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The Surveillance of Lee Harvey Oswald Involved Six CIA Operations

Why do people say Lee Harvey Oswald was under CIA surveillance at the time of President Kennedy’s assassination?

For six good reasons found in the new JFK files.

The reporters from SpyTalk who have never previously reported on the existence of the CIA’s Oswald file now want you to believe that JFK Facts reporting on the Oswald file “conspiratorial nonsense.” There’s “less here than meets the eye,” they say.

So let’s take a closer look at the six CIA operations that involved the man who would become known the “lone gunman.” What meets the eye when we open the Oswald file?

The CIA’s surveillance of Lee Harvey Oswald while President Kennedy was still alive was persistent and high-level. It involved code-named covert activities conducted or controlled by the CIA’s Counterintelligence Staff, which was headed by James Angleton, one of the top three officials in the clandestine service.

Angleton and his wife Cicely, incidentally, had been personal friends with John and Jackie Kennedy in the 1950s. The Kennedys and Angletons socialized with Wister Janney, a CIA officer, and his wife Mary, and Cord Meyer, a senior CIA official, and his wife Mary Meyer. By the time JFK was president, Mary had divorced her husband and embarked on affair with JFK, which Angleton knew about.

Code named KUDESK, the Counterintelligence Staff was responsible for preventing the penetration of the CIA by the Soviet intelligence service. As the most secretive component of the clandestine service, the Counterintelligence Staff also handled very sensitive assignments, including assassination. In his best-sellling memoir, Spycatcher British spy chief Peter Wright recalled a meeting in 1961 where Angleton and Bill Harvey, the CIA’s assassination chief, asked for advice about how to kill Fidel Castro.

It’s a point worth remembering: the CIA officers most interested in an unknown character named Lee Harvey Oswald also believed in, and practiced, assassination as an instrument of U.S. policy.

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Accused Minnesota Assassin Vance Boelter Calls Tim Walz as ‘Traitor to the American People,’ Claims Governor Pushed Chinese Influence and Government Control in Wild Rant

Vance Luther Boelter, the man accused of the targeted assassination of Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, has unleashed a wild tirade about Governor Tim Walz.

In a bombshell exclusive interview with the New York Post from behind bars, Boelter,57, branded Walz a “traitor to the American people” and accused him of cozying up to Communist China.

Boelter, currently incarcerated in the Sherburne County Jail, spoke to the New York Post via the facility’s internal messaging system.

The accused killer claimed he first met the governor when Walz “personally reappointed” him to Minnesota’s Workforce Development Council in 2019. He accused Walz of repeatedly praising China, quoting him as saying, “China was the future, China knows how to get things done, China knows how to control their people.”

Boelter further alleged Walz pushed socialist ideals, stating, “Tim would say stuff like everyone should be either working for the government, or be supported by the government.” He even claimed Walz encouraged him to visit China, promising, “He said they will make sure you have a really good time,” with such talks happening over the phone.

Walz has a long history with China. The governor first visited in 1989 as a recent college graduate through the WorldTeach program in Foshan, and later helped launch a student exchange program in Beijing in 1992. In a 1991 school lesson, Walz reportedly described China’s communist system as one where “everyone is the same, and everyone shares.”

According to Boelter, he carried a list that included Walz’s name that day, but he insists it wasn’t a “hit list.” Instead, he claims it named individuals “getting massive financial amounts from the Chinese government,” based on unspecified financial documents he’d seen.

The accused killer described his original plan as executing “four or five Citizen arrests” to interrogate the targets about alleged deaths from the COVID-19 vaccine and supposed government cover-ups, with everyone to be released safely the next morning.

“My goal was not to go around shooting people,” the accused killer told The Post.

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Bombshell: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Says Russia Agreed to Release KGB Files on Lee Harvey Oswald — Claims CIA Destroyed Evidence Handed Over at JFK’s Funeral

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), who led the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, told Joe Rogan that the Russian government has agreed to release long-secret KGB intelligence files on Lee Harvey Oswald, documents she claims the CIA destroyed after receiving them at President John F. Kennedy’s funeral.

During her appearance, Luna detailed how she and two fellow members of Congress recently met with the Russian ambassador, the first such meeting on this subject since 1990, as part of her ongoing push to uncover the truth about JFK’s assassination.

According to Luna, the KGB conducted its own independent investigation into Oswald and handed the findings to U.S. officials in 1963, only for them to vanish under suspicious circumstances.

