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LHO Timeline Section on Texas 1962-63 Now Available

The latest section of my Lee Harvey Oswald Timeline is now available . Following his return to the United States from the Soviet Union in June 1962, Oswald settled in North Texas with his Russian-born wife, Marina, and their infant daughter. Over the next eleven months, the family lived in Fort Worth and Dallas while Oswald held a series of brief, lower-wage jobs. During this period, Oswald established ties with members of the local Russian emigré community (including George de Mohrenschildt) and maintained interest in political activism, subscribing to left-wing publications. In March 1963, using mail-order aliases, he purchased a handgun and a rifle. Tensions over finances, frequent moves, and domestic instability led Oswald to relocate to New Orleans in late April 1963 in search of new employment opportunities, while his family temporarily stayed with Ruth Paine in Irving, Texas. The current Table of Contents is: Ancestry and Early Life: 1880-1943 Texas and Louisiana: 1...
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Zapruder Film Thread Quotes Incorrect Luna Release

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It would appear that some researchers are unaware of the facts regarding the Anna Paulina Luna news release of July 14, 2025 more than a year and several debunking articles later. A thread on the Education Forum , one of several related to what conspiracy researchers see as major developments regarding Zapruder film alteration, mentions Luna's incorrect and self-serving proclamation. This quote is from Keven Hofeling: In July 2025 the House Task Force secured Joannides’s full personnel file, confirming that he was the DRE’s case officer and that he later misled Congress ... What is the truth? And what are the gaffes in Luna's release? First, her release hyperbolically claims: The long-awaited release of CIA officer George Joannides’ full personnel file— secured by the Task Force on Declassification of Federal Secrets— has shattered decades of secrecy surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This historic disclosure marks a seismic shift in what the Am...
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Morley and Followers Revel in Misleading Media Reports

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Media reports in the wake of the release of the personnel files of CIA operative George Joannides have unfortunately proven to be inaccurate. This is evidently because the reports are based largely on the assertions of former Washington Post journalist and current conspiracy advocate Jefferson Morley. In fact, the reports read like they could have been written by him. It seems that Morley is content to let these inaccuracies slip by since it is helpful to his cause. That cause appears to be the spread of misinformation that will help to convince the American public that there was a CIA conspiracy behind the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy and therefore the agency must be severely curtailed if not eliminated. This article will attempt to set the record straight using facts. The bolded quotes are from the New York Post but are representative of what is out there. First, some context in the form of one of the few statements that the NYP got mostly right: Oswa...
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No Oswald Operation

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The personnel file of CIA agent George Joannides has finally been released. First, let's talk about what it does not show. It does not contain "smoking gun" proof that there was a COINTELPRO-style "Oswald Operation" as has been alleged by conspiracy gadfly Jefferson Morley for the past several years. In fact, despite what Axios reported on July 5th, the file does not provide the slightest hint that Joannides was even aware that Lee Harvey Oswald existed before the assassination much less that the CIA man "monitored" him. The file does not show that Joannides was given a Career Intelligence Medal for "stonewalling" the House Select Committee on Assassinations. Rather, as clearer heads have maintained all along, he was given the award for "the diversity of his assignments and the way he rose to the challenge of each," and the fact t...
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JFK File Expert Skeptical of Blakey's Joannides Claims

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Introduction Editor's Note: Scroll down to the bottom of the page if you prefer to see bullet points on this article. I have always heard that you call (or email) an expert when you have a problem. So, I contacted JFK file guru Robert Reynolds regarding the May 20th testimony of former HSCA staffer Dan Hardway. Reynolds is a professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at National Chi Nan University in Puli, Taiwan who researches the JFK assassination in his free time. Reynolds specializes in the JFK Assassination Records Collection—particularly the new file releases. Reynolds writes at his blog and elsewhere time permitting, but he frequently helps lost souls like myself by providing files and interpretations of the same. Throughout this article, Reynolds' comments will appear in blue blockquote. Much of the testimony at both the April 1st and May 20th Luna hearings centered around CIA officer George Joannides who served as both a DRE ...
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Morley Must Clarify the Record on Joannides

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Conspiracy author and researcher Jefferson Morley, who testified before a Congressional Task Force on April 1st, needs to do something to clarify the record. In a prepared statement submitted to the Task Force, Morley stated the following: Three top CIA officers lied under oath about JFK’s assassination. In the statement, Morley went on to identify the CIA men as James Angleton, Richard helms and George Joannides. I have previously addressed Morley's allegations concerning Helms . Fred Litwin has a five-part series discussing Morley and Angleton. That brings us to Joannides. Morley claims: In response to a direct request from HSCA investigator Dan Hardway, Joannides denied knowing who ran the AMSPELL program in 1963 — when, in fact, he himself had run it. It is true that Joannides was the case officer for the DRE in 1963. But what evidence is there that Hardway asked Joannides about the DRE either "under oath" or informally? According to Robert Reynolds ...
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Debunking Morley's Congressional Statement

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On April 1, 2025, conspiracy researcher and author Jefferson Morley submitted a written statement to the House Task Force on Declasification of Federal Secrets headed by Florida Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna. Morley's statement provided no new information but instead trotted out some timeworn myths that have been repeatedly debunked on this blog and elsewhere . And at the very least, Morley's claims have alternative explanations. Morley claims a "fact pattern" demonstrates CIA culpability in the JFK murder. The "tipping point" for Morley was a newly released document about the HTLINGUAL mail opening program. But being a skeptic, I would say that what convinced Morley that the CIA was complicit in the JFK case was the Oliver Stone film JFK which he viewed in the nineties. Let's look at his statements to the Task Force. Morley Claim: Richard Helms lied under oath to the Warren Commission when he said the CIA had only "minimal" knowledge...
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