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Why Did CIA Want to 'Wait Out' the Warren Commission?

Why Did CIA Want to 'Wait Out' the Warren Commission?

Counterintelligence chief James Angleton withheld three key documents from investigators for 10 weeks, then made sure they didn't see the originals.

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Jefferson Morley
Sep 07, 2022
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The short answer is keep the Warren Commission in the dark about the Agency’s efforts to verify the identity of Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassination suspect who denied killing Kennedy

This is one of the most pregnant moments in the Warren Commission's unsuccessful efforts to obtain information from the CIA. It happened in March 1964.

CIA counterintellige…

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