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Why do we still not have all the JFK assassination files?
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this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2023
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Because the government classifies things when they're simply embarrassing. It doesn't need to rise to "national security threat" for the USA to feel the need to quash the ability of citizenry to talk about it. Even if it's not all that bad and simply embarrassing. They are way too cavalier about using classification powers because they don't want their dirty laundry aired.
What's left to release is probably a lot less exciting than people think.
As with a large portion of conspiracies, the conspiracy was almost certainly the cover up of incompetence
Incompetence and conspiracy, name a more iconic duo.