JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents
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What new documents did the FBI find about JFK's assassination?
The FBI has found more than 2,000 brand new records related to John F. Kennedy's assassination. What do they include? Why did it take so long to find them? And how many will be made public? We're just as curious as you are. Maybe by the time you're listening to this, we'll know. But given all the excitement, we wanted to resurface a conversation our team had about what may have happened that day in Dallas, Texas, November 1963. And just as curiously, what has happened since. Enjoy. Enjoy. Welcome to Conspiracy Theories, a Spotify podcast. I'm Carter Roy. You can find us here every Wednesday. Be sure to check us out on Instagram at The Conspiracy Pod. And we would love to hear from you. If you're listening on the Spotify app, swipe up and give us your thoughts. Something you might not know about me is I once played a man obsessed with JFK's assassination in a film called The Umbrella Man. Much like my character, our colleague Julian Boirot has long been obsessed with JFK conspiracy theories. He uses the term loosely, though.
Because, as he says, there are plenty of verifiable facts to show that we haven't been told the entire truth about what happened. He sat down with Jefferson Morley, journalist, author, and the co-founder of the sub-stack JFK Facts, for a fascinating discussion. Their conversation after this.
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Why did it take so long to find JFK records?
I would like for our audience who may not know your work, if you could introduce yourself briefly.
Who is Jefferson Morley and why is he interested in JFK?
My name is Jefferson Morley. I'm a journalist, investigative reporter. I'm the co-founder and editor of the JFK Facts blog, which was created in 2012 and is now found on Substack. I'm the author of four books of nonfiction, three of them about the CIA, and I live in Washington, D.C.
So you started the blog in 2012. I was wondering what interested you so much about the JFK assassination in particular, and why have you committed so much time to this event?
So... Rex Bradford is the creator of the Mary Farrell Foundation website, which is the largest online collection of JFK records. And is a good friend and has created an indispensable, the indispensable website. source for anybody interested in the Kennedy assassination or frankly, the Kennedy presidency. So he and I were talking and we were looking ahead to the 50th anniversary in 2013.
What was the significance of the JFK Records Act?
And we just said, there's so much bad journalism. in major news organizations about the Kennedy assassination, that we need to have a presence there because we know that there's false statements, erroneous statements, misleading statements, a whole ridiculous discourse about conspiracy theories that doesn't interest us because we're researchers and historians. And so we just wanted to have a presence in the continuing discussion of JFK's assassination. For me, it's a great story. I pay attention to it because it's very important in American history. It's of continuing interest to lots and lots of readers. And there's key questions and issues that are unresolved. And subject, you know, the ripe subject for good investigative reporting.
So to me, it's a very natural story to gravitate to. I like its scale. It's important. And we know that it's important. President Biden issued an order about it earlier this year. President Trump has been talking about JFK files. So, you know, it's a big deal in American culture. It always has been. So to me, it's a very appropriate subject for an investigative reporter.
I wonder if you could expand upon Biden's order because I feel like our listeners may not be as cognizant of the more recent updates around disclosure.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What new documents did the FBI find about JFK's assassination?
0:31–2:55
2
Why did it take so long to find JFK records?
2:55–3:02
3
Who is Jefferson Morley and why is he interested in JFK?
3:02–4:12
4
What was the significance of the JFK Records Act?
4:12–7:10
5
How did Biden's order change the disclosure of JFK documents?
7:10–10:34
6
What details emerged about Lee Harvey Oswald's surveillance?
10:34–13:37
7
What was Kennedy's approach to foreign policy?
13:37–16:21
8
How has the CIA's role in JFK's assassination influenced public perception?
16:21–56:02
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