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Executive order signed today. 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/declassification-of-records-concerning-the-assassinations-of-president-john-f-kenned/

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1.  Policy and Purpose.  More than 50 years after the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Federal Government has not released to the public all of its records related to those events.  Their families and the American people deserve transparency and truth.  It is in the national interest to finally release all records related to these assassinations without delay.

The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 required all records related to the assassination of President Kennedy to be publicly disclosed in full by October 26, 2017, unless the President certifies that:  (i) continued postponement is made necessary by an identifiable harm to the military defense, intelligence operations, law enforcement, or conduct of foreign relations; and (ii) the identifiable harm is of such gravity that it outweighs the public interest in disclosure.  President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, section 5(g)(2)(D), Public Law 102-526, 106 Stat. 3443, 3448–49, codified at 44 U.S.C. 2107 note.

I previously accepted proposed redactions from executive departments and agencies (agencies) in 2017 and 2018, but ordered the continued re-evaluation of those remaining redactions.  See Temporary Certification for Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 82 Fed. Reg. 50,307–08 (Oct. 31, 2017); Certification for Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 83 Fed. Reg. 19, 157–58 (Apr. 26, 2018).  In the Presidential Memorandum of April 26, 2018, I also ordered agencies to re-review each of those redactions over the next 3 years and disclose information that no longer warrants continued withholding under the standard set forth in section 5(g)(2)(D) of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992.

President Biden issued subsequent certifications with respect to these records in 2021, 2022, and 2023, which gave agencies additional time to review the records and withhold information from public disclosure.  See Temporary Certification Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 86 Fed. Reg. 59,599 (Oct. 22, 2021); Certifications Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 87 Fed. Reg. 77,967 (Dec. 15, 2022); Certification Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 88 Fed. Reg. 43,247 (June 30, 2023).

I have now determined that the continued redaction and withholding of information from records pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is not consistent with the public interest and the release of these records is long overdue.  And although no Act of Congress directs the release of information pertaining to the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I have determined that the release of all records in the Federal Government’s possession pertaining to each of those assassinations is also in the public interest.

     Sec. 2.  Declassification and Disclosure.  (a)  Within 15 days of the date of this order, the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General shall, in coordination with the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and the Counsel to the President, present a plan to the President for the full and complete release of records relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

     (b)  Within 45 days of the date of this order, the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General shall, in coordination with the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and the Counsel to the President, review records related to the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and present a plan to the President for the full and complete release of these records.

     Sec. 3.  General Provisions.  (a)  Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i)   the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii)  the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

     (b)  This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

     (c)  This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

    January 23, 2025.

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This topic always amuses me because there’s some inherent contradiction of expectations.  

Everyone kinda knows the CIA and FBI did a bunch of horrible stuff back then and covered up all kinds of things but at the same time we, the public, are expected to believe they recorded everything like good public servants and neatly classified it in a lock box to be revealed in a time capsule like unearthing 75 years in the future.  

It’s as if the time factor somehow makes them magically more credible.  

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8 minutes ago, gernblansten said:

Crease: What are you saying? The NSA killed Kennedy?

Mother: No, they shot him, but they didn't kill him. He's still alive.

Crease: That's it. I've had it. I don't want to talk to you anymore.

Mother: Okay, fine. It was the same people who framed Pete Rose.

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54 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Executive order signed today. 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/declassification-of-records-concerning-the-assassinations-of-president-john-f-kenned/

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1.  Policy and Purpose.  More than 50 years after the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Federal Government has not released to the public all of its records related to those events.  Their families and the American people deserve transparency and truth.  It is in the national interest to finally release all records related to these assassinations without delay.

The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 required all records related to the assassination of President Kennedy to be publicly disclosed in full by October 26, 2017, unless the President certifies that:  (i) continued postponement is made necessary by an identifiable harm to the military defense, intelligence operations, law enforcement, or conduct of foreign relations; and (ii) the identifiable harm is of such gravity that it outweighs the public interest in disclosure.  President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, section 5(g)(2)(D), Public Law 102-526, 106 Stat. 3443, 3448–49, codified at 44 U.S.C. 2107 note.

I previously accepted proposed redactions from executive departments and agencies (agencies) in 2017 and 2018, but ordered the continued re-evaluation of those remaining redactions.  See Temporary Certification for Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 82 Fed. Reg. 50,307–08 (Oct. 31, 2017); Certification for Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 83 Fed. Reg. 19, 157–58 (Apr. 26, 2018).  In the Presidential Memorandum of April 26, 2018, I also ordered agencies to re-review each of those redactions over the next 3 years and disclose information that no longer warrants continued withholding under the standard set forth in section 5(g)(2)(D) of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992.

President Biden issued subsequent certifications with respect to these records in 2021, 2022, and 2023, which gave agencies additional time to review the records and withhold information from public disclosure.  See Temporary Certification Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 86 Fed. Reg. 59,599 (Oct. 22, 2021); Certifications Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 87 Fed. Reg. 77,967 (Dec. 15, 2022); Certification Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 88 Fed. Reg. 43,247 (June 30, 2023).

