Newly declassified records reveal the CIA had eyes on JFK’s assassin for years—and deliberately misled investigators for decades.
🚪 Behind the Curtain
In March 2025, the U.S. government quietly released over 63,000 previously classified documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. While many files contain bureaucratic footnotes, one revelation rises above the noise—and it could reshape how we view not just JFK’s death, but the institutions that investigated it.
The Central Intelligence Agency knew far more about Lee Harvey Oswald—long before November 22, 1963—than they ever admitted.
And thanks to these new files, we now have the receipts.
📁 The CIA’s Oswald File—Opened in 1959
The CIA first opened a file on Lee Harvey Oswald in late 1959, when the former Marine defected to the Soviet Union. That alone wasn’t suspicious—tracking defectors was routine. But what’s stunning is how much that file grew over time… and how deliberately the CIA downplayed its importance after the assassination.
According to newly released internal memos, Oswald was tracked not only through official channels but also by special counterintelligence operations inside the Soviet bloc and Mexico. The files show that:
- CIA staff flagged Oswald’s behavior as potentially dangerous.
- His contacts with Soviet officials were closely monitored.
- His name appeared in communications surveillance logs collected from Mexico City.
📍 Mexico City—The Red Flag No One Followed
One of the most alarming details comes from Oswald’s trip to Mexico City in the fall of 1963—just weeks before JFK’s assassination.
The CIA’s Mexico City station recorded Oswald visiting both the Soviet and Cuban embassies, reportedly trying to secure visas. He met with a KGB officer known to be involved in assassinations, and even made phone calls that were intercepted by CIA wiretaps.
These weren’t vague tips or rumors.
The CIA recorded his voice, transcribed his words, and sent cables back to Langley describing him in real time.
So why wasn’t this passed along to the FBI or Secret Service?
That question leads us to the people at the top.
🎭 The Cover-Up—Who Lied and Why?
The new files focus heavily on three key CIA officials:
- James Jesus Angleton – Head of CIA Counterintelligence
- Richard Helms – Then-Deputy Director, later Director
- George Joannides – CIA liaison to anti-Castro Cuban groups
All three knew about Oswald before JFK’s assassination. But when questioned—years later—they claimed ignorance.
🔍 In 1978, during a House Select Committee investigation, Angleton testified under oath that Oswald wasn’t a subject of interest.
The new files show that was a lie.
🧾 Internal CIA memos from before 1963 show Angleton’s office receiving updates about Oswald’s defection, marriage to a Russian woman, and return to the U.S.
George Joannides is even more enigmatic. He managed the Directorate of Plans project that handled Cuban exile groups like the DRE—one of which had direct encounters with Oswald in New Orleans months before the assassination. When Congress asked about Joannides’ role, the CIA intentionally withheld his identity and activities.
🧠 What This Tells Us About the CIA
This is not a conspiracy theory. These are declassified, authenticated government records.
What we now know:
- The CIA had substantial pre-assassination intelligence on Lee Harvey Oswald.
- Top CIA officials withheld this information from Congress and the Warren Commission.
- There was a concerted internal effort to downplay or destroy records tying Oswald to CIA field operations.
And none of this emerged until over 60 years later.
🧩 Why It Still Matters
The core question of the JFK assassination has always been:
Was Lee Harvey Oswald truly acting alone?
These new files don’t definitively answer that. But they blow a massive hole in the government’s own narrative.
If Oswald was being actively monitored—and if high-level CIA officials buried that fact—then it opens the door to new questions:
- Why wasn’t Oswald stopped?
- Was he being used as an intelligence asset or bait?
- Why did so many investigators have to rely on doctored or redacted evidence for decades?
🔚 The Lie Was Bigger Than the Crime
What these 2025 files reveal is not a smoking gun—but a smoking firewall. The CIA may not have pulled the trigger, but they obstructed and distorted the path to truth.
We owe it to history—and to the American public—to keep asking why.
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