It was also during this period that military intelligence was undertaking several illegal programs that further incentivized the need for destroying files. House Select Committee on Assassinations counsel Robert Blakey stated amongst the impropriety occurring was the aforementioned destruction of military intelligence files. Further, this investigation began a series of inquiries which touched upon of several matters of historical importance that included the Kennedy investigation files. Notably the stated reasoning for several past evidentiary removals does not explain the targeted attacks upon files related to just the Kennedy investigation. United States Department of Defense, n.d., History of the Department of Defense Oversight Program, dodsioo.defense.gov[ii].

Source: Los Angeles Times January 31, 2024 21:23 UTC