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Subject to the receipt of further information, I will be allowing, as president, the long blocked and classified JFK FILES to be opened



https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/921716470140325889


Re-classify me if old.

 

[Farside]

Is he just trying to find out if Cruz's father had something to do with it?

 

[CarlisleDavid1979]

So it won't happen then.

 

[SodiumBenzoate]

Taking credit for something that was about to happen anyway.

Shocked.

 

[Ushojax]

Conspiracy nuts are a key demographic for him.

 

[Chittagong]

This is... good?

 

[Pbae]

[REDACTED]

 

[Xando]

Ted Cruz about to leave the country

 

[ponpo]

UFO files when.

 

[MudoSkills]

They'll dump these when they have some current news they want people distracted from.

 

[A Serious Man]

This was going to happen anyway under the JFK Records Act, I guess Trump is trying to take credit?

 

[Slime]

It was known that they'd come up for declassification now, but it's sorta newsworthy because there was speculation that the sitting president would block the release.

 

[Transistor]

Conspiracy nuts are a key demographic for him.

Bingo

 

[RPGCrazied]

He thinks he can do anything as President.

And I'm sure he wants to spin the narrative in his favor.

 

[ClosingADoor]

Was supposed to happen anyway. He just won't sign anything to block it.

Each assassination record shall be publicly disclosed in full, and available in the Collection no later than the date that is 25 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, unless the President certifies, as required by this Act, that –

(i) continued postponement is made necessary by an identifiable harm to 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.

The Act was signed by President Bush on October 26, 1992, thus the final release date is October 26, 2017.*

 

[Rebel Leader]

UFO files when.

Lol what are you talking about?


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Notify all units that we have a code red

 

[BatDan]

Was supposed to happen anyway. He just won't sign anything to block it.

Thanks Bush 41.

 

[UnluckyKate]

Was supposed to happen anyway. He just won't sign anything to block it.

yeah, is he taking credits ? It's been bound to be open to this date... for like what, 30 years now ?

 

[Blackpuppy]

Taking credit for something that was about to happen anyway.

Shocked.

Well I had listened to an NPR podcast and that guy was saying that the FBI or the CIA (I forget who) were really pressing for these documents to NOT be released. The president has that power to do it.

The guy was saying that the government had really slipped up on intelligence and could have caught Lee Harvey Oswald but didn't take the information seriously. I guess there's some really embarrassing information in there.

Sorry, I don't remember verbatim. It was on Fresh Air a couple months ago.

 

[PixelatedBookake]

UFO files when.

That's his leverage to never get impreached. He gonna Edward Snowden them shits.

 

[Kusagari]

 

[JustenP88]

We've elected a president who uses a Tweet about the JFK files to play to his base. People who would cheer if JFK was president today and was shot in the streets. Fantastic this is all wonderful.

What a fucking world.

 

[KojiKnight]

This is... good?

This was going to happen whether Trump wanted it or not... so he's taking credit for something that has nothing to do with him.

 

[PJV3]

yeah, is he taking credits ? It's been bound to be open to this date... for like what, 30 years now ?

Lol, he will graciously allow the sun to rise and rivers to flow for he is Trump.

 

[Amalthea]

Taking credit for something that happens anyway. Classic Trump.
Also lol at Kellys comments, Cheetos little bitch trying not to get fired or something.

 

[Blackpuppy]

Ah! Found the episode and the transcript:

They withheld a tremendous amount of information. And I think it's quite clear that many senior officials of the CIA and the FBI really perjured themselves before the Warren Commission because they did have something to hide. They had something important to hide, which is that they had known a lot about Lee Harvey Oswald before the assassination, that both of those agencies, the CIA and the FBI, both had him under surveillance and sometimes pretty aggressive surveillance in the weeks before the assassination.

And had they simply acted on the information in their own files, Lee Harvey Oswald might well have been rounded up before the assassination, and the world would be a different place today. And they wanted to hide just how much they had known about Oswald from the commission. And as a result, the commission couldn't act on a lot of evidence that might have pointed to other people who knew what Oswald was going to do.

