CIA Report: Director John McCone Withheld JFK Assassination Information | Dr. Paul T. Carter

Summary: CIA Director McCone's Cover-up in JFK Investigation:

- (00:00-00:26) In the 1970s, former CIA Director John McCone denied knowledge of CIA-Mafia plots to assassinate Fidel Castro, claiming other officials withheld this information from him.

- (01:33-02:29) McCone became CIA Director in 1961 after Kennedy forced out Allan Dulles following the Bay of Pigs failure. He was an outsider tasked with restoring order to the agency.

- (03:10-03:42) After JFK's assassination, McCone testified to the Warren Commission that the CIA had no evidence of Lee Harvey Oswald being part of any conspiracy, supporting the "lone wolf" theory.

- (04:22-04:57) A declassified 2013 CIA report by historian David Robarge revealed McCone was at the center of a "benign cover-up" to keep the Warren Commission focused on Oswald acting alone.

- (04:57-05:31) The most critical withheld information was the existence of CIA-Mafia plots to assassinate Castro, which could have prompted investigation into whether Oswald had Cuban accomplices seeking retaliation.

- (06:24-07:07) McCone directed the CIA to provide only "passive, reactive and selective assistance" to the Warren Commission, being much more hands-on in controlling information than previously known.

- (08:01-08:39) Additional concealed information included possible CIA communication with Oswald before 1963 and secret monitoring of his mail after his 1959 Soviet defection attempt.

- (09:41-10:07) The 2013 report concluded McCone's 1978 congressional testimony was "neither frank nor accurate" since he had been informed about the Castro plots 9 months before his Warren Commission appearance.

- (10:32-11:02) The CIA's decision not to disclose anti-Castro schemes "might have done more to undermine the credibility of the commission than anything else," making McCone "a co-conspirator in the JFK assassination cover-up."

- (13:08) The declassified report still contains 15 redacted sections, indicating ongoing secrets about the Kennedy assassination remain in CIA files.
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Original Source Attribution:

'CIA Confirms: Director John McCone withheld information on President Kennedy's Assassination' | Dr. Paul T. Carter | Sep 11, 2025 | https://youtu.be/YDsi-Akq4r8?si=WKIr4DkFupCMskML

CIA Director John McCone was long suspected of withholding information from the Warren Commission, the official body investigating the John F. Kennedy assassination in 1963. The CIA admits in a declassified report that McCone did withhold information. This video contains Warren Commission footage, Fidel Castro footage, and Kennedy funeral procession footage.

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