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I've been looking into how the CIA spied on the Black Panthers in the 1970s. ..... They followed them all over the world. ..... In 1973 one CIA man sought to bug the residence of Pete O'Neal, the exiled leader of the BPP in Kansas CIty.... Fifty years later, Pete O'Neal is still going strong in Tanzania. ..... CIA tried, couldn't keep him down.

MHCURB: CIA Eyes on the Black Panthers A case study in the coded language of CIA surveillance

Rick Bauer, a reader in Florida, writes to tell of his personal experience in 1965-66 with David Ferrie, the New Orleans pilot who has been the target of JFK conspiracy speculation for decades. Pilot in training Rick Bauer (left) with his trainer David Ferrie (photo credit: Rick Bauer) "I am a graduate of Tulane University in 1966. In the fall of 1965 I commenced flight training paid for by the Department of Defense for students enrolled in various ROTC programs....

Up close and personal with David Ferrie > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

Cosgrove, Ben. “JFK’s Funeral: Photos from a Day of Shock and Grief.” LIFE, January 16, 2020. Source: The Ultra-Reactionaries: Global Analysis of the Dallas Coup | by marina | Nov, 2022 | Medium

The Ultra-Reactionaries: Global Analysis of the Dallas Coup | by marina | Nov, 2022 | Medium > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

She's an unusual person: Friend of Lee Harvey Oswald, liberal, close to the CIA figures.

New documentary examines Ruth Paine and the events of November 1963 > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

A good review

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What readers are saying > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

Those tabloid artists pick up on the comic theme in Scorpions Dance: the hunt for the new Ian Fleming

https://jfkfacts.org/the-cia-agent-who-wrote-lousy-spy-novels-later-masterminded-the-watergate-burglary/

The CIA agent who wrote lousy spy novels later masterminded the Watergate burglary > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

David Mamet does JFK

http://jfkfacts.org/david-mamet-couldnt-make-his-zapruder-film-now-hes-directing-a-mafia-done-it-flick/

David Mamet couldn't make his Zapruder film. Now he's directing a 'Mafia done it' flick > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

I like this review of Scorpions Dance by audio.

https://jfkfacts.org/counterpunch-abolish-the-cia/

Counterpunch: Abolish the CIA > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

The hidden hand of the CIA in the Watergate affair means tell us. ..... audio.

https://jfkfacts.org/chapo-trap-house-meets-jfk/

Chapo Trap House meets JFK > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

The CIA's cover story is (to use a Watergate era phrase) "inoperative."


https://jfkfacts.org/if-you-need-a-dirty-job-done/

'If you need a dirty job done' > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

The template for November 22, 1963.

https://jfkfacts.org/douglas-horne-on-operation-northwoods/

Douglas Horne on Operation Northwoods > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

Nixon's code for JFK's assassination: a primer



https://jfkfacts.org/a-majority-report-on-watergate-truths/

A 'Majority Report' on Watergate truths > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

More about power and memory.



https://jfkfacts.org/the-myths-of-watergate-in-adams-morgan/

The Myths of Watergate in Adams-Morgan > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

So said Watergate burglar Jim McCord.


https://jfkfacts.org/every-tree-in-the-forest-will-fall/

'Every tree in the forest will fall' > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

Former CIA station chief Rolf Mowatt-Larssen addresses a conference of JFK researchers in Dallas in November 2019. (Credit: Jefferson Morley) CIA veteran Rolf Mowatt-Larseen proposed a “thought experiment” to the November 2019 JFK conference in Dallas. He reverse-engineered the lone gunman scenario, posing a question both novel and incisive. “How can you get away with a really elaborate but very simple plan of deception, to end up in a place where the president is dead and it is blamed on someone else, other than the people who perpetrated it?” he asked....

https://jfkfacts.org/cia-tradecraft-jfks-assassination-the-making-of-a-patsy/

CIA tradecraft & JFK's assassination: the making of a patsy > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

disconcerting

https://jfkfacts.org/amazon-customer-reviews-scorpions-dance/

Amazon customer reviews Scorpions' Dance > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

