Benjamin Cole Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 Evidently, the building Morley identified as possibly holding JFK Records is heavily guarded. The Federal Protective Service, mentioned herein, is an interesting organization. GALLERY: Guarding the 'Perimeter': Outside