Marina Oswald Archives

Dec. 16, 1963: Behind closed doors, the Warren Commission is baffled

rexbradford July 20, 2022

With the FBI’s report on Kennedy’s assassination, the Commission undertook to select staffers and figure out how to approach its work.

Chief Justice Warren complained about the leaks of the FBI report: “I have read that report two or three times and I have not seen anything in there that has not been in the press.”

The Commissioners then held a wide-ranging discussion of JFK’s assasination, including:

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RIP Priscilla Johnson McMillan, Oswald Biographer Who the CIA Viewed as an Asset

Jefferson Morley July 12, 2021

Priscilla Johnson McMillan, the biographer of Lee Harvey Oswald and defender of the official theory of JFK’s assassination who concealed her collaborative relationship with the CIA from the reading public, has died.

John Simkin tells the story in an email.

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Are the tax records of Lee Harvey Oswald still secret?

Jefferson Morley July 17, 2015

No. They were not available for many years leading to speculation that Oswald might have had other sources of income. Oswald’s tax returns were made public in 1996 with the permission of his widow, Marina Oswald Porter. You can view them here.

Why Marina Oswald could sue the FBI for illegal surveillance

Bill Simpich May 26, 2015

Marina and Lee Oswald in 1962, with infant daughter June

Question: Why isn’t the FBI spying on Marina Oswald better known?

Answer: Because much governmental effort has gone into making sure that it is not better known.

Why? Maybe because Marina Oswald and her children–alive and living in Texas–have solid grounds for a lawsuit.

Before my research, I knew vaguely about a 1975 New York Times report on how the FBI admitted tapping and bugging Marina’s conversations. “Electronic surveillance,” the Times reported, was “based upon written approval of the Attorney General of the United States. The Government contended then that in national security cases, court approval was not required“. …

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Oswald’s finances during the summer of 1963

Jefferson Morley February 20, 2015

George Bailey raises questions about Oswald’s Finances During the Summer of 1963. …

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Is Marina Oswald a credible witness?

Jefferson Morley February 18, 2015

A reader writes:

“In light of your recent post on Marina, I wonder what you personally make of her as a key figure and witness against her husband?” …

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What Marina Oswald Porter told Oprah

Jefferson Morley February 2, 2015

“And that’s what I want (the) audience to know — that everything good that I learned about John Kennedy came first from Lee and only through him. So, I can swear in front of everybody that Lee Harvey Oswald did not hate President Kennedy — never did.”

via November Days 1963 — Marina Oswald Porter on Oprah 1996

Privatized history: Oswald letter going for $95,000 on Amazon

Jefferson Morley January 29, 2014

A historic letter written by accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald is selling for l $95,000 on Amazon.com in the Entertainment Collectibles Market.

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Nov. 25 1963: After the funeral, Washington’s response firms up

rexbradford November 25, 2013

On the Monday following the tragic and astonishing events in Dallas, President Kennedy’s body was laid to rest in Arlington cemetery. A host of foreign dignitaries took part, including British Prime Minister Home, French President Charles de Gaulle, and many others.

Meanwhile the federal government’s response to the assassination was taking shape. …

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Nov. 23, 1963, 6 pm: ‘This is not my picture’

Jefferson Morley November 23, 2013

Oswald was interrogated at 6 pm Saturday evening in the office of Captain Will Fritz of the Dallas Police Department: Oswald was shown a photograph seized earlier that day from his house.

He said the photographs had been faked, a claim repeated by some conspiracy theorists. Two subsequent examinations concluded the photographs had not been faked.

Oswald said:

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