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CIA Officer Monitored Lee Harvey Oswald Before JFK Assassination, New Docs Reveal

Benny JohnsonAugust 17, 202512 min174,417 views
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New Revelations on JFK Assassination

  • 🎯 Newly disclosed documents reveal a CIA operative specializing in psychological warfare interacted with Lee Harvey Oswald months before the JFK assassination.
  • 🕵️ The operative, George Joannides, also ran interference against congressional investigators probing the CIA's potential connection to the killing.
  • 🏛️ Joannides, who led the Miami field office, was involved in covert operations like Operation Northwoods and lied to Congress about his identity and role.

CIA's Role and Cover-Up

  • 💡 The documents suggest the CIA was actively monitoring Oswald and that he was not acting alone, contradicting the lone gunman theory.
  • ⚠️ It is alleged that the CIA's actions, including monitoring Oswald and lying to investigators, effectively compromised the integrity of the investigation.
  • 🎖️ Joannides received a medal from the CIA for intelligence work, even after lying to Congress about his involvement with Oswald.

Historical Context and Implications

  • 🚀 The revelations come from a mandated disclosure of JFK files, with hundreds of thousands of documents released so far, painting a picture of CIA black operations and foreign intelligence agency involvement.
  • 🇨🇺 Previous releases indicated the CIA knew more about Oswald than publicly stated, with some suggesting CIA elements were involved in JFK's removal.
  • 🗣️ The video references past discussions where President Trump indicated he withheld documents because he was shown information that would prevent their release, implying fear of powerful entities.

Broader Conspiracy Theories

  • 💥 The speaker posits that the CIA's actions, including the Bay of Pigs operation and JFK's refusal of air support, may have led to retaliation against the President.
  • 🔍 The ongoing release of documents, like those concerning Joannides, suggests a decades-long cover-up by the CIA regarding its direct involvement with Oswald.
  • ⏳ The speaker notes that these truths are only emerging now, after most involved parties are deceased, allowing the CIA to admit to certain facts without significant repercussions.
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JFK AssassinationCIALee Harvey OswaldGeorge JoannidesPsychological WarfareCover-UpDeclassified DocumentsOperation NorthwoodsHouse Select Committee on AssassinationsDeep StateConspiracy TheoriesBay of PigsTrump AdministrationJFK Files
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