“Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets" established by House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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A task force chaired by Representative Anna Paulina Luna was established yesterday. The goal is to uncover knowledge allegedly withheld by the US government about the JFK assassination, among other things like the UAP issue.

Here is the official press release on the process:

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Published: Feb 11, 2025

Chairman Comer Taps Luna to Lead Task Force on Declassification and Transparency


WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced the establishment of a task force titled the "Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets." The task force's mission is to examine the declassification of materials in the public interest and will be led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.). This announcement follows President Trump's executive order entitled "Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."

"For too long, the federal government has kept information of public interest classified and the American people are demanding greater transparency. This secrecy has sowed distrust in our institutions. The Task Force will build on the Trump Administration's efforts to declassify records of national importance and ensure Americans get the answers they deserve. Representative Luna is committed to shining a light on the truth and ending the era of secrecy. It's time to let the sunlight in and finally provide answers the American public has long demanded," said Chairman Comer (R-Ky.).

"The federal government has been hiding information from Americans for decades. We have spent years seeking information on the assassinations of President Kennedy, Senator Kennedy, Reverend King, and other government secrets without success. It is time to give Americans the answers they deserve, which is why I am honored to lead this bipartisan task force that seeks truth and transparency. We will also investigate UAPs/USOs, the Epstein client list, COVID-19 origins, and the 9/11 files. We will work alongside President Trump and his cabinet members to deliver truth to the American people. From this moment forward, we will restore trust through transparency," said Representative Luna (R-Fla.).

The task force is authorized for six months pursuant to Committee Rules. Members of the task force will be announced at a later date.

Additionally, today Chairman Comer and Rep. Luna sent 11 letters to initiate the Task Force's efforts to declassify information of national interest. The letters can be found here.

Background:

On January 23, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) on "Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." The EO requires the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General, in coordination with the National Security Advisor and White House Counsel, to prepare for the President within 15 days a plan "for the full and complete release of records relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy." Additionally, the EO requires that within 45 days the same personnel prepare for the President a plan "for the full and complete release" of records relating to the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
https://oversight.house.gov/release...k-force-on-declassification-and-transparency/

I'll leave it at that announcement in the opening post. The initiative will also deal with UAP disclosure issues in the broader context of the Task Force. The group that has been pushing the UAP issue in Congress for the past few years is also represented here, including Anna Paulina Luna.
I have been working quite intensively on the JFK assassination for some time. There are rumors that a new theory of the JFK assassination is being presented.
Even if these topics are not strongly represented here at Metabunk, and are essentially considered to have been covered, I think there may soon be enough new topics for discussion.
 
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Without trying to sound too facetious but the inclusion of James Comer is a bit perplexing. How long was he investigating the Spectre-esque Biden corruption with very little to show?
 
RTM said:
Without trying to sound too facetious but the inclusion of James Comer is a bit perplexing. How long was he investigating the Spectre-esque Biden corruption with very little to show?
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If you're baffled by Comer, I'm gob-smacked by Luna!
 
The Executive Order (EO) cited only covers declassifying and disclosing information about "the Assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."

Is Rep. Luna just adding in her own pet conspiracies about COVID, 9/11 and UAPs? Will the task force even have any authority to look into those issues since they aren't covered by the EO?

EO is here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presiden...e-assassinations-of-president-john-f-kennedy/
 
Ann K said:
Can you disclose to us what direction "working quite intensively" has taken?
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I found a deep and ramified rabbit hole and cross-checked many documents and claims there. To make a long story short: In the overall view, I do not see any individual points in "alternative theories", as striking as they may seem at first glance, that are valid or validly documented and would also fit plausibly into the context.
In the end, I see nothing that speaks against Lee Harvey Oswald being the assassin and shooter. In the end, I also see nothing that could plausibly replace this version.
The rabbit hole is underneath what is, at its core, a fairly mundane and straightforward event: a man shoots, a man dies. And this in a clearly defined place. You can't really accommodate an infinite number of events and an extended dramatis personae here.
But it must also be acknowledged that the situation in politics, the authorities and various interest groups was quite explosive at the time. There are many scenarios from which such an assassination is basically plausible. And it cannot be denied that levers were set in motion from various directions to manipulate the investigations. It wasn't just crazy conspiracy theorists who got intensively involved in independantly investigating the case, but competent people. The case must be taken seriously, that much is clear.
I would be very surprised if documents were brought to light that would be a clear game changer regarding the course of the crime. It is more conceivable that other events will be uncovered, but that they will not actually change the core events at the crime scene.
 
