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One of the big revelations in #JFKFiles declassified in 2017:
At the time of the assassination, #Dallas Mayor Earle Cabell, brother of one-time Deputy Director of Central Intelligence Charles P. Cabell, had been a CIA asset since 1956.
This missing piece of the puzzle is HUGE.
At the time of the assassination, #Dallas Mayor Earle Cabell, brother of one-time Deputy Director of Central Intelligence Charles P. Cabell, had been a CIA asset since 1956.
This missing piece of the puzzle is HUGE.
Earle Cabell had been elected Mayor of Dallas in 1961, while actively serving as a secret CIA asset.
The Mayor’s brother Charles Cabell, was forced to resign from the CIA — along with CIA Director Allen Dulles — after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of #Cuba in 1962.
The Mayor’s brother Charles Cabell, was forced to resign from the CIA — along with CIA Director Allen Dulles — after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of #Cuba in 1962.
Dallas Mayor Earle Cabell oversaw arrangements for #JFK’s trip and motorcade, which took him through Dealey Plaza, a route that violated almost all standard rules for presidential safety — and where normal security safeguards were ignored.
THREAD 🧵:
The Soviet #KGB and American #communists figured out the #JFKassassination a long time before the rest of us did…
Analysis of secret FBI documents declassified in 2017 under the #JFK Records Act: 🗂🗄 ⬇️
The Soviet #KGB and American #communists figured out the #JFKassassination a long time before the rest of us did…
Analysis of secret FBI documents declassified in 2017 under the #JFK Records Act: 🗂🗄 ⬇️
On Nov. 27, 1963 Nikolai Federenko, Permanent Representative to the United Nations for USSR stated that the Soviet Union “would have preferred to have #JFK at the helm of the American government… that he tried seriously to improve relations between the US & #Russia.” @Dpol_un
Lee Harvey Oswald “came to the attention of the KGB when he expressed a wish to defect to the Soviet Union.
However, the KGB, after inquiry, decided he was mentally unstable and informed him he had to return to the United States.”
However, the KGB, after inquiry, decided he was mentally unstable and informed him he had to return to the United States.”
This Master Thread 🧵 is a collection of my deep dives into 20th Century HIDDEN HISTORY, sourced from declassified documents 🗄 and films 🎥 in US government archives.
#WWI #WWII #FDR #ColdWar #JFK #RFK #MLK #LBJ #JFKFiles #ColdWar #CIA #FBI #USSR #SovietUnion #Ukraine #Nazis
#WWI #WWII #FDR #ColdWar #JFK #RFK #MLK #LBJ #JFKFiles #ColdWar #CIA #FBI #USSR #SovietUnion #Ukraine #Nazis
More on #OperationUnthinkable
THE ART OF SPIN: A CIA spox told selected DC reporters last month, "The assertion that CIA has been holding, and has not disclosed, a set of documents about Lee Harvey Oswald that were part of now-deceased, former CIA officer George Joannides’ files in the JFK Collection ....
is false." REPORTERS BEWARE: This statement is cleverly worded so as to be technically accurate and entirely misleading. Let me explain. CIA denies that it is withholding records "that were part of .. Joannides files in the JFK Collection." That is true because....
the 44 documents about Joannides' undercover operations in 1963 and 1978 that I discovered are NOT YET part of the JFK Collection. They are not in the JFK Collection because....
jfkfacts.substack.com/p/yes-there-is…
jfkfacts.substack.com/p/yes-there-is…
Great C-SPAN interview here with journalist @jeffersonmorley, who has been trying to pry those #JFKFiles out of the government for many years now. 🗂🗄
Morley is also VP of the organization currently suing the #Biden administration & National Archives.
Morley is also VP of the organization currently suing the #Biden administration & National Archives.
At 12 min, 40 seconds: “After the #JFKAssassination, Jackie Kennedy and #RFK sent a personal message to Soviet leaders that they did NOT think #Oswald was a #Communist.
Jackie Kennedy believed her husband was murdered by his domestic enemies. She held that belief all her life.”
Jackie Kennedy believed her husband was murdered by his domestic enemies. She held that belief all her life.”
“Bobby Kennedy also held this belief until the end of his life.”
(#RFK was assassinated while campaigning for president on June 5, 1968.)
(#RFK was assassinated while campaigning for president on June 5, 1968.)
