Oswald and the Unknown Man in Mexico City
A personality file containing color autopsy photos and surveillance of a mystery man in Mexico City shows how the CIA tracked Lee Harvey Oswald long before the Dallas motorcade.
By Miriam Adler ·
Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald and the 201-289248 Personality File
While the Warren Commission received curated reports in December 1963, the CIA maintained a separate, operational personality file on the assassin that stayed far from the legal record
By Theo Marchetti ·
Marina Oswald and the CIA’s Proxy File on a Target’s Wife
A husband's actions turned a Russian woman's address book and personal letters into an inter-agency surveillance project kept secret for decades through a personality file.
By Marcus Boone ·
FBI Targeted Oswald’s Associates and Mobsters in Assassination Probe
Those who knew Lee Harvey Oswald or moved in the mob's orbit were treated as targets who endured lifelong suspicion and redacted histories.
By Theo Marchetti ·
CIA Kept Lee Harvey Oswald and Communist Pacts in Segregated Files
Secrets remained hidden in a segregated collection as the CIA calculated what to withhold from the Church Committee and managed the public record of Lee Harvey Oswald.
By Desmond Okafor ·
CIA scrutinized agent who tracked Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald was watched in Mexico City while the CIA scrubbed names from audio tapes and questioned agent Anne Goodpasture’s professional fitness.
By Desmond Okafor ·
CIA Monitored Public Opinion After JFK Assassination
American public reactions to the official narrative were tracked for decades, as the agency monitored newspaper clippings and Mexico City testimony to synchronize internal records with the investigation.
By Theo Marchetti ·
CIA officials decided which JFK records to scrub or withhold
Lee Harvey Oswald’s movements in Mexico City were curated by CIA officials who used internal inventories to decide which records to scrub and which to sequester from the public.
By Theo Marchetti ·
CIA Security Office Kept Separate Files on Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald was tracked by an internal security apparatus that filtered what could be released in full while linking the assassination to a Soviet defector.
By Theo Marchetti ·
Lee Harvey Oswald Called US Workers Slaves in Letter Hidden for 36 Years
Warren Commission staff missed a letter from Lee Harvey Oswald for 36 years, until Boris Yeltsin handed 20 documents from KGB file #31451 to President Bill Clinton.
By Theo Marchetti ·