Jeff Morley Says Castro Did Not Do It

[Benjamin Cole]

Jeff Morley, who says there is a "fact pattern" that the CIA was somehow involved in the JFKA, says there is a "paucity" of evidence that Castro was involved (see below).

Maybe so. But then--- 

Fidel Castro, through the Brazilian ambassador, warned "U.S. leaders" in September 1963 that they would "not be safe" if they continued aiding "terrorist plans to eliminate Cuban leaders".  (Fidel also told a reporter the same thing).

This warning was issued on September 7, 1963, at the Brazilian Embassy in Havana. The timing and location led some nervous CIA men to wonder if Castro was signaling his knowledge of a secret CIA meeting with a Cuban national (code name AM/LASH, later identified as Rolando Cubela) in São Paulo, Brazil, earlier that same day to discuss assassination plots.

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In truth, there is paucity of evidence of any organization being behind the JFKA. Only speculation. A ton of work has gone into showing a CIA connection...and we still have only straws to grasp at.

Bill Harvey might have been seen on a plane headed for Dallas in 1963! Evidence! A fact pattern!

In fact, KGB and G-2 were involved with LHO. Does that mean they prompted LHO into the JFKA? That's speculative too.

Here is Morley:

Another Investigator Cites a Missing JFK Document. Why Now?
Six decades after JFK's death, opposing forces in Washington still battle for control of the story of his assassination.
JEFFERSON MORLEY
 

The CIA is sitting on a document showing that the Mexican government believed Fidel Castro was behind the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. So says Washington Post columnist David Ignatius in a column in which I am quoted.

Ignatius’ source, Washington attorney James Johnston, is credible. He investigated the CIA in 1975-76 for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities and has written a book on JFK’s assassination. He told Ignatius a story that he had never told before: that CIA officials showed him a classified document in 1975 asserting that “the Mexican government had investigated Kennedy’s assassination and concluded Cuba was responsible.”

According to a vetting slip that Johnston saw, the file “had only been read by five other people, one of whom was Richard Helms, who headed the CIA from 1966 to 1973.”

I believe Johnston when he says he saw such a document. He’s well-informed, has extensive investigative experience, and he’s an advocate of full disclosure. (Earlier this year, he told “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” about another CIA document that seems to be missing.)

If there is such a document, the Agency should, of course, release it. As I told Ignatius, “I’m not aware that the CIA has released any such document.”

But, as I also told the Post columnist., there is no evidence that Mexican security officials ever implicated Cuba in JFK’s death, which is important context for this story.

Remember too, that the “Castro Done It” theory is a hardy perennial in the discourse around JFK’s assassination. To fully understand Ignatius’ column, it is essential to know the origins of “Castro Done It” theory, the paucity of credible evidence to support it, and (this is key) why it has resurfaced at this moment...[/size][/size]
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[Tom Graves]

Jeff Morley, who says there is a "fact pattern" that the CIA was somehow involved in the JFKA, says there is a "paucity" of evidence that Castro was involved (see below).

Maybe so. But then--- 

Fidel Castro, through the Brazilian ambassador, warned "U.S. leaders" in September 1963 that they would "not be safe" if they continued aiding "terrorist plans to eliminate Cuban leaders".  (Fidel also told a reporter the same thing).

This warning was issued on September 7, 1963, at the Brazilian Embassy in Havana. The timing and location led some nervous CIA men to wonder if Castro was signaling his knowledge of a secret CIA meeting with a Cuban national (code name AM/LASH, later identified as Rolando Cubela) in São Paulo, Brazil, earlier that same day to discuss assassination plots.

---

In truth, there is paucity of evidence of any organization being behind the JFKA. Only speculation. A ton of work has gone into showing a CIA connection...and we still have only straws to grasp at.

Bill Harvey might have been seen on a plane headed for Dallas in 1963! Evidence! A fact pattern!

In fact, KGB and G-2 were involved with LHO. Does that mean they prompted LHO into the JFKA? That's speculative too.

