A note from Professor David Kaiser, diplomatic historian and author of a fine JFK book, The Road to Dallas.
Kaiser’s account of Lee Oswald’s activism on behalf of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee in New Orleans is key to understanding the JFK story.
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From my story in AlterNet
The latest batch of JFK assassination files, released December 15, illuminate a story that the CIA still denies: the surveillance of accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald in the years before he shot and killed President John F. Kennedy.
Source: The New JFK Files Reveal How the CIA Tracked Oswald | Alternet
The surveillance of Oswald led the CIA to use him in an operation against the Fair Play for Cuba Committee in the summer of 1963.
Tomorrow: Oswald and the Fair Play for Cuba Committee
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Last Sunday I talked about THE GHOST with Peter Slen, host of CSPAN’s Book TV program. …
My conversation with Sharon Weinberger, editor of Foreign Policy.
Listen:
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/11/22/spies-lies-and-the-murder-of-a-president/
WhoWhatWhy has the good news about the new JFK files. It’s confusing but… …
In a great compliment to me, personally and professionally, CIA historian David Robarge has attacked my new biography of James Angleton, THE GHOST. …
Reporters ask me, “Is there a smoking gun in the new JFK files?”
I used to say “No.” But after reading the CIA’s latest releases, I have changed my mind.
Now I say, “Yes, there is at least one potential smoking gun in the new JFK files, and it may soon come into public view.”
As I explained to the Washington Post: …
Where to find a JFK smoking gun: in the coming FBI filesRead More »
Jan Martinez Ahrens’ piece in EL PAÍS, the leading newspaper of Spain (machine translated) shows why foreign coverage of the JFK files release was more realistic and less propagandistic than the U.S. coverage.
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El Pais on ‘mysteries hidden in the secret JFK assassination files’Read More »
After the JFK document dumps of July 24, October 26 and November 3, the most historically significant records related to the assassination of the liberal president remain out of public view.
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Where to find the smoking gun: in the 30,000 JFK documents that remain secretRead More »
This video sticks to facts, avoids theories, asks the right questions: What is new in the files? And what does what is new tell us about the causes of the assassination? Was it a coup to block JFK’s negotiations with Soviets and Cubans?
In my latest piece for AlterNet, I say the most significant story in the new JFK files will be details of the CIA’s pre-assassination monitoring of Oswald.
And, if, contra Posner, Trump approves CIA and FBI requests to withhold some records, the JFK files Trump keeps secret will be more important than the ones he releases.
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9 things you should know about the JFK file releaseRead More »
As Morley makes clear, Oswald had been of “intense” interest to the agency, and Angleton had control of the growing file on him. The most charitable explanation for Angleton’s actions is that he was hoping to catch one of those moles who, he was convinced, had infiltrated the agency.
Source: New Book Reveals Secrets About Boise-Born Spy James Angleton | Lit | Boise Weekly
I recently spoke with David Murrell of the Washingtonian magazine about THE GHOST and the relevance of the James Angleton story today. He also asked about JFK and I replied like this:
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After more than fifty years and zero quantum of proof since the JFK assassination, Philip Shenon and Larry J. Sabato insist on the out-worn hypothesis “Castro sorta done it” while reporting how the CIA came to doubt the official story.
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How Shenon and Sabato came to Fake News in JFK’s MurderRead More »
I talk JFK Facts with Bob McKeown of the CBC’s “Fifth Estate.”
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