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The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act mandates that all JFK assassination records must be fully declassified by 26 October, 2017

Authored by 2017jfk.org

The documents listed — released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from POLITICO, other news organizations and researchers — were collected by the Assassination Records Review Board, an independent panel created by the 1992 JFK Records Act.

That same act requires that all the document on the list be released by October 2017 unless the next president decides to keep them classified.

Cold War scholars have long suspected that many of the still-withheld files will not necessarily shed new light on whether Oswald acted alone.

I am hesitant to say you’re not going to find out anything about the assassination.”.

The Archives says that “certain information has been removed” from the list, including titles and other identifying information, to protect national security, personal privacy and tax information.

Here is a snapshot of what is still being hidden from the public about key figures, probes and other events that the Archives has deemed relevant to the JFK investigation.

At least five communications are contained in the files from the former first lady to President Lyndon B. Johnson in the days immediately following the assassination. »

North Korea says Trump has 'lit the wick of war' and that it is ready to 'settle the final score with a hail of fire'

Authored by independent.co.uk

"We need to settle the final score, only with a hail of fire, not words," he reportedly added.

Mr Trump also mocked North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, referring to him as "Rocket Man".

While Mr Trump has taken an aggressive tone in his comments about North Korea, other officials have been more measured. »

An obscure copyright law is letting the Internet Archive distribute books published 1923-1941

Authored by boingboing.net

An obscure copyright law is letting the Internet Archive distribute books published 1923-1941.

If you have books published in the relevant time-period, the Archive will help you figure out if they qualify for being added to the collection.

“Working with the Internet Archive has allowed us to do the work to make this part of the law usable,” reflected Professor Townsend Gard. »

Fox paid $400m for the World Cup and now the USA aren't in it

Authored by independent.co.uk

For the first time since 1986 the country’s national men’s side failed to qualify for the World Cup.

Heading into their final qualifier against Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday night, the USA simply had to avoid losing or else their fate would be out of their hands.

Indeed, Murdoch-owned broadcaster Fox, whose news arm have courted controversy after a string of sexual harassment cases, paid a staggering $400m for the rights to broadcast the 2018 World Cup. »

Eminem's Rap God sets new world record for most words in a song

Authored by theguardian.com

Do you sit in meetings, scrolling through lyrics sites, counting how many words appear in Subterranean Homesick Blues?

Then wonder no more, for the latest edition of the Guinness Book of World Records has the answer.

One section of the song features 97 words in 15 seconds, for an average of 6.5 words per second. »

The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act mandates that all JFK assassination records must be fully declassified by 26 October, 2017

North Korea says Trump has 'lit the wick of war' and that it is ready to 'settle the final score with a hail of fire'

An obscure copyright law is letting the Internet Archive distribute books published 1923-1941

Fox paid $400m for the World Cup and now the USA aren't in it

Eminem's Rap God sets new world record for most words in a song

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