Posted on 03/28/2025 11:40:56 AM PDT by Twotone
If you think the CIA keeping JFK files classified is just about history, think again. The real story isn’t what happened in 1963 — it’s what’s happening now.
Ben Shapiro recently asked, “Does it really matter who shot John F. Kennedy?” My answer is “yes and no.” If the question concerns whether finding out who shot Kennedy is the most pressing issue facing our country, I concur with Shapiro that the answer is clearly “no.”
But the release of 80,000 previously unseen documents isn’t just about who killed JFK. It’s about a long-standing pattern of deception, manipulation, and lawlessness from the highest levels of government — and that is one of the most pressing issues facing our country today.
For over 60 years, the official narrative surrounding Kennedy’s assassination has been that Lee Harvey Oswald pulled off a near-impossible series of shots. The improbability of his success is heightened by puzzling facts, such as KGB reports that Oswald was a horrible marksman coupled with his subpar rifle.
This is the story we’ve been told to accept without question. But what we now know raises deeply troubling questions about what really happened and, more importantly, why the government is so determined to keep the whole truth from us.
Cracks in the narrative
The recent document release didn’t give us a smoking gun, but it did confirm a pattern of CIA malfeasance that should alarm every American.
We now have solid evidence that the CIA was running illegal domestic espionage operations — including spying on Barry Goldwater, the Republican presidential nominee in 1964. If the intelligence agencies were willing to illegally surveil a major political figure back then, what do you think they’re capable of now?
The unchecked power of our intelligence agencies did not begin or end with the Kennedy assassination — it is a systemic issue that continues to this day.
For decades, the intelligence community has fought transparency at every turn. Each time a president promises to release the complete JFK files, the CIA steps in to block key documents.
The most recent example came under President Biden, when CIA Director William Burns personally urged the White House to keep certain records classified. Burns, notably, was one of several government officials who met with Jeffrey Epstein — three times.
The same agency now citing “national security” concerns over files from the 1960s is the same one tied to Epstein. That connection alone should raise serious questions for every American.
Corruption beyond JFK
This pattern of deception extends far beyond the Kennedy assassination.
We’ve seen it in Benghazi, where Americans died, and the truth was buried under bureaucratic stonewalling. We saw it in the aftermath of 9/11, when former FBI agents alleged that the CIA was running an illegal domestic spy ring and even attempted to recruit two of the hijackers before the attack. And we’ve seen it in the blatant weaponization of intelligence agencies against political opponents — from the Russia collusion hoax to the unprecedented persecution of a sitting and former president.
In recent memory, critical evidence regarding the truth of what happened on January 6 — including text messages from Kamala Harris’ Secret Service detail — mysteriously disappeared. Or COVID-19, where intelligence agencies, including Britain’s MI6, have now admitted it was "beyond reasonable doubt" that the virus was engineered in the Wuhan Institute of Virology. And yet for years, anyone who dared suggest such a possibility was smeared as a conspiracy theorist.
Always ask questions
Asking questions — whether it be about JFK’s assassination, Benghazi, COVID-19, or any other “conspiracy theory” — is critical. The moment we stop is the moment when bad actors within our institutions know they can get away with corruption. Rebuilding trust in our institutions begins with asking the right questions and identifying the infection to provide the proper remedy.
The intelligence community has operated with impunity for decades because we, the American people, have been conditioned to accept its narratives without question. The JFK files are not just about a 62-year-old assassination; they are a case study in how deep-state corruption endures and evolves.
If the CIA had nothing to hide, why is the agency still hiding it?
We need to rebuild trust in our institutions — not through blind faith but through real accountability.
America’s founders didn’t place their trust in government officials. They trusted the system of checks and balances designed to limit power. Those safeguards have eroded, but they can be restored.
We don’t need to believe in bureaucrats. We need a system that exposes the truth, prosecutes wrongdoing, and applies justice equally. Until that happens, public distrust will grow — and for good reason.
Bingo, it is about the deception. Now, how about who was behind the two Trump assassination attempts. The same thing is going on.
I used to be all in with our federal government. I was a Naval officer. But somewhere around 2015 that started to slowly change.
Excellent take on things.
Absolutely Correct!
Lone Nutters Are in League with DS.
Do we need the operations division of the CIA? Can Grok replace the research division?
They've been rotten for a long time. I just read “Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Center” by Ray Monk. The FBI was actually wiretapping and recording conversations between Oppenheimer and his lawyer. And used that information in a farcical hearing to pull his security clearance in order to get him removed from an oversight board concerning nuclear weapons.
And in real time, just who is going to do that?
“Does it really matter who shot John F. Kennedy?”
Uh, it matters explicitly. If the government had him killed, then we are dealing with an illegitimate government, and everything downstream from that is null and void.
I kind of get a little excited when I think that the Snivel Rights Act of 1964 might be void.
I used to be all in with our federal government. I was a Naval officer. But somewhere around 2015 that started to slowly change.
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I know the feeling. I’ve had friends who I’ve considered ‘conspiracy theorists’ for years. Now I’m right on board with them.
Its amazing, a commie killed our president and many believe he’s an innocent patsy.
The real question is who ordered it,who facilitated it and who benefited from it?
Until there is proof otherwise, Oswald.
Oh brother. There was nothing “near impossible” or even especially difficult in those shots. Nothing! And how in the hell would the KGB know what kind of marksman Oswald was. The US Marine Corps must have considered him competent or he would never have graduated from boot camp. Every Marine is first and foremost a rifleman.
“Its amazing, a commie killed our president and many believe he’s an innocent patsy.”
Well he told us he was a patsy. so there’s that. :-)
At this point many people have their minds completely made up and need no further input from anyone.
I did find the recent JFK file releases interesting. There were lots of insights into CIA workings and methods and minutes from many Presidential briefings during the Cuban missile crisis and other interesting periods.
There are Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board minutes from 11/21 and 11/22 in 1963 (206-10001-10017). It sounds like the tail end of this meeting may have still been going on during the JFK assassination itself. In that meeting the CIA was urging the board to urge the President to assist the CIA in correcting their bad public image of charges they engineered the coup in South Vietnam.
Actually, GB just set up a firing situation reasonably identical to that from the book depository. What they found interesting was that the bullets should’ve gone thru & hit the driver. Very interesting to watch.
Sure, and that kid who took shots at Trump was a genius who outsmarted the entire secret service.
Thank goodness we know everything about him/s
My dad was a Naval officer. I had entertained following in his footsteps. That changed nominally when Zumwalt became CNO. My dad served through Sept 1977. I graduated from UCSD in 1976 at age 19. I had medical school as a goal...perhaps on the Navy's nickel. A year of grad school at SDSU and I shifted my interests in the direction of EE/CS. No regrets. I've supported DoD (all branches) as a contractor since 1991. I serve my customers. None of the work has crossed an ethical line. I hope to keep it that way through retirement day.
“For over 60 years, the official narrative surrounding Kennedy’s assassination has been that Lee Harvey Oswald pulled off a near-impossible series of shots. The improbability of his success is heightened by puzzling facts, such as KGB reports that Oswald was a horrible marksman coupled with his subpar rifle.”
What is Beck smoking? The KGB says he was a horrible shot, but in the Marines he could hit targets at 200 yards using open sights. And people have duplicated his shots using the same model rifle.
Which bullet??
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