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...
How Oswald Slipped Past the State Department

How Oswald Slipped Past the State Department

Document 194-10002-10187, from the 2025 JFK file release, contains a damning piece of paper: a brief 1961 cable from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow stating it had “no objection” to Lee Harvey Oswald returning to the United States. At a time when Cold War paranoia ran high...
The State Department’s Internal Autopsy of Oswald’s Return

The State Department’s Internal Autopsy of Oswald’s Return

Document 194-10006-10315, released in the 2025 JFK files, is an internal State Department review from January 1964 outlining how Lee Harvey Oswald was able to return to the United States after defecting to the Soviet Union. What’s most telling is what the memo doesn’t...