Certain of the files also include information about CIA staff members and their assets and intelligence sources.
Burns stated that publication of the material not only results in death but also compromises national security by revealing U.S. monitoring methods and technology for foreign enemies.
Burns informed Biden, “I am aware, of no public interest in disclosure that outweighs the serious and tangible damage to intelligence operations that will ensue from disclosure of such information.”
According to a statement the FBI sent USA TODAY, the agency is “complying” with Trump’s directive. The declaration says, “The FBI is identifying records responsive to the (order).”
In a Fox News interview broadcast on Wednesday, Trump claimed Mike Pompeo, his former CIA director and secretary of state, and others discouraged him against divulging.
Some of the Kennedy records. Trump claimed Pompeo informed him, “it was just not a good time to release them.” “They’re professionals, and I respect them;
They’re working for me and the country, and they’re not wanting the Kennedy stuff released,” Trump said. “And thus I didn’t release but I’m going to release them right now.”
