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In reply to the discussion: Kerry Puts BRAKES On CIA TORTURE REPORT [View all]KansDem
(28,498 posts)179. It'll be released!
Just like the sealed JFK assassination files--due to be released in 2029!
From 1992--
The former House Select Committee on Assassinations sent 848 boxes of unpublished documents it had collected to the National Archives, where they were to be sealed until the year 2029. But the idea of unsealing the files has gained momentum with the recent endorsement of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts. Mr. Stokes said recently that he was leaning in favor of releasing the committee's files, although he added that he believed they would add nothing important to public knowledge of the case.
But today he said documents assembled by the Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation should be released, too. These documents are not part of Mr. Stokes's committee's files, although the panel saw some of them in its inquiry.
These files include transcripts of conversations among prominent members of organized crime that were secretly, and in some cases illegally, taped by law enforcement authorities in the six months before the assassination, said G. Robert Blakey, a University of Notre Dame law professor who served as counsel to the House assassinations committee.
"In the interests of everything being disclosed," Mr. Stokes said in an interview, "let's get everything out that is sealed anywhere."
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/22/us/a-move-to-unseal-the-kennedy-files.html
But today he said documents assembled by the Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation should be released, too. These documents are not part of Mr. Stokes's committee's files, although the panel saw some of them in its inquiry.
These files include transcripts of conversations among prominent members of organized crime that were secretly, and in some cases illegally, taped by law enforcement authorities in the six months before the assassination, said G. Robert Blakey, a University of Notre Dame law professor who served as counsel to the House assassinations committee.
"In the interests of everything being disclosed," Mr. Stokes said in an interview, "let's get everything out that is sealed anywhere."
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/22/us/a-move-to-unseal-the-kennedy-files.html
That's only 15 years from now!
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At this stage of the game, I have no expectations of trustworthy decisions from the WH or Congress.
dixiegrrrrl
Dec 2014
#98
That is a false canard (that releasing the report will somehow endanger Americans'
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#23
I don't give a flying fuck about confronting ISIL and if the people in their cross hairs can't be
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#135
Long term goals my ass. Destabilizing Syria and trying to box Russia in are not my goals nor is
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#162
How long do you think it will take Iran (w/US backing) to gain upper hand on ISIL?
blm
Dec 2014
#199
No, I'm anxious for truth. You seem to be anxious to cover up crimes of epic scale
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#70
The historic record is that we continue to cover up crimes that erode the best of our national ideal
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#130
OK, when is the release set for? What prevents the TeaPubliKlans from shelving it when
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#148
Your weak appeals to authority do not counter the need for the cover ups to end.
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#131
When? Some distant future maybe after the participants are long dead and the nation has fallen
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#138
I don't give a damn about "confronting ISIL", the players in the region have the wherewithal to do
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#143
Then release the report, no more stalling. No more "looking forward". No more finger wagging about
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#149
Demanding for someone who wouldn't lift a finger himself to ease tensions with Iran
blm
Dec 2014
#156
Desk chair warriors? It is you who is maintaining the cover up needs to be kept up for some
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#161
So by inference Kerry confirms the report is not good. Fuck protecting shrub's administration any
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2014
#5
Really? Other countries have been able to get their hostages out. How come we are so
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#117
Foreign policy is all a chess game to the politicians. Truth is not as important as how
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2014
#12
There are no words to express the disgust at the very people we elected to EXPOSE
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#13
Fuck games and threats. Release it now or be considered complicit to the point of partnership.
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#136
Where do you get fear of what Republicans or the MSM will say from -- the events happened under Bush
karynnj
Dec 2014
#154
The historical context is that crimes against humanity have been perpetrated by and for
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#157
In a related story: Dick Cheney asks Diane Feinstein to go hunting with him.
Spitfire of ATJ
Dec 2014
#36
Actually, I picture Cheney dressed in S&M leather waiting for the video.
Spitfire of ATJ
Dec 2014
#129
Because when Rebublicans slam you into the ground they do that maniacal laugh,...
Spitfire of ATJ
Dec 2014
#47
The truth is not known, or there wouldn't be any point in trying to cover it up
FiveGoodMen
Dec 2014
#65
Weaponized truth? What kind of lame brained Republican doublespeak is that?
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#132
Apparently. You have concocted a worldview that sees lies, obstruction of justice, and perpetual
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#159
“And a lot of those folks were working hard under enormous pressure and are real patriots.” Obama
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2014
#63
We've seen more justice in south america the land of so called banana republics
Jesus Malverde
Dec 2014
#66
Maybe Mark Udall should just go ahead and put it out there on his way out the door.
TwilightGardener
Dec 2014
#75
Delay is diplomacy, you assert? Re-read the final OP paragraph. Justice delayed.........
WinkyDink
Dec 2014
#206