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\"I was the first African American secret service officer,\" Bolden said in his opening testimony. He described agents drinking on duty, \"smoking weed,\" and other misconduct, and said he objected to the behavior. Bolden also recounted incidents in which he said negatives of photographs he was in were removed and that he experienced discrimination in his assignments.

Bolden told the task force he was later prosecuted on charges he said were fabricated after he sought to testify to the Warren Commission; he described being arrested, denied counsel, forced to take medication, and otherwise mistreated. \"I was kidnapped out of Washington, DC, brought to Chicago, denied an attorney... forced me to take these drugs,\" Bolden said. Counsel for Bolden later characterized his prosecution as \"one of the most rigged\" cases they had studied and asserted key witnesses recanted their trial testimony.

Bolden and other witnesses also alleged problems with the handling of physical evidence and the presidential limousine after the assassination. Bolden described instructions to \"clean the car up\" and indicated he was told not to inform the FBI about some items observed at the scene.

Committee members thanked Bolden for his service and said staff would accept additional material for the record; no committee action was taken on Bolden's allegations during the hearing.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","The JFK Files: Assessing 60+ Years of Federal Government Obstruction, Obfuscation, and Deception","oneSentenceSummary","Abraham Bolden, the first African American Secret Service agent on Kennedy's detail, told the task force he faced racist conduct within the agency, alleged coverups related to protection details, and described being prosecuted and mistreated when he sought to speak publicly.","taxTitle","Oversight and Reform: House Committee, Standing Committees - House & Senate, Congressional Hearings Compilation, Legislative, Federal","taxId",1835,"location","","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":72,"_74":72},6227579,"Former investigators tell House task force CIA obstructed 1970s probe and ran operations using Lee Harvey Oswald in Mexico City",692,2292000,2984000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3490042-d0bf36415ad8a5f2d856702de7a9ecc7&start=2292&end=2984","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3490042-d0bf36415ad8a5f2d856702de7a9ecc7/thumbnail_2292000.jpg","/articles/6227579/Former-investigators-tell-House-task-force-CIA-obstructed-1970s-probe-and-ran-operations-using-Lee-Harvey-Oswald-in-Mexico-City","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6227579-4c0f032a711e653a7b37e4d1f257d6de/orig.mp4?Expires=1775362424&Signature=ZQqqdNY4aQhTvkcZfRvF526IkBVkvAfFvmp8hvJg9An1H4299Q4q67dmvSEFS3Ic6GkgAbP9VllGpwdl5SNObaUkOOsWEcZF5TRwgoKg56FOE0YozlZpXtbbD4FADqztE1m97~vcnGcWC5uscDfDOUbWt83Z6kcn6x-xSmokzCCmYbtRdo23-weCgJwrkaeVD0XoLzHbmqXfZgaYo4e8Djl8QFqTURa3~zZ-p3~uxdmyv9AY52UNK7~8iUIWgPoVrgp1CWfbbD8SFjnqCEOzI7Z9FYkeSR65ENWP5BSukLlZ1IXNjGUgaoBI5zBCSD2YjHREsuXoI~uIzPOnJ-CPnA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Former House Select Committee on Assassinations researchers and investigators told the House Oversight task force that the Central Intelligence Agency obstructed congressional probes into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and that the agency ran operations in Mexico City in which Lee Harvey Oswald was used as an asset.

\"For the past 62 years, the Central Intelligence Agency has actively and continuously obstructed the investigation of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy with no consequences for their actions,\" investigator Mr. Hardway testified. He described what he called an \"illegal domestic covert operation\" and said the CIA assigned an undercover officer to the select committee's investigation in 1978.

Mr. Hardway and other witnesses said the CIA used a propaganda and \"dangle\" operation in Mexico City in late 1963 involving Oswald and Cuban exile groups. He and others named a CIA officer, identified in testimony as George Joe Anides (also referenced in historical records under similar spellings), as an operative connected to those activities and urged the task force to seek immediate public release of his files. \"We now know that not only was DRE still a CIA operation all the way through 1963 and all the way up to April 1964,\" Mr. Hardway said.

