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Old 24th October 2017, 12:47 AM   #41
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Well, now we will find out the real truth behind 911! After all, it is all connected. (Illuminati!!!)
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Old 24th October 2017, 01:38 AM   #42
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Originally Posted by theprestige View Post
A competent president would have ordered an expert review of the documents, upon entering office. Today she would be making an informed decision to release them.
But I thought that Hillary Clinton was the rival for POTUS.
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Old 24th October 2017, 02:11 PM   #43
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Some speculate that the files could show a connection between Oswald and Cuba and/or the USSR.
Assuming there is (however weak) evidence that Oswald got support from Moscow, could this affect the current pro-Russia sentiments amongst the Trump supporters?
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Old 24th October 2017, 02:17 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by psionl0 View Post
But I thought that Hillary Clinton was the rival for POTUS.
I don't understand your comment.
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Old 24th October 2017, 02:19 PM   #45
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So, JFK.....still dead? I guess we'll know otherwise if he surfaces in order to launch a lawsuit over these papers.
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Old 24th October 2017, 02:31 PM   #46
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Finally, the world will learn the startling truth: that JFK was assassinated! I don't know if we can recover from the shock after having believed the suicide theory for so long.
SPOILER ALERT! Come on TragicMonkey, I am still at the PT109 part of JFK!
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Old 24th October 2017, 02:56 PM   #47
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Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza View Post
Some speculate that the files could show a connection between Oswald and Cuba and/or the USSR.
Assuming there is (however weak) evidence that Oswald got support from Moscow, could this affect the current pro-Russia sentiments amongst the Trump supporters?
Not at all. JFK was a filthy Catholic commie, unlike the fine Christin Vlad Putin.
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Old 24th October 2017, 04:46 PM   #48
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Originally Posted by applecorped View Post
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-say...153548337.html

Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump said Saturday he will allow long blocked secret files on the assassination of John F Kennedy to be opened to the public for the first time.
Please tell us, in your own emojis, how you feel about this.
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Old 24th October 2017, 08:34 PM   #49
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Originally Posted by theprestige View Post
A competent president would have ordered an expert review of the documents, upon entering office. Today she would be making an informed decision to release them. Trump's just being an ass.
A whole ass indeed!!!!!
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Old 24th October 2017, 08:45 PM   #50
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Originally Posted by theprestige View Post
That's stupid. Trump has been no idea what's in those documents. Why would he; they're not about him.

We should probably wait for a real president to carry out the spirit of the law in a responsible way.
They should have been released long ago - just like the papers Seward (IIRC) burned after Lincoln's murder.
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Old 24th October 2017, 09:08 PM   #51
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Originally Posted by Axxman300 View Post
He doesn't have to, the work has already been done over the past 25 years:

https://www.archives.gov/research/jf...essing-project

Word is that CIA and FBI have been whining about this release hoping to stop it for a few more years, and they can petition Trump to stop it.

I doubt he will. We'll know on Thursday.
He won't block the release, and the reason why is in your post.

It's a chance to strike a blow against the hated, despised, and feared intelligence agencies and FBI.
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Old 24th October 2017, 09:30 PM   #52
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Originally Posted by theprestige View Post
I don't understand your comment.
You implied that Hillary Clinton would have been a competent president. (If that wasn't your intention then I don't know any other females that have had a shot at the presidency).
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Old 29th October 2017, 10:58 AM   #54
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Originally Posted by psionl0 View Post
You implied that Hillary Clinton would have been a competent president. (If that wasn't your intention then I don't know any other females that have had a shot at the presidency).
You inferred. I was just being diverse in my use of gendered pronouns. I understand that progressives tend to appreciate such gestures.
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Old 29th October 2017, 12:31 PM   #55
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Originally Posted by applecorped View Post
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-say...153548337.html


Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump said Saturday he will allow long blocked secret files on the assassination of John F Kennedy to be opened to the public for the first time.
As usual, he lied - very few of the ones supposed to be released a day or two ago actually were - making it even more likely there is some kind of cover up of some kind of error/malfeasance/related. It's how trumpf the liar works. Still!!!!!
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Old 29th October 2017, 12:35 PM   #56
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Reports indicate that some documents might give away tradecraft and other secrets about US intelligence-gathering capabilities.
No release of tradecraft from the early sixties should have any reason to be secured now. After 54 years no tradecraft used then should still rationally
be in use.
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Old 29th October 2017, 12:38 PM   #57
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Originally Posted by phiwum View Post
I confess that I don't know whether he's required to release them or not. I'm not clear on the relevant laws.

But so what? Maybe he did so with the ability to restrict the documents. Okay, so I have nothing at all negative to say about his choice in this regard, pending some sort of negative effects that I haven't seen.

Trump is the worst son of a bitch ever to serve as president in my lifetime. That doesn't mean that everything he ever does is bad.
Problem is there is no way to tell.
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Old 29th October 2017, 12:43 PM   #58
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Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza View Post
Only way to show that Cruz killed JFK.
With the candlestick in the powder room!!!!!
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Old 29th October 2017, 01:50 PM   #59
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Trump is the worst son of a bitch ever to serve as president in my lifetime. That doesn't mean that everything he ever does is bad.
This is important. In my current living situation I sometimes can't escape hearing Fox News. My very (establishment-oriented) Republican mom watches, yet she still doesn't really like Trump. She asks me what I think and I say he's a pig, or an ******* depending on the issue, but *that doesn't mean he's always wrong*.

