President Trump’s JFK Declassification Decree Has Potential Vulnerabilities
The intelligence community may try to exploit loopholes in his executive order
Editor’s note: This is an updated version of a story that was mistakenly sent previously before it was complete.
President Trump took a first step toward fulfilling a major campaign promise when he issued an executive order purporting to declassify all government records pertaining to the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963, along with those of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.
However, because of the way the executive order is structured, it is unclear when the records will actually be released or whether this will simply produce another version of the Orwellian-named “Transparency Plans” that President Biden approved in 2023.
Trump vs. Biden
Under the President John F. Kennedy Records Collection …
