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The CIA

October 4, 2024

CIA director was part of a 'benign cover-up' to withhold information from investigators about JFK's assassination Declassified CIA reports claim former CIA Director Jon McCone withheld information about President John F Kennedy's assassination The reports claim McCone and other top officials were part of a 'benign cover up' to keep the Warren Commission focused on Lee Harvey Oswald McCone concluded in his assessment that Oswald, a former Marine, was a 'lone gunman' who acted on his own The Warren Commission's final report was consistent with McCone's The declassified CIA reports did not raise question about the findings of the Warren Commission, including that Oswald was the gunman But the reports acknowledge the failure in the CIA's dealings with the Warren Commission The CIA report offers no conclusion as McCone's motivations to cover up agency activities  A former CIA director withheld information about President John F Kennedy's assassination, according to declassified agency reports.