The Florida congresswoman went on to drop another bombshell that JFK was pursuing peaceful cooperation with the Soviet Union, including a joint mission to the moon, at a time when factions inside America’s intelligence community wanted war in Cuba and confrontation with Russia.

“We never got those documents, and it’s my belief that the CIA actually destroyed that information and evidence because it would have confirmed what the KGB,” Luna told Joe Rogan.

“And mind you, at the time, JFK was actually in talks with the President of Russia, and his perspective was that he actually wanted to do a joint mission between the U.S. government and the Russian government to the moon. And there were aspects and divisions within the intelligence community—you obviously saw the Cold War was happening—they wanted war in Cuba, they wanted war with Russia.”

“So, for them to be able to say that Kennedy, who was not a Communist, was a Communist sympathizer, and “How dare he talk to these dirty Communists?”—I mean, that in itself would have given them any ammunition to turn a blind eye, or at least not fully figure out who assassinated Kennedy.”

Luna also revealed that the Russian government has now agreed to make its JFK investigation public for the first time this fall, something the U.S. Congressional Task Force failed to secure in the 1990s.

The files reportedly contain a psychological profile of Oswald compiled during his time in Russia, describing him as mentally unstable, incapable with firearms, and hardly fitting the profile of a lone mastermind assassin.

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Colombian senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay dies after two months in critical condition fighting for his life.

The death of Colombian senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, which occurred today, August 11, 2025, after two months in critical condition due to an armed attack, has shaken Colombia and the continent.

This tragic event, perpetrated on June 7, 2025, by a hitman barely 15 years old, not only claimed the life of a prominent conservative leader from the Democratic Center party, but has also raised alarms about the deterioration of democracy in Colombia under the government of Gustavo Petro.

Uribe Turbay, known for his staunch opposition to Petro’s leftist policies, became a symbol of resistance to what many perceive as an authoritarian drift.

On June 7, 2025, Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot in Bogotá by a teenager who fired at close range.
The senator was struck twice, once in the head, and was rushed to a hospital where he remained in critical condition until his death.

The attack, described by Interior Minister Armando Benedetti as a possible “link in a chain of terrorist attacks,” evoked the worst moments of political violence in Colombia, such as the assassinations of leaders in the 1980s and 1990s.

Uribe Turbay, 38, was a rising figure within the Democratic Center, the party founded by former president Álvaro Uribe.

His critical stance on Petro’s social and economic reforms—especially regarding security and relations with armed groups—made him a target of threats.

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Israeli Strike on Tent in Gaza Kills Five Al Jazeera Journalists

An Israeli airstrike on Sunday night targeted a tent outside the gates of the al-Shia Hospital in Gaza City and killed five Al Jazeera journalists, including 28-year-old Anas al-Sharif, a well-known reporter who had a large following on X.

Al Jazeera said that the other four journalists killed in the bombing were correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and three cameramen: Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, and Moamen Aliwa. Two other people were also killed in the bombing.

Just minutes before he was killed, al-Sharif said in a post on X that Israel was escalating its bombing of Gaza City. “Relentless bombardment,” he wrote. “For two hours, the Israeli aggression has intensified on Gaza City.”

The Israeli military acknowledged that it deliberately targeted al-Sharif, claiming that he was a “Hamas terrorist” who “posed as an Al Jazeera journalist.” Last month, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued a warning about the Israeli military’s smears against Sharif, saying it was likely a precursor to his assassination.

“We are deeply alarmed by the repeated threats made by Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee against Al Jazeera’s Gaza correspondent Anas al-Sharif and call on the international community to protect him,” said CPJ Regional Director Sara Qudah.

“This is not the first time Al-Sharif has been targeted by the Israeli military, but the danger to his life is now acute. Israel has killed at least six Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza during this war. These latest unfounded accusations represent an effort to manufacture consent to kill al-Sharif,” Qudah added.

In a post on X at the time, al-Sharif responded to the Israeli smears against him. “I reaffirm: I, Anas al-Sharif, am a journalist with no political affiliations. My only mission is to report the truth from the ground — as it is, without bias,” he said. “At a time when a deadly famine is ravaging Gaza, speaking the truth has become, in the eyes of the occupation, a threat.”

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‘I’m gonna watch him bleed out’: Trump assassination threat suspect armed with explosives offered detailed information about plans to kill POTUS at rally, feds say

A convicted felon in Georgia is behind bars for threatening to kill President Donald Trump in several posts on a TikTok livestream, according to federal authorities.

