U.S. releases 1,491 previously secret documents on JFK assassination
The documents include thousands of pages of never-before-seen investigative memos, notes and cables.
JFK Assassination
White House delays release of JFK assassination files
President Biden said the delay was "necessary" and "outweighs the public interest in immediate disclosure."
JFK assassination files
The federal government released 2,800 long-secret documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy this week. President Trump blocked the release of some other documents due to what the White House called potential national security concerns. University of Virginia professor Larry Sabato is an expert on JFK's assassination and authored the 2013 book "The Kennedy Half-Century. He joins "CBS This Morning: Saturday" from Virginia to discuss the most interesting new information in the files.
JFK docs released
Documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released by the National Archives this week. Historians and researchers are still sifting through the thousands of files released to find new revelations. Author of "The Kennedy Half Century" and director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia Larry Sabato joined CBSN to discuss the new information.
More JFK files released
More secret government documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy have been released by The National Archives. Larry Sabato, author of "The Kennedy Half-Century" and director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, joined CBSN to discuss the latest.
More JFK files released by National Archives
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New batch of JFK documents released
The National Archives released 13,213 more documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
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How you can view the JFK assassination documents
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JFK assassination documents released – live blog
A long-secret tranche of government documents pertaining to the JFK assassination is being released
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Over 3,000 never-before seen files related to Kennedy's assassination were to be released Thursday
Secret JFK files to be released by U.S. government
More than 3,100 documents relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy are due to be released Thursday
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11-year-old boy dies after fireworks incident in Indiana
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11-year-old boy dies after fireworks incident in Indiana
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Copenhagen mall shooting motive likely not terrorism, police say
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Voyager Digital suspends crypto trading
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FCC wants TikTok removed from app stores
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Big Tech faces pressure on abortion cases
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7 members of same family shot dead in their home in Mexico
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"Very active investigation" of parade shooting
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Police: 6 killed in July 4th parade shooting
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Woman who killed pimp in 1994 pardoned by California governor
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SpaceX launches SES communications satellite
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