The National Archives on Thursday released more than 13,200 records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
This latest release, which is the fourth so far this year, includes some records that are hundreds of pages long.
Officials say that most of the documents released on Thursday were previously available but in redacted form.
In addition, most of the collection comprising about 5 million pages of records has been released to the public, but some documents have been withheld over the years to protect individuals, intelligence sources and methods and national security.
The National Archives on Thursday released more than 13,200 records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Pictured above is the president and his wife Jackie the morning of his assassination
This latest release , which is the fourth so far this year, includes some records that are hundreds of pages long. Officials say that most of the documents released on Thursday were previously available but in redacted form
The latest documents are being released according to a law that President George H.W. Bush signed October 26, 1992.
That law required all records related to the assassination be released within 25 years, unless the president says doing so would harm intelligence, law enforcement, military operations or foreign relations.
Last month, on the 25-year deadline, President Donald Trump wrote in a memorandum that he had ‘no choice’ but to agree to requests from some government agencies to continue withholding certain information.
‘I am doing this for reasons of full disclosure, transparency and in order to put any and all conspiracy theories to rest,’ the president said in a statement he posted on Twitter.
Last month, on the 25-year deadline, President Donald Trump wrote in a memorandum that he had ‘no choice’ but to agree to requests from some government agencies to continue withholding certain information. He also tweeted about it (above)
Trump, however, directed agencies to again review each of their redactions during the next 180 days.
He said agency heads needed to be extremely circumspect in recommending that information still needed to be withheld from the public.
Government agencies have until March to tell the National Archives why any part of their records should still be redacted.
The records included in this latest public release have not yet been re-reviewed by the agencies as part of that process.
The archives still has about 17,465 that remain to be released in the months to come, the New York Times reported.