[The Epoch Times, 16 dicembre 2022](Reported by Epoch Times reporter Gao Sugi)WE.national archives12,879 new revelations, linked to the former presidentKennedyMurderedThe scope of unsealed related confidential documents is the largest since 2018.
Almost 60 years ago, JohnKennedy(John F. Kennedy) was shot and killed in Dallas, becoming the fourth assassinated while in officeWE.President. President Biden ordered the documents released earlier in the day before the Thursday (Dec. 15) deadline.
The US Congress passed a “President Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act” in 1992, requiring the federal government to release all remaining Kennedy assassination records by October 2017, unless these records pose certain defense risks national or intelligence. But Biden had signed an order to postpone the release.
This led to a legal challenge from the Mary Ferrell Foundation over the matter. The foundation is a non-profit organization that collects records of planned homicides online. The group argued that President Biden’s extension order was illegal under the 1992 legislation.
Biden’s latest extension order extended the unlock period by another year. The reason given was that the pandemic had hampered the agencies’ ability to review the records by the deadline.
According to the latest memo, thenational archivesNearly 16,000 Kennedy pieces still remainMurderedRelevant government records are classified, and Biden has approved the unlocking of at least 70% of them.
However, an unknown number of documents classified as “restricted” were not included in the batch of unsealed documents. Biden’s ordinance also requires federal and state agenciesfileThe library has until May 1, 2023 to make recommendations on whether these remaining documents should remain confidential.
Biden also ordered the remaining documents to be made public by June 30, 2023, unless they meet a limited number of exceptions.
“Agencies cannot propose to continue withholding information unless the withholding is necessary to protect the conduct of military defense, intelligence operations, law enforcement, or diplomatic relations from identifiable harm and the harm is serious,” Biden’s order said. which would result from the disclosure of documents to the outside world”.
In recent years, the countryfileThe library has opened several batches of documents. The most recent release of 1,491 documents was exactly one year ago.
As of Thursday, the National Archives had released about 55,000 documents from the original deadline set by Congress.
According to reports, the main content of the unsealed Kennedy file is the 80-volume “personality file” (Personality File).
The documents also include information gathered by the CIA around the time of Kennedy’s assassination, about Oswald’s trip to Mexico City, and possibly information about a CIA veteran who had an apparent conflict of interest in the case.
White House officials also stressed that nothing related to conspiracy theories was revealed in the unsealed documents.
Responsible editor: Ye Ziwei#
