Section 6
Sun 23 Jul 2023, 5:01 am
http://kennedysandking.com/john-f-kennedy-articles/the-biden-cia-attempt-to-usurp-congress-authority-over-jfk-records
- Roger Odisio
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Re: Section 6
Mon 24 Jul 2023, 6:04 am
My response to the article on EF because Darnell and Wiegman keep getting left out of the picture:
Thanks. Very thorough article. I was particularly glad they focused on the importance of Section 12 (b) of the Act which refutes some central claims by the judge, and that has not gotten a lot of attention:
"Section 12(b) legally mandates that section 6 remains in full force and effect as operational law [after the ARRb closed] and is applicable to the President’s authority to postpone disclosure of records, “as required by this Act” pursuant to sections 5(g)(2)(D) and 9(d)(1)".
I would expand that. Section 12 (b) applies not only the President's authority to postpone release of records from government agencies, but to *all* JFKA records not currently in the Collection, regardless of who has them. Congress delegated to the ARRB the responsibility to define the term JFK record, and the ARRB made clear that definition must include all relevant information, not only that held by government agencies. Hence the ARRB's pursuit and retrieval of the Zapruder film, for example.
The authors quote Section 12 (b) which says that Act remains in effect until NARA's Archivist certifies to the President *and Congress* that *all* assassination records (not just those held by government agencies ) have been made available to the public.
Judge Seeborg, as is his wont, also tries to throw up another roadblock to consideration of what Biden is trying to do by saying the "Transparency Plans" he has accepted "merely set forth when that postponement [of a record} will end". While ignoring the rest of the June 30 memo that is so egregious.
Thanks. Very thorough article. I was particularly glad they focused on the importance of Section 12 (b) of the Act which refutes some central claims by the judge, and that has not gotten a lot of attention:
"Section 12(b) legally mandates that section 6 remains in full force and effect as operational law [after the ARRb closed] and is applicable to the President’s authority to postpone disclosure of records, “as required by this Act” pursuant to sections 5(g)(2)(D) and 9(d)(1)".
I would expand that. Section 12 (b) applies not only the President's authority to postpone release of records from government agencies, but to *all* JFKA records not currently in the Collection, regardless of who has them. Congress delegated to the ARRB the responsibility to define the term JFK record, and the ARRB made clear that definition must include all relevant information, not only that held by government agencies. Hence the ARRB's pursuit and retrieval of the Zapruder film, for example.
The authors quote Section 12 (b) which says that Act remains in effect until NARA's Archivist certifies to the President *and Congress* that *all* assassination records (not just those held by government agencies ) have been made available to the public.
Judge Seeborg, as is his wont, also tries to throw up another roadblock to consideration of what Biden is trying to do by saying the "Transparency Plans" he has accepted "merely set forth when that postponement [of a record} will end". While ignoring the rest of the June 30 memo that is so egregious.
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