11-09-2012, 12:20 AM
From: Tree Frog
Sent: Mon, September 10, 2012 5:12:43 PM
Subject: FW: National Archives
SCOOP from an insider that was at the NARA meeting last week.
Not very encouraging news.
Frog
" The National Declassification Center (NDC) at the National Archives held a public forum on Aug. 29 to obtain public input on declassification. The NDC is trying to address a 400 million page backlog of classified records at the Archives. During the public question period, journalist Jeff Morley (formerly with the Washington Post) asked that NDC reconsider its decision earlier this year not to speed up processing of 1,171 classified CIA records related to the JFK assassination by the 50th anniversary in 2013 (otherwise they remain secret until at least 2017 and perhaps indefinitely beyond). The NDC/Archives response to Morley's request was a flat no. The CIA representative on the panel said, "My agency has nothing to say on that topic". Another questioner, Jim Lesar, elicited the admission that it would take approximately two months to process that quantity of complex documents. There were six public questions asked at the forum and three of them were from people seeking declassification of the JFK assassination records, the most commented topic. The flat negative response to the JFK rrecords issue cast a pall over the proceedings. There were 100 plus people in attendance, many of them government employees."
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My Response:
Mon, September 10, 2012 5:45:38 PM
Re: National Archives
From: Adele Edisen
To: Tree Frog
So this is how we honor and respect our Presidents?
In two months time we could have had the JFK documents. Are they planning to shred those now?
Wouldn't put it past them. Their agency has nothing to say on that topic (JFK)? That agency belongs
to the people of the United States! We pay their salaries! And from what we've learned, that agency
has plenty to tell us!
Adele
Sent: Mon, September 10, 2012 5:12:43 PM
Subject: FW: National Archives
SCOOP from an insider that was at the NARA meeting last week.
Not very encouraging news.
Frog
" The National Declassification Center (NDC) at the National Archives held a public forum on Aug. 29 to obtain public input on declassification. The NDC is trying to address a 400 million page backlog of classified records at the Archives. During the public question period, journalist Jeff Morley (formerly with the Washington Post) asked that NDC reconsider its decision earlier this year not to speed up processing of 1,171 classified CIA records related to the JFK assassination by the 50th anniversary in 2013 (otherwise they remain secret until at least 2017 and perhaps indefinitely beyond). The NDC/Archives response to Morley's request was a flat no. The CIA representative on the panel said, "My agency has nothing to say on that topic". Another questioner, Jim Lesar, elicited the admission that it would take approximately two months to process that quantity of complex documents. There were six public questions asked at the forum and three of them were from people seeking declassification of the JFK assassination records, the most commented topic. The flat negative response to the JFK rrecords issue cast a pall over the proceedings. There were 100 plus people in attendance, many of them government employees."
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My Response:
Mon, September 10, 2012 5:45:38 PM
Re: National Archives
From: Adele Edisen
To: Tree Frog
So this is how we honor and respect our Presidents?
In two months time we could have had the JFK documents. Are they planning to shred those now?
Wouldn't put it past them. Their agency has nothing to say on that topic (JFK)? That agency belongs
to the people of the United States! We pay their salaries! And from what we've learned, that agency
has plenty to tell us!
Adele