Former CIA station chief Rolf Mowatt-Larssen addresses a conference of JFK researchers in Dallas in November 2019. (Credit: Jefferson Morley) “Why am I doing this?” Rolf Mowatt-Larssen asked the audience at the Coalition Against Political Assassinations' conference in Dallas. “As a CIA officer it’s a little controversial. What is my goal? My goal is to have an answer for myself and my children.” That may sound overly ingenuous to some…...

https://jfkfacts.org/cia-tradecraft-jfks-assassination-the-very-top-people/

CIA tradecraft & JFK's assassination: 'The very top people' > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

Sponsored by Shane O’Sullivan (Kingston School of Art) and Dr Melissa Graves (The Citadel), the conference features a remarkable array of guests: Register here : The Watergate Break-in: 50 Years Later.

https://jfkfacts.org/the-watergate-conference-starts-tomorrow/

The Watergate conference starts tomorrow > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

What are we talking about when we talk about ?

https://jfkfacts.org/talking-about-american-power-with-parallax-views/

Talking about American power with Parallax Views > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

I'll be talking about the CIA in American politics with my historian/activist Eddie Becker at the Lost City Bookstore in Washington DC on Thursday, June 16. Free tickets here.

https://jfkfacts.org/at-my-neighborhood-bookstore/

At my neighborhood bookstore > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

Former CIA station chief Rolf-Mowatt-Larssen addressed a conference of JFK researchers in Dallas in November 2019. (Credit: Jefferson Morley) (This article, titled "Under CIA Eyes," first appeared in Counterpunch, Vol. 25 published in January 2020.). “I was struck by the intimacy and the smallness of the whole surroundings,” said retired CIA officer Rolf Mowatt-Larssen after his first visit to Dealey Plaza in November 2019....

https://jfkfacts.org/cia-tradecraft-jfks-assassination-a-veteran-officer-analyzes-the-death-of-of-a-president/

CIA tradecraft & JFK's assassination: A veteran officer analyzes the death of a president > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

Some believed it. I didn't.


https://jfkfacts.org/the-cias-watergate-cover-story-no-involvement-whatever/

The CIA's Watergate cover story: 'No involvement whatever' > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

what are spymaster's obligations to a president? asks@spytalk


https://jfkfacts.org/watergates-scorpions-the-cia-and-white-house/

Watergate’s Scorpions: The CIA and White House > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

"Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you." --Ford Madox Ford

http://jfkfacts.org/in-which-i-undergo-the-page-99-test/

In which I undergo the Page 99 test > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

Overclassification


https://jfkfacts.org/the-redacted-truth-about-the-cias-redacted-role-in-watergate/

The [Redacted] Truth About the CIA’s [Redacted] Role in Watergate > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

an edgy conversation

https://jfkfacts.org/nixons-plan-to-threaten-the-cia-on-jfks-assassination/

Nixon’s Plan to Threaten the CIA on JFK’s Assassination > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

Freedom, oh freedom/
Freedom above me/
I hate to tell you, mister, but only dead men are free/


https://jfkfacts.org/jfk-bob-dylan-and-the-death-of-the-american-dream/

JFK, Bob Dylan, and the death of the American Dream > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

Howard Hunt, burglar The buddy-buddy friendship of CIA director Richard Helms and Watergate burglar Howard Hunt did not end well. My story in Graydon Carter's AirMailNews

https://jfkfacts.org/spies-fall-out-a-watergate-story/

Spies fall out: a Watergate story > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB

Langley's ruse threw the feds off the CIA's trail.



https://jfkfacts.org/tradecraft-how-the-cia-duped-the-fbi-in-the-watergate-investigation/

Tradecraft: How the CIA duped the FBI in the Watergate investigation > JFK Facts News and commentary about JFK assassination, JFK files, JFK Records Act, National Archives, American history, conspiracy theories, CIA, Oswald, Warren Commission, HSCA, and ARRB