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jarlrmai said:
Didn't Luna say she was going to interview the Warren Commission people, one complicating factor being they all died a while a ago.
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They have a lot planned for six months. Even what seems doable is not really manageable, is it?
 
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I'm guessing there is a reasonable chance they bring in one or more of Elizondo, Grusch or Stratton as advisors on the UAP side
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That's what this whole thing is about imo

Promote UAP and JFK conspiracy disclosure as an election strategy the payoff being that the conspiracy people get some government positions afterwards.
 
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Anyway: While we wait for the task force to unfold its activities, here is, for the sake of completeness, Luna's announcement from the official press conference (with unedited transcript from NoteGPT).


Source: https://youtu.be/Hz3aZLCs0eQ?si=xPplyA-SqXZEMxey

06:27
now that we've been able to get people actually in positions of power that will push for transparency now if I find that different entities in the various intelligence agencies are stonewalling us I'm going to make that known to the American people but as of right now we are cautiously optimistic your priority 911 our first investigation will be announced but it's going to be covering on a thorough investigation into the johnf canedy assassination and I can tell you based on what I've been seeing so far the initial hearing that
06:59
was actually held here in in Congress was actually faulty in the single bullet theory I believe that there were two Shooters and we should be finding more information as we are uh able to gain access into the skiff hopefully before the files are actually released to the public for do this have you identified the Democrats who will sit on the task force and could you talk a little bit more about the role of Democrats yeah so again this is a bipartisan commission remember JFK was a Democrat um RFK was a
07:26
Democrat and I'm sure that I think the entire conference has uh question on what actually happened with Dr Martin Luther King but also uaps you guys know that that was the biggest bipartisan by Camal hearing that we've ever had I think in Congressional history I do not know who their members are yet they've noticed it but they're taking this very seriously this is not a conspiracy theory investigating committee we're actually looking to present truth to the American people and it's in my opinion
07:50
that no one person elected to office is more important or more uh qualified to look at the information that they've been hiding from us and so we look to push for that transparency um what sort of uh Witnesses you expect to have at your first that department heads would you like to jump in yeah I was going to say um based on what we're actually looking to do with the JFK investigation
I'm looking to actually bring in some of the attending physicians at the initial assassination then also people that had been on the
08:21
various commissions looking into like the Warren commission looking into the initial assassinations there's been conflicting evidence and I think that even the FBI at the time reported some anomalies in the initial autopsy at Bethesda Maryland
all of those though seem to have been uh rinse rinsed and repeated in the media to push a certain narrative that we don't agree with and so I think that in order to put to bed some of the uh theories that have been out there on John fked we have to know the full truth
08:49
and the full truth starts with transparency and that's why these files are so important for the American people to read for themselves the biggest information uh problems that we've had with uaps is the amount of stonewalling stove piping and also it seems that there is this push to Gaslight the American people into looking at the evidence and then not fully believing it I think for us if we're writing the budget for example into the Pentagon if we're writing the budget overall for whatever programs
09:23
might be out there why is it that members of Congress who are given a top secret security cents are being denied access that's not a free and true government and so for us especially being that we have now a secretary of state who's actually open to declass declassification and Marco Rubio um we're hoping to present that information and at least acknowledge it from a government perspective that we are not alone but also let's see what the evidence is yes in fact the letters went out this morning um not just on RFK gfk and MLK
10:01
but on everything that I had listed above to include uaps EP and 911 and Co to the state department Department of Defense CIA um and then also we'll be sending some to the FBI and letters have also gone out to the NSA well what's interesting on that specific committee is what to my understanding when they actually brought in expert Witnesses they weren't actually people that were at in um in attendance to the initial autopsy at Bethesda but also this is a bigger committee than just the JFK assassinations we're also expanding into
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epine covid Origins 911s and then uaps and Usos and so before where we initially had some of these hearings um this is going to be an encompassing committee that's going to work directly with the White House on information that they're declassifying yeah correct correct there's actually three different government investigations into the JFK assassination but again this committee is expanding not just there but outwards into other fields and again We're working directly with the White House in previous investigations they didn't have
