The US releases more than 12,000 documents about Kennedy’s death

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60 years after the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, the National Archives and Records Administration has released 12,879 files related to its investigation, belonging to the CIA.

The United States National Archives 12,879 documents related to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy were released this Thursday almost 60 years after the murder in Dallas, Texas. This was done on behalf of Joe Biden, the president of the United States, reports the newspaper ‘The Washington Post’.

Most documents have been made public belonged to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), According to a spokesperson for the bureau, 95% of the documents in the collection about the Kennedy assassination have therefore already been released.

The White House has stressed that this decision reflects “the Biden administration’s commitment” to “greater transparency” as it gives the American people a “greater understanding” of the investigations surrounding his assassination.

“The agencies have made an extensive effort to review the full set of nearly 16,000 records previously published in redacted form. They have determined that more than 70% (of them) can now be published in their entirety,” it explains. White House out. it’s a statement.

It also added that in most registries there is no legitimate need to protect the files. However, it may be the case when the documents could cause “damage” to US military defenses, intelligence operations, law enforcement or US foreign relations, the US president stressed.

The National Archives will continue to review the documents through May 1, 2023, so any withheld information that the agencies do not “recommend for continued deferment” will be released by June 30, 2023.

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Former President John F. Kennedy was 46 years old when he served his first term as president he was murdered on November 22, 1963 after suffering several gunshot wounds while traveling in presidential entourage on an official visit to the state of Texas.

For those shots, Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested, who two days later, when he went to testify about the events, was killed by Jack Ruby, owner of a nightclub in the city of Dallas. The Warren Commission, charged with investigating the murder, concluded that Oswald acted alone.

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Source: EITB

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