SECRET TAPES: Gerry Adams, JFK, Martin Luther King

My comment about a story re Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams who allegedly ordered the murder of a mother of 10 in 1972 for the Irish Republican Army.  Historians at Boston College interviewed many involved in a project to discover what when on in Northern Ireland during the IRA-Protestant conflict; those interviewed were promised their tapes would remain secret until all involved were dead.  Those guarantees were violated when the British heard of the tapes, and asked the US govt. to get them.  The US govt. and Boston College complied.  Here follows my comment:

Sadly, the university caved to the feds. True, one issue was murder, that occurred decades ago in another country during heavy violence. But political events have changed since then, and the release of the info may not change the relative peace now in N. Ireland. Worse, it will make people less likely to cooperate with historians to ascertain the truth of the past. If the US feds are so interested in releasing historical documents, why not begin with the release of everything about the JFK assassination? And what about all the documents on Martin Luther King still hidden from the public? King is the only individual for whom the US has a holiday. Is it not time to learn more of the man and not the myth of Martin Luther King?----Hugh Murray