That JFK files dump actually had some wild details nobody talked about

I spent last weekend digging through the latest JFK document release from the archives, and I kept seeing people online claim the CIA did everything in broad daylight with no secrets. But I found a memo from 1963 where an FBI informant in Miami reported a guy named Frank saying Oswald was set up as a patsy weeks before the shooting happened. The FBI stamped it as 'not credible' and buried it in a file that didn't get digitized until 2022. That's not a smoking gun on its own, but it shows how agencies just decided what to ignore. Most conspiracy debates skip over these little paper trails and go straight to magic bullets and grassy knolls. Why does nobody talk about the actual reports that got ignored, not just the shots? Has anyone else read through those files or am I the only nerd with too much free time?

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jakewhite1mo ago

Wait, did you actually find the original file location for that Miami memo or was it referenced in another document? I did something similar a few years ago when I got obsessed with the HSCA records from the 90s. I found a witness statement from a Dallas police officer who said he saw a second rifle in the school book depository window like an hour after the shooting, but it was filed under "administrative errors" and never mentioned again. What worked for me was cross-referencing the footnotes from the Warren Commission volumes because they often lead to stuff that didn't make the final report. The FBI and CIA both had this habit of tagging things as "speculative" or "unsubstantiated" just to avoid having to explain them later. It's crazy how much of the real story is hiding in plain sight if you're willing to scroll through 500 pages of bureaucratic jargon.

nora101mo ago

The Miami memo was actually buried in a footnote from a House committee hearing, not the main document itself. I spent three weeks chasing it down after noticing the citation didn't match any of the standard numbering systems they used. Your story about the second rifle in the depository window gives me chills, that's exactly the kind of thing that makes you wonder what else got shoved in the wrong drawer on purpose. Have you tried checking the Army's classified records from 1964, they had a separate filing system that sometimes caught things the FBI tried to lose?