk-assassination-files/release-jfk-assassination-file-delayed-deadline-looms-n814691

The U.S. government was in danger Thursday of missing the deadline to release a trove of previously classified records from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, adding an unexpected twist to a saga already rife with rumors and conspiracies.

The National Archives needs the official approval of President Donald Trump to begin releasing the 35,000 documents online and meet a deadline to divulge the papers set by Congress 25 years ago by The John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act.

But as of Thursday afternoon, the memo specifying which material the CIA, State Department and other agencies still want to keep under wraps had not made it to Trump’s desk, U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News.

“There’s a mad scramble going on in the executive branch to get this done,” one official told NBC News.

The CIA is asking only for some redactions, not for all the documents to be held, the official said. But the other agencies involved in the process have not yet finished their submissions.

So only a handful of documents were expected to be released on Thursday, not the entire batch, officials told NBC News...

[bathroommonkey76]

7. The CIA must be trying to corner Trump

about the release of these documents.

[TexasBushwhacker]

9. If you snooze, you lose

All the agencies mentioned have known this deadline was coming up for 25 YEARS. If they haven't made specific and neccessary redactions by now, the documents should be released as is TODAY.

[bathroommonkey76]

11. The documents are on the site now

https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/2017-release