Declassified CIA Files Reveal RFK Sr, Was a ‘Voluntary Informant’ – IOTW Report

Declassified CIA Files Reveal RFK Sr, Was a ‘Voluntary Informant’

Breitbart: Newly-declassified files reveal that Robert F. Kennedy Sr. served as a “voluntary informant” to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) before his 1968 assassination.

The CIA released an additional 1,450 pages of “historic material” related to the shooting of then-senator and presidential candidate RFK on Thursday, bringing the total number of declassified pages on the matter from the agency to nearly 5,000, according to a statement from Director John Ratcliffe.

Many of the new pages detailed a 1955 trip RFK took to the former Soviet Union along with Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, revealing to the public for the first time that he volunteered his on-the-ground experiences while visiting the U.S. adversary to the CIA. 

“Mr. Kennedy served the Agency as a voluntary informant,” receiving briefings prior to and following his trip to Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kirghizia and other locations around the U.S.S.R., the files state. more

4 Comments on Declassified CIA Files Reveal RFK Sr, Was a ‘Voluntary Informant’

  1. This was not unusual for people visiting Soviet-controlled areas. One history professor of mine married a woman from Finland and visited Finland once. During the trip, they crossed into Russia. Their bus was stopped and the professor was singled out, removed from the bus, and questioned in a friendly manner by two guys speaking perfect English.
    This went on for 90 minutes. He was escorted back to the bus and they continued their trip.
    He interpreted this as the KGB knew he was American and that he was being watched.

    3

Comments are closed.