The CIA Was Involved in the Assassination of JFK, and Other Dirty Tricks! By Charles Taylor (Florida)

Based on the article from The American Conservative titled "JFK Assassination: The CIA Is Hiding Something Big,"

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/jfk-assassination-the-cia-is-hiding-something-big/

a compelling case can be made that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. The official narrative, established by the Warren Commission, asserts that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating JFK. However, decades of declassified documents, eyewitness accounts, and persistent inconsistencies suggest a broader conspiracy—one in which the CIA may have played a central role.

Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged lone gunman, had a murky background that intersected with intelligence operations. Before defecting to the Soviet Union in 1959, Oswald served in the U.S. Marines at Atsugi Air Base in Japan—a known hub for CIA U-2 spy plane operations. Upon his return to the U.S. in 1962, he was not prosecuted for defecting, despite the Cold War tensions, which raises questions about whether he was an asset. The article highlights how Oswald's activities in New Orleans in 1963—distributing pro-Castro leaflets while simultaneously associating with anti-Castro exiles like David Ferrie, a rumoured CIA operative—suggest he was part of a double-agent operation. Declassified files, including those from the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB), show the CIA tracked Oswald closely but withheld critical information from the Warren Commission.

The American Conservative piece emphasizes that the CIA has resisted full disclosure of JFK-related files, even after the 1992 JFK Records Act mandated their release. As of 2025, thousands of documents remain classified or heavily redacted. For instance, files on CIA officer George Joannides, who oversaw the anti-Castro group DRE (which Oswald contacted in 1963), were withheld from investigators. This secrecy fuels speculation that the agency is concealing evidence of its operatives' involvement or foreknowledge of the plot. The article cites Jefferson Morley, a prominent JFK researcher, who argues that the CIA's refusal to comply fully with declassification points to "something big"—potentially direct complicity.

JFK's presidency was marked by friction with the CIA. After the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961, Kennedy reportedly vowed to "splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds," firing Director Allen Dulles (who later served on the Warren Commission—a glaring conflict of interest). Kennedy's push for détente with the Soviet Union and his reluctance to escalate U.S. involvement in Vietnam clashed with the CIA's hawkish Cold War agenda. Declassified Operation Northwoods documents reveal the Joint Chiefs of Staff and CIA considered staging false-flag attacks to justify war with Cuba—plans JFK rejected. This rift suggests the CIA saw Kennedy as a threat to its autonomy and objectives.

The rapid killing of Oswald by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner with ties to organised crime (itself linked to CIA anti-Castro plots), smells like a cover-up. Witnesses like Abraham Bolden, the first Black Secret Service agent, claimed the agency ignored credible threats to JFK's life in Chicago weeks before Dallas. Additionally, the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) in 1979 concluded there was likely a conspiracy, with acoustic evidence suggesting a second gunman on the grassy knoll—yet the CIA dismissed these findings and obstructed further probes.

If the CIA was involved, the "why" likely boils down to power, self-preservation, and ideology:

Kennedy's moves toward peace with Khrushchev (e.g., the 1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty) and his refusal to invade Cuba, threatened the CIA's anti-communist crusade. The agency, alongside military-industrial interests, thrived on Cold War escalation. JFK's assassination paved the way for Lyndon Johnson, who reversed course and ramped up Vietnam—a boon for CIA operations and defense contractors.

The Bay of Pigs fiasco humiliated the CIA, and Kennedy's subsequent purge of top brass, including Dulles, bred resentment. A rogue faction within the agency, possibly led by figures like James Angleton (head of counterintelligence), might have viewed JFK's death as retribution and a warning to future presidents meddling in intelligence affairs.

The CIA's ties to anti-Castro exiles, the Mafia (enlisted to kill Castro), and rogue elements within the government created a web of mutual interests. JFK's crackdown on organised crime via Attorney General Robert Kennedy, may have aligned these groups against him. The assassination could have been a coordinated hit to protect their shared stakes—be it Cuba, gambling profits, or unchecked power.

Some speculate the CIA acted as part of a deeper coup to maintain a shadow government, which is my view. The speed with which the Warren Commission pinned everything on Oswald, combined with Allen Dulles's influence over its conclusions, hints at a systemic effort to bury the truth. If true, the CIA wasn't just protecting itself but a broader elite consensus that Kennedy's idealism endangered.

The case for CIA involvement rests on Oswald's intelligence links, the agency's stonewalling of evidence, and the stark policy clashes with JFK. While no single document screams "CIA did it," the pattern of withheld files, suspicious connections, and historical context builds a damning circumstantial argument. Speculatively, the CIA might have acted to safeguard its Cold War empire, exact revenge, or serve darker alliances—motives that resonate with its track record of covert overreach.

Until every file is unredacted, the full truth remains elusive, but the shadows point heavily toward Langley. But be sure that all evidence of CIA involvement in the assassination of JFK would have been shredded long ago, and no doubt would never have had a paper existence. So, expect the release of the JFK files to be a nothing burger like the recent release of the Epstein files. How could it be otherwise?