Douglas Horne and Judge John Tunheim told the panel the ARRB sought related files in the 1990s and that some agency holdings were not presented to the review board. Tunheim said he had written to President Biden asking that the CIA release the Joe Anides file and had not received a response. Committee members and witnesses called for staff to press the CIA to locate and turn over those files, noting that records the ARRB requested were sometimes withheld, redacted or retyped before being shown to investigators in the 1970s.

Witnesses stopped short of asserting that CIA operational contact with Oswald proves agency involvement in the assassination. Mr. Hardway said operational use of Oswald does not necessarily mean the CIA directed the killing, though he argued such use creates a strong motive for agencies to constrain investigations. Members asked staff to obtain records identified by witnesses and to pursue foreign files and archival sources the witnesses said may contain additional information.","A former House Select Committee staffer and an investigator testified that the CIA obstructed congressional review and ran anti‑Cuba operations that involved Lee Harvey Oswald, prompting calls to release related CIA files.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":72,"_74":72},6227584,"Doctors, ARRB staff tell House task force key JFK autopsy materials are missing or inconsistent",3582,738000,4320000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3490042-d0bf36415ad8a5f2d856702de7a9ecc7&start=738&end=4320","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3490042-d0bf36415ad8a5f2d856702de7a9ecc7/thumbnail_738000.jpg","/articles/6227584/Doctors-ARRB-staff-tell-House-task-force-key-JFK-autopsy-materials-are-missing-or-inconsistent","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6227584-28d006e037fafbce5882c9bcd1a970e1/orig.mp4?Expires=1775362424&Signature=GkORLb9UIUZ11cheX1ITvQOUh2Hxo2eAb5eo-tPejKM7f2LCbwTM3X260v7sfqVZOe0ONqNnUKjTuDAnGC~wQxh~8tLJIgKJUY56xKjcu~yCMF75f1Ors3dDmL7mwlgMxbK1yA21vrCqs~JhdQeESAt96Na1okD8Zpxb7N-bMEPHkpiA~z~DYCFp53E8gEMOpG0N1S5fL3tfzKUYHq5gSwMTqI2bovK0BUUgJWFYS8BGrtVdKm0vy7fN~DDsje8AA7qBGv5~IEkoQDpBp5mNa~Iynp5E5jDv26vGKni9HEMOMVF6QlpTnMV6hwG148~fQvHCHucr7xhqRV~ex3Ko4w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Former Parkland Hospital physicians and analysts who worked on the Assassination Records Review Board told the task force that several autopsy materials and pieces of medical evidence related to President John F. Kennedy's death appear to be missing or inconsistent with later official records.

\"There was no exit wound,\" Dr. Don Curtis, an oral and facial surgeon who said he worked in Trauma Room 1 at Parkland Hospital on Nov. 22, 1963, told the task force. \"The magic bullet was a product of the Warren Commission that that, doesn't make any sense.\" Dr. Curtis said he observed two separate and fatal wounds to the president's throat and head and described performing an emergency procedure to obtain vascular access during resuscitation efforts.

Douglas Horne, a former senior analyst for the Assassination Records Review Board, told the committee he found multiple categories of photographs and x‑rays missing from the official archival collection, including alleged skull x‑rays, autopsy photographs taken from both inside and outside the cranium, and color prints described by witnesses as showing an exit defect in the rear of the head. \"The remains of President Kennedy's brain following its examination were placed in a stainless steel container in 1963, but the brain is missing today,\" Horne said in his testimony.

Judge John Tunheim, who chaired the ARRB, told the task force the board operated under a statutory presumption of immediate disclosure and that agencies were required to present records to the board. He said the board issued more than 27,000 rulings and that many agency delays and denials persisted despite the ARRB process.

Witnesses emphasized that the ARRB's mandate was to build the largest possible public record and to use a narrow set of justifications for continued protection (national security, intelligence methods, personal privacy, or protective methods for the president). Members of the task force said they would press the National Archives for increased staffing and pursue any remaining archival materials that were not presented to the review board.

