CIA Surveillance of Oswald: What We Know Now
From JFK Facts, the documented details of an emerging story
With the release of long-secret JFK files in recent years, the CIA’s surveillance of accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald from November 1959 to November 1963 has gone from a speculative proposition to a well-documented fact.
Here are the latest developments, as reported by JFK Facts and Rob Reiner and Soledad O’Brien’s podcast, yet covered only fitfully by major news organizations:
The CIA pays attention to Oswald as early as 1956.
The CIA opens a file on Oswald in 1959.
The CIA reads his mail from 1960-62.
In the summer of 1963, the CIA funds Oswald’s anti-Castro antagonists.
In September 1963, a CIA photo surveillance operator takes Oswald’s picture in Mexico City. JFK Facts reports her story for the first time in October 2023.
And on Nov. 22, 1963, a CIA front group generates propaganda about Oswald, linking JFK’s assassination to Fidel Castro.
What’s going on here?
The short answer: the surveillance and manipulation of Lee Harvey Oswald by the…
