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Former investigators tell House panel CIA obstructed inquiries and ran operations tied to Lee Harvey Oswald
Summary
Former House Select Committee investigators and Assassination Records Review Board staff testified that the CIA obstructed investigations into the Kennedy assassination, withheld documents and ran an operation that used Lee Harvey Oswald as an asset in Mexico City prior to the killing.
Multiple witnesses who worked on past congressional investigations and the Assassination Records Review Board told a House task force March 18, 2025, that the Central Intelligence Agency obstructed inquiries into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, withheld material from investigators and conducted covert operations involving Lee Harvey Oswald in Mexico City in 1963.
Mister Hardway, a former investigator with the House Select Committee on Assassinations, testified that the CIA "actively and continuously obstructed" investigations and that an undercover officer assigned to the committee impeded staff efforts in 1978. He described the officer, identified in historical records as George Joannides, as having been presented to committee staff as unrelated to the Kennedy case, while his activities suggested otherwise. "They…
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