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DW
02-08-2025
- Politics
- DW
German police expands use of Palantir surveillance software – DW – 08/02/2025
Police and spy agencies are keen to combat criminality and terrorism with artificial intelligence. But critics say the CIA-funded Palantir surveillance software enables "predictive policing." The surveillance software called Gotham, developed by US company Palantir, is billed as an all-rounder: gigantic amounts of data are brought together at lightning speed. It only takes a few seconds to satisfy a police officer's curiosity: name, age, address, fines, criminal record. In combination with selected cellphones and the contents of scanned social media channels, a comprehensive profile of any person appears in an instant. With the help of artificial intelligence (AI), the surveillance program developed by the US technology company seems to make the dreams of police and intelligence agencies come true. Three of Germany's 16 federal states are already using Gotham: Bavaria, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg is planning to implement it soon. However, according to privacy advocates and civil rights organizations, it come with a big problem: Along with those suspected of a crime, it can also ensnare innocent people. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The German nonprofit group Society for Civil Rights (GFF) is fundamentally opposed to the use of programs like Palantir. That's why it has lodged a constitutional complaint against the large-scale data analysis in Bavaria. "Anyone who files a complaint, or who is a victim of a crime, or even just happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time can attract police attention via this software," said GFF lawyer Franziska Görlitz. According to the Berlin-based organization, such unlimited analysis of data breaches the fundamental right to informational self-determination and the confidentiality of telecommunications, which is guaranteed in the German constitution. Whoever shows up on the police radar via this so-called data mining knows nothing about it. According to current law, police in Bavaria may use the Palantir software even when there is no indication of danger. In doing so, they are ignoring standards which apply in neighboring Hesse following a successful constitutional complaint by the GFF in 2023. The Federal Constitutional Court is yet to rule on a similar complaint against the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The hacker association Chaos Computer Club supports the constitutional complaint against Bavaria. Its spokesperson, Constanze Kurz, spoke of a "Palantir dragnet investigation" in which police were linking separately stored data for very different purposes than those originally intended. "This is reason enough for this automated mass analysis not to become an everyday tool for police. But the collated data also lands in the deliberately opaque software of the US company Palantir, which the police will become dependent on for years," said Kurz. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The software company owned by US billionaire Peter Thiel made its software available to Bavaria in 2024; in Hesse, it has already been in use since 2017. The entrepreneur with German roots and New Zealand citizenship has a reputation for pursuing authoritarian goals and maintaining close contact with President Donald Trump and his political circle. US intelligence agencies and the military have long worked with the Gotham program. In Germany, the Palantir software goes by various names such as HessenData, or VeRA in Bavaria — an acronym for "overlapping systems research and analysis platform." According to German newspaper and public service broadcasters NDR and WDR, police had already used VeRA in about 100 cases by May 2025. One of these was the attack on the Israeli consulate in Munich in September 2024. The deputy chairman of the Police Union, Alexander Poitz, explained that automated data analysis made it possible to identify certain perpetrators' movements and provide officers with accurate conclusions about their planned actions. "That is how the Munich police were able to take control of the situation relatively quickly and bring it to a conclusion," Poitz told public broadcaster MDR. The broadcaster reported that the US company had been granted unlimited access to the data files of the Bavarian police to merge the systems. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The computer source code is stored on servers in Germany. However, critics point out that there is no guarantee against copies finding their way to the US, according to the media outlets. The obvious and growing dependence on foreign technology giants such as Palantir contradicts Germany's stated aspirations. The new government, comprising the center-right Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), wrote "digital policy is power politics" in its coalition agreement earlier this year, stating its goals: "We want a digitally sovereign Germany. To do this, we will dismantle digital dependencies by developing key technologies, securing standards, protecting and expanding digital infrastructure. We will achieve resilient value chains for key industries which are integrated at the European level, from raw materials to chips to hardware and software." Despite this, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) seems to be keeping his options open, having so far refused to rule out purchasing Palantir software for the Federal Criminal Police Office and the Federal Police. Dobrindt is breaking with the line of his predecessor Nancy Faeser (SPD), who had rejected the use of these programs in 2023. The GFF's constitutional complaint against the use of Palantir appears to have strong public support. On German online petition platform Campact, an appeal for politicians to stop the use of the software in Germany was signed by more than 264,000 people within a week, as of July you're here: Every Tuesday, DW editors round up what is happening in German politics and society. You can sign up here for the weekly email newsletter Berlin Briefing.
