JFK Records Chronology
A rare occurrence this fall regarding these inquiries was the deadline on Oct. 26 for federal authorities to release to the public all remaining documents pertaining to the JFK assassination.
On Oct. 22, the White House issued an executive order postponing the release until Dec. 15 for an unknown amount of material on the nearly 16,000 documents estimated to remain redacted in whole or part.
The order set the same date next year, Dec. 15, 2022, to release remaining documents. The only exception under the terms of the 1992 JFK Records Act is for the Executive Branch to provide specific "national security" reasons for any documents withheld.
Our Justice Integrity Project has been working closely with highly active JFK researchers, several of whom issued blunt criticisms of the delay and overall process. One of them, researcher Lawrence Schnapf, a New York City-based lawyer, promptly filed a federal Freedom of Information suit seeking prompt release of relevant documents and specific reasons (as required under the Records Act) regarding any documents that are withheld.
Researchers also criticized the major news media for their failure in general to cover the delay more prominently and for their longstanding pattern of fostering a false narrative that no remaining significant questions exist about the assassination and conventional accounts.
The 1964 Warren report blamed the assassination solely on Oswald.
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren chaired the seven-member commission, which included several other top government leaders all chosen by Kennedy's successor, President Lyndon B. Johnson.
The New York Times, Washington Post and nearly all other major newspapers and broadcast outlets consistently state that Oswald was "the assassin" of Kennedy without attributing the claim and without for the most part informing audiences of strong evidence disputing that claim that has been offered through the decades by well-credentialed experts.
Instead, the major news organizations and most widely quoted academics on the topic use the smear term "conspiracy theory" to demean those researchers who question commission's report and other highly irregular proceedings after the killing.
The controversies continue to provoke worldwide interest in JFK's death with books, conferences, and films continuing to provide the facts.
Very few authors, filmmakers and event organizers critical of the Warren Report have made any significant amount of money from their work, in part because major institutions have maintained a posture of ridicule.
But if Cyril Wecht, already past his 90th birthday, is still spending his time and illustrious reputation to tell this tale out of civic dedication, there's no good reason others shouldn't be also -- or, at the very least, watching, questioning, learning and helping a younger generation understand why this regime-change coup and brazen cover-up are relevant to current events in their lives.
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