Here is Morley:

Another Investigator Cites a Missing JFK Document. Why Now?
Six decades after JFK's death, opposing forces in Washington still battle for control of the story of his assassination.
JEFFERSON MORLEY
 

The CIA is sitting on a document showing that the Mexican government believed Fidel Castro was behind the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. So says Washington Post columnist David Ignatius in a column in which I am quoted.

Ignatius’ source, Washington attorney James Johnston, is credible. He investigated the CIA in 1975-76 for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities and has written a book on JFK’s assassination. He told Ignatius a story that he had never told before: that CIA officials showed him a classified document in 1975 asserting that “the Mexican government had investigated Kennedy’s assassination and concluded Cuba was responsible.”

According to a vetting slip that Johnston saw, the file “had only been read by five other people, one of whom was Richard Helms, who headed the CIA from 1966 to 1973.”

I believe Johnston when he says he saw such a document. He’s well-informed, has extensive investigative experience, and he’s an advocate of full disclosure. (Earlier this year, he told “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” about another CIA document that seems to be missing.)

If there is such a document, the Agency should, of course, release it. As I told Ignatius, “I’m not aware that the CIA has released any such document.”

But, as I also told the Post columnist., there is no evidence that Mexican security officials ever implicated Cuba in JFK’s death, which is important context for this story.

Remember too, that the “Castro Done It” theory is a hardy perennial in the discourse around JFK’s assassination. To fully understand Ignatius’ column, it is essential to know the origins of “Castro Done It” theory, the paucity of credible evidence to support it, and (this is key) why it has resurfaced at this moment...[/size][/size]
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Of course not.

"THE EVIL, EVIL, EVIL CIA DID IT!!!"

-- Jefferson "Comrade" Morley

[Benjamin Cole]

Jeff Morley may be clean of Moscow connections.

Oliver Stone is a more dubious example.

[Tom Graves]

Jeff Morley may be clean of Moscow connections.

Oliver Stone is a more dubious example.

Dear Mr. Conspiracy Minded,

A "useful idiot" is a "useful idiot."

(Useful idiot --  It's an old KGB expression)

[Benjamin Cole]

TG: BTW, Mel Gibson is a punk.

[Michael T. Griffith]

The Castro-did-it theory makes absolutely no sense. Why would Castro have risked trying to kill JFK when JFK's vice president, LBJ, was known to be more hawkish, and when discovery of Castro's role would have given the U.S. undeniable justification to invade Cuba?

As Castro himself told the HSCA, he would have had to be insane to take such a risk.

[Tom Graves]

The Castro-did-it theory makes absolutely no sense. Why would Castro have risked trying to kill JFK when JFK's vice president, LBJ, was known to be more hawkish, and when discovery of Castro's role would have given the U.S. undeniable justification to invade Cuba?

As Castro himself told the HSCA, he would have had to be insane to take such a risk.

It was the evil, evil, evil CIA, right?

[Benjamin Cole]

MTG-

Yes, but in September, Castro threatened the Kennedy brothers.

"At a diplomatic reception on September 7, 1963, Castro told an Associated Press reporter that if the U.S. was involved in plots against Cuban leaders, their own leaders would not be safe, specifically mentioning John and Robert Kennedy: "Let Kennedy and his brother Robert take care of themselves, since they, too, can be a victim of an attempt that can cause their deaths". This statement gained international attention. The remark occurred amid U.S. covert operations and assassination attempts against Castro. It later contributed to conspiracy theories regarding Cuba's potential role in President Kennedy's assassination in November 1963."

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Then, in November of 1963, the CIA was trying to get Rolanda Cubela to assassinate Castro---problem: Cubela was likely a a false or double-agent. (See Cubela and poison pen stories)

So, likely Castro was aware in November of 1963 that the CIA, under pressure from RFK, was still pondering his assassination. After many previous attempts.

In addition, just as there were elements with the CIA who may have been "rogue," so too in the G2.

Of course, after the JFKA, Castro and G2 would deny involvement. Do you expect Castro to say, "Oh yes, we shot JFK, with a couple of guys and the true Marxist hero LHO!"

The Mexican government report, claiming the Cubans did it, would be an interesting read---why is it not in the public record?

As you know, the WC's mission was to find LHO the lone assassin.

And not a hired or manipulated killer connected to any organization, foreign or domestic.