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Donald Trump frustrated by JFK files continuing secrecy: Determined to release ALL files - Duration: 6:47.Donald Trump frustrated by JFK files continuing secrecy: Determined to release ALL files
President Donald Trump, the one man able to block the release, did not intend to make this easy.
Like much else surrounding investigations of the November 1963 killing of President , Thursday's release of 2,800 records from the JFK files was anything but smooth.
It came together only at the last minute, with White House lawyers still fielding late-arriving requests for additional redactions in the morning and an irritated President Trump continuing to resist signing off on the request, according to an account by two White House officials.
The tale of the final hours before the congressionally mandated 25-year release deadline adds a new chapter to the story of President Trumps troubled relationship with his spy agencies. .
He again flashed his skepticism and unpredictability in dealing with agencies long accustomed to a level of deference. And those officials had their own story tell, some rejecting the notion they were slow to act on President Trumps expectations for the documents.
The CIA began work months ago to get its remaining assassination-related documents ready for release on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the process.
The person, who was not authorised to publicly discuss the process and spoke only on condition of anonymity, said the goal was to have all the agencys documents ready to be released in full or with national security redactions before the deadline. .
Since taking office, President Trump has challenged the integrity of intelligence leaders, moved to exert more control over US spying agencies and accused his predecessor of using government spycraft to monitor his campaign.
In the JFK files matter, one White House official said, President Trump wanted to make clear he wouldnt be bullied by the agencies.
Whatever occurred in the lead-up to deadline day, President Trump was irritated Thursday that agencies still were arguing for more redactions.
The president earlier in the week had tweeted to tease the release of the documents, heightening the sense of drama on a subject that has sparked the imaginations of conspiracy theorists for decades. .
Under a 1992 law, all of the records related to the assassination were to be made public unless explicitly withheld by the president.
Just before the release Thursday, President Trump wrote in a memorandum that he had no choice but to agree to requests from the CIA and FBI to keep thousands of documents secret because of the possibility that releasing the information could still harm national security.
Two aides said President Trump was upset by what he perceived to be overly broad secrecy requests, adding that the agencies had been explicitly warned about his expectation that redactions be kept to a minimum.
The President and White House have been very clear with all agencies for weeks: They must be transparent and disclose all information possible, White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah said Friday. .
Late last week, President Trump received his first official briefing on the release in an Oval Office meeting that included Chief of Staff John Kelly, White House Counsel Don McGahn and National Security Council legal adviser John Eisenberg.
President Trump made it clear he was unsatisfied with the pace of declassification. President Trump's tweets, an official said, were meant as a signal to the intelligence community to take seriously his threats to release the documents in their entirety.
According to White House officials, President Trump accepted that some of the records contained references to sensitive sources and methods used by the intelligence community and law enforcement and that declassification could harm American foreign policy interests.
But after having the scope of the redactions presented to him, President Trump told aides he did not believe them to be in the spirit of the law. .
On Thursday, President Trump's top aides presented him with an alternative to simply acquiescing to the agency requests: he could temporarily allow the redactions while ordering the agencies to launch a new comprehensive examination of the records still withheld or redacted in part.
President Trump accepted the suggestion, ordering that agencies be extremely circumspect about keeping the remaining documents secret at the end of the 180-day assessment.
After strict consultation with General Kelly, the CIA and other agencies, I will be releasing ALL JFK files other than the names and addresses of any mentioned person who is still living, President Trump wrote in a Friday tweet.
I am doing this for reasons of full disclosure, transparency and in order to put any and all conspiracy theories to rest. .
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WATCH: Trump's SPECTACULAR nuclear bomber used in North Korea threat embark amid WW3 fears - Duration: 4:15.WATCH: Trump's SPECTACULAR nuclear bomber used in North Korea threat embark amid WW3 fears
, captured last weekend, shows the stealth bomber in all its glory shortly before it conducted a long-range mission over the Pacific Ocean. It undoubtedly comes as a brutal warning to Kim Jong-un as North Korea's nuclear war programme, which the rogue state has continued despite global condemnation.
has fired several test missiles into the Pacific Ocean and threatened to target the United States with its finished nuclear weapons. With US President Mr Trump keen to demonstrate his own military capabilities, the nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bomber conducted the long-range mission.
Impressive footage shows the war machine in its hangar at Whitman Air Force Base in Missouri before it flew through the USA's Pacific "area of responsibility" – which stretches north to south from Mongolia to New Zealand and east to west from Pacific islands to India.
