{"id":2456581,"date":"2025-07-07T18:42:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T22:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cia-quietly-admits-it-has-lied-to-the-public-about-lee-harvey-oswald-for-decades\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T18:43:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T22:43:40","slug":"cia-quietly-admits-it-has-lied-to-the-public-about-lee-harvey-oswald-for-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cia-quietly-admits-it-has-lied-to-the-public-about-lee-harvey-oswald-for-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"CIA Quietly Admits it Has Lied to the Public About Lee Harvey Oswald for Decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcia-quietly-admits-it-has-lied-to-the-public-about-lee-harvey-oswald-for-decades%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2456581&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent document release has challenged the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/24-hours-macron-sets-deadline-for-trade-war-if-uk-doesnt-back-down-on-fishing\/\" title=\"24 Hours: Macron Sets Deadline for Trade War if UK Doesn&#039;t Back Down on Fishing\">long-held belief<\/a> that the CIA had no prior connections to Lee Harvey Oswald before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Previously, the CIA maintained that Oswald acted alone, as concluded by the Warren Commission. Though, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >newly surfaced documents reveal<\/a> that CIA agent George Joannides was actively involved with a student anti-castro group that interacted with Oswald during that time. These records contradict the CIA&#8217;s prior denials regarding Joannides&#8217; identity and involvement. Experts suggest that the agency has misled Congress and the public for decades concerning its association with Oswald and the Kennedy assassination. Despite the new details, no additional evidence has emerged that directly impacts the core findings of Kennedy&#8217;s assassination.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>For decades, the official Central Intelligence Agency story was that its tentacles were not connected in any way with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>A new document release has shown that claim to be false, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/07\/05\/cia-agent-oswald-kennedy-assassination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The official verdict of the Warren commission that investigated Kennedy&rsquo;s Nov. 22, 1963, death in Dallas was that Oswald was responsible. Although no proof has emerged to contradict that finding, there have long been suspicions that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hilarious-first-jfk-doc-released-explains-just-12-words-killed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American intelligence agencies<\/a> knew far more about Oswald and his activities than was made public at the time.<\/p>\n<p>A new release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/readingroom\/search\/site\/JOANNIDES?f%5B0%5D=dm_field_release_date%3A%5B2025-01-01T00%3A00%3A00Z%20TO%202026-01-01T00%3A00%3A00Z%5D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documents<\/a> has breathed new life into doubts that the America people have been told the truth by indicating that agent George Joannides had in fact been conducting activities the CIA long denied.<\/p>\n<p>Axios wrote that the documents prove &ldquo;the CIA lied for decades about his role in the Kennedy case before and after the assassination, according to experts on JFK&rsquo;s slaying.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>A Jan. 17, 1963, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/readingroom\/docs\/MEMO%20FOR%20SPECIAL%20AGENT%20IN%5B16503918%5D.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memo<\/a> says that Joannides was ordered to assume the name of Howard Gebler. That contradicts past denials that Joannides was the same person as &ldquo;Howard,&rdquo; the CIA contact for a student group opposed to the regime of Cuban leader Fidel Castro.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The cover story for Joannides is officially dead,&rdquo; Jefferson Morley, an author who has written on JFK&rsquo;s assassination said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a big deal. The CIA is changing its tune on Lee Harvey Oswald,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Joannides was the deputy chief of &nbsp;the CIA&rsquo;s Miami branch in charge of &nbsp;&ldquo;all aspects of political action and psychological warfare, which included supporting the anti-Castro student group.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 9, 1963, four members of the group scuffled with Oswald in New Orleans, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-memo-undercuts-jan-6-committees-case-shows-trump-gave-order-to-make-sure-rally-was-safe-event\/\" title=\"Pentagon Memo Undercuts Jan 6 Committee&#039;s Case, Shows Trump Gave Order to Make Sure Rally Was &quot;Safe Event&quot;\">news media covering<\/a> the court hearing.<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 21 Oswald was on TV debating the students. The group, referred to as the DRE, identified Oswald as a pro-Castro communist after JFK as killed.<\/p>\n<p>The new documents do not provide any new disclosures about Kennedy&rsquo;s assassination itself.<\/p>\n<p>The Axios report noted that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jfks-nephew-goes-public-tucker-carlsons-insider-bombshell-cias-murder-uncle-successful-coup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CIA<\/a> has a track record of lying to agencies investigating the assassination, including the Warren Commission, the Church Committee, the House Select Committee on Assassinations, and the Assassination Review Board.<\/p>\n<p>Axios said Joannides &nbsp;&ldquo;played a central role in deceiving the House Select Committee on Assassinations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It said he and the CIA &ldquo;hid the fact that he was involved with DRE and therefore the Kennedy case, slow-walked the CIA&rsquo;s production of records, and lied.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Axios&rsquo; Marc Caputo: CIA Now Admits They Lied To Congress And The Public For Decades About Lee Harvey Oswald<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uTXm9NaA66\">https:\/\/t.co\/uTXm9NaA66<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I understand&mdash;especially considering the CIA&rsquo;s past behavior&mdash;why people are suspicious that this was released so late on the July 4th weekend.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nPujplNMY8\">pic.twitter.com\/nPujplNMY8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RCP Video (@rcpvideo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rcpvideo\/status\/1942245059694399801?\">July 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a video <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rcpvideo\/status\/1942245059694399801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted to X<\/a>, Axios reporter Marc Caupto noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/secret-service-agent-feet-jfk-assassination-breaks-silence-says-official-story-isnt-right\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">skepticism<\/a> remains in order.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I can certainly understand &mdash; especially considering the CIA&rsquo;s past behavior&mdash;why people are suspicious that this was released so late on the July 4th weekend,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Kennedy in 1963. However, a recent document release has disproven this assertion, as reported by Axios. The Warren Commission concluded that Oswald was responsible for Kennedy&#8217;s death on November 22, 1963, and while no evidence has emerged to challenge this conclusion, there have been longstanding suspicions that U.S. intelligence agencies were more aware of Oswald&#8217;s activities than they disclosed at the time. New documents suggest that CIA agent George Joannides was involved in activities previously denied by the agency. Experts on JFK&#8217;s assassination claim these documents indicate &#8220;the CIA lied for decades about his role in the Kennedy case.&#8221; A memo from January 17, 1963, reveals Joannides was instructed to use the alias Howard Gebler, contradicting earlier denials regarding his identity as a CIA contact for an anti-Castro student group. Jefferson Morley, an author focused on JFK&#8217;s assassination, stated that &#8220;the cover story for Joannides is officially dead,&#8221; emphasizing its significance and suggesting a shift in how the CIA views its connection to Oswald.<\/p>\n<p>Joannides served as deputy chief of the CIA&#8217;s Miami branch overseeing political action and psychological warfare efforts related to anti-Castro initiatives. In August 1963, he interacted with Oswald during a confrontation involving members of this group in New Orleans; after JFK&#8217;s assassination, they labeled him a pro-Castro communist. While these new documents do not reveal additional information about Kennedy&#8217;s murder itself, Axios highlighted past instances where the CIA misled various investigative bodies regarding their involvement with Oswald and other aspects surrounding his case.<\/p>\n<p>Axios reporter Marc Caputo acknowledged ongoing skepticism about these revelations being released around July 4th weekend due to historical patterns of deception from the agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2456582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/oswald.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7362,3985,32690,58593],"class_list":["post-2456581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cia","tag-conspiracy","tag-government-transparency","tag-lee-harvey-oswald"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/oswald.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456581"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2456585,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456581\/revisions\/2456585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2456582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}