Social Security numbers and other private information belonging to hundreds of Americans \u2014 some of whom are still living \u2014 were made public as President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>‘s administration released more than 60,000 pages of unredacted documents pertaining to the assassination of President\u00a0John F. Kennedy<\/a>.<\/p>\n Both\u00a0The New York Times<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0The Washington Post<\/em><\/a>\u00a0report that the personal information \u2014 including Social Security numbers of congressional staff members, intelligence researchers and others \u2014 was made public on Tuesday, March 18, along with their corresponding files on the 1963 assassination.<\/p>\n Former Trump campaign lawyer Joseph diGenova, whose information was apparently part of the release, told the\u00a0Post<\/em>\u00a0that the move was “absolutely outrageous” as well as “sloppy” and “unprofessional.”<\/p>\n \u201cIt not only means identity theft, but I\u2019ve had threats against me,\u201d said diGenova. \u201cIn the past, I\u2019ve had to report real threats against me to the FBI. There are dangerous nuts out there.\u201d<\/p>\n White House press secretary\u00a0Karoline Leavitt<\/a>\u00a0said, per the\u00a0Times<\/em>, that the Trump administration is aware that it released personal information of former government employees and that the National Archives and the Social Security Administration “immediately put together an action plan to proactively help individuals whose personal information was released in the files.”<\/p>\n The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on Thursday, March 20.<\/p>\n The release of the documents on March 18 \u2014 64,000 of the 80,000 total pages Trump had promised \u2014 came just one day after the president vowed to release all the remaining assassination files during a Monday visit to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.<\/p>\n A person with knowledge of the documents’ release told the\u00a0Times<\/em>\u00a0that officials knew releasing them without redactions would lead to the publishing of Americans’ personal information. Journalists and historians sifting through the document drop have so far failed to uncover any major new revelations about the assassination itself.<\/p>\n William Harnage, a former government contractor, told the\u00a0Times<\/em>\u00a0that he considered the release of his information “almost criminal.” Harnage said he learned from a reporter that his Social Security number from a 1977 file had been made public.<\/p>\n According to the\u00a0Post<\/em>, among the information made public was the personal information of some former staffers of the Church Committee \u2014 a group that identified abuses by the CIA, FBI, Internal Revenue Service and multiple other agencies. Some of those people have since frozen their bank accounts and credit cards after being contacted by reporters this week.<\/p>\n \u201cIt just shows the danger of how this administration is handling these things with no thought of who gets damaged in the process,” a former staffer of the Church Committee told the newspaper.<\/p>\n \u201cIt seems like the damage is done, but clearly we have to talk to some lawyers,\u201d the staffer added.<\/p>\n Judy K. Barga, a former government contractor who still supports Trump overall, told the\u00a0Times<\/em>\u00a0that the release of her personal information was \u201cnot good for anybody.”<\/p>\n \u201cPeople\u2019s private information should be kept private,” she said.<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n As previously reported, the release of the files pertaining to the death of Kennedy \u2014 who was fatally shot during a Dallas motorcade in November 1963 \u2014 was teased during Trump’s first term, before former President\u00a0Joe Biden<\/a>\u00a0took limited action by releasing some.<\/p>\n Trump has also ordered the release of files pertaining to the assassinations of\u00a0Robert F. Kennedy<\/a>\u00a0and Rev. Dr.\u00a0Martin Luther King Jr.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"US](\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/Nzlo5EveyW4I_ab3wUdYzSV7Akw=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(999x0:1001x2):format(webp)\/jfk-assassination-3-e1b1cbc714f04f2f82c201d5341914e8.jpg\")
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