Congress Warned about Friction Between CIA & Assassination Investigators
In the aftermath of public outcry following major assassinations, tensions grew between government agencies and those trying to uncover the truth. A once-confidential memo from 1977, now declassified, reveals the CIA’s mounting frustration with the House Select...
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...
The CIA Built a Psychological Map for Control of Human Behavior
During the Cold War, the CIA quietly funded a research program that aimed to do far more than study populations-it wanted to shape them. The so-called "narrative" project outlined in this document proposed nothing less than a full-spectrum psychological map of human...