11:14
access to the information that we are going to have access to and so that's a big deal especially if you're looking at what truly happened with JFK are you going get a top secret clearance I already have a top secret clearance all members all members of Congress have a tsci the question is is do we get St access of which chairman cumr has been very supportive and will be getting sta access as well okay two more and then we're going to wrap it up obviously some of questions on some of these topics
11:43
je questions OB What specifically are the questions you're looking to get answer to September uh we just want the truth how much did the CIA know in advance but also remember when you have only certain information that's shared with the American people that's when conspiracy the iies happen and it's in my opinion that conspiracy theories can be detrimental um it doesn't mean that in the last couple months we haven't been right on a few things but what I will say is I think that we deserve to give this information to the American
12:12
people um I don't agree with the stonewalling that's occurred and also how do we prevent things like it from happening in the future and we have to know the full picture and the American people deserve to know that as well any c Department efficieny I don't know information Doge would have but I would encourage them if they have anything on JFK Epstein or anything in between that they bring it to our office immediately okay one more and then we'll wrap it up of course well we have a lot of questions
12:55
uh uh some of the people in the mayor's Administration have been vocal that they weren't going to comply with federal law that they were going to continue to act as sanctuary cities uh we want to know about coordination and communication they had to between the previous administration uh how did so many of these illegals get there who was paying for it uh who were they communicating with to to uh be able to provide housing and and so many other uh benefits uh to such a large population of people just
13:26
the basic questions we all have who was paying for it who was uh leading the the efforts to uh transport the illegals from uh from whenever their wherever their entry point was in the United States to the sanctuary cities and are the Mayors going to comply with federal law now are they going to uh work with Tom hman and the and the uh the national uh security groups in the Trump Administration to to try to deport the criminal illegals and uh stop being a sanctuary City worried about what do we feel less
14:04
worried about Eric Adams Eric Adams I mean you know he he was one of the first Mayors to bring up the bring up the the crisis situation the the fiscal impact on the city so I I think he would be uh a very good witness and we have a lot of questions for him just like we do the other three Mayors so all right one last question then we're going to wrap it up news Nation let's go k can I ask about uh your relationship with whistleblowers the normal process that oversight typically does or would this be are you
14:33
going to create a separate Avenue the task force I mean we're all about the normal process but look if you have information and it's credible we've always approached it in that I'd like to be the person that does the interviews for it mainly because especially with stuff like this we want to make sure that there's you know not bad actors that are pushing false information to create a narrative that's simply not there and so you know every whistleblower that does come forward as of right now there's people that have
14:56
been publicly out there for example on the JFK stuff that that were actually present in the room at the operating um at the operating room where he was actually brought to right after the shooting so um we hope to bring those people in to testify and again these hearings will be open to the public I am also expanding this to the entire conference so if someone's going to take this seriously and look at it through an investigative lend and get answers for the American people they are welcome to ask questions of the witnesses and you
15:22
guys will all receive notice of that and we'll work with anyone who currently works with the federal government that wants to declare whistleblower status and uh receive whistleblower protection if if that's what they're interested in doing and and I don't think uh they're going to face the type of retaliation that the previous administration gave whistleblowers particularly the IRS whistleblowers that blew the whistle on the the cover up of the the Biden family and I'd also like to close with this if
15:50
you are an independent investigator um we are being told that the FBI has now located thousands of pages of documents that they lost before specific speically rela to JFK we are going to get through as much as we can we have a great team of attorneys we have a great team of investigators looking into this but it doesn't mean that we won't accept help from the public and so we will be uh setting up a place for collection for people to present information but again this is about transparency the government works for us there have been
16:19
people I think in power for too long that try to Silo us and keep us in the dark but that stops today you're seeing that same message come out of the White House out of the CIA the FBI and every other agency in between so we very happy to have the support of all of those individuals happy to have the support of chairman comr and speaker Johnson and if you guys have any questions please don't hesitate to reach out to oversight oversight comms and we'd be happy to answer those at that time thank you guys

