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 If the US feds are so interested in releasing historical
documents, why not begin with the release of everything about the JFK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
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