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Public Interest Declassification Board Urges Transparency in Release of JFK Files

GuestContributor September 28, 2021

The Public Interest Declassificaton Board is an office within the National Archives that was created by Congress to advise the president on secrecy and declassification issue. The PIDB is supposed to act as a counterweight to secret government agencies. It doesn’t have much real power but it does constitute a presence that other agencies have to take into account.

And its members have written a letter to President BIden about the last of the JFK assassination files.

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Public Interest Declassification Board cites JFK Records Act as a model

Jefferson Morley December 17, 2014

In a new study of the U.S. government’s dysfunctional declassification system, the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) cited the JFK Records Act of 1992 as a model for effective release of information that interests the public. That’s why the PIDB should make sure that the CIA declassifies 1,100 assassination-related documents by October 2017, their scheduled release date …

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#HowtoSolveJFKin2014: Declassify the RFK papers now

Jefferson Morley January 2, 2014

A faithful reader calls attention to one practical step the U.S. government can take in 2014 to contribute to public understanding of the JFK assassination story: declassify the papers of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy from 1963-64.

The blog of the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) is seeking comment on declassification priorities for the National Archives.

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Open The Government picks up on call for JFK disclosure

Jefferson Morley December 11, 2013

Open The Government, a coalition of public interest groups advocating open government policies, is highlighting the National Security Archive’s blog post calling for prioritizing the declassification of the CIA’s secret JFK assassination files. …

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Public Interest Declassification Board Urges Transparency in Release of JFK Files

Public Interest Declassification Board cites JFK Records Act as a model

#HowtoSolveJFKin2014: Declassify the RFK papers now

Open The Government picks up on call for JFK disclosure