Even 58 years after the assassination, numerous conspiracy theories surround the murder of John F. Kennedy. The US government has now released a number of documents, some of which are under lock and key. But researchers are disappointed.
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John F. Kennedy was assassinated 58 years ago. The then US President was shot dead in a convertible on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. The US government has now released almost 1,500 more documents about the attack. The US National Archives announced on Wednesday. However, this is probably not accompanied by great insights.
Researchers on CNN said they were disappointed with the documents. They contained little new and sometimes appeared to be duplicates of previously released documents in which only a few blackened words had now been published. Thousands of documents are still partially blackened or withheld entirely. Most of the documents that have now been published come from the US Federal Police FBI and the CIA. For decades, politicians and researchers have been pushing for the documents to be released in full – also to prevent conspiracy theories.
In 2017, a release process stalled after then President Donald Trump failed to meet a legal deadline for publication. The CIA, FBI and other authorities had protested to Trump that the documents contained national security secrets that were still too sensitive to be released. US President Joe Biden announced the release in October. However, according to Politico, he admitted that there were documents that might never be published.
Conspiracy theories have grown up around the death of John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was shot dead in an open car on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. Investigations after the crime had led to the result that the – later murdered – Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. Nevertheless, all sorts of conspiracy theories have persisted over the years: That maybe the mafia pulled the strings, Cuba, the Soviets, the military-industrial complex, maybe also the Kennedy successor Lyndon B. Johnson in connection with the CIA, organized crime and Oil advocacy groups.