Trail of Destruction: The Shredded JFK Files
Here are the dirty dozen of destroyed JFK assassination files. We'll be exploring all their stories in an ongoing series at JFK Facts.
In the coming months, JFK Facts will publish a chronology of how documents and files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy were destroyed.
The series, appearing every Wednesday starting March 6, will cover the destruction, or likely destruction, of evidence by federal agencies over the period from shortly after President Kennedy’s murder in 1963 through the mid-1990s.
Look for in-depth stories every Wednesday, beginning March 6. But first, we’ve got a quick rundown of the dirty dozen.
MFF v. Biden
The destruction of documents relevant to JFK’s assassination is a key issue in the ongoing civil action of Mary Ferrell Foundation v. President Biden and the National Archives. As covered on this site, the federal district court for the Northern District of California has ruled that the foundation (MFF) has a valid claim in the matter of files that were destroyed or removed.
The Department of Justice had asked the court to throw out MFF’s claim regard…