I have now determined that the continued redaction and withholding of information from records pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is not consistent with the public interest and the release of these records is long overdue.  And although no Act of Congress directs the release of information pertaining to the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I have determined that the release of all records in the Federal Government’s possession pertaining to each of those assassinations is also in the public interest.

     Sec. 2.  Declassification and Disclosure.  (a)  Within 15 days of the date of this order, the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General shall, in coordination with the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and the Counsel to the President, present a plan to the President for the full and complete release of records relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

     (b)  Within 45 days of the date of this order, the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General shall, in coordination with the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and the Counsel to the President, review records related to the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and present a plan to the President for the full and complete release of these records.

     Sec. 3.  General Provisions.  (a)  Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i)   the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii)  the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

     (b)  This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

     (c)  This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

    January 23, 2025.

Will it include the JFK/Marilyn Monroe sex tape?

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as sutherland-prouty said in his monologue: "it was in the wind"

there will be nothing revelatory released because there was nothing documented

i highly encourage everyone who has never done so to walk the plaza on a quite mid-week morning

and i will be happy to meet up and give the tour

although not new, i'm sure many of you have never seen these...   admiral recommended:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0B8JhOe3KU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_QIuu6hsAc

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20 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

as sutherland-prouty said in his monologue: "it was in the wind"

there will be nothing revelatory released because there was nothing documented

i highly encourage everyone who has never done so to walk the plaza on a quite mid-week morning

and i will be happy to meet up and give the tour

although not new, i'm sure many of you have never seen these...   admiral recommended:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0B8JhOe3KU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_QIuu6hsAc

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8 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

Of course our resident dipshit Covid conspiracy theorist is jazzed about this. Pay attention, kids. Ana is your brain on a steady diet of late night History Channel and Russian state media. 

Just like pulling a red ball out of a bag. 

 

I don't think that I have registered any opinion on this one. I happy to see any related materials declassified, but for a variety of reasons I don't think that there will be anything revelatory here. Of the three I think that the MLK FBI files could be the most interesting. Maybe we get more insights into the absolutely vile and disgusting shit that the FBI did to MLK. 

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My attending for MS3 surgery rotation was James Carrico. He was one of the first people to see Kennedy on arrival and was in the trauma code throughout.  He stood firm that the bullet entered JFK’s anterior neck below the larynx and exited the top/ back of his head. 
 

His hand written ER note 

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Said tracheostomy obliterated the entry wound. 
 

as soon as time of death was called they bagged the body and took off to DC. None of the Parkland Docs got to do even cursory post mortem 

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50 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

as sutherland-prouty said in his monologue: "it was in the wind"

there will be nothing revelatory released because there was nothing documented

i highly encourage everyone who has never done so to walk the plaza on a quite mid-week morning

and i will be happy to meet up and give the tour

although not new, i'm sure many of you have never seen these...   admiral recommended:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0B8JhOe3KU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_QIuu6hsAc

And to keep to the theme of collaboration going, I will be happy to meet up at any time to provide a tour of the Posse East, the spot where just 20 years after the Kennedy assassination, Dbeasy sat and drank many draft beers. 

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31 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

My attending for MS3 surgery rotation was James Carrico. He was one of the first people to see Kennedy on arrival and was in the trauma code throughout.  He stood firm that the bullet entered JFK’s anterior neck below the larynx and exited the top/ back of his head. 
 

His hand written ER note 

image.jpeg.5c338ad80817f5ac72d8d6c70a9f81a6.jpeg

 

Said tracheostomy obliterated the entry wound. 
 

as soon as time of death was called they bagged the body and took off to DC. None of the Parkland Docs got to do even cursory post mortem 

everyone in the room that day knew what they saw

mcclelland died in 19

i heard him speak in 12

he never wavered from his (ignored) testimony to the warren sham: https://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh6/pdf/WH6_McClelland.pdf

his wiki has been whitewashed in the past several years - it's now barren - memory holed

his interview in the english itv 87 production the men who killed kennedy was the exact same thing he said in his testimony and when i heard him speak 25 years later

there is a doc on para+ "what the doctors saw"

https://www.paramountplus.com/movies/video/doxrtMleUunO9_I87rGW_oDERuAcb6xU/

Dr. Robert Nelson McClelland was born on November 20, 1929, in Gilmer, Texas. His father, Robert, was a butcher, and his mother, Verna McClelland née Nelson, worked for a federal relief agency. He graduated from University of Texas at Austin in 1950 and University of Texas Medical Branch in 1954.

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46 minutes ago, Covri said:

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Legit may update my avatar, cause that is hilarious. 

 

But it doesn't really require a tin foil hat to take the position that all of the documents related to these assassinations should have been released a long time ago. There is no legitimate reason for them to remain classified. I don't think that they are going to show anything new, which only leaves curiosity into what exactly it is that the government thinks that they need to shield your eyes from. If there is anything damaging here, I think it comes from the MLK files. So let's see. 

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