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USAs president Donald Trump signerte torsdag en utøvende ordre om å avklassifisere data tilknyttet attentatene mot president John F. Kennedy, hans bror senator Robert F. Kennedy og borgerrettighetsleder Martin Luther King Jr.
Kongressen hadde i 1992 gitt mandat for at alle attentatdokumenter skulle frigis innen 25 år. President Trump hadde imidlertid allerede i 2017, under sin første administrasjon, lovet at han ville frigi de gjenværende JFK-filene, men likevel ble ikke alle filene offentliggjort den gang.
President Biden tillot tilbakeholdelse
President Joe Biden
I desember 2022 ble store deler av de omkring fem millioner sider Kennedy-dokumentene offentliggjort, men disse har hittil ikke gitt ytterligere plausible avsløringer. Det er imidlertid tilbakeholdt tusenvis av dokumenter, med henvisning til nasjonale sikkerhetshensyn. Ubesvarte spørsmål vil nok i tilfelle skjule seg blant disse.
President Joe Biden sa den gang at et begrenset antall uspesifiserte dokumenter fortsatt ville bli tilbakeholdt etter forespørsel fra Central Intelligence Agency – CIA og Federal Bureau of Investigation – FBI, på grunn av nasjonal sikkerhet. President Biden forsinket således avsløringer i 2021, 2022 og 2023.
Enorm mengde konspirasjonsteorier
Helseminister Robert F. Kennedy Jr
Det vises til tidligere artikkel i EM24 EuropMedia – www.em24.uk, «60 years since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy – What was your conspiracy theory back then?» – link: https://www.em24.uk/60-years-since-the-assassination-of-president-john-f-kennedy-what-was-your-conspiracy-theory-back-then/
Warren-kommisjonen som undersøkte skytingen av den karismatiske 46 år gamle presidenten, fastslo at den ble utført av den tidligere marineansatte snikskytteren Lee Harvey Oswald, som handlet alene.
Det synes å ha blitt gjort lite for å dempe spekulasjonene om det kunne ha foreligget et komplott bak drapet. De tilbakeholdte saksdokumentene har selvfølgelig eskalert dannelsen av konspirasjonsteorier.
President Kennedys yngre bror, Robert F. Kennedy, som var tidligere statsadvokat og senator for New York, ble myrdet i juni 1968 mens han kjempet for den demokratiske presidentnominasjonen. En palestinskfødt jordaner Sirhan Sirhan ble dømt for drapet. Denne soner en livstidsdom i et fengsel i California. Robert F. Kennedys sønn er Robert F. Kennedy Jr, er av president Trump blitt nominert til å lede landets helsedepartement. Sønnen har snakket med Sirhan i fengselet og uttrykt at han ikke tror at Sirhan er skyldig alene.
«I had a dream»
Borgerrettighetsleder Martin Luther King Jr
Borgerrettighetsleder Martin Luther King Jr ble myrdet i Memphis, Tennessee i april 1968 av leiemorderen James Earl Ray. Den dømte døde i fengsel i 1998. King-familien har påstått at Ray ikke handlet alene, men var en del av en større konspirasjon.
President Trumps ordre krever at direktøren for nasjonal etterretning innen 15 dager må ha utarbeidet en plan for å frigi JFK-filene. Videre 45 dager omfattet en plan om å frigi alle filene tilknyttet RFK- og MLK. President Trump skal ha uttalt til journalister at «alt vil bli avslørt», men skal ha etterkommet CIAs og FBIs ønsker om å holde noen dokumenter tilbake. Se så er man like langt! En rekke dokumenter er således ennå ikke blitt fullstendig avklassifiseret.
Det hvite hus’ publikasjon
President Donald Trump
De hvite hus har publisert den følgende Presidential Actions:
DECLASSIFICATION OF RECORDS CONCERNING THE ASSASSINATIONS OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY, SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY, AND THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy and Purpose. More than 50 years after the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Federal Government has not released to the public all of its records related to those events. Their families and the American people deserve transparency and truth. It is in the national interest to finally release all records related to these assassinations without delay.
The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 required all records related to the assassination of President Kennedy to be publicly disclosed in full by October 26, 2017, unless the President certifies that: (i) continued postponement is made necessary by an identifiable harm to the military defense, intelligence operations, law enforcement, or conduct of foreign relations; and (ii) the identifiable harm is of such gravity that it outweighs the public interest in disclosure. President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, section 5(g)(2)(D), Public Law 102-526, 106 Stat. 3443, 3448–49, codified at 44 U.S.C. 2107 note.
I previously accepted proposed redactions from executive departments and agencies (agencies) in 2017 and 2018, but ordered the continued re-evaluation of those remaining redactions. See Temporary Certification for Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 82 Fed. Reg. 50,307–08 (Oct. 31, 2017); Certification for Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 83 Fed. Reg. 19, 157–58 (Apr. 26, 2018). In the Presidential Memorandum of April 26, 2018, I also ordered agencies to re-review each of those redactions over the next 3 years and disclose information that no longer warrants continued withholding under the standard set forth in section 5(g)(2)(D) of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992.
President Biden issued subsequent certifications with respect to these records in 2021, 2022, and 2023, which gave agencies additional time to review the records and withhold information from public disclosure. See Temporary Certification Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 86 Fed. Reg. 59,599 (Oct. 22, 2021); Certifications Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 87 Fed. Reg. 77,967 (Dec. 15, 2022); Certification Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 88 Fed. Reg. 43,247 (June 30, 2023).
I have now determined that the continued redaction and withholding of information from records pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is not consistent with the public interest and the release of these records is long overdue. And although no Act of Congress directs the release of information pertaining to the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I have determined that the release of all records in the Federal Government’s possession pertaining to each of those assassinations is also in the public interest.
Section 2. Declassification and Disclosure. (a) Within 15 days of the date of this order, the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General shall, in coordination with the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and the Counsel to the President, present a plan to the President for the full and complete release of records relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
(b) Within 45 days of the date of this order, the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General shall, in coordination with the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and the Counsel to the President, review records related to the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and present a plan to the President for the full and complete release of these records.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 23, 2025
Featured image: President John F. Kennedy
27/01/2025
