After two episodes the History Channel documentary series JFK Declassified: Tracking Oswald, seems to have ceased. The third installment of the six-part series, scheduled for release on Tuesday, has not appeared on the History Channel web site. I’ve asked History Channel for comment. If you have relevant information, drop me a note.
Dan Hardway and I debated the show’s host, ex-CIA man Robert Baer, on Miami talk radio last week. I said that the program’s revelations were not new and that its reporting on the role of intelligence services in the JFK story lacked balance. Dan asked Baer if he knew the story of George Joannides and Baer indicated he did not.
The show was noteworthy for breaking with the official story of the assassination and advancing the “Castro Done it” theory. This interpretation of November 22 is not new. It was articulated most recently by Brian Latell, another former CIA employee. As I told Baer, the CIA has not provided the documentation to verify the testimony of the Cuban defector on whom Latell and Baer rely. So their claims cannot be corroborated.
The “Castro Done It” theory was first promulgated on November 24, 1963, before JFK had even been buried. It was the first JFK conspiracy theory to reach public print–and it was paid for by the CIA. So the genealogy of Baer’s theory is long which the History Channel may not have known.
I don’t know why History Channel has stopped rolling out this flawed account of the JFK story but I am sure the answer will be revealing.
Stay tuned.
Has anyone ever seen Episode 7? If so, can you recap it. Has any statement been put out by anybody as to why it’s not available to watch anywhere?
This was classic CIA disinformation, the show appears to exonerate the CIA, but there where ex-CIA who likely had the same objectives as the Cuban group, like Richard Bissell, Jr., who was fired by Kennedy after the Bay of Pigs fiasco. In fact, Bissell probably was responsible for training the of Alpha 66 in Florida. Not CIA proper, but certainly related.
Just checked the History Channel’s website, and it appears that the rest of the episodes aired on Sept 16, 2017. They are available for streaming.
As a proud american, who is entitled to know the facts of this case, I demand a full accounting of the reason for the cessation of this series.
Hi this also happened here in the UK. Not only that but another show on history channel named JFK The New Files again with bob baer has done exactly the same thing. It was clearly the first episode of a serial again but has disappeared since airing 3 weeks ago.
I wonder if the direction the series was taking about Soviet complicity would create problems for the current Administration (especially judging by recent events)?
Any update on this? I listen to sports radio and they were discussing this the other day. One of the callers mentioned he tried calling history channel directly to ask what happened, and the rep that answered hung up on him.