Trump Administration's JFK Files Release Faces Backlash Over Privacy Breaches

The unredacted release of 63,000 pages revealed CIA covert operations but exposed sensitive personal data, triggering lawsuits and criticism.

The Trump administration released over 63,000 pages of JFK assassination-related documents on March 18, 2025, including unredacted Social Security numbers and other personal information of living individuals.
Historians and researchers found no significant revelations challenging the official narrative that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
The release has been criticized for its disorganized execution, lacking search tools or indexing, and for violating the Privacy Act of 1974 by exposing sensitive personal data without consent.
Former Trump campaign lawyer Joseph diGenova, whose information was exposed, filed a lawsuit against the National Archives, citing privacy violations and potential identity theft.
The documents reveal new details about Cold War-era CIA operations, including surveillance of Oswald and covert activities in Latin America, but have reignited conspiracy theories without providing supporting evidence.