The U.S. government is in a “mad scramble” to prepare the remaining classified documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, according to a report Thursday.
NBC News reported that although the deadline for the National Archives to release the 3,100 never-before-seen publicly files, the memo outlining content the CIA and other agencies want to remain classified was not delivered to President Trump as of Thursday afternoon.
The Oct. 26 date was established by the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, which was signed into law by former President George H.W. Bush in an attempt to minimize conspiracy theories about Kennedy’s death.
“There’s a mad scramble going on in the executive branch to get this done,” one official told NBC News.
While the CIA is asking for a few redactions from the documents, other agencies have not completed their submissions yet. This indicates a handful of documents will be released rather than the entire trove, the official said.
White House spokesperson Lindsay Walters told Politico Magazine last week that the Trump administration was trying “to ensure that the maximum amount of data can be released to the public.”
The National Archives did not respond to a request from the Washington Examiner, issuing what appeared to be an automated email response.
“Due to the large volume of inquiries regarding the JFK records release, we cannot respond to your message. We will add you to our email list and you will receive information once it is available,” the National Archives Public and Media Communications said in reply to the Washington Examiner’s email.
