26-10-2017, 11:13 PM
2,800 records approved for release today. The bulk of the collection now withheld for an additional 6 month review to give the CIA and FBI a chance to redact and censor documents for unspecified national security concerns.
Quote:WASHINGTON (AP) The Latest on the scheduled release of long-secret documents about the 1963 assassination of President John Kennedy (all times local):
6:10 p.m.
President Donald Trump is delaying the release of some files on the John Kennedy assassination that were due to come out Thursday. He's approved 2,800 other records for release.
White House officials say Trump will state in a coming memo that he had "no choice" but to keep others secret because of national security concerns. He's having those records further reviewed for the next six months.
Officials say Trump will impress upon federal agencies that JFK files should stay secret after the six-month review "only in the rarest cases."