JFK Files Leave Researchers With More Questions Than Answers

The release of approximately 80,000 documents was met with skepticism by those looking for concrete evidence about the former president’s 1963 assassination.

President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and Texas Gov. John Connally ride through Dallas moments before the president was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963. File Photo/Reuters

WASHINGTON—Thousands of pages of documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, were released late in the evening of March 18, revealing details about intelligence-gathering operations but little new information.

While researchers have long awaited the declassification, some are questioning the content of the released files and whether more documents exist or were previously destroyed.