A must-read from the #JFKFiles: "SECRET EYES ONLY" CIA report to the DCI, Richard Helms, by the Inspector
General in 1967, "SUBJECT: Report on Plots to Assassinate Fidel Castro."
All other copies were destroyed. 143 pages the CIA never wanted you to see.
archives.gov/files/research…
General in 1967, "SUBJECT: Report on Plots to Assassinate Fidel Castro."
All other copies were destroyed. 143 pages the CIA never wanted you to see.
archives.gov/files/research…
This is truly a Holy Shit document. If you've never read this one, you should.
@RealCalebMaupin, this is right up your alley.
@RealCalebMaupin, this is right up your alley.
Interesting tidbit on page 31 of the "Kill Castro" CIA file:
In early 1961, when a plan was being cooked up to take Castro out gangland-style in a hail of bullets, the one guy who "flatly opposed the use of firearms" was Sam Giancana, of all people.
In early 1961, when a plan was being cooked up to take Castro out gangland-style in a hail of bullets, the one guy who "flatly opposed the use of firearms" was Sam Giancana, of all people.
A historical note from AOTUS @dferriero: Before FDR signed a law creating @USNatArchives in 1934, @librarycongress held some public records & others were scattered across our union.
(In 2022, many records are digital & online: archives.gov/foia/january-6…)
#SunshineWeek #OpenGov
(In 2022, many records are digital & online: archives.gov/foia/january-6…)
#SunshineWeek #OpenGov
@dferriero @USNatArchives @librarycongress AOTUS: That's the plan, to digitize everything, but we won't see it in our lifetimes.
Most info generated today has no paper equivalent: it's born digital.
What we're talking about is digitizing our history.
Cf @USNatArchives strategic plan: archives.gov/about/plans-re… #SunshineWeek
Most info generated today has no paper equivalent: it's born digital.
What we're talking about is digitizing our history.
Cf @USNatArchives strategic plan: archives.gov/about/plans-re… #SunshineWeek
AOTUS: All of the #JFKFiles are not disclosed yet, but NARA is working on it: politico.com/news/2021/12/1…
If @POTUS invested more time & $$ in declassification, maybe @USNatArchives could hit a 2023 goal?
#SunshineWeek #OpenGov
If @POTUS invested more time & $$ in declassification, maybe @USNatArchives could hit a 2023 goal?
#SunshineWeek #OpenGov
1/ Today is the deadline for the @USNatArchives to release the last of the #JFKFiles. Here’s where you can download them at home. dallasnews.com/news/jfk/2017/…
2/ The JFK Records Act of 1992 set a deadline in October 2017, but @realDonaldTrump deferred to the CIA and FBI at the last minute to give agencies an extra 180 days to evaluate if the last of the #JFKFiles should be released. That clock runs out today. ⏰dallasnews.com/news/jfk/colle…
3/ What we know:
• It’s unlikely files include any smoking gun about who killed JFK.
• Many documents don’t have much to do with the assassination.
• Many of the #JFKFiles have already been released in part.
• They give evidence of a conspiracy theory, just not *that* one.
• It’s unlikely files include any smoking gun about who killed JFK.
• Many documents don’t have much to do with the assassination.
• Many of the #JFKFiles have already been released in part.
• They give evidence of a conspiracy theory, just not *that* one.
(1) THREAD: #JFKFiles #Assassination UPDATE - What happened that allowed 300 documents comprising thousands of pages to be held back? Legal?
(2) JFK Assassination Records Collection Act required every record identified as "assassination record" (which I helped define in 1994) ...
(3) SHALL be publicly disclosed in full after 25 years (Oct 26, 2017), unless President affirmatively certifies:
1 I didn't find this interesting document about Bush Sr. in the 10/26/17 release so I did some research and this is what I found. #JFKFiles
2 In the last paragraph Hoover noted that “Mr. George Bush of the CIA” furnished the background information contained in the report.
3 Spokesmen for George H.W. Bush have said the reference might be to a “George William Bush,” a person with a different middle name
1) J'ai commencé à éplucher les #JFKFiles. Et plus particulièrement un mémo du FBI datant du 1 décembre 1966. Vous êtes prêts ? #JFK
2) Le mémo s'intitule "REACTION OF SOVIET AND COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIALS TO THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY" #JFK #JFKFiles
3) Le 2/12/1966, Hoover, patron du FBI, l'envoie à la Maison Blanche. Dont le locataire est LBJ, ex-VP de Kennedy. #JFKFiles