Jauan Rashun Porter, 29, stands accused of one count of threats against the president and successors to the presidency, according to a 7-page criminal complaint filed in the Northern District of Georgia.

The defendant is a resident of Rome – a medium-sized city located roughly 70 miles northwest of Atlanta – and has previously been convicted of multiple crimes including making terroristic threats, influencing a witness, committing mutiny in a penal institution, drug possession, battery, possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and domestic violence, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Porter’s latest alleged offenses occurred during a TikTok livestream on July 26, according to the complaint. The livestream was about Trump and captioned “Alligator Alcatraz,” a reference to an expansive immigrant detention camp constructed out of repurposed FEMA trailers and soft-sided tents in the Florida Everglades.

Authorities alleged Porter made numerous – often explicit – posts expressing his desire to shoot and kill the 45th and 47th president.

“So there’s only one way to make America great and that is putting a bullet in between Trump’s eyes,” the user said on the livestream.

Similar comments were made several times.

“I’m gonna kill Donald Trump,” the defendant allegedly said.

“I’m gonna put a 7.62 bullet inside of his forehead,” Porter allegedly added, an apparent reference to a common caliber of medium-range ammunition, popularly known as a “Soviet short round” due to its original production as the native bullet for the Kalashnikov rifle, or AK-47. “I’m gonna watch him bleed out and I’m gonna watch him die…I’m gonna do that. Yes. Yes. Me.”

In response to others asking the user to repeat the statements, he allegedly taunted: “I could say it three more times for you.”

In response to a request for his location, Porter allegedly said: “You’ll know. It’ll be on the news… his [POTUS’] rally is coming up pretty soon and I’m going there and I’m going to put a bullet in his head.”

Then, roughly one minute into the video, the defendant allegedly said: “I am going to kill the President of the United States.” Seconds later, the livestream host warned the user about receiving an FBI visit. This warning, however, did not seem to sway him. The man allegedly responded: “I’m gonna kill them too…and then kill myself.”

The host of the livestream finally chafed at the violent language and asked: “Do you think saying something like that is normal behavior?”

The accused user replied: “Normal behavior would be speaking on something and then doing it,” according to the complaint.

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Files Of A Would-Be Assassin – Thomas Crooks’ Internet Search History Revealed

Headline USA has obtained a partial internet search history of alleged would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks. Read it here for the first time.

The search history comes from a trove of data from the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC), where Crooks attended from 2022 to 2024—graduating in the spring of last year with an associate degree in engineering science. The search history is only for the times Crooks was using CCAC wifi, which was about three days per week when school was in session. The vast majority of his internet footprint, including the countless hours he spent online at his house, is still a mystery.

CBS News and The New York Times also obtained the CCAC search history, and both outlets published stories about it last month. However, they didn’t publish the raw data.

When this author saw the CBS article, he asked the CCAC for the same search history information. In response, a CCAC official provided four files of “Graylog” data, which only showed jumbled-up code. The CCAC official said that CBS and New York Times both “reversed engineered” the Graylog code to make it readable.

Eventually, this reporter was able to find a computer whiz to do the same. Apparently, deciphering the data was simple—just a matter of renaming the files and running the script again.

While CBS reported many of the pertinent facts about Crooks’s search history, the raw data  does reveal previously unreported information.

For instance, Crooks visited mainstream news sites such as The Hill, Aljazeera, CNBS, The Wall Street Journal and CNN, along with more niche sites such as compositesworld.com and foodsafetynews.com. He also visited the State Department’s website, www.state.gov, once on Oct. 10 at 12:50 p.m.—a visit that wasn’t reported by CBS or the Times. That visit occurred right after Crooks was browsing winteriscoming.net, which is a Game of Thrones fan site.

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Dystopian moment prosecutor is murdered after his Cadillac Escalade was blown up at intersection in broad daylight

Terrifying video footage shows the moment a prosecutor was ambushed and killed in the Mexican border city of Reynosa on Monday.

Ernesto Vázquez was driving his black Cadillac Escalade when a gang of assassins launched their attack on him on Hidalgo Boulevard, brazenly tossing a grenade at the back of the vehicle during afternoon rush hour .

While clearly in agonizing pain, Vázquez was able to get out of the vehicle on his own and crawled across the pavement.

The assailants then pulled up in a white Ford Explorer and opened fire on the defenseless official.

