More than 2,800 JFK assassination files are released – hours after Trump claimed he had ‘no choice’ to keep some secret for six months so spies can black out portions
White House will allow CIA and FBI to black out portions of some JFK assassination documents for six months while they justify the edits
Trump said he was going to lift the ‘veil’ of secrecy on Thursday but he is now allowing exceptions for files that would expose ‘informants’ and foreign spies
1992 law required the president to release all the government’s documents related to the 1963 assassination by Thursday
But it gave the White House a national security loophole and Trump is taking it
By David Martosko, US Political Editor
DailyMail.com
27 October 2017
The White House has released 2,891 documents related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy that have long been kept secret.
The trove of files was published on the National Archives website on Thursday night, and produced revelations and prompted more questions about the fateful day in Dallas in 1963.
The documents revealed that Lee Harvey Oswald met a KGB agent in Mexico City’s Soviet Embassy two months before the shooting.
An unidentified man also called the FBI and said they were going to kill Oswald – just 24 hours before he was gunned down by Jack Ruby.
But not all of the records were released, because President Trump has kept some back so federal agencies can black out portions.
He is allowing intelligence, law enforcement and military agencies to take the next six months to justify their requests to redact specific pages.
A White House official told DailyMail.com during a conference call that while Trump wants to remove the ‘veil’ of secrecy regarding the 1963 killing, he has ‘no choice today but to accept those redactions rather than risk irreversible harm’ to the country.
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