Author: Andy Hirschfeld
Published on: 20/03/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
The Trump administration on Tuesday released more than 2,000 files related to the assassination of former United States President John F Kennedy. There is limited evidence to suggest that the initial explanation surrounding JFK’s death was inaccurate or misleading. They also detail intelligence reports about Kennedy’s killer. Kennedy was killed in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, by Lee Harvey Oswald, a then 24-year-old former US marine. A 2023 Gallup poll found 65 percent of Americans rejected Warren Commission's conclusion. But Tuesday's document dump did not support the validity of any conclusion other than the Warren Commission’s findings. The documents confirm that the assassin visited both the Soviet and Cuban embassies in Mexico City before killing JFK. A key aide to Kennedy warned that the practice could undermine the State Department’s role in foreign policy. The document drop also included details about the involvement of US intelligence agencies in attempting to overthrow foreign governments. For example, they detail communication in 1963 between the CIA director’s office and operatives in Cuba who were plotting. Another document reveals details about covert activities aimed at removing the Dominican Republic President Rafael Trujillo. During Trump’s first administration, he promised to disclose all outstanding records on the assassination but ultimately released only about 2,800 documents. Last month, the FBI discovered an additional 2,400 documents previously withheld. None of the documents released appears to give legitimacy to decades of conspiracy theories that sprang up around the former president’s death. The documents did show intelligence agencies investigated these theories. Even Trump has fuelled conspiracy theories about JFK’s death. In 2024, David Pecker testified that the story was fabricated.
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