SUBJECT: Certification for Certain\u00a0Records Related to\u00a0the\u00a0Assassination of President John F. Kennedy<\/strong><\/p>\nAs I explained in my temporary certification of October 26, 2017, the American people expect their Government to\u00a0provide as much access as possible to the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records (records) so that they may \u2014 as they deserve \u2014 finally be fully informed about all aspects of this pivotal event.\u00a0 Over the past 180 days, executive departments and agencies (agencies) have reviewed all of the information within records temporarily withheld from release and have proposed to the Archivist of the United States (Archivist) that certain information should continue to be redacted because of identifiable national security, law enforcement, and foreign affairs concerns.\u00a0 The Archivist has reviewed the information agencies proposed to withhold and believes the proposals are consistent with the standard of section 5(g)(2)(D) of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note) (the \u201cAct\u201d).<\/p>\n
I agree with the Archivist\u2019s recommendation that the continued withholdings are necessary to protect against identifiable harm to national security, law enforcement, or foreign affairs that is of such gravity that it outweighs the\u00a0public interest in immediate disclosure.\u00a0 I am also ordering agencies to re-review each of those redactions over the next 3 years.\u00a0 At any time during that review period, and no later than the end of that period, agencies shall disclose information that no longer warrants continued withholding.<\/p>\n
Accordingly, by the authority vested in me as President and\u00a0Commander in Chief by the Constitution and the laws of the United\u00a0States of America, I hereby certify that all information within records that agencies have proposed for continued postponement under section 5(g)(2)(D) of the Act shall be withheld from full public disclosure until no later than October\u00a026, 2021.<\/p>\n
Any agency that seeks further postponement beyond this certification shall take note of the findings of the Act, which state, among other things, that \u201conly in the rarest cases is there any legitimate need for continued protection of such records.\u201d\u00a0 The need for continued protection can only grow weaker with the passage of time from this congressional finding.\u00a0 Any agency that seeks further postponement beyond October 26, 2021, shall, no later than April 26, 2021, identify to the Archivist the specific basis for concluding that records (or portions of records) satisfy the standard for continued postponement under section 5(g)(2)(D) of\u00a0the Act.\u00a0 Thereafter, the Archivist shall recommend to the President, no\u00a0later than September 26, 2021, whether continued withholding from public disclosure of the identified records is warranted after October\u00a026,\u00a02021.<\/p>\n
The Archivist is hereby authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.<\/p>\n
DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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