Today was supposed to be the day when the federal government was scheduled to release all the remaining secret documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. However, late this afternoon, the White House announced that while it would approve the release of 2,800 records, President Donald Trump was delaying the release of others over national security concerns. Those records will be reviewed for another six months.

Trump delays release of some files related to assassination of JFK, approves 2,800 other records for release. https://t.co/jkfVexRaiV — The Associated Press (@AP) October 26, 2017

Below is the memo released by Trump on the release of the records, via Zeke Miller:

The full Trump memo pic.twitter.com/qxIw84RIYr — Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 26, 2017

With Trump backtracking on his promise to release all of the records today, it was no surprise that there was quite a reaction on Twitter:

White House is not releasing all the JFK files. Looks like Trump is a CIA cuck. — David Corn (@DavidCornDC) October 26, 2017

Responsible people are supposed to not find it suspicious that agencies want to keep decades-old JFK files under wraps. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ — Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) October 26, 2017

JFK

files delayed

what else do i have to say — Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) October 26, 2017

Why is Trump hiding the JFK files? Did Rafael Cruz pay him off? — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 26, 2017

The president teased what sounded like a full release of the JFK files. That's not what we are getting. https://t.co/cFs7kpiHwC — Jim Acosta (@Acosta) October 26, 2017

Asked about Ted Cruz’s dad in JFK files offl says, “We’re not going to comment on the content of the files” adds they leave it to researchrs — Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 26, 2017

Seems pretty clear – on the JFK files – that the FBI and CIA are mostly doing some CYA. — Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal) October 26, 2017

I find it hard to believe that there’s a compelling national security threat 54 years after the fact https://t.co/PPXyCgwfAw — J?sh Billinson (@jbillinson) October 26, 2017

Starting to think we're not gonna find out who killed JFK. — Matt Pearce ? (@mattdpearce) October 26, 2017

Deep State win? About 2,800 JFK records to be released, others delayed, White House says via the @FoxNews App https://t.co/A1NRsMaWWi — Lou Dobbs (@LouDobbs) October 26, 2017

Really annoying that stories on the JFK files are framed around "conspiracy theorists." How about this info shouldn't be secret for 50 yrs? pic.twitter.com/SIMDXr28kA — Trevor Timm (@trevortimm) October 26, 2017

Watch the way the Trump administration handled the JFK document dump. Now imagine the planning for a strike on North Korea. — Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) October 26, 2017

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