Daily Mail
05-05-2025
- Science
- Daily Mail
Joe Rogan left in awe as CIA scientist reveals exact number of crashed UFOs the US has
A former CIA scientist left Joe Rogan in awe after claiming to know the amount of secret alien tech in America's possession. Dr Hal Puthoff, a physicist and electrical engineer who worked on the government's psychic spy and UFO research programs, revealed on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast that the US military has recovered more than 10 crashed UFOs since the 1940s. The 88-year-old, who was briefly connected to the Church of Scientology and has openly discussed his belief in the existence of extraterrestrials, was the former project leader for the CIA's remote viewing program - which taught mentally gifted individuals how to psychically see distant objects and targets with their minds. He added that even more of these 'non-human craft' have allegedly been recovered by other nations in isolated deserts and from the oceans around the world, with more possibly hiding out in alien bases underwater or near quite mountain ranges. However, not all of the recovered ships were crashed wrecks. Puthoff said that perfectly intact UFOs have just been left 'as donations' for humans around the globe to find and learn from. 'Some of them are donations to help us accelerate our forward motion,' Puthoff told Rogan on Thursday. 'They donate something here, something in China, something in Russia, and see who is best at moving forward just as part of their ISR [intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance] evaluation of us,' he added. Despite the growing call for the government to disclose what they know, the scientist said he worked on a secret project that has convinced US officials to never reveal the existence of aliens to the public. Puthoff is renowned for his contributions to laser physics, psychology, and energy research. In the 1970s and 1980s, Puthoff co-founded and directed the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and CIA-funded remote viewing program, investigating psychic phenomena for intelligence purposes. The program, part of the Stargate Project, studied 'psychic spies' like Uri Geller and Ingo Swann as the US intelligence community gathered information on the Soviets during the Cold War. Puthoff said that work made him a household name inside government circles, putting him of the list of experts to call when top-secret projects needed advising - including research into UFOS and recovered alien technology. He noted that the recovery of crashed UFOs goes back decades, with the 1947 Roswell crash in New Mexico still being one of the most famous cases. 'I think it was a true non-human intelligence craft that crashed,' the former government scientist said on the podcast. Puthoff noted that one of his colleagues, Dr Eric Davis, spoke to the commander of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, where the debris from the Roswell incident was allegedly flown - and they confirmed that the crash really happened. 'They say it was the real deal, that this was a real unidentifiable crash and these materials were really, really from out someplace,' Puthoff said. Dr Davis, a physicist who has been a consultant for the Pentagon's UFO program since 2007, also spoke about crashed alien ships at a congressional hearing on Thursday. Davis said publicly that the Defense Department had been operating a secret program to recover crashed UFOs since the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s. All of this activity, Davis said, was being done without congressional oversight or approval, with project code names regularly changing every few years to cover up the Defense Department's actions. As for what the government has discovered from what they've found inside these craft, Puthoff revealed that he's still sworn to secrecy. 'Did anything come out of that analysis?' Rogan asked about the UFO debris from Roswell. 'Not that the public would hear about,' Puthoff revealed. 'Not that I could disclose.' The scientist added that the level of secrecy within the US government when it comes to the study of crashed UFO technology has become 'really obscene.' According to Puthoff, there are people working on these top-secret projects that can't even tell the researcher sitting right next to them what they're working on and vice versa. He did tell Rogan that 'We have data about crashes in other countries. So it's really clear that we're not the only ones on the planet.' Puthoff noted that he and his colleagues, including revered UFO expert Jacques Vallée, suspect that these craft could have arrived on Earth up to 3,000 years ago and are now hiding in mountain bases or under the ocean. However, another theory claims that UFOs originate from a race of advanced humans who trace their ancestry back to the mythical city of Atlantis and are now hiding from present day humans. Despite Puthoff's revelations, he said that the public should not expect a shocking announcement about the existence of aliens or UFOs from the US government. In 2004, Puthoff was recruited by Navy officials to take part in a secret project in Washington DC that