Five Takeaways From the New JFK Assassination Files
The documents offer a rare window into some of the U.S. government’s most secret work, including CIA operations in Cuba and safe houses in Maryland
The Trump administration on Tuesday released more than 30,000 pages of previously classified or censored documents relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, providing insight into some of the Central Intelligence Agency’s most sensitive operations over decades. The documents are digitized paper documents going back to the 1960s, with faded typewritten text and handwritten notes.
The Warren Commission in 1964 found that Kennedy was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald and that Oswald acted alone. In the years since, a raft of alternate theories have bubbled up, fueled in part by the CIA’s own secrecy in the investigation.
Joel Schectman March 19, 2025
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