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I feel like if these files revealed anything groundbreaking it'd be all over the news by now.

by nvr219 9y ago

mathgeek 9y ago
Not sure why you're getting downvoted, as this is a legitimate point.
foota 9y ago
Still might be interesting to history buffs
marnett 9y ago
like the paradise papers?
- nnash 9y ago
  You don't even have to go back that far, there still aren't any answers for Mandalay Bay. The media has a short attention span.
cabaalis 9y ago
I had searched for "Luther" because I had heard there was information about Martin Luther King in this release. I found this paper in which a Panamanian sailor swears his belief that an Alabama-based motor company was going to attempt to hire him to assassinate MLK. He did not go forward to Alabama to find out any details about the job because they wouldn't pay his requested $75 travel fees. Probably just a kook. But you can't make this stuff up. https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/104-10173-10166.pdf https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/104-101...
- Retra 9y ago
  You can make this stuff up. People have been doing it for a long time, some even professionally.
jasonkostempski 9y ago
I feel like if these files revealed anything groundbreaking they wouldn't have existed. If there was anything that needed to be covered up, it wouldn't have been done on the books, classified or not.
- peacethroughx 9y ago
  Then why has the CIA fought so hard to redact these documents, including in 2017 almost telling the president he can't release these docs despite wanting to. Fact: the docs are being held illegally due to the CIA's pressure (threats?) on the President. The law said 25 years and all the docs have not been released. Many are still redacted. It's downright scary that the current CIA is still defending its past crimes. Soon it will be an accepted fact that the CIA committed a coup in America, and everyone will act like they knew it all along and it's boring. People are sheep and the CIA is the shepherd.
  - saagarjha 9y ago
    A coup to do…what? What was the motive behind it? What evidence is there to back this up?
    - peacethroughx 9y ago
      The movie JFK is basically a documentary (with many wrong details) and is the reason for the law that lead to these files being released. You know how people say it would be impossible to cover up something so big? It would have to leak? Well, it did. The CIA/Mafia/Cuban assassination connection is firmly established fact now. Among many other important facts use to be "conspiracy theories." Motivations tl;dr https://i.imgur.com/WEjm2ig.jpg https://i.imgur.com/WEjm2ig.jpg
      - Tade0 9y ago
        > and befriending our enemies( Russia, Yugoslavia, Poland ) Odd choice of countries.
lallysingh 9y ago
I think you overestimate two factors: (1) government competence in censoring data; (2) everyone else's desire/willingness/capability in going through this stuff in depth.
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I feel like if these files revealed anything groundbreaking it'd be all over the news by now.

by nvr219 9y ago

I feel like if these files revealed anything groundbreaking it'd be all over the news by now.

mathgeek 9y ago

Not sure why you're getting downvoted, as this is a legitimate point.

foota 9y ago

Still might be interesting to history buffs

marnett 9y ago

like the paradise papers?

nnash 9y ago
You don't even have to go back that far, there still aren't any answers for Mandalay Bay. The media has a short attention span.

cabaalis 9y ago

I had searched for "Luther" because I had heard there was information about Martin Luther King in this release. I found this paper in which a Panamanian sailor swears his belief that an Alabama-based motor company was going to attempt to hire him to assassinate MLK. He did not go forward to Alabama to find out any details about the job because they wouldn't pay his requested $75 travel fees. Probably just a kook. But you can't make this stuff up. https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/104-10173-10166.pdf https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/104-101...

Retra 9y ago
You can make this stuff up. People have been doing it for a long time, some even professionally.

jasonkostempski 9y ago

I feel like if these files revealed anything groundbreaking they wouldn't have existed. If there was anything that needed to be covered up, it wouldn't have been done on the books, classified or not.

peacethroughx 9y ago
Then why has the CIA fought so hard to redact these documents, including in 2017 almost telling the president he can't release these docs despite wanting to. Fact: the docs are being held illegally due to the CIA's pressure (threats?) on the President. The law said 25 years and all the docs have not been released. Many are still redacted. It's downright scary that the current CIA is still defending its past crimes. Soon it will be an accepted fact that the CIA committed a coup in America, and everyone will act like they knew it all along and it's boring. People are sheep and the CIA is the shepherd.
- saagarjha 9y ago
  A coup to do…what? What was the motive behind it? What evidence is there to back this up?
  - peacethroughx 9y ago
    The movie JFK is basically a documentary (with many wrong details) and is the reason for the law that lead to these files being released. You know how people say it would be impossible to cover up something so big? It would have to leak? Well, it did. The CIA/Mafia/Cuban assassination connection is firmly established fact now. Among many other important facts use to be "conspiracy theories." Motivations tl;dr https://i.imgur.com/WEjm2ig.jpg https://i.imgur.com/WEjm2ig.jpg
    - Tade0 9y ago
      > and befriending our enemies( Russia, Yugoslavia, Poland ) Odd choice of countries.

lallysingh 9y ago

I think you overestimate two factors: (1) government competence in censoring data; (2) everyone else's desire/willingness/capability in going through this stuff in depth.

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