he claims has convinced the country's leaders to never reveal what they know about extraterrestrials. The physicist was part of a large group of scientific experts, former intelligence agents, and military officials who were given the unique problem to deal with. Government officials told the group that the US, China, and Russia had obtained an extraterrestrial craft. There was proof of a crash and bodies were recovered. Officials didn't clarify if this was a hypothetical situation or real, but they asked the group to examine all the ways releasing this information to the public could positively or negatively affect society. Puthoff said his group came up with around 60 different items, ranging from the stock market to religions, that might be affected by the disclosure of alien life. 'We had to go give it a score from plus 9 to minus 9 as to how intense the effect would be and whether it's positive or negative,' the scientist explained. It turned out that Puthoff's group and every other group in the secret project came back with the same result, telling the public would ultimately have a negative impact on society. One of their examples Puthoff's team came up with was the government giving UFO technology to one company but not one of their competitors. Years later, the company who benefited from working with alien technology is thriving while the other business went bankrupt. The scientist said the government going public with the news about UFOs would inevitably lead to these bankrupt companies suing anyone who benefitted from the access to UFO tech. 'So the outcome of that exercise was, if you're thinking about disclosure, forget it,' Puthoff declared.
Globe and Mail
16-03-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Palantir Stock Is Down 37% From Its Peak: Here's What Could Happen Next
At the time of writing, Palantir's (NASDAQ: PLTR) stock price is down 37% from an all-time high of roughly $125 reached on Feb. 18. This is an alarming turn of events for a Wall Street darling that has benefited from two big hype cycles: generative AI and the election of Donald Trump. Let's dig deeper to find out if this dip is a buying opportunity or a signal to stay far away from an increasingly volatile tech stock. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now. Learn More » What has changed for Palantir? Since hitting public markets through an initial public offering (IPO) in October 2020, Palantir has always enjoyed a bit of a cult following. For years, the CIA-funded start-up made a name for itself by helping government and military clients with big data analytics -- playing a crucial role in the War on Terror when the company helped the U.S. track down Osama Bin Laden in 2011. But even at the start of its public trading, Palantir was more hype than substance. After the IPO boom, shares languished for around four years until the generative artificial intelligence (AI) hype cycle reignited interest in the company. The expectation is that generative AI will allow Palantir to improve its data analytics capabilities -- even offering real-time insights during fast-paced scenarios like battlefields or law enforcement operations. The synergy is undeniable. Large language models (LLMs) need large amounts of data, which Palantir already handles for its clients. General AI will be yet another tool in its tool kit as it helps organizations optimize their operations, detect fraud, and accomplish critical missions. A story of hype over fundamentals While Palantir has clear synergies with generative AI, that isn't actually translating to booming growth. In full-year 2020 (two years before ChatGPT introduced the world to generative AI), Palantir's revenue grew by 47%. However, by the full year 2024, the growth rate fell to 29%, which indicates that the new tech isn't exactly a game changer. For comparison, an AI winner like Nvidia saw its top-line growth increase from 53% to 114% over the same time frame. Despite not being a major AI winner, Palantir's stock price climbed a whopping 722% over the last five years, slightly outpacing Nvidia's 704%. This dynamic shows how much hype is built into Palantir's valuation. PLTR data by YCharts Palantir's bottom-line situation is also disappointing. While the company reports adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) of $379.5 million, this adds back a whopping $281.8 in stock-based compensation, which is company equity given to employees. While this allows Palantir to save cash, it can increase the number of shares outstanding and dilute the holdings of existing shareholders. Does Palantir have a Trump card? Trump's election victory has been another source of hype for Palantir (shares rose more than 60% since Nov. 5.). But just like with AI, this presents few fundamental advantages for the company. Trump has been working to reduce U.S. federal spending. Under new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Pentagon plans to slash its budget by 8% (around $50 billion annually) every year for the next five years. U.S. government clients made up around 42% of Palantir's revenue in 2024. With Uncle Sam set to tighten his belt over the coming years, Palantir could be in hot water. Further challenges come from overseas government clients like the armed forces of Ukraine, which uses Palantir's software for targeting in its war with Russia. Trump is working to wind down this conflict, potentially cutting more of the company's vital revenue stream. Palantir stock is a screaming sell With a forward price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple of 135, Palantir's stock price doesn't account for the company's many challenges. Top-line growth is decent but not spectacular, while extreme stock-based compensation expense eats into its bottom line. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is shaping up to be a challenge, not an opportunity. Palantir shares have already fallen 37% from their all-time high, and unfortunately, even more downside looks inevitable. Should you invest $1,000 in Palantir Technologies right now? Before you buy stock in Palantir Technologies, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Palantir Technologies wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. 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Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
JFK's killing has fascinated America for 60 years. But will any new info come out of classified files release?
President Donald Trump has ordered the declassification of all files related to the 1963 assassination of then-president John F. Kennedy - and FBI officials say they have found thousands more pages of docs ready for the public. But should the world expect much from them? The answer is murky, at best. That still didn't stop Trump from signing an executive order directing the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence to present a plan for the 'full and complete release of records' related to the assassination by February 7. The executive order also calls for similar disclosure of documents related to the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by next month. The president promised to declassify all documents related to Kennedy's assassination while on the campaign trail after he delayed doing so in his first term. Here's what we know about the files — and what to expect from them: In the 1990s, the federal government stored all files related to Kennedy's assassination in a single collection at the National Archives and Records Administration. Lee Harvey Oswald shot and killed Kennedy as he rode through Dallas in his motorcade on November 22, 1963. Oswald was killed by Jack Ruby two days later as he was being transferred to a county jail. All documents were set to be declassified in 2017 — during what became Trump's first term. While Trump said he would declassify all documents in 2017, he still barred some from release due to national security concerns, the Associated Press reported. Former president Joe Biden went on to release another chunk of documents in 2022, but several remain classified. Trump regretted withhold the doc for years, Axios reported, motivating him to work towards declassification during his second term. Gerald Posner, author of Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK, told the Associated Press in November there are likely about 3,000 to 4,000 documents that haven't been fully released. The FBI announced Tuesday that investigators discovered some 2,400 new documents that were 'previously unrecognized as related to the JFK assassination case file' as they carried out Trump's executive order. It's unclear what the records contain. The FBI now says it is working to transfer the documents to the National Archives and Records Administration to be included in the declassification process. These newly discovered files could be relevant to a 2022 lawsuit filed by the Mary Ferrell Foundation against the Biden administration, which alleges the federal government had more documents than it was letting on related to the assassination, Axios reported. The lawsuit claims these hidden files include recordings of crime boss Carlos Marcello, who claimed he was involved in the assassination, along with the CIA files of Officer George Joannides, Axios reports. The officer worked on a CIA-funded exile group in New Orleans that Oswald interacted with in the weeks leading up to the shooting. The most prevalent conspiracy theory about the assassination is that Oswald, a former marine and communist activist who spent time in the Soviet Union, didn't act alone. While a probe carried out by Chief Justice Earl Warren concluded Oswald was the sole person involved, academics and historians have criticized his investigation, CBS News reported. In the wake of the Watergate scandal, the House established a Select Committee on Assassinations to reinvestigate the assassination in 1976, The Washington Post noted. The committee yet again determined Oswald acted alone, but noted there was 'probably' a conspiracy involving a second gunman on the 'grassy knoll' overlooking the road Kennedy's motorcade was driving on, according to the Post. While the second gunman theory has since been discredited, it has continued to fuel theories that Oswald had a partner. Another popular theory centers around 