As for JFK, I have marked two passages:

a) "I believe that there were two Shooters"
b) "I'm looking to actually bring in some of the attending physicians at the initial assassination then also people that had been on the
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various commissions looking into like the Warren commission looking into the initial assassinations there's been conflicting evidence and I think that even the FBI at the time reported some anomalies in the initial autopsy at Bethesda Maryland"

I'm not sure if any of the Parkland staff are still alive. Some years ago, I carefully studied the statements of all the doctors, including the later ones, with all their contradictions. Now I wonder what Luna's level of knowledge is and if she is able to grasp some of the inherent problems.
A big problem in the whole case is the discrepancies between the rather sloppy sketch from the autopsy and the eyewitness statements from the emergency room at Parkland, without going into detail here. The case also illustrates the fundamental problem that medical professionals are not per se qualified to forensically assess an injury such as a gunshot wound. Especially since not everyone present even had the proper perspective.
The autopsy at Bethesda is also riddled with inconsistencies. But I can't imagine which documents are supposed to bring new and essential information to light. I guess it would have to be something concerning Dr. Hume's possible actions before the official autopsy with witnesses began, for example. But I am open to being surprised. However, imho, one has to be very familiar with the case and its details in order to properly classify possible new findings. And that could be, as in the case of the UAPs, not enough in view of some of the protagonists...

And as far as the crime scene is concerned: I am curious to see whether a position of a second shooter can be made plausible here that has not already been debunked. Once again, it will probably come down to the theory of a frontal shot. Here, too, one can already wonder what new things are to come.
 
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Luna has received support and by that means news coverage and publicity from 3 sets of conspiracy theorists, UFO cover-up believers, JFK assassination truthers and MLK assassination truthers, she is starting investigations with the biases and beliefs inherent in those groups.

When the files and records do not support those biases where will she go?
 
jarlrmai said:
When the files and records do not support those biases where will she go?
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The recent reactions of Flat Earthers to the so-called "Final Experiment" suggest it could go either way, but that in the end the old saw, "Those who base their opinions on something other than facts will not be persuaded by facts" is likely to be proven true again.

FWIW -- I suspect there MAY be some surprises hidden in the JFK files, not about the assassination itself, but about the investigation. Given the tensions of the Cold War, and the connection between Oswald and the Soviets Union, if I had been President Johnson, or a member of the Warren Commission, I'd have been scared to death of the answer being "He was acting as a Russian agent." I'm not sure how war could be avoided if that were the answer, which would incentivize the Hell out of everybody involved to make sure that this was not the answer arrived at, regardless of whether it was the true. While I have no reason to suppose it WAS true, nor would I be surprised if any evidence that tended that way would have been suppressed, where it could be suppressed. But I don't know that, either. I guess we'll see...
 
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Joe Rogan: "How much of it did you read into?"
Donald Trump: "Uh uh I think it's going to be just fine to open it let me put it that way (...)"
=> Hasn't read into it at all, has he:rolleyes:
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He is not a big reader. He may have had somebody summarize it and tell him verbally, if he had any interest.
 
JMartJr said:
The recent reactions of Flat Earthers to the so-called "Final Experiment" suggest it could go either way, but that in the end the old saw, "Those who base their opinions on something other than facts will not be persuaded by facts" is likely to be proven true again.

FWIW -- I suspect there MAY be some surprises hidden in the JFK files, not about the assassination itself, but about the investigation. Given the tensions of the Cold War, and the connection between Oswald and the Soviets Union, if I had been President Johnson, or a member of the Warren Commission, I'd have been scared to death of the answer being "He was acting as a Russian agent." I'm not sure how war could be avoided if that were the answer, which would incentivize the Hell out of everybody involved to make sure that this was not the answer arrived at, regardless of whether it was the true. While I have no reason to suppose it WAS true, nor would I be surprised if any evidence that tended that way would have been suppressed, where it could be suppressed. But I don't know that, either. I guess we'll see...
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I think a lot of the reluctance has come from FBI and others who were really out of their depth trying to investigate the JFK shooting. The FBI was good at catching bank robbers and kidnappers but vast international conspiracies were a bit beyond them. Problem being there WAS no vast international conspiracy, just a lone gunman.

There have been claims that the mafia was asked to help find the professional assasssins really involved. The payoff being secret pardons for various mafia crimes. Give someone a pardon for real crimes if they finger some non-existent assassins and you can be sure they will point the finger at SOMEBODY. Somebody out of reach in Cuba for example, or dead.

