The release of a 1961 plan to break up the CIA revives an old conspiracy theory about who killed JFK

JFK papers revive CIA conspiracy theory

A key adviser warned President John F. Kennedy after the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961 that the agency behind it, the CIA, grew too powerful. He proposed giving the State Department control of "all clandestine activities"…

A key advisor warned U.S. President John F.

The Release of a 1961 Plan to Break Up the CIA Revives an Old Conspiracy Theory About Who Killed JFK

Special Assistant Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s memo ends with a previously redacted page that spells out a proposal to give control of covert activities to the State Department and to split the CIA into two agencies.

Release of 1961 plan to break up CIA revives old conspiracy theory about who killed JFK

Key adviser warned President John F. Kennedy after the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961 that the agency behind it had grown too powerful

Release of 1961 plan to break up the CIA revives conspiracy theory about who killed JFK

Some readers of the previously redacted material in the memo saw it Thursday as evidence of mistrust between Kennedy and the CIA and giving credence to a long-circulating conspiracy theory that the CIA had a hand in Kernnedy’s assassination.

The release of a 1961 plan to break up the CIA revives an old conspiracy theory about who killed JFK

Newly released material from documents associated with President John F. Kennedy's assassination show that a key adviser wanted to break up the CIA after the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961.