The Foreign Files: How Allied Intelligence Tried to Warn the U.S.

The Foreign Files: How Allied Intelligence Tried to Warn the U.S.

Newly declassified cables show British, French, and Israeli intelligence flagged Oswald-and concerns about a wider plot-before the shots were fired in Dallas. 🌍 Outside Eyes on an Inside Threat U.S. agencies weren’t the only ones watching Oswald. In the early 1960s,...
Cold Case Cuba: The Oswald Warnings We Ignored

Cold Case Cuba: The Oswald Warnings We Ignored

Declassified memos from both sides of the Florida Straits show Havana tried to sound the alarm about Oswald-and the U.S. buried it. 🌴 The Havana Backchannel While Lee Harvey Oswald’s trip to Mexico City in September 1963 has drawn intense scrutiny, less attention has...
The Russian Visitor Who Asked One Too Many Questions

The Russian Visitor Who Asked One Too Many Questions

Document 206-10001-10003, newly released in the 2025 JFK files, contains a short CIA memo from September 1962 about a Soviet national in Mexico City who raised quiet alarms by asking unusually specific questions about U.S. embassy operations. At the time, it seemed...
The Cuban Intelligence Asset That Slipped Through the Net

The Cuban Intelligence Asset That Slipped Through the Net

In the trove of CIA records released in 2025, a short memo dated September 1963 points to a Cuban intelligence officer operating in the United States-one with direct ties to groups Lee Harvey Oswald associated with. The memo was never acted on, never referenced in...