You can't interview people who are dead, you can't create new evidence that wasn't collected at the time, and "I don't remember" is a pretty plausible answer to questions whose answers would embarass you after all these years.
 
Are there any influential conspiracy promoters from back then alive now? The most famous I heard of were Jim Marrs and Jim Garrison, who are both dead.
The danger could be having someone who is still alive might give a false sense of credibility if the only counter arguments are from people not involved at the time.
 
RTM said:
Are there any influential conspiracy promoters from back then alive now? The most famous I heard of were Jim Marrs and Jim Garrison, who are both dead.
The danger could be having someone who is still alive might give a false sense of credibility if the only counter arguments are from people not involved at the time.
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It must be said at this point that John McAdams, a prominent debunker, passed away in 2021.
Since the early days of the internet, he ran a newsgroup and then also a website with lots of good material. It was no longer technically up to today's standards, but it is still online:

https://www.jfk-assassination.net/home.htm
https://www.jfk-assassination.net/index.htm
https://www.jfk-assassination.net/news.htm

I'm not really involved in the topic anymore, so I don't know who's advocating what now and who's active on both sides. I think that will become clear in the near future.
Rep. Luna will probably not defend a theory she developed herself, but will send someone forward who has worked it out in detail.

Pat Speer still has his online book up and is currently discussing on the forums. If I remember correctly, he has a theory that involves two shots to the skull by two shooters. He could be a candidate. But we'll see ...
 
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jarlrmai said:
Promote UAP and JFK conspiracy disclosure as an election strategy the payoff being that the conspiracy people get some government positions afterwards.
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By giving conspiracy theorists what they want, he cements their loyalty.

Nemon said:
I am curious to see whether a position of a second shooter can be made plausible here that has not already been debunked
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The problem is that it's impossible to prove there was no second shooter. Such is the lifeblood of all conspriacy theories. Ambiguous facts can be fit to the theory.
 
Nemon said:
As for JFK, I have marked two passages:

a) "I believe that there were two Shooters"
b) "I'm looking to actually bring in some of the attending physicians at the initial assassination then also people that had been on the
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various commissions looking into like the Warren commission looking into the initial assassinations there's been conflicting evidence and I think that even the FBI at the time reported some anomalies in the initial autopsy at Bethesda Maryland"
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b) alone shows she is talking out of her ass, either knowingly or out of ignorance. The assassination was 62 years ago, so unless Dougie Howser was one of the "attending physicians" at the time, they would be at a bare minimum in their 90s (assuming an unlikely 30 year old Dr.) and more likely well into their 2nd century with all the attended mental challenges that includes. As noted upthread, more likely is they're all deceased.

What's the chance that when Luna goes looking for these "attending physicians" and Warren commission members, it will turn out a number of them had met an untimely end in "mysterious circumstances" so that what they knew can't be revealed? :confused:
 
Asherah said:
The problem is that it's impossible to prove there was no second shooter.
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In the strict sense, you can't prove it. But a second shooter and another projectile have far-reaching implications so that it is unlikely to establish on overall plausible scenario. Starting with the fact that there was no firing position for the required trajectory. And that no shooter was seen in this area of the site. Not to mention the head injuries. etc. pp. But these discussions are often a game of pigeon chess, so that nothing is ever concluded.
 
The list of Republican task force members has been released by the House Oversight Committee. I believe the Democrats will be releasing their list as well at some point.

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WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), newly appointed chairwoman of the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, today announced the following Republican members will serve on the panel:
  • Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), chairwoman
  • Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.)
  • Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.)
  • Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.)
  • Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.)
  • Rep. Eli Crane (R-Ariz.)
  • Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas)
"Ensuring government transparency for the American people is a core mission of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The Republicans on Rep. Luna's task force are steadfast champions of transparency, and I am confident they will vigorously pursue and deliver the truth on critical issues," said Chairman Comer.

"We have assembled a team of dedicated leaders who have consistently fought for transparency and full disclosure. Our mission is simple: to ensure these documents are released swiftly and in their entirety, giving the American people the truth they deserve. I appreciate my colleagues for stepping up to this critical task and putting the public's right to know first," said Representative Luna.
https://oversight.house.gov/release...declassification-and-transparency-task-force/


I see we have our best people working on this...:rolleyes:
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Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.)
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.)
 
