US government has released the final batch of documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, a case that continues to spark conspiracy theories over 60 years later.
This release follows an executive order by President Donald Trump, requiring the remaining unredacted files to be made public.
Experts are currently reviewing the documents, which total 1,123 in number, but not all have been made available online. According to specialists, the process will take time, and they don’t expect many groundbreaking revelations.
Many Americans still believe Lee Harvey Oswald, the gunman, did not act alone in the assassination, which occurred on November 22, 1963, during Kennedy’s visit to Dallas, Texas.
President Trump had announced that 80,000 pages would be unsealed, but it’s unclear how much new material is included in the latest release.
Some documents have previously been released in partially redacted form. Trump stated, “You got a lot of reading… I don’t believe we’re going to redact anything.”
However, some files did appear to have passages blacked out, while others were difficult to read due to fading or poor scanning.
David Barrett, a specialist from Villanova University, commented that non-scholars would likely be “baffled” by the release.
He noted that while the release was “useful,” he wasn’t expecting “earth-shaking information.”
Other experts suggest that the American public may continue to wonder about the existence of additional documents and information.
Historian Alice George stated, “I think there may continue to be more record releases,” but noted that the passage of time makes investigations harder, saying, “It’s much harder to find the truth when most of the people involved are dead.”
