JFK Files Leave Researchers With More Questions Than Answers

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. Many digitized documents are illegible, either due to the quality of the source material or inadequate scanning methods. Critics of the government’s slow release of information over the last 62 years suggest that the lack of transparency has created controversy and eroded credibility....