President Joe Biden has delayed the release of classified documents pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A memo signed by Biden on Oct. 22 was released by the White House, citing the pandemic for the delay. It did not make clear exactly how the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the release of the records, which have to be released to comply with a 1992 act of Congress that was signed by then-President George H.W. Bush “Temporary continued postponement is necessary to protect against identifiable harm to the military defense, intelligence operations, law enforcement, or the conduct of foreign relations that is of such gravity that it outweighs the public interest in immediate disclosure,” Biden said in a statement. The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, the White House said, “permits the continued postponement of disclosure of information in records concerning President Kennedy’s assassination only when postponement …
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