The Castro Coffee Story
/
A new Improbability Vault entry features an unlikely tale of Castro, the coffee business, and Lee Harvey Oswald's actions in New Orleans compared to evidence. #JFK #evidencematters
The Man About Town
/
A further review of the man several officials feasibly did not identify in Dallas, who bought a new rifle for a hunting trip, was the subject of prior FBI reports noting threats to JFK, and who dined near Dealey Plaza on the morning of November 22, 1963.
Cryptonyms update
/
Three new decoded cryptonyms from the newly released 2017 JFK Records, CIA penetration agent UNSNAFU-9, and AMLASH-2 and 3 associates of AMLASH-1 (Rolando Cubela) who conspired with CIA to assassinate Fidel Castro. #JFK2017 #evidencematters
Officials announce JFK Records Act 2017 file release
/
Some of the last withheld case files related to the JFK assassination will be released this year. #JFK #evidencematters
RION: John and Jo Beth Hill
/
The statement of John Henry Hill’s wife that he was located blocks from Dealey Plaza around the time of President Kennedy's assassination. While her statement does not infer a definite nefarious connection, it does support unknown possibly armed men in the area could largely escape official notice. #JFK #Evidence
A Fake Card-Carrying Member
/
Discussions about Lee Harvey Oswald often venture to speculation when seeking to provide a feasible motive for Oswald's purported actions. With scant time to prepare, without verifiable practice, some deem his alleged associations can explain what officials failed to repeatedly. Often the Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC), an organization in the United States that promoted the interests Fidel Castro and by extension his Communist regime is attributed some blame. Others assert Oswald was a loyal and active member serving the Communist or Socialist factions within the group. This claim is followed by allegations that Oswald was a lone gunman or a creature of Cuban or Soviet intelligence. However, the FPCC was a loosely organized group that never directed Oswald to do anything...
Read MoreThe Man formerly known as James Sutton
/
November 18, 1994, former music producer Bob Vernon spoke before the Assassination Records Review Board. Vernon representing the company Truth Truth Truth Inc. presented the story of James Files another man who claimed to be President Kennedy's assassin. The associated video "Confessions of An Assassin" notes investigator Joe West spent a considerable amount time and money regarding his investigation into the James Files claims. It also remarks that West died before Files could give a full confession, yet Files could have easily saved West months of time by offering verifiable proof or other witnesses that could substantiate his claims, Files never did. West is not the last person to lose time and money chasing the improbable claims of James Files. Bob Vernon would eventually do so as well...
Read MoreA Plaza Full of Mirrors
/
The latest addition to the Improbability Vault is "A Plaza Full of Mirrors" which reviews four different men some have prior claimed were present in Dealey Plaza during the Kennedy assassination. Each claimed person is subjected to verifiable evidence placing them elsewhere. #JFK
Pseudonyms update
/
The Assassination Archives and Research Center has accepted CIA pseudonym research from C.A.A. Savastano. It can be found at the AARC's "Select CIA Pseudonyms" listing. The featured pseudonyms can also be found with additional cryptonym and alias research here in the Primary Evidence Collections.
RION: Manuel Ray
/
A notable document supports Cuban Exile leader Manuel Ray Rivero planned to betray the CIA. It reveals despite his abundant funding and support provided by CIA officials, he attributed his group's failures to the Agency. This document and a brief statement of his background are offered for your review. #JFK #Cuba
A Fellow Traveler
/
A "traveler" holds special meaning to people associated with intelligence and national security. This does not simply indicate a person on a journey but someone who holds unseen loyalties to group without being an official member. The Central Intelligence Agency used the term referring to Communist sympathizers during the Cold War...
Read MoreCIA Policy and Resources update
/
Two new CIA Resource documents for your inspection, the first is a Finder's Aid that provides a volume-by-volume summary of some files in Lee Harvey Oswald's 201 File. The second is a collection of reference photographs contained in CIA's Cuban Mug Book Volume 4. #JFK #Evidence
The French Deception
/
Jean Rene Marie Souetre
An inspection of alleged French assassins within the JFK case and if related assertions possess substantial evidence.
The Autonomous Groups
/
Following the Cuban Revolution of 1959, formerly loyal anti-Batista forces were soon opposing Fidel Castro the new dictator of Cuba. With Raul Castro's prominent endorsement of Communist alliances and the failure of Eisenhower administration officials to capitalize on diplomatic solutions for dealing with the regime, the eventual leaders of later dissident groups would then seek Fidel Castro's government to be overthrown. Thousands of disenfranchised people throughout countries in the Western hemisphere would seek individually and using exile groups to wrest control of Cuba from its Communist government. Foreign officials, political groups, mercenaries, private donors, criminals, and agencies of the United States government supported them. Based on internal communications multiple groups were not just loosely organized passionate advocacy organizations but highly trained paramilitary groups who became legitimate domestic security concerns. The leader of one such group was Manuel Artime...
Read MoreRION: Manuel Artime Buesa
/
A document which proves Agency "golden boy" Manuel Artime Buesa and his Cuban exile operations were funded nearly five million dollars by the CIA to cover operations from June 1963 to June 1964. Officials would eventually realize that autonomous groups similar to the Artime's were threats and that not all of their operational expenses were traceable by accounting. #JFK #Evidence