Do you know that the National Archives just released more CIA-JFK Assassination Files?
No fanfare or headlines. No grist for conspiracies. The latest document release flew under the media radar.
A lot of readers are probably saying, “What CIA-JFK files?” That is because the National Archives did not issue a press statement about its April 27 release of an additional 355 files.
Even many JFK assassination researchers were caught off-guard by the document dump. It took one, Fred Litwin, author of “On the Trail of Delusion,” to first spot the news and inform others.
These new files are not the top subject of a Joe Rogan podcast since they do not reveal any evidence of a conspiracy in the murder of the president. What the files do illustrate is the type of material about which the CIA has been fighting tooth and nail not to disclose to the public for nearly 60 years. Attorney Mark Zaid and I talked about some of the reasons behind the CIA’s secrecy obsession regarding the JFK files in 2021 in a Lawfare podcast. The agency battles to protect either confidential informants or foreign intelligence programs. Not very exciting for those hoping for a smoking…
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