Additional video footage showed prosecutor’s body on the ground as stunned motorists rode past the scene of the attack.

Moments later, a bystander was seen dragging Vázquez away from the blown-up vehicle, which was engulfed in flames.

Vázquez was a prosecutor who joined the Federal Attorney General’s Office in 2019 and was its senior representative at the Tamaulipas State Attorney General’s Office.

The assault took place just four miles from the entrance of the Reynosa-Hidalgo International Bridge that links Reynosa with Hidalgo, Texas and about one mile from the Tamaulipas State Attorney General’s Office headquarters.

Authorities recovered the Ford Explorer around 10pm just blocks away from the attack.

Tamaulipas Governor Américo Villarreal denounced the deadly assault in a statement on X.

‘From the Government of Tamaulipas, we condemn the murder of the Attorney General’s Office Delegate in the state,’ Villarreal wrote. ‘We stand in solidarity with his family and reiterate our full willingness to assist the Attorney General’s Office and the Government of Mexico in the pursuit of justice and the construction of peace.’

The Reynosa Chamber of Commerce president, Gildardo López, told El Norte newspaper that Vázquez’s murder could negatively impact trade with the United States.

‘Our city will fall into a binational trade crisis again,’ he warned.

López added that it is only a matter of time before the U.S. Embassy reveals a travel advisory warning against travel to Tamaulipas.

‘Our city will be commercially paralyzed for a potentially long period,’ he said.

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Judge Cannon Rules Trump Would-Be Assassin Ryan Routh Cannot Access Classified Evidence Government Presented in His Case

Judge Aileen Cannon on Friday ruled that Trump would-be assassin Ryan Routh cannot access the classified evidence that the government presented in his case.

The government presented classified evidence to Judge Cannon and she kept it under seal.

“The United States’ Motion and all accompanying material are hereby SEALED, and shall remain preserved in custody of the Classified Information Security Officer, in accordance with established court security procedures, to made available to the appellate court in the event of an appeal,” Judge Cannon wrote.

It is unclear what the classified evidence is related to, however, it was previously reported that Ryan Routh was flagged by federal agents after he returned from a trip to Ukraine but Biden’s DHS never took any further action.

Ryan Routh traveled to Ukraine and fought for 8 months before returning to the US.

His social media accounts were littered with pro-Ukraine propaganda and he even appeared in a video with the AZOV soldiers.

“Subject is a USC who had traveled to Kiev, Ukraine for 3 months to help recruit Soldiers from Afghanistan, Moldova, and Taiwan, to fight in the Ukrainian war against Russia,” the CBP interview notes said according to Just The News.

“Subject stated that he does not get paid for his recruiting efforts and all his work for the Ukrainian government is strictly volunteer work Subject provided his recruiting business card (cards have been uploaded into the event) which list his recruiting partners that he speaks with to recruit soldiers from Afghanistan, Romanian, Pakistan, Syria, and Israel,” the note added, according to Just The News. “Subject stated that he obtains money from his wife to help fund his trips to Ukraine.”

Last year federal prosecutors charged Ryan Routh with attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate after he pushed the muzzle of his rifle through the fence line at Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course.

Ryan Routh was previously charged with two federal gun crimes: Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession (max penalty of 15 years in prison and $250,000 fine), and receipt of a firearm with an obliterated serial number (max penalty of 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine).

Routh set up a sniper’s nest in the shrubbery outside the perimeter of Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach.

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Virginia City Councilman Vogler Sustained Third-Degree Burns on 63% of His Body – Suspect Admits It Was His ‘Intention to Kill’ Vogler

Danville, Virginia, City Councilman Lee Vogler was doused in gasoline and set on fire in his office on Tuesday.

According to reports, the attacker, identified as Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes, 29, of Danville, threw five gallons of gasoline on Vogler before setting him on fire.

Danville police said the attack appears to be personal and not related to Vogler’s position as a city councilman.

The Daily Mail reported that Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes’ wife filed for divorce just two weeks ago.

Showcase Magazine’s Andrew Brooks said Buck-Hayes forced his way in the magazine’s office as Vogler was visiting and poured a five-gallon container of gas on him.

“Lee attempted to flee, ran to the front of the building,” Showcase Magazine owner Andrew Brooks said in a Facebook video. “The individual followed him and set him on fire.”

Vogler was flown to the UNC burn unit in Chapel Hill, according to WSET.

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