The bomber can then be seen taxiing the runway before taking off on its mission.
A US Strategic Command statement said: "These missions validate our always-ready global strike capability and are a visible demonstration of commitment to our allies and enhancing regional security." North Korea have increased their own preparations for the possible outbreak of World War 3, with state media reporting mass-evacuation drills had been carried out to prepare civilians for war across the entire state.
According to NK News, evacuation drills are "extremely rare" and often unheard of in the rogue state. A North Korean defector, who once lived in Pyongyang, said he remembers these types of drills taking place "sometimes three times a year".
NK News claimed "daily air raid drills" were common in 1994 when North Korea and the US were "on the brink of war".
This comes as experts claim North Korea could be able to strike mainland United States within nine months. Speaking to Fox News, Gordon Chang, author of 'Nuclear Showdown', said progress against Kim Jong-un's rogue state must be accelerated.
He said: "Take the case of the most difficult of all which is China. China, at the end of September, seems to have ordered its banks to end their relationship with North Korea.
"But we are going to have to see over term whether they actually enforce that continually. Nonetheless, that's a step forward.
"We have seen a lot of these African countries stop paying money to North Korea and that's a direct result of American diplomacy. "There has been progress.
Now the question is, we need to have progressed pretty quickly because the North Koreans are within about nine months or so will be able to put a nuke on top of a long-range missile and hit the American homeland and, of course, we do not want that capability.
"On the other hand, I think the President actually got the right strategy and is pretty determined to carry it out." .
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Nuclear bombers sent to Pacific ahead of Trump's regional visit amid North Korea tensions - Duration: 3:14.Nuclear bombers sent to Pacific ahead of Trump's regional visit amid North Korea tensions
The nuclear-fitted B-2 bombers travelled to the region as US Defence Secretary James Mattis declared the US would not "accept North Korea as a nuclear power".
President Trump will visit South Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam and the Philippines in a trip which has been viewed as highly provocative by Kim Jong-un.
Fears have been raised that Trump arriving in Seoul could spark a war on the Korean peninsular with tensions showing no sign of calming. The tour was announced as a move to "confront the North Korean threat" in September.
The White House said: "The President's engagements will strengthen the international resolve to confront the North Korean threat and ensure the complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula." The jets can be refuelled mid-flight giving them the ability to strike any point in the world.
Defence Secretary James Mattis said: "I cannot imagine a condition under which the United States would accept North Korea as a nuclear power.
North Korea has accelerated the threat that it poses to its neighbours and the world through its illegal and unnecessary missile and nuclear weapons programs.".
Pyongyang have threatened to test their most powerful nuclear bomb in the Pacific ocean ahead of the visit.
Local news reports have suggested the US President could visit the heavily fortified DMZ border between South Korea and the North which it is feared will be seen as a threat.
In 1983 President Ronald Reagan, who Trump has long admired, took a tour of the area.
Now there have been calls for Trump to carry out the provocative trip as a show of strength. But concerns have been raised the move could provoke retaliation from the isolated dictatorship amid soaring tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Sue Mi Terry, a former Korea analyst, said: Theyre seeing almost everything as a threat.
They already see him as a very provocative person. Anything that he does will be continually seen that way. Asked about a visit to the border President Trump said: "Well, Id rather not say, but youll be surprised.".
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Donald Trump's ex-campaign manager surrenders to FBI in Russia inquiry - Duration: 3:38.Donald Trump's ex-campaign manager surrenders to FBI in Russia inquiry
s former campaign manager Mr Manafort, along with an associate, has surrender to investigators analysing the allegation of Russian interference in last years US election. It marks a huge development in the investigation as to whether meddled in Mr Trumps shock election win - and whether collusion took place between his team and Russia. The charges are the first from the investigation of Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller, who was appointed to look into alleged Russian meddling to sway the election in favour of Mr Trump.
Mr Manafort's former business partner Rick Gates has also been taken in as part of the investigation. .
The pair have been indicted by a federal grand jury on 12 counts including conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money and violating federal lobbying and banking laws, the federal special counsel.
The counsel said: "The indictment contains 12 counts: conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money, unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading FARA statements, false statements, and seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts.".
Mr Manafort, 68, served the Trump campaign from June to August of 2016 before resigning amid reports he may have received millions in illegal payments from a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine.
Mr Mueller has been investigating Manaforts financial and real estate dealings and his prior work for that political group, the Party of Regions, which backed former Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovich.
Investigators also examined potential money laundering by Mr Manafort and other possible financial crimes, sources have told Reuters.
