Jefferson Morley's Unbearable Lightness of Being

[Tim Nickerson]

In the summer of 63' Carlos Bringuier notified the group's leaders in Miami about his confrontations with LHO. Rocha, the DRE's leader, reported to Howard/Joannides.

In the immediate aftermath of 11/22/63, Howard/Joannides approved the DRE's efforts to go to the Press with details about Oswald's pro-Castro activism in New Orleans:

Your claim that Joannides approved the DRE's efforts to go to the press is lacking any real support. Where does the claim about Rocha receiving instruction from Joannides come from? Lanuza? Doubtful. The writer of the piece seemed to be adding his own spin on things. He has Joannides as being DRE's CIA handler and giving the instruction to Roche.

[Jon Banks]

Your claim that Joannides approved the DRE's efforts to go to the press is lacking any real support.

Where does the claim about Rocha receiving instruction from Joannides come from? Lanuza? Doubtful. The writer of the piece seemed to be adding his own spin on things. He has Joannides as being DRE's CIA handler and giving the instruction to Roche.

From the Washington Post:

...when the news hit that Oswald had been arrested three months later, Lanuza and Rocha called Howard. Lanuza said Howard told them to call the FBI and provide the letter, and then alert the media to Oswald’s pro-Cuba leanings. The FBI came and took Oswald’s letter with a promise to return it, Lanuza said, but never did.

Lanuza then phoned his contacts in the news media, who promptly added Oswald’s political leanings to their coverage. The Fair Play for Cuba Committee soon imploded from its association with Oswald, a massive victory for the CIA — and for Howard.

Morley and other researchers always suspected Howard was Joannides, who died in 1990, but it wasn’t confirmed until the driver’s license documents were released July 3.

“Why couldn’t they say that [before 2025]?” Morley asked. “I think the only reason is there’s something nefarious going on. If it’s something innocent, just say this is what happened.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/14/cia-oswald-jfk-assassination-joannides/


Lanuza, the press officer for the DRE at the time, is the source of the claim that "Howard" approved of their going to the Press with information about their run-ins with Oswald in New Orleans. He has been telling that story for years.

The newly declassified files on Joannides confirm that "Howard Gebler" was his alias.

During the ARRB, the CIA denied that "Howard" existed. We now know that "Howard" did in fact exist and he was Joannides.

This stuff isn't as complicated as you're making it seem.

[Tim Nickerson]

From the Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/14/cia-oswald-jfk-assassination-joannides/


Lanuza, the press officer for the DRE at the time, is the source of the claim that "Howard" approved of their going to the Press with information about their run-ins with Oswald in New Orleans. He has been telling that story for years.

The newly declassified files on Joannides confirm that "Howard Gebler" was his alias.

During the ARRB, the CIA denied that "Howard" existed. We now know that "Howard" did in fact exist and he was Joannides.

This stuff isn't as complicated as you're making it seem.

The problem that I'm having is with the assertion that Roche and Lanuza needed the approval of Howard (Joannides) before going to the Press with information about DREs run-ins with Oswald in New Orleans.  I can't access the Post article. What is the real support for that assertion?