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I am eagerly awaiting the complete declassification of the JFK assasination documents, which will further damage the CIA's reputation.

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Do you truly believe these documents will ever be released, unedited?

There's a 50% probability that RFK Jr will be a part of the future administration, and I believe he is sufficiently motivated to force Trump to uphold his promise.

What makes you think Trump will do anything RFK wants after RFK endorsement of Trump led to a majority Harris polling bump? Did you know Trump hasn’t invested in any down ballot races and is on track to lose the House as a result, meanwhile Harris is investing tens of millions into down ballot races for a chance at securing a congressional majority? Dysfunctional governance is all we can hope for under Trump’s administration.

If there is anything really damning that happened, there is no reason it will be revealed, ever, or that documents about it still exist.

Why should they? Who is doing full constant oversight of whole CIA that has always upper hand above them to make it happen? Sorry but this is just a pipe dream, just look how that agency behaved when SHTF. Boeing kills whistleblowers despite literally whole world seeing what a shitshow that company is now. That's just effin Boeing, not folks who can kill almost anybody anywhere and not caring about consequences.

It's promising that RFK Jr could potentially be in a future administration and push to declassify these documents[1]. It would really only take an executive order. He probably has enough of a chip on his shoulder to accomplish this.

[1]: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/23/trum...

I think parents point is you can't declassify documents that no longer exist. IIRC many of the CIA's more heinous acts only have documentation because some one misfiled them allowing them to escape intentional destruction.

Backups have a way of appearing that surprise those who try to destroy evidence.

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