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On July 21, the US National Archives made more than 250,000 pages of documents relating to the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. publicly available.

The records don’t include wiretap recordings, etc. taken during the years of FBI surveillance prior to his killing — those are under court seal until 2027, and the King family and others claim there’s not a whole lot of “there” there in the newly released tranche.

At the same time, however, the family and advocates claiming to represent the family’s interest in privacy — and in protecting Dr. King’s reputation — object to the release.

So … why now, all of a sudden, instead of just waiting for the 2027 unsealing of much........

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