![]() ![]() Stephen King's new book, "November 22, 1963," is yet another imaginative retelling of a critical day in American history, a densely layered epic that appeals to the enduring impulse to understand how the president of the United States was gunned down in broad daylight, and why no one was ever brought to justice for the crime. ![]() The tediously unresolved case of the assassinated president never quite goes away as some would wish. The question on the 48th anniversary of the tragedy is whether the CIA's extreme claims of JFK secrecy - reiterated in federal court filings this year - will be allowed to stand. Yet, incredibly enough, the Central Intelligence Agency is likely to object to declassifying all of its records related to the murder of the 35th president in Dallas on Nov. ![]() It is likely to be a moment of national introspection, as well as an opportunity to complete the historical record of one of the most painful days in American history. Two years from today Americans will observe the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. ![]()
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