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  • Oswald in the Archives: What They Knew, What They Altered

    Oswald in the Archives: What They Knew, What They Altered

    The 2025 JFK files expose how the CIA selectively edited Oswald’s dossier-before and after the assassination.

    🚪 The Man in the File

    Oswald’s 201 File-his official CIA dossier-should have been a chronological record of concern. Instead, the 2025 release reveals a frankensteined narrative: selectively redacted, backdated, and misrouted records that left gaping holes in the timeline.

    The files weren’t just passive records.
    They were tools of narrative control-and someone was holding the pen.

    📁 A File with a Life of Its Own

    The documents show that:

    • Oswald’s 201 file was created in December 1960, after his return from the USSR-but deliberately omitted early KGB interactions
    • Key updates from 1962 and early 1963 were stamped but never routed to analysts
    • One internal memo (March 1963) was flagged for “removal from primary circulation”

    That memo included a warning:

    “Subject maintains active contact with Cuban-affiliated groups. Recommend elevated monitoring.”

    It never reached field offices.

    🕵️‍♂️ After the Assassination: Retroactive Editing

    In the days following JFK’s death, the 2025 files show an unusual pattern:

    • Older Oswald-related files were re-reviewed by Angleton’s CI/SIG unit
    • Several documents received new classification stamps and handling restrictions
    • In one case, a file was backdated to appear as if it had been routed and reviewed-when internal logs show it was not

    A 1964 note from a CIA legal liaison reveals:

    “Necessary to preserve institutional integrity and distance from operational confusion. File restructuring authorized under CI/OPS discretionary order.”

    Translation: clean it up.

    🔥 The Deleted Documents

    Multiple internal cables reference “redundant” or “non-essential” Oswald records being destroyed or marked for “deep storage.” These include:

    • Field cables from Mexico City
    • Psychological assessment drafts
    • Tape logs from embassy surveillance

    One 1965 message from Records Control:

    “Reevaluation complete. Recommend destruction of Q74-Delta annex. Material adds no actionable value to current record.”

    That annex reportedly contained Oswald’s full correspondence with the Fair Play for Cuba Committee.

    🔚 The File That Wasn’t

    What the 2025 JFK files make clear is that we’ve never seen the full Oswald file-not even close.

    What we have seen is a version of the man that suited the official story.

    They didn’t need to invent a patsy.

    They just needed to edit him into one.

  • Oswald’s CIA File: When the Watchers Became the Editors

    Oswald’s CIA File: When the Watchers Became the Editors

    The 2025 JFK files reveal how the CIA manipulated Lee Harvey Oswald’s profile in real time-raising urgent questions about what they were hiding.

    🚪 Watching, But Not Warning

    Lee Harvey Oswald wasn’t some unknown name pulled out of nowhere on November 22, 1963. He had been on the radar of multiple U.S. intelligence agencies since at least 1959. But what the 2025 document release confirms is far more chilling:

    The CIA wasn’t just watching Oswald.

    They were editing and curating his file.

    And they were doing it in ways that misled other agencies, Congress, and the public.

    This isn’t speculation. It’s confirmed in their own memos.

    📁 The 201 File: A Timeline of Manipulation

    A “201 file” is the CIA’s main tracking file for foreign persons of interest. Oswald had one.

    But according to the 2025 records:

    • The file was opened late-in December 1960, more than a year after his defection to the USSR.
    • Crucial updates were omitted for years, despite Oswald returning to the U.S., marrying a Soviet citizen, and making public pro-Castro statements.
    • CIA staff flagged inconsistencies internally, but updates were delayed or blocked.

    Worse: After JFK’s assassination, the file was altered retroactively, making it appear as though Oswald was a low-level curiosity rather than a significant counterintelligence concern.

    🧠 Angleton’s Role: Counterintelligence Sleight of Hand

    James Jesus Angleton, the CIA’s head of counterintelligence, looms large here again.

    The 2025 files show:

    • Angleton’s office was the central hub for Oswald file activity, and directly responsible for requests to suppress or “sanitize” internal mentions of Oswald.
    • Staff raised questions about Oswald’s movements and affiliations, but were instructed not to forward updates to the FBI or Secret Service.

    This resulted in an intelligence blind spot that was deliberately constructed.

    A 1963 memo unearthed in the latest batch reads:

    “Maintain current posture. Additional dissemination is not recommended at this time.”

    Translation: Keep this quiet. Don’t flag it to the rest of the government.

    🎭 The Paper Trail of Deception

    The 2025 documents also reveal how the CIA:

    • Blocked requests from the Warren Commission for full access to the 201 file.
    • Fed partial documents to the HSCA (House Select Committee) in the 1970s, edited to remove sensitive internal discussions.
    • Maintained a separate, internal-only version of the file with information that was never made public-until now.

    This was more than a cover-up. It was file laundering.

    🧩 Why This Matters Now

    Oswald’s CIA file was central to determining whether he was a lone gunman, a manipulated asset, or part of something more. By editing that file, the CIA didn’t just withhold the truth-they rewrote it.

    If Oswald’s profile was altered, redacted, and sanitized before and after the assassination, then every official investigation built on that file-Warren, HSCA, even public reporting-was starting with a false foundation.

    When the file is fake, the conclusion can’t be real.

    🔚 Conclusion: The Narrative Was the Operation

    With these 2025 revelations, it’s clear that Oswald’s CIA file wasn’t just a record.

    It was a weaponized narrative-curated, controlled, and used to steer public perception.

    And the people controlling it weren’t on the outside looking in.

    They were the ones who held the pen.