Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets: the JFK Files

Amended April 13th 2025.

Well it was happening on April fools day no less and the irony had not escaped me. That it was in part almost hilarious was something I had not expected. I expected a rather sombre, almost sleep inducingly boring listing of what was still missing. Instead……

During this hearing there were a few who asked some rather funny but very inane questions that were about to turn this thing into a circus of conspiracy entertainment. And of course did the bi-partisan politics come into play as well. It was entertainment only the USA could provide!

Photo: Doug Campbell.

What I had expected was that someone from that panel would list what was still missing from a JFK assassination records release perspective. Malcolm Blunt did some of this by emailing me and which I reposted on the DPUK website. Of all people, in this niche, he could have summarised what was missing and what has been detroyed!

I did forward this, but sadly it was not jumped upon. Unless that is still to come…..?

The records releases and the hearing made me decide to meet up with Malcolm Blunt on April 5th and tape our chats. We had not seen eachother since early Dec 2024. Malcolm is semi-retired and kicks back in a warm sunny destination. However his time Malcolm had something extra to say!

To me the whole shebang was about the NBC fillms by Dave Wiegman and Jimmy Darnell. If there is anything that could throw open the case, which certain individuals aren’t too enamoured about.

Jefferson Morley tweeted his opinion (a baseless one if I may add) the day before the hearing. It appears that Morley and Posner are walking hand in hand on the value of the NBC films. No sources, just opinions.

In summary:

• Morley told her it is NOT a definitive piece of evidence. It can be and for that it needs to be investigated.
• Morley said it is NOT important to the JFK community. Not true, if there is anything that could collapse the assumption of Lee Harvey Oswald’s guilt it is this.
• Morley advised her to drop it. On what basis?
• Morley hopes some day NBC will clear the air by making available high-res scans. Some day? How about right now!
• Mortley states that NBC is not hiding anything. I beg to differ based on our experience.

Is this a prime example of kicking the can down the road while attempts are made to get the film out for the public to see for themselves?

Then during the hearing, as I was watching it live,  Jefferson Morley was speaking about the NBC films again and I wasn’t really clocking all of it but it sounded like a repeat of that tweet. The overall impression I got was that none of the questioners of that panel were well appraissed. They were briefed. Therefor they were informed what to ask. Watch the video of the hearing for yourself. Tell me I am dead wrong! Greg Parker brought this up before me a week or so ago and he is spot on.

The exchange I refer to above goes as follows:

Mr Garcia (49:35) I want to also just so that note that we should follow of course the facts wherever they go. Mr. Morley, in the run-up to this hearing, I know that there was some public reporting about this video that has been referenced. It’s never before seen video of the shooting. Now that video itself is not a secret. I mean, JFK researchers have known about this video for a few years. Is that correct?

Jefferson Morley (49:55): For decades. Yes.

Mr Garcia (49:56): Okay. And the film is not definitive about Oswald’s whereabouts at the time of the incident?

Jefferson Morley (50:03): No. It is not.

Mr Garcia (50:04): Okay. And it’s not regarded as overly important by serious JFK researchers. Would you agree with that?

Jefferson Morley (50:11): Correct.

Mr Garcia (50:11): Okay. And it has never been a factor in major analysis in the causes of JFK assassination. Is that also correct?

Jefferson Morley (50:18): Not in mine and not in any of the researchers I work with.

Mr Garcia (50:22): Okay. Thank you. And I think it’s important to clarify that because I think there’s a lot of speculation and interest in the video, but I think we should be very clear about what the video actually is. Also, I know as it relates to the rollout of the JFK files, it also included a lot of, I think, personal information. Mr. Davisson, I just want to turn to you for a minute.

You’d start to suspect that this was all agenda driven. Time will tell if Morley voices his opinion again.

Near the end of the hearing Representative Luna asked Oliver Stone if he would recommend that the task force send a letter to NBC requesting the Dave Wiegman & Jimmy Darnell films to which he replied in the affirmative.  It’s a start, an attempt at least to get the films out in the public domain.

We shall see where this is going. In the mean time expect to be bored to death by opinionated conspiracy theorists and lone nutters just speculate their rear off of what they think and believe.

If(!) the original films arrive at NARA then we are a step closer to obtaining the cherry on top.

The evidence for Oswald’s innocence and his whereabouts during the JFK Assassination is already there!