Two Key Findings that Show the CIA Redacted Potential Smoking Gun from JFK Files

By Rachel Blevins

The U.S. government’s last-minute announcement that President Trump has chosen to only release some of the remaining classified documents on the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, has raised the question of what the government is leaving out, and why.

Two of the most notable indications can be found in the latest trove of documents that was released Thursday night. One document detailed the deposition of former CIA Director Richard Helms, who was “called for examination by Counsel for Commission on CIA Activities” on April 23, 1975. The document ends with a crucial question from commission member David Belin.

“I believe so,” Helms replied.

“Is there any information involved with the assassination of President Kennedy, which in any way shows that Lee Harvey Oswald was in some way a CIA agent…” Belin asked.

The released documents end at this point, failing to answer one of the most asked questions in the entire JFK conspiracy.

While the newly released documents indicate that the FBI had contact with suspect Lee Harvey Oswald before the shooting that killed Kennedy, this particular document does not include Helms’ answer on whether Oswald had any ties to the CIA. This raises questions about what was included in Helms’ answer that would have made the government keep it redacted for “national security” purposes.

In one document labeled “Top Secret,” the identification form claims that it includes a 33-page transcript from a hearing on July 17, 1975, with a testimony from Richard Bissell. The former CIA agent was appointed as the CIA’s Deputy Director of Plans in 1958, which reportedly gave him control over half of the CIA’s budget, and over the CIA’s Black Operations. Bissell’s chief focus was a plan to overthrow Cuba’s Fidel Castro.

The opening page of the document claims the transcript covers topics such as the attempt to overthrow Castro with the failed Bay of Pigs invasion; former CIA Director Allen Dulles and former President Eisenhower; the overthrow of Dominican Republic President Rafael Trujillo; the ZR/Rifle Project and CIA agent Arnold Silver; former CIA Director John A. McCone; Mafia boss Sam Giancana; CIA and FBI recruit Robert Maheu; and the Department of Justice.

The transcript of Bissell’s responses to questions on any of the topics listed above would be incredibly telling regarding the inner workings of the CIA and the events that led up to, and occurred after the assassination of President Kennedy. However, the document that was released consists of 3 pages, and only 1 page contains text from the transcript.

The only page of text contains questions for Bissell such as “Now, Mr. Bissell, we went over the notes in the other room, didn’t we?” to which Bissell responded, “Correct.” The topic of the page appears to be on the actions of Bill Harvey, a CIA agent who played a crucial role in Operation Mongoose, the agency’s attempt to overthrow Castro after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion.

Mr. Schwarz: “All right. Now, in light of that document … does that have any effect upon your prior testimony that you had no reason to question Mr. Harvey’s statement at the occasion you asked him to set up the capability you said that the White House had twice urged you to do so?”

Mr. Bissell: “Yes. I think these dates do call that into question, because accepting these dates, which are Mr. Harvey’s own notations, it is clear that I had given him at least some exposure to that assignment at the end of January, just at the…”

The document ends there, leaving the public to wonder where the other 30 pages of the transcript are, why they were not released, and if they will ever be released in the future.

While the documents do not contain crucial answers to questions about the assassination of President Kennedy, they do include several ominous revelations about the CIA, showing that the agency openly funded terrorism and worked with the mafia to carry out various assassinations. WikiLeaks has offered a $100,000 reward for the full release of the documents.

Rachel Blevins is a Texas-based journalist who aspires to break the left/right paradigm in media and politics by pursuing truth and questioning existing narratives. Follow Rachel on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. This article first appeared at The Free Thought Project.

Also Read: JFK’s Assassination Isn’t A Conspiracy Theory, It Was A Sophisticated Plot


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11 Comments on "Two Key Findings that Show the CIA Redacted Potential Smoking Gun from JFK Files"

  1. No doubt the CIA/FBI/Mafia were involved. The three hobos were all CIA assets including E. Howard Hunt.
    “JFK’s assassination lie’s at the feet of LBJ.” E. Howard hunt.

    • Most of the CIA scum at Langley would end up as hobos if their cushy employment were ever to end!

    • Not just any mafia, it was the J@wish Mafia. Jack’s last name wasn’t
      Ruby; it was Rubenstein. Let that sink in. Oh yeah, and Chump wanted to
      be the most Isr@el friendly candidate on the trail. His son-in-law is a
      J@wish Orthodox. And no, I’m not against J@ws. I’m against the zi@nists.
      There is a difference.

      I dont know if this will be a double post or not. The stupid bots won’t let me post certain words. Guess which ones.

  2. What a shocker.

  3. Why does this outrage surprise everyone?
    In East Germany, the people finally rose up against their secret services when they, after 40 years of tyranny and lies, had ultimately had just enough of their police state..
    Nothing about the CIA will ever change until we Americans exercise our Second Amendment rights and force our way past the fortifications at Langley.

  4. More power to WikiLeaks! That would be $100,000 very well-spent.

  5. Of course Oswald had intelligence connections. He worked for Naval intelligence at an advanced radar station North of Japan. There he studied the Russian language. Later, he renounced his U.S. citizenship and moved to Russia. There , he was given the red carpet treatment and later married a Russian woman. Then he and his Russian wife were allowed back into the U.S. Why? Another question is why would Jack Rubienstien (aka Jack Ruby) murder Oswald in a police station with T.V. camaras rolling for the whole world to see? Rubenstein was a CIA contract agent who was the paymaster for the gunmen that assassinated JFK as revealed by Marita Lorenz’ s testimony to the House Assassination Committee hearings. Oswald worked part time for Rubenstien and may have revealed his connection to the murder of JFK in a trial. That is why. The CIA would later have Ruby killed in prison of quick acting cancer.

  6. Obviously, the CIA is attempting to cover its tail. In any case, the CIA is a hotbed of pinkos and Communist sympathizers. It is a make work project for ex- mental patients. That Agency is a virtual cult of LSD. The time is Right Now for a thorough cleaning up of that Agency, perhaps even a total clearing out.

  7. A lone shooter is easier to Kontrol. Such as in the case of the Vegas shooter even though multiple witnesses have said there were shooters on the ground. One incident even involved a group that believed they were being followed. She has made a public statement but is now been murdered.
    According to a released doc a guy named Potito new Oswald as a commie from the FPCC.
    Rubenstein (Ruby) somehow got the route map.
    According to Potito the ‘Surgeon Generals’ report’ stated the first bullet entered the President’s thoat below the adams apple (is this why Jackie appears to be comforting him?) clearly showing that two person’s were involved with the first shot being fired from the bridge across the park way in front of the car. Potito sais there was a bullet hole in the wind shield.
    The above was taken from a released doc.
    The “press” has been sold out to the swamp for a long time.

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