The hearing did not produce new forensic conclusions; several witnesses and members said further forensic review of any recovered autopsy materials and high-resolution scans of the Zapruder film would be needed to address outstanding questions.","Medical witnesses and former Assassination Records Review Board staff testified that autopsy photos, x-rays and parts of the medical record are missing from the official collection, and that the medical evidence raises unresolved questions.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":103,"_47":104,"_49":105,"_51":106,"_53":107,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":108,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":109,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":72,"_74":72},6227589,"House task force presses agencies to release remaining JFK assassination records, seeks missing CIA file",0,628000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3490042-d0bf36415ad8a5f2d856702de7a9ecc7&start=628&end=628","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3490042-d0bf36415ad8a5f2d856702de7a9ecc7/thumbnail_628000.jpg","/articles/6227589/House-task-force-presses-agencies-to-release-remaining-JFK-assassination-records-seeks-missing-CIA-file","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6227589-04c74669b2a586c372596f1017f56606/orig.mp4?Expires=1775362424&Signature=DEEneZ0ORv4xUSxApCitdYEOLjrH7GKK~OHNrpjcSs7d9GBXyZKCkOsF7BGoIhGS9FGAcDs6bCX9DjXveaNQZLgp~uh6mONiTT8CzMNNAmLL4rZ7VkyDMdzfTC-eqMm16brXJ0t5kEi0z~km5pcMI9nRddOhFlyAaoWjMlwTvuB4hET-VmvgbBPuNuT69xLR3Qek~3qqDkDAFlhDcFNA4kB032P8YWxeiBz08ZoEN-kdU00X1aaoXmLdybe3tvfEQ3hrTa4PrHhWQRP3CxioTpwWwl6Nh~Bwt7e2VhE~9FtIMfceJgJRB6FVUwgWr9eiGgelvtGahfwnBhXr4sHxcA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House Oversight and Reform Committee's Task Force on Declassification of Federal Records on March 18 held testimony calling for broader release of records related to President John F. Kennedy's 1963 assassination and pressing intelligence agencies to locate documents the panel says remain missing.

Chairwoman Luna, who leads the task force, said the group's aim is to \"root out the hidden pockets of federal government\" that have kept records from researchers and the public. \"The task force on declassification of federal secrets is not here to provide the definitive account of what happened on 11/22/1963,\" she said, \"but to push forward the release of information so these theories can be put to bed and so the American people can finally have truth.\"

The hearing combined testimony from former investigators, researchers and medical personnel who urged continued declassification and called attention to specific files the committee wants produced. Ranking Member Garcia said the March 18 National Archives release of more than 77,000 pages added \"color and more information to the historical record,\" but urged the task force to work in a bipartisan way to keep pushing agencies for additional material.

Witnesses and former officials described long delays and partial compliance under previous review efforts, including the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) created under the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992. Judge John Tunheim, who chaired the ARRB, told the task force the ARRB operated under a congressional mandate that gave assassination records a \"presumption of immediate disclosure\" and that the board issued more than 27,000 rulings during its term.

Members repeatedly asked staff to pursue specific outstanding items. Chairwoman Luna and others said agency officials have told them that four of five outstanding CIA documents would be publicly released soon but that one file remains missing; witnesses and members identified that file in testimony using several names (e.g., \"Joan Eades\" and variations) and urged the committee to press the CIA for its recovery and release. The panel also asked the National Archives and outside parties (including NBC) to reassess footage and materials requested by the task force.

The hearing produced no formal vote but included unanimous consent requests entered on the record (for example, waivers for certain members to participate and letters to be included in the hearing record). Members said they will submit follow‑up inquiries and that staff will continue efforts to locate the specific files and footage discussed.

The task force signaled further action: members gave staff five legislative days to submit materials and questions, and leaders said they will pursue the outstanding CIA file, as well as related foreign files and media footage, in follow‑up work.","A House Oversight task force hearing on declassification focused on remaining withheld JFK assassination records and directed follow‑up to locate several documents, including a CIA file the panel says remains outstanding.","actionData","errors"]

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