Antulio Ortiz Ramirez: The Hijacker Who Vanished into Cuba
On May 1, 1961, Antulio Ortiz Ramirez forced a National Airlines plane from Florida to detour to Cuba. Though the passengers and aircraft returned safely, Ramirez remained behind-sparking a criminal case that would take over a decade to close. A newly reviewed...
CIA Promised to Preserve JFK & MLK Records Despite Requests to Destroy
In late 1976, the CIA assured Congress it would not destroy any records related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.-despite a scheduled return to routine document destruction. This commitment is outlined in a memo from CIA...
Congressional Investigator Pushes CIA on JFK and MLK Files
On November 24, 1976, Richard A. Sprague, Chief Counsel for the U.S. House Committee on Assassinations, paid a pivotal visit to CIA Headquarters. The committee was tasked with reinvestigating the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King...
Committee Claimed JFK and MLK Killings Were Connected
By the early 1970s, growing public suspicion surrounding high-profile assassinations reached a boiling point-prompting action from figures on Capitol Hill and beyond. One of the most vocal was Bernard Fensterwald Jr., a former Senate counsel and intelligence...
CIA Fights Back After Accusations Over JFK Assassination Failures
A sharp rebuke from within the U.S. intelligence community emerged in the wake of one of the most controversial investigations in American history. This file was located within the recently released MLK files, with no explanation as to why, or why the filename...
