Events
Assassination of John F. Kennedy (22 Nov 1963): the records and their handling
Documented · occurred Handling What these labels mean →The Warren Commission (1964) found Oswald acted alone. The House Select Committee on Assassinations (1979) found Kennedy was 'probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy,' based mainly on Dictabelt acoustics (a grassy-knoll shot), which a 1982 National Academy of Sciences panel rejected. The Church Committee (1975) found the CIA never told the Warren Commission about its Castro assassination plots, though commissioner Allen Dulles knew of them. The CIA's HSCA liaison, George Joannides, had run the anti-Castro DRE that dealt with Oswald in 1963 and didn't disclose it. After EO 14176 (Jan 2025), most records were released in March 2025, but the Joannides file (44 documents) remained withheld.
Ties
| To | Role | Years | Verdict | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Hughes disappearance (Control Alt History) | Maheu ran the documented CIA–Mafia Castro plot | 1960 | Documented · occurred | en.wikipedia.org |
| A Castro-assassination team was redirected to kill Kennedy | theory about this event | 1960–1963 | Structural | |
| Richard Helms | CIA DDP/DCI across the plots and the cover-up era | 1962–1973 | Documented · occurred | |
| The CIA or elements of it were involved in the JFK assassination | theory about this event | 1963– | Structural | |
| Suppression pattern | case: OMIT (Castro plots from Warren), OBSTRUCT (Joannides), WITHHELD (file still sealed) | 1964–2025 | Documented · occurred Handling | nsarchive.gwu.edu |
| Allen Dulles | Warren commissioner who knew of the undisclosed CIA–Mafia Castro plots | 1964 | Documented · occurred | nsarchive.gwu.edu |
Tied from
| From | Role | Years | Verdict | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Castro-assassination team was redirected to kill Kennedy | theory about this event | 1960–1963 | Structural | |
| Operation Northwoods (1962) | the JFK records process released it; Kennedy–JCS rift over Cuba | 1962–1997 | Documented · occurred | nsarchive.gwu.edu |
| Richard Helms | DDP while the Castro plots ran; plots not disclosed to the Warren Commission | 1962–1964 | Documented · occurred | nsarchive.gwu.edu |
| The CIA or elements of it were involved in the JFK assassination | theory about this event | 1963– | Structural | |
| Jolly West examined Jack Ruby (1964) and declared him insane | West examined Jack Ruby (1964) and found him 'technically insane' | 1964 | Documented · occurred | muckrock.com |
| Manson, Jolly West and CHAOS (O'Neill 2019) | West examined Jack Ruby (1964) and found him 'technically insane' | 1964 | — | muckrock.com |
| Louis Jolyon West | examined Jack Ruby after he shot Oswald; found acute psychosis | 1964 | Documented · occurred | muckrock.com |
| Maury Island incident (1947) | Crisman subpoenaed (1968) in Garrison's probe | 1968 | Documented · occurred | military-history.fandom.com |
Mentioned in
Links
- National Archives: JFK records, 2025 release
- HSCA report (National Archives)
- NAS 1982: Report of the Committee on Ballistic Acoustics
- NSArchive: CIA assassination plots, Church Committee at 50
- Wikipedia: George Joannides
- Just Security: JFK records suit tests CIA secrecy
- ARRB Final Report (1998), ch. 1
Documented
| Item | Record | Tag |
|---|---|---|
| Warren Commission: lone gunman | Report (1964) | Warren |
| HSCA: 'probably… a conspiracy' (grassy-knoll acoustic evidence) | HSCA (1979) | HSCA finding |
| NAS Ramsey panel: acoustics 'do not demonstrate' a knoll shot | NAS (1982) | NAS rebuttal |
| CIA–Mafia Castro plots (Maheu, Roselli, Giancana, Trafficante) not disclosed to the Warren Commission | Church Committee (1975) | omission |
| Joannides (CIA Miami psy-war chief, 1963; DRE case officer) served as the CIA's HSCA liaison without disclosing that role | Revealed 2001 | Joannides |
| EO 14176 (Jan 2025) → March 2025 release; the Joannides file (44 docs) still withheld | NARA; press | still withheld |
Alleged (stated neutrally)
Split into claim files (see Ties): the S-Force redirection theory and the general CIA-involvement theory.
How it was handled
| Method | What happened | Tag |
|---|---|---|
| OMIT | Castro plots withheld from the Warren Commission | omitted from inquiry |
| OBSTRUCT | Joannides filtered HSCA requests without disclosing his 1963 DRE role | conflicted liaison |
| DELAY/WITHHELD | Records held for decades; the Joannides file still withheld after 2025 | withheld file |
Gaps
- Joannides personnel/operational file (44 docs) — CIA. Candidate FOIA row.