Monday, October 23, 2017

Brooke Simpson-Trump Says He Will Release Final Set of Documents on Kennedy Assassination


Trump Says He Will Release Final Set of Documents on Kennedy Assassination


            Saturday, October 21,2017, President Trump made the decision to release thousands of classified documents pertaining to the Kennedy Assassination via Twitter.  The documents were supposed to have been released in 1992 to put an end to conspiracy theories, but were never published.  President Trump has the power to stop the release, and has been advised to do so by intelligence agencies, but people who want transparent government want them to be released; there is still a possibility that Trump might stop some.  Intelligence agencies think that the documents could hold important national security information, but the general public does not know what to expect if they do get released.  People suspect that the main story line will stay the same, but some hope that questions about Lee Harvey Oswald get answered, and others think that the release will just spark more conspiracy theories.  President Trump has messed with conspiracy theories before, taking aim at Senator Ted Cruz’s father, Justice Antonin Scalia, and even Barack Obama.  The set date for the release is October 26, this Thursday, so we will have to wait and see if the documents get released or if the pressure gets to the President and he decides not to.


            The article was written by Michael D. Shear for the New York Times.  The article was written on October 21, but the article might not be as accurate because the President may have changed his mind over the weekend because the release is scheduled for so soon.  I think that most people, especially in Dallas, have a basic understanding of the Kennedy Assassination, but people always want to know more, and the release of the documents is supposed to answer questions that people have about the assassination.  The article was written for people who are curious about the documents, whether they want them to be released or not.  The article was written to inform people about the upcoming release date and to prepare people for the documents, and the backlash President Trump might get because of it.  The article is important because lots of people feel that after 54 years that the full truth about the assassination should be public knowledge, and it really shows that the public never gets the full truth about things going on in the government.  In the past, the government has declassified documents and we have learned about Nazis, Cold War surveillance, and Fidel Castro, so will we learn about Lee Harvey Oswald from this suspected release?

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  2. I have always found the topic of JFK interesting because it was mind blowing for many Americans. also the fact that he was assassinated in Dallas... but yeah I find it interesting. -Elizabeth keehn

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