NBC Worries Trump Will Cover Up JFK Assassination Files

Newsbusters.org ^ | September 29, 2017 | Kyle Drennen

[Kaslin]

In a bizarre story for NBC’s Today on Friday, correspondent Peter Alexander preemptively attacked President Trump for possibly blocking the release of classified government files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, even though the reporter acknowledged that  “no decision’s been made” by the administration regarding the obscure bureaucratic matter.

“As you can imagine, historians are eagerly awaiting the release of these never-before-seen files....The National Archives here in Washington has until October 26th to turn them all over....The one person who could stand in the way, President Trump,” Alexander melodramatically announced at the top of his report about the 54-year-old “news.”

https://www.mrctv.org/videos/nbc-worries-trump-will-cover-jfk-assassination-files

Amping up the concern that Trump may decide not to have the documents released to the public, the reporter proclaimed: “More than 50 years after his tragic death, the endless fascination with President John F. Kennedy lives on....The National Archives is preparing to release more than 3,000 never-before-seen documents related to the assassination, unless President Trump decides to keep them secret.”

Despite such sensationalism, Alexander noted: “For now, the White House tells NBC News no decision’s been made, but the documents could be kept in the shadows for reasons of national security.”

He then quickly ratcheted the story back up: “Historians fear that President Trump could torpedo this chance to shed light on an event that sparked countless conspiracy theories.” A clip played of historian Philip Shenon fearing: “If documents are held back next month, I think that would only add to the confusion, that will add to the cynicism. And from an historian’s standpoint, from the standpoint of an American citizen, I think that would be a great shame.”

Alexander eventually turned the segment to offer the usual liberal media fawning over JFK’s legacy: “For decades, JFK’s legacy has loomed large in American politics. His death becoming a turning point in our history, movies and documentaries analyzing every detail. Images of Camelot still mesmerizing the whole today.”

A soundbite followed of left-wing MSNBC host and Kennedy superfan Chris Matthews getting a thrill up his leg over the late president: “He was just glowing in his leadership in the country. Everyone looked up to him and many loved him. The future looked very bright. And then, it was over in a flash.”

“Now, the question remains, will President Trump allow new information to come to light or keep it under wraps?,” Alexander ominously wondered.

Here is a full transcript of the September 29 segment:

7:42 AM ET

MATT LAUER: 7:42 now on a Friday morning, we’re back with the much-anticipated release of secret government files tied to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.

HODA KOTB: There is just one roadblock potentially standing in the way of that. NBC National Correspondent Peter Alexander is at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. with that story. Hey, Peter.

PETER ALEXANDER: Hey, Hoda, Matt, and Savannah, good morning to you. As you can imagine, historians are eagerly awaiting the release of these never-before-seen files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The National Archives here in Washington has until October 26th to turn them all over. That deadline was set by Congress 25 years ago.

Scholars, as you would expect, they’re hopeful they’re going to get their hands on these. Files mostly from the CIA and FBI that could clarify some unanswered questions about the assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. The one person who could stand in the way, President Trump.

[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Sealed JFK Documents Released?; Trump Could Reveal Thousands of Assassination Files]

More than 50 years after his tragic death, the endless fascination with President John F. Kennedy lives on. And now the public could soon learn new details about his killer. The National Archives is preparing to release more than 3,000 never-before-seen documents related to the assassination, unless President Trump decides to keep them secret. For now, the White House tells NBC News no decision’s been made, but the documents could be kept in the shadows for reasons of national security. Historians fear that President Trump could torpedo this chance to shed light on an event that sparked countless conspiracy theories.

PHILIP SHENON [AUTHOR OF “A CRUEL AND SHOCKING ACT”]: If documents are held back next month, I that would only add to the confusion, that will add to the cynicism. And from an historian’s standpoint, from the standpoint of an American citizen, I think that would be a great shame.

ALEXANDER: One of the more bizarre conspiracies promoted by Mr. Trump himself, touting a widely discredited National Enquirer story about Senator Ted Cruz’s father.

DONALD TRUMP [5/13/16]: His father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald being, you know, shot. I mean the whole thing is ridiculous.

ALEXANDER: The new files may contain new information about Oswald. Just weeks before the killing, the 24-year-old traveled to Mexico City, visiting Soviet and Cuban embassies apparently to secure visas to enter those countries, but details of his trip remain a mystery. Raising questions for some about whether or not Oswald had help, or if the U.S. government was aware of his intentions before the shots rang out in Dallas.

JOHN F. KENNEDY: Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

ALEXANDER: For decades, JFK’s legacy has loomed large in American politics. His death becoming a turning point in our history, movies and documentaries analyzing every detail. Images of Camelot still mesmerizing the whole today.

CHRIS MATTHEWS: He was just glowing in his leadership in the country. Everyone looked up to him and many loved him. The future looked very bright. And then, it was over in a flash.

ALEXANDER: Now, the question remains, will President Trump allow new information to come to light or keep it under wraps?

Again, that deadline is October 26th. Among those leading the charge to get these documents turned over, the Republican Senator from Iowa, Chuck Grassley, who gave NBC News a statement that reads in part, “Americans deserve a full picture of what happened that fateful day in November 1963. Shining a light on never-before-seen government records is essential to filling in these blank spaces in our history.” Back to you guys.

LAUER: Even after all these years, there’s so much interest in that subject.

SAVANNAH GUTHRIE: Yes, we’ll see what he does.

LAUER: Exactly. Peter, thank you.

[jmacusa]

They didn’t shoot enough Kennedys.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

What’s your opinion for why Oswald killed Officer Tippit?

Are you positive Oswald did it?

.

[Pelham]

Oswald had been at work at the Texas Depository the morning that Kennedy was murdered but was gone when the building was searched right after Kennedy was shot.

