Castro Assassination Plots update

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Two documents are offered for your inspection regarding the Central Intelligence Agency Castro Assassination plots. The first is a list of all with foreknowledge of the plots that includes Warren Commissioner Allen Dulles. This infers that Dulles suppressed relevant information from the Commission. The second document is a brief summary and assembled pages from various internal sources regarding portions of the plots. #JFK #CIA #Assassination

Who was WIROGUE-1?

Who was WIROGUE-1?

Central Intelligence Agency officer William K. Harvey hired assassins with the intention of eliminating adversarial world leaders. The first was Jose Andre Mankel (QJWIN) and other was David Tzitzichvili.i ii Tzitzichvili used the alias David de Panaskhet, and the Agency assigned him the cryptonym WIROGUE-1. He was among those expressly secured for the staging of assassinations...

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Primary Evidence Collections addition: CIA Historical Structure

An internal view of the historical structure and related leaders of the CIA. Charts and documents offer the organization and primary evidence demonstrating some Agency operations. Included are notable holdings such as JMWAVE, The Domestic Contacts Division, The Photographic Intelligence Center, and the Office of Security. 

Primary Evidence Collections update

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The various pseudonyms of anti-Castro militants and their group the Unidad Revolucionaria (UR) is now added to our Primary Evidence Collections. They include a pseudonym for Antonio Cuesta Del Valle, Combate, and the newest documents offer a brief biography of the group. 

Pseudonyms and Aliases update

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Two pseudonyms and one alias revealed from the evidence. Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil (DRE) CIA case officer Ross Crozier was given the pseudonym Arthur G.Vaivada. William Harvey is the designer of Project ZRRIFLE, a later stage in the Castro assassination plots and he utilized the pseudonym Daniel M. Presland and the alias William Walker.

The Business of Intelligence

The Business of Intelligence

"QKENCHANT was the name of an Agency project used to provide security approvals on non-Agency personnel and facilities. Such approvals were required so that Agency personnel could meet individuals to discuss proposed projects, activities, and possible relationships."i  The Agency issued Personal Covert Security Approvals (PCSA) and Covert Security Approvals (CSA) to a variety of businesspersons. QKENCHANT began in the early 1950s and proceeded according to some files beyond 1969.ii Some however were not mere business oriented individuals. The project's varied membership includes familiar names related to infamous Central Intelligence Agency undertakings... 

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Who was QJWIN-1?

Who was QJWIN-1?

An enduring question lingering in the shadows of modern history is the true name of one of the Central Intelligence Agency's most concealed assets. QJWIN is the cryptonym assigned to this person active prior to President Kennedy's death. The first sign of him was among a large trove of cryptonyms buried in a document over a hundred pages in no particular order. I was startled to find he was the very first entry. QJWIN's name is Jose Marie Andre Mankel and multiple primary documents confirm this including his contract, contract extension, biography file, and in Select Committee file listing various cryptonyms. Mankel additionally utilized pseudonyms and the false identities of a New York businessperson called John J. Berger and Jacques Berger a German salesperson...

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P.S. I Loathe You

P.S. I Loathe You

Within prior classified documents from the House Select Committee on Assassinations is a series of exchanges between Central Intelligence Agency and the Committee's Staff. Agency officer S.D. Breckenridge assumes the role of advocate and seeks to refute various assertions made. From sarcastic to accusing, the messages offer a rare look at dissension within the investigation's relevant officials. These exchanges also produce useful case information...

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Disturbed Men

Disturbed Men

Regarding possible conspiracy are the unending allegations and terms of derision made by those who oppose ideas that disturb them. Yet in most cases it is just a matter of hyperbolic disagreement, the people debating feasible conspiracy are not insane. Similarly, those undertaking official activities in the vast majority of cases are sane. Some prior undertook operations that were illegal such as the Castro assassination plots. However, all occurred under functioning mental will unimpaired by proven imbalances... 

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Three Company Men

Three Company Men

Often the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA, the Agency, the Company) is ascribed direct control over the Kennedy assassination by those who suspect them. Their tactics and even some among their fallen ranks were guilty of suppression of evidence, obstruction of justice, and deception at the very least. Yet they were not the leading investigative agency, but supported the "efforts" of J. Edgar Hoover and the Federal Bureau of Investigation... 

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Assign blame where it is verifiably Due

Assign blame where it is verifiably Due

The integrity of any investigation relies on reasonable standards; among these is the honest disclosure of all relevant evidence by leading officials. No matter what inferences are made by such full disclosure, it is their responsibility to offer the most reliable assessment. They must be unrelenting in their pursuit of those suspected and willing to offer every resource in seeking justice. If this is not the case, the investigation is flawed; hidden motivations can prevent its success. No amount of lower standards can be definitive... 

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FBI loyalties in the CIA

FBI loyalties in the CIA

Concealed manipulations within allied organizations have often been attributed to the Central Intelligence Agency alone but such internal power struggles and clandestine motivations are often hidden from the public and most officials. Yet it is the little noted evidentiary connections that might reveal new viable inferences and the longer one gazes upon the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency a realization may occur. In some cases, they are not quite as different as imagined...

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Travelers, Informants, and Defectors

Travelers, Informants, and Defectors

Feasibly both the United States and Russian governments utilized several travelers and defectors. These people were tourists or aspiring expatriates who seemingly wished to embrace foreign life. These defectors in some cases provided useful intelligence data on topics of official interest. Over twenty United States military personnel defected from 1960 to 1962.i The Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation debriefed some upon their return. Other prior defectors continued to be sources of official information...

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Political Assassination and the Unsigned Murder Guide

Political Assassination and the Unsigned Murder Guide

Some deny that past American government leaders considered assassination to complete foreign policy goals. However, these files offer that assassination is part of the business and has been throughout modern American history. Even as we ponder questions about the possible unconstitutional use of drone strikes, some believe the assassination of leaders and citizens is a recent development. These specific plots were born during in the Eisenhower administration...  

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