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Wed Sep 27, 2017, 09:34 AM Sep 2017

Secret JFK assassination papers to be revealed?

Will Donald Trump allow release of secret JFK assassination papers?

BOSTON — The anticipated release of thousands of never-before-seen government documents related to President John F. Kennedy's assassination has scholars and armchair detectives buzzing.
Now, they're waiting to see whether President Donald Trump will block the release of files that could shed light on a tragedy that has stirred conspiracy theories for decades.

The National Archives has until Oct. 26 to disclose the remaining files related to Kennedy's 1963 assassination, unless Trump intervenes.
The CIA and FBI, whose records make up the bulk of the batch, won't say whether they've appealed to the Republican president to keep them under wraps.

"The American public deserves to know the facts, or at least they deserve to know what the government has kept hidden from them for all these years," Larry Sabato,
director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics and author of a book about Kennedy, said in an email to The Associated Press.
"It's long past the time to be forthcoming with this information," he said.

It's unlikely the documents contain any big revelations about Kennedy's killing, said Judge John Tunheim, who was chairman of the independent agency in the 1990s that made public many assassination records and decided how long others could remain secret.

The White House didn't immediately respond to emails seeking comment.
The FBI declined to comment on whether it has asked Trump to keep the files hidden.

Read more at:
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/2017/09/will_donald_trump_allow_release_of_secret_jfk_assassination_papers

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