Looking for news on this, I didn't find much (I didn't sift through the rumors and whispers on social media channels). But this press release from Wednesday contains definite statements about the task force's next milestones (highlights inserted by me), so that we now have a number of dates to note:

https://oversight.house.gov/release...p-administration-on-declassification-efforts/

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Rep. Luna requested a briefing for the task force on February 26, 2025, regarding the declassification of records pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and on March 17, 2025, regarding the declassification of records pertaining to the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

(...) The Task Force's first hearing, scheduled for March 26, will be open to the public and the media. Further details will be announced soon.
And again, we have to wonder about one thing:

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"All federal agencies are cooperating with the Task Force and will provide the requested briefings in the coming weeks. As we work to understand the full scope of federal documents related to key national secrets, we are preparing for the Task Force's first hearing on March 26, which will examine the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In advance of the hearing, the Task Force will visit the assassination site in Dallas and speak with first-hand witnesses regarding President Kennedy's assassination. We remain committed to delivering the transparency that Americans demand from their government," said Rep. Luna.
What new things will they be able to contribute to clarification? They have all already testified openly and some of them have also published books. The USSS bodyguard Clint Hill, who jumped on the car with Jackie, for example, or the other bodyguard, Paul Landis, who first came out with his pretty wild version in 2023. But there are a few others, spectators and journalists, some people who experienced it as children and didn't comprehend what was happening.
I have the impression that this meeting in Dallas is more of a symbolic, theatrical act with which the task force is staging itself in public. To be fair, a PR appointment is just part of the job. Yet it depends on how you conduct yourself there.
 
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Nothing decisive is happening yet. Meanwhile, Luna & Co. are making one or two marginal notes in history.

I'm not sure what the best sources are here, I was looking for something without a paywall. This comes from Dallas. We have already said something like this here, and you would expect something similar from anyone who has even a little bit of knowledge about the subject:
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/pol...-interview-doctors-who-treated-jfk-in-dallas/
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"We actually made contact with one of the doctors, who's in his 90s," Luna said.
Luna said she was expecting a briefing at the White House later this week on where things stand in releasing the documents. She met Tuesday with the National Archives.

"I've been told that they are going to digitize everything and that it will be available. As soon as we get it, the American people will have it, and it's going to be available on the National Archives website," Luna said. (…)
Critics have questioned the task force's investigative work on the JFK assassination.

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas, a member of the Oversight Committee, said Luna should first figure out how many witnesses are still alive after so many years.

"Because she may be going on a futile mission," Crockett said.

Crockett also called for files related to the assassination of Malcom X to be released.

Gerald Posner is the author of Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK, which concludes Oswald acted alone. He questioned what the task force would gain by traveling to Dallas and called for releasing all the JFK files.

"There are no better and pressing issues for @RepLuna and her committee than to reexamine the JFK assassination? Visiting the site and 'speaking with first-hand witnesses' after 62 years?" he said on X.

In response to questions about the task force's plans, Posner said he interviewed all of the key Parkland Memorial Hospital doctors in 1992 for his book, published the following year.

"The accounts of doctors who changed their stories subsequently or came in later claiming they were important parts of the emergency team that treated the president, are proven false by my '92 interviews," he said. "No one from the subcommittee has reached out for any documentation from me."

He said there's a question of whether Luna is leading an open-ended inquiry that will follow the evidence.

"I'll give Rep Luna and her oversight committee the benefit of the doubt, but I am skeptical that a new investigation is going to upend what was done by the Warren Commission" or the House Select Committee on Assassinations, Posner said.
 
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We had the "release" of the Epstein files earlier in the week which had podcasters waving around binders and the judiciary committee linking to an internet meme as the release. Luna then made this statement, doesn't really bode well for transparency.

 
RTM said:
Luna then made this statement, doesn't really bode well for transparency.
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Yes, I saw that, but didn't really think about it any further. What more would you expect or think possible, keyword: transparency?
 
Nemon said:
Yes, I saw that, but didn't really think about it any further. What more would you expect or think possible, keyword: transparency?
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A coherent strategy. And official government agencies not doing Rick rolls and binder waving performances.
 
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