DAVIES: Right, and there's a review board that was set up by the law that governs this. And the one person who could prevent their release is the president, right?

SHENON: The irony upon ironies that the president, President Donald Trump, who is no stranger to conspiracy theories, is the guy who has the final decision here. Under the law, only the president of the United States can block the release of some of these documents. And he has until October to do that. We - I understand with a colleague of mine who - Larry Sabato, a professor at the University of Virginia. We've learned that indeed a couple of agencies will appeal, and they will urge President Trump not to release some of these documents.

This is the episode: http://www.npr.org/2017/08/10/54253...on-jfk-s-assassination-are-being-declassified

 

[Fergie]

yeah, is he taking credits ? It's been bound to be open to this date... for like what, 30 years now ?

He's been taking credit for the economy, job growth and whatever is positive even though he hasn't passed anything substantial to impact anything.

He's a shameless piece of shit and it works great with his base.

 

[DonShula]

LMFAO.

He may not have killed JFK, but dammit he knows where some bodies are.

 

[RumbleHumble]

It was already happening, lol. Trump must have just found out.

 

[Elginer]

UFO files when.

Bingo! Show me the aliens

 

[SolarPowered]

Ted's dad must be sweating furiously.

 

[Ithil]

These were already set to be released now, for like decades. He's not doing shit other than trying to make it about himself.

 

[Randam]

he won't.

if he will, they will tell us, that Oswald shot him.

 

[slit]

Why is the National Security Council concerned about this? They wanted Trump to postpone release for some reason.

 

[Always-honest]

Not happening.

 

[Lucky Forward]

Ah! Found the episode and the transcript:

This is the episode: http://www.npr.org/2017/08/10/54253...on-jfk-s-assassination-are-being-declassified

Bookmarked for later, thanks for posting! Fresh Air and On Point are two of my favorites on NPR.

 

[Ouroboros]

Trying to change the story. He won’t release them just like his taxes.

 

[CrunchyFrog]

Ah! Found the episode and the transcript:





This is the episode: http://www.npr.org/2017/08/10/54253...on-jfk-s-assassination-are-being-declassified

You think he's gonna play this to try to delegitimize the FBI and its investigative authority?

 

[Ithil]

I feel like a mod should change the thread title because it's inaccurate. It makes it sound like he's personally decided to release them. They were already set to be released now for a long time.

 

[Nokterian]

lmao he is projecting because he is afraid of mueller.

 

[slit]

I feel like a mod should change the thread title because it's inaccurate. It makes it sound like he's personally decided to release them. They were already set to be released now for a long time.

To be fair, according to the Washington Post he was asked to postpone the release and is refusing. Why some want it postponed, I don't know.

 

[Blackpuppy]

To be fair, according to the Washington Post he was asked to postpone the release and is refusing. Why some want it postponed, I don't know.

If you look at my post above, an episode of Fresh Air looked into it. Basically, it's going to make the FBI and CIA look bad.

 

[rjinaz]

Trump will not block declassification of JFK files

is a more accurate title. I'm interested but also know this man does nothing that's not self-serving.

 

[Marvel]

Rofl

 

[slit]

If you look at my post above, an episode of Fresh Air looked into it. Basically, it's going to make the FBI and CIA look bad.

Yeah I saw that but I'm not absolutely sure that is the only reason. I'm not saying something major will be dropped it's just other agencies beside the CIA and FBI seemed to be concerned.

 

[yongeandcollege]

If true, great.

 

[DonShula]

If you look at my post above, an episode of Fresh Air looked into it. Basically, it's going to make the FBI and CIA look bad.

That implies that the long term plan was literally “ask for a delay forever.” That hardly seems like a professional strategy and means the CIA and FBI would rather protect folks who are long gone than take a couple lumps for mistakes their predecessors made. If that’s the reason, fine, but it’s a terrible one.

 

[Duxxy3]

Yeah I'm good with that.

 

[Melon Husk]

Just wait for the avalanche of books

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[Skinny Pete]

What’s the point of this again?