Two people witnessed Officer Tippit stop his patrol car to talk to someone in the Oak Cliff neighborhood and saw that someone shoot Officer Tippit. Three other people saw the shooter fleeing the scene after the gunshots. In a police lineup four of those five witnesses picked Oswald out as the man who shot Officer Tippit.

Seven other people saw Oswald between the Oak Cliff neighborhood and the Texas Theater where he was arrested. He had a revolver on him at the time of his arrest.

So Oswald had been at work in the Texas Book Depository the morning that Kennedy was shot right in the front of that building. Oswald had left the building sometime before it was searched. Oswald wasn’t at lunch, a plausible reason for not being there, although the majority of people wouldn’t miss the chance to see a President. Instead Oswald was miles away in a movie theater on a workday, missing a Presidential motorcade passing right in front of his job, with a handgun consistent with the weapon that had killed Officer Tippit.

[I got the rope]

Democrats killed him. Probably LBJ.

They are all in on it. Those files have been cleaned long ago.

[I got the rope]

he was shot from the front not the back.

[Impy]

Why in the world would he?

[MagnoliaB]

Post #80 has two you should watch so I won’t bother to repost those.

Here are some more interviews with people that were witnesses, close to the event or trying to get to the truth>

https://youtu.be/YzUyiBdhwUw

https://youtu.be/fAMR15-Gxr0

https://youtu.be/r-gap_Cnlt8

https://youtu.be/SFBehXGP-bM

https://youtu.be/79lOKs0Kr_Y

Let me know if you want more.

[GOPsterinMA]

Like I’ve said before, there’s 10000000% a conspiracy to keep the “JFK/Camelot myth” alive.

Like clockwork, there’s a “new” batch of “previously unseen” photos/files/artifacts”, etc. that’s “discovered”. Some “new” “news” story like this gets “reported”. Something. The Boston Glob, like clockwork, engages in this propaganda at least twice a year.

Pathetic, coordinated attempts to recreate what never was: A successful presidency.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Why would I want to rehash fifty year old material that’s been flogged in every conspiracy book ever written?

I mean I don’t deny that some witnesses at the scene contradict the majority. Walther was simply wrong. She inaccurately located the owindow she saw on the wrong floor, and the other witnesses said there was only one man in the window, not too. So we’re supposed to go with the outlier?

As for Mark Lane was a communist and I liar. He misrepresented Markham’s testimony.

The following is excerpted from David Belin’s NOVEMBER 22, 1963: YOU
ARE THE JURY.

“I spoke with the deponent, the eyewitness, Helen Louise
Markham, and Mrs. Markham told me—Miss or Mrs., I didn’t ask her if she was married—told me that she was a
hundred feet away from the police car, not the fifty feet
which appears in the affidavit. She gave me a more
detailed description of the man who she said shot Officer
Tippit. She said he was short, a little on the heavy
side, and his hair was somewhat bushy. I think it is fair
to state that an accurate description of Oswald would be
average height, quite slender with thin and receding
hair.”

So I’ll pass on more conspiracy nonsense.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

I threw a party when Teddy died. I mean it.

Getting another one ready for Jaun McLame's passing?

[txnativegop]

probably make a small doll that looks like him, put it in a shoe box and bury it.

[MagnoliaB]

Do as you please but don’t expect other people that see inconsistencies and events that don’t add up, that we have to drink the spoon fed government kool aid. I guess to people like you, we need reeducation if we think the government would lie to us (eye roll).

[x]

More than Obama or either Clinton or any number of Bushes or Ted Cruz would have?

Not likely.

Besides, what is it that we still don't know about the assassination?

[SoCal Pubbie]

No, no reducation. Just Occam’s razor.

[pfflier]

Area 52, It must be true it was on TV...Dumber than rocks.

[SaveFerris]

Just wait until they discover Area 53. You know it’s out there.....

[SaveFerris]

I believe Johnson was one significantly-corrupt Democrat.

Wait, that was redundant.....

[pfflier]

It is and pretty close to area 51.

[SaveFerris]

LOL awesome

[MagnoliaB]

No thanks. I prefer modern forensics over some theory of a monk that lived 670 years ago. Of course when all the evidence wasn't preserved (like the car), disappeared like JFK's brain and who knows where the completely intact magic bullet is, even getting to the truth now will not be easy. "According to the single-bullet theory, a three-centimeter (1.2″)-long copper-jacketed lead-core 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano rifle bullet fired from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository passed through President Kennedy’s neck and Governor Connally’s chest and wrist and embedded itself in the Governor’s thigh. If so, this bullet traversed 15 layers of clothing, 7 layers of skin, and approximately 15 inches of tissue, struck a necktie knot, removed 4 inches of rib, and shattered a radius bone. The bullet was found on a gurney in the corridor at the Parkland Memorial Hospital, in Dallas, after the assassination. The Warren Commission found that this gurney was the one that had borne Governor Connally.This bullet became a key Commission exhibit. Its copper jacket was completely intact. While the bullet's nose appeared normal, the tail was compressed laterally on one side. " I guess you believed old Teddy's story about Chappaquiddick too. How about the Clinton's and Obama? Do you always believe everything they say? Johnson was a dimocrat you know and the one thing a dimocrat does well and consistently is LIE. Now, I don't really give a rip about the Kennedy's. The only think I care about is THE GOVERNMENT TELLING US BOLDFACED LIES and when they get away with it, they keep doing it. You on the other hand are a curiosity as to why you and some others always jump on a JFK thread and defend the government to your death. Mocking people that aren't buying the BS as gospel. Why? What's in it for you? Before you say something snotty about this being one big paragraph, it wouldn't let me separate my paragraphs this morning, so take it up with FR.