Being a complete neophyte in the JFK documents arena, I can't tell for sure what Trump's discretion was in releasing these records. I thought he had to do it, under a law mandating eventual release. I also wouldn't know what was/is missing if it comes to that. If there's a smoking gun other than Oswald's it's news to me. Except for Jack Ruby's, that is. And though I've always found it plausible that Oswald acted alone, that sequence of events seems kind of fishy.

Has anyone ever floated similar theories about the assassination of RFK? Today we'd probably call that terrorism, but at the time, you could be Middle Eastern and commit a crime without it being part of a holy war, just possible anger over a territorial dispute. Anyway, I'd love to see someone boil down the points of the supposed JFK conspiracy. I've never had the patience to go through things myself. Is there a good summary of the issues anyone can recommend?

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Old 29th October 2017, 03:55 PM   #60
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Anyway, I'd love to see someone boil down the points of the supposed JFK conspiracy. I've never had the patience to go through things myself. Is there a good summary of the issues anyone can recommend?
Very briefly, to avoid derailing the discussion.
Most JFK CTs hold that some powerful person or group decided to remove the President, and employed professional killers to do so. In most of those theories Oswald was deliberately set up as a patsy.

An astonishing variety of people have been accused, including: The Mafia, Big Steel, the aircraft industry, the CIA, the FBI, the DIA, the NSA, Castro, Anti-Castro Cubans, the Vatican, Hearst, the British, the IRA, Northern Irish Protestants, the French, French drug dealers, Diem's family, the KKK, Venezuelans, Guatemalans, LBJ, the Defense Department and Joe DiMaggio. I'm sure I have missed more than I remembered.

CTs are supported by the assertion that any evidence which does not support their theory is faked, and the real evidence suppressed.
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Old 29th October 2017, 04:01 PM   #61
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Anyway, I'd love to see someone boil down the points of the supposed JFK conspiracy. I've never had the patience to go through things myself. Is there a good summary of the issues anyone can recommend?
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Very briefly, to avoid derailing the discussion.
Most JFK CTs hold that some powerful person or group decided to remove the President, and employed professional killers to do so. In most of those theories Oswald was deliberately set up as a patsy.

An astonishing variety of people have been accused, including: The Mafia, Big Steel, the aircraft industry, the CIA, the FBI, the DIA, the NSA, Castro, Anti-Castro Cubans, the Vatican, Hearst, the British, the IRA, Northern Irish Protestants, the French, French drug dealers, Diem's family, the KKK, Venezuelans, Guatemalans, LBJ, the Defense Department and Joe DiMaggio. I'm sure I have missed more than I remembered.

CTs are supported by the assertion that any evidence which does not support their theory is faked, and the real evidence suppressed.
Don't forget Woody Harrelson's father. Really.
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No release of tradecraft from the early sixties should have any reason to be secured now. After 54 years no tradecraft used then should still rationally
be in use.
Evidence?
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Originally Posted by theprestige View Post
Evidence?
If it is 54 years old it is far too well known to still be in use. No evidence needed - simple logic.
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If it is 54 years old it is far too well known to still be in use. No evidence needed - simple logic.
Evidence? Seriously: What evidence do you have for your alleged half-life of tradecraft?
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You forgot the type the last four letters in that last line!!!!!!

He is well known to be the complete word!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I use the 7 asterisks as a major clue

ETA: Though in recent days I have been calling him a pig as well.

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Evidence? Seriously: What evidence do you have for your alleged half-life of tradecraft?
Fuelair made a judgement call, can't you see? Not the sort of thing that requires evidence. It suffices to note that, obviously, the world has changed, agent work methods progressed quite a bit in the course of 54 years.
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If it is 54 years old it is far too well known to still be in use. No evidence needed - simple logic.
Perhaps something is 54 years old and still secret? Because you know, they've prevented it from becoming public.
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Didn't Trump say something about the only redactions being the names of living persons, or something like that?
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Didn't Trump say something about the only redactions being the names of living persons, or something like that?
What does what Trump said ever have to do with reality?
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Perhaps something is 54 years old and still secret? Because you know, they've prevented it from becoming public.
Information related to the U.S. wiretapping of the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City was one of the main categories of information being withheld for reasons of protecting tradecraft. There was also some evidence of shenanigans related to regularly impersonating callers to try to lure other foreign agents and assets into making mistakes. There are some indications though that KGB knew exactly and completely what CIA et al were up to, even at the time.

Your point is valid that there can be tradecraft protected even over 50 years, and it can not be assumed to be harmless, it might be part of a complex chain of evidence that fills in a missing piece. But I think in this case we can unfortunately chalk up the fact that this stuff was still withheld because of just plain embarrassment. The U.S. still doesn't want to admit that we were owned by Russia for decades and were always playing catchup as far as intelligence services.

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