FBI turning off the alarm (flash) on 10/9/1963
I will make it easy for myself by referring to Bill Simpich's State Secret Chapter5 (maryferrell.org)
Subtitle : "Right before the 10/10 memos were created, the alarm that Oswald was a security risk was turned off".
Especially Bill Branigan versus his subordinates Gheesling and Anderson only raises more questions.
Would the FBI do such a thing upon the request (or tip) of the CIA ? Because LHO's file is to be used in a mole-hunt?
Don't think so, in a mole-hunt that simply
The question wasn't tailored so narrowly. You write: "The intriguing question is whether Gheesling and Anderson took Oswald off the security watch list based solely on the report about Oswald's cooperation with the FBI, or whether they had also been tipped off that a molehunt was about to begin with Oswald's file."
Golitsyn told the FBI, including Hoover, either directly or indirectly, that there was a Soviet agent in the Washington FBI office. You ask why was Oswald taken off the watch li