{"id":332275,"date":"2017-10-27T03:41:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T02:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/fbi-cia-left-trump-no-choice-but-to-delay-long-awaited-jfk-assassination-docs-rt-us-news\/"},"modified":"2017-10-27T03:41:28","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T02:41:28","slug":"fbi-cia-left-trump-no-choice-but-to-delay-long-awaited-jfk-assassination-docs-rt-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/fbi-cia-left-trump-no-choice-but-to-delay-long-awaited-jfk-assassination-docs-rt-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI &#038; CIA left Trump \u2018no choice\u2019 but to delay long-awaited JFK assassination docs \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2017.10\/thumbnail\/59f1bfb3fc7e9374508b4567.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Published time: 26 Oct, 2017 23:52 <\/time><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Edited time: 27 Oct, 2017 00:20 <\/time><\/p>\n<p>        Some of the highly anticipated secret documents containing details of the John F. Kennedy assassination have been released by the National Archives, more than a half-century since the US president was fatally shot in Dallas, Texas. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text  js-mediator-article\">\n<p>The 25-year deadline was set for Thursday, October 26, and while many of the documents were released, the entire trove was not made available by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said late Thursday that he had <em>\u201cno choice\u201d<\/em> but to accept the concerns of intelligence agencies, such as the FBI and CIA, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/6bf3903a0f4e40178a0b2cb8c83ebdad\/The-Latest:-Trump-delays-release-of-some-JFK-files\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the request of the CIA and FBI, Trump has delayed some of the JFK files from being fully declassified for at least another six months, the AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>The 2,800 documents Trump approved for release are available to search on the National Archives\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/research\/jfk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The only person with the power to prevent the release of the documents was Trump, who announced last week that the release would go ahead unimpeded.<\/p>\n<p>The circumstances of JFK\u2019s death have fuelled conspiracy theories for years, with many believing shooter Lee Harvey Oswald did not actually kill the president, while others are convinced that the investigation into his murder was impeded by a cover-up orchestrated by intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T5QJO9Hkxlk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>In 1992, then-President George Bush Snr. passed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/102nd-congress\/senate-bill\/3006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">law<\/a> ordering all remaining records relating to the assassination to be transferred to the National Archives. The John F Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act provided for the publication of all remaining documents within 25 years, allowing <em>\u201cthe public to become fully informed about the history surrounding the assassination.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The long anticipated release of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JFKFiles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JFKFiles<\/a> will take place tomorrow. So interesting!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/923277142271684609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 25-year deadline is Thursday, October 26, 2017.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/407816-jfk-oswald-soviet-trip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>READ MORE: JFK assassination: What was Lee Harvey Oswald doing in the USSR?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Subject to the receipt of further information, I will be allowing, as President, the long blocked and classified JFK FILES to be opened.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/921716470140325889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/407392-jfk-assassination-files-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE: Trump to allow release of classified JFK assassination files\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first batch of the documents was released in July, consisting of 400 records that had been fully withheld, and 3,400 that had been partially redacted when they were previously released.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers found it difficult to sift through the documents, however, as many are encoded and in foreign languages, while others are duplicates, making determining what is new information a challenge.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"media__youtube-frame\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300px\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SWmhj7goI_M\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/407903-jfk-assassination-documents-released\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published time: 26 Oct, 2017 23:52 Edited time: 27 Oct, 2017 00:20 Some of the highly anticipated secret documents containing details of the John F. Kennedy assassination have been released by the National Archives, more than a half-century since the US president was fatally shot in Dallas, Texas. 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