It comes after a furious Mr Trump posed a series of tweets about alleged Russian meddling. He wrote on Tuesday: "The Dems are using this terrible (and bad for our country) Witch Hunt for evil politics, but the Republicans are now fighting back like never before. "There is so much GUILT by Democrats/Clinton, and now the facts are pouring out.
DO SOMETHING! "All of this 'Russia' talk right when the Republicans are making their big push for historic Tax Cuts & Reform.
Is this coincidental? NOT!" A federal grand jury approved the indictment on Friday, with the first charges set to be unsealed today. .
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Bryan Cranston: 'F--- you' to anyone who wants Trump to fail - Duration: 1:38.Bryan Cranston: 'F--- you' to anyone who wants Trump to fail
"Breaking Bad" actor Bryan Cranston, notably outspoken against then-candidate Donald Trump, recently changed his tone, calling out those who don't support the current president.
"President Trump is not the person who I wanted to be in that office, and I've been very open about that, Cranston said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter on Monday. That being said, he is the president.
"If he fails, the country is in jeopardy. It would be egotistical for anyone to say, 'I hope he fails,'" Cranston said. "To that person I would say, f--- you. Why would you want that? So you can be right?".
The actor, currently promoting Vietnam War-era movie "Last Flag Flying," said he doesn't want Trump to fail. I don't want him to fail, Cranston argued. I want him to succeed.
The actors comments mark an abrupt change from previous remarks he made about the president before he was elected. In October 2016, Cranston said he would move to Canada if Trump were elected to office.
However, in the interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Cranston said regardless of political affiliations, he'll support anyone with "a good idea.
"If you've got a good idea that helps the country, oh man, I'm gonna support you," Cranston said. "I don't care if you're a Republican and I'm a Democrat or whatever, I don't care.".
He added: "We've got to get away from this idea that our country is a political football, and someone with a different opinion is the enemy.
Assume they love this country as much as you do, and there's always room for improvement. How can we make it better?".
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Philippines President Duterte to welcome Donald Trump as 'important leader' - Duration: 4:34.Philippines President Duterte to welcome Donald Trump as 'important leader'
"I would deal with President Trump in the most righteous way, welcome him as an important leader," President Duterte told journalists ahead of his visit to Japan, where he is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
"I would have to also listen to him, what he has to say," the Philippines leader said.
President Duterte said he expects to discuss issues such as "terrorism, cooperation between the two countries [and] the fight against drugs" during his meeting with President Trump.
However, earlier, the US Ambassador to Manila, Sung Kim, told reporters the two leaders would also likely discuss human rights and the rule of law, which remain controversial issues in light of President Duterte's war on drugs policy. .
The Philippines president himself said the November talks would be particularly focused on the North Korean nuclear question. The opening agenda would be North Korea.
We are worried, all of us, that if anything can go wrong, it will go wrong, he said, as cited by the Philippines ABS-CBN broadcaster. "A nuclear war is totally unacceptable to everybody," President Duterte added. .
"Tell him that nobody's threatening him [Kim Jong-un], that there would be no war and that if you can just tone down or stand down, stop the threats, and that would be the same for America.
" He said the only "country that can calm him [Kim Jong-un] down is China. " Earlier, the Philippines president referred to the North Korean leader as a "fool" and "son of a bitch," who is "playing with dangerous toys.
" The outspoken Philippines leader has, in the past, not held back from criticising the US.
A year ago, he announced a "separation" from the US in favour of realignment with China. Later, President Duterte slammed Washington for treating his country "like a dog".
In July this year, he called the US "lousy" and vowed that he would "never" go to the US during his term, "or even thereafter".
However, three weeks later, the Philippines leader had a sudden change of heart, calling himself a "humble friend" of Washington while meeting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. .
He also seems to have better relations with President Trump than he had with President Barack Obama. President Duterte called President Trump a "deep man" and claimed he wouldn't have become a billionaire if he was "stupid".
President Trump, in his turn, praised the Philippines president in May for doing "unbelievable job on the drug problem" despite criticism of President Duterte's brutal drug crackdown by human rights groups.
In late September, President Duterte once again confirmed his readiness for a new policy in relations with Washington by praising the US as an important security ally. .
He described all his previous anti-US tirades as "water under the bridge". President Trump is expected to land in the Philippines on November 12 for a two-day visit as part of his Asian trip, scheduled for November 3-14.
He will be in Manila after visiting Japan, South Korea, China, and Vietnam.
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