The JFK files release was way more boring than I expected

I finally sat down and read through the latest JFK document dump from the National Archives last weekend, and honestly I was shocked by how much of it is just routine CIA paperwork. There's pages and pages about employee travel expenses and office supply requisitions from 1963. I found this one memo where an agent complains about not getting a typewriter replaced fast enough. People online hyped these files up like they'd finally show the real shooter or prove a massive cover up, but it's mostly bureaucratic junk. I get that some folks say the important stuff is still classified, but after spending 4 hours skimming through 500 pages, I'm not convinced there's a smoking gun in there at all. Has anyone else actually dug into these files and found something concrete, or are we all just chasing ghosts?

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diana_park13d ago

Heard a historian on NPR say the REAL juicy files from the Church Committee hearings in the 70s still haven't seen the light of day, so this is just the leftovers.

faithj1013d ago

dunno @diana_park, feels like every few years someone says "the REAL stuff is still hidden" about some old govt doc dump. like maybe it's just that 70s surveillance was boring and badly organized lol.