'Umbrella Man,' a person in the crowd seen holding a black umbrella despite it being a sunny day. Theorists have speculated man used the umbrella to shoot a dart into Kennedy's neck, immobilizing him and allowing Oswald to land the deadly shot. But that 1976 House committee found Umbrella Man: Louie Steven Witt. During a hearing, Witt revealed the umbrella had absolutely no dart- or bullet-firing mechanisms — and that he brought it to watch Kennedy's motorcade to heckle the then-president, the Post reports. Witt said it was a 'bad joke' referencing the black umbrella carried by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, the Post reports, who argued in favor of appeasing some of Adolf Hitler's demands during World War II and was supported by the then-president's father Joseph Kennedy. Stephen Fagin, curator of a museum about the assassination in Dallas, told the Associated Press many people are interested because they don't feel the current answers are adequate. 'People want to make sense of this and they want to find the solution that fits the crime,' Fagin said. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services, has previously called for full disclosure. The cabinet nominee, who is the nephew of President Kennedy and the son of Senator Kennedy, also believes both their assassinations were part of a wider conspiracy, Axios reported. The already-released files have also helped historians better understand the CIA's operations during the Cold War, national security attorney Mark Zaid told the Associated Press. Representative Anna Paulina Luna, a Republican from Florida, is leading a Congressional task force aimed at exposing 'federal secrets,' which will re-investigate Kennedy's assassination following Trump's declassification order. Luna doesn't believe Oswald acted alone. 'Based on what I've been seeing so far, the initial hearing that was actually held here in Congress was actually faulty in the single-bullet theory,' Luna told reporters Tuesday. 'There's been conflicting evidence, and I think that even the FBI at the time reported some anomalies in the initial autopsy at Bethesda, Maryland,' she added. Her task force will also investigate the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Now, historians are hopeful to see even more documents that enhance their understanding of the time period — but most aren't expecting any big revelations on the assassination. 'If you have been following it, as I have and others have, you sort of are zeroed in on the pages you think might provide some additional information for history,' Posner told the AP in November. 'Anybody waiting for a smoking gun that's going to turn this case upside down will be sorely disappointed,' Posner added. But, after the FBI revealed the 2,400 new documents this week, new questions are being raised. 'If they are really new assassination documents, then it raises a whole bunch of questions about how they were missed for all of these years,' Posner told the Associated Press this week.
The Independent
12-02-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
JFK's killing has fascinated America for 60 years. But will any new info come out of classified files release?
President Donald Trump has ordered the declassification of all files related to the 1963 assassination of then-president John F. Kennedy - and FBI officials say they have found thousands more pages of docs ready for the public. But should the world expect much from them? The answer is murky, at best. That still didn't stop Trump from signing an executive order directing the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence to present a plan for the 'full and complete release of records' related to the assassination by February 7. The executive order also calls for similar disclosure of documents related to the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by next month. The president promised to declassify all documents related to Kennedy's assassination while on the campaign trail after he delayed doing so in his first term. Here's what we know about the files — and what to expect from them: What are the JFK files? In the 1990s, the federal government stored all files related to Kennedy's assassination in a single collection at the National Archives and Records Administration. Lee Harvey Oswald shot and killed Kennedy as he rode through Dallas in his motorcade on November 22, 1963. Oswald was killed by Jack Ruby two days later as he was being transferred to a county jail. All documents were set to be declassified in 2017 — during what became Trump's first term. While Trump said he would declassify all documents in 2017, he still barred some from release due to national security concerns, the Associated Press reported. Former president Joe Biden went on to release another chunk of documents in 2022, but several remain classified. Trump regretted withhold the doc for years, Axios reported, motivating him to work towards declassification during his second term. Gerald Posner, author of Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK, told the Associated Press in November there are likely about 3,000 to 4,000 documents that haven't been fully released. The FBI announced Tuesday that investigators discovered some 2,400 new documents that were 'previously unrecognized as related to the JFK assassination case file' as they carried out Trump's executive order. It's unclear what the records contain. The FBI now says it is working to transfer the documents to the National Archives and Records Administration to be included in the declassification process. These newly discovered files could be relevant to a 2022 lawsuit filed by the Mary Ferrell Foundation against the Biden administration, which alleges the federal government had more documents than it was letting on related to the assassination, Axios reported. The lawsuit claims these hidden files include recordings of crime boss Carlos Marcello, who claimed he was involved in the assassination, along with the CIA files of Officer George Joannides, Axios reports. The officer worked on a CIA-funded exile group in New Orleans that Oswald interacted with in the weeks leading up to the shooting. What are the most common conspiracies involved in the 1963 killing? The most prevalent conspiracy theory about the assassination is that Oswald, a former marine and communist activist who spent time in the Soviet Union, didn't act alone. While a probe carried out by Chief Justice Earl Warren concluded Oswald was the sole person involved, academics and historians have criticized his investigation, CBS News reported. In the wake of the Watergate scandal, the House established a Select Committee on Assassinations to reinvestigate the assassination in 1976, The Washington Post noted. The committee yet again determined Oswald acted alone, but noted there was 'probably' a conspiracy involving a second gunman on the 'grassy knoll' overlooking the road Kennedy's motorcade was driving on, according to the Post. While the second gunman theory has since been discredited, it has continued to fuel theories that Oswald had a partner. Another popular theory centers around 'Umbrella Man,' a person in the crowd seen holding a black umbrella despite it being a sunny day. Theorists have speculated man used the umbrella to shoot a dart into Kennedy's neck, immobilizing him and allowing Oswald to land the deadly shot. But that 1976 House committee found Umbrella Man: Louie Steven Witt. During a hearing, Witt revealed the umbrella had absolutely no dart- or bullet-firing mechanisms — and that he brought it to watch Kennedy's motorcade to heckle the then-president, the Post reports. Witt said it was a 'bad joke' referencing the black umbrella carried by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, the Post reports, who argued in favor of appeasing some of Adolf Hitler's demands during World War II and was supported by the then-president's father Joseph Kennedy. Why are some so interested in the JFK files? Stephen Fagin, curator of a museum about the assassination in Dallas, told the Associated Press many people are interested because they don't feel the current answers are adequate. 'People want to make sense of this and they want to find the solution that fits the crime,' Fagin said. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services, has previously called for full disclosure. The cabinet nominee, who is the nephew of President Kennedy and the son of Senator Kennedy, also believes both their assassinations were part of a wider conspiracy, Axios reported. The already-released files have also helped historians better understand the CIA's operations during the Cold War, national security attorney Mark Zaid told the Associated Press. Who is leading the current investigation into the Kennedy assassination? Representative Anna Paulina Luna, a Republican from Florida, is leading a Congressional task force aimed at exposing 'federal secrets,' which will re-investigate Kennedy's assassination following Trump's declassification order. Luna doesn't believe Oswald acted alone. 'Based on what I've been seeing so far, the initial hearing that was actually held here in Congress was actually faulty in the single-bullet theory,' Luna told reporters Tuesday. 'There's been conflicting evidence, and I think that even the FBI at the time reported some anomalies in the initial autopsy at Bethesda, Maryland,' she added. Her task force will also investigate the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. What to expect in the release? Now, historians are hopeful to see even more documents that enhance their understanding of the time period — but most aren't expecting any big revelations on the assassination. 'If you have been following it, as I have and others have, you sort of are zeroed in on the pages you think might provide some additional information for history,' Posner told the AP in November. 'Anybody waiting for a smoking gun that's going to turn this case upside down will be sorely disappointed,' Posner added. But, after the FBI revealed the 2,400 new documents this week, new questions are being raised. 'If they are really new assassination documents, then it raises a whole bunch of questions about how they were missed for all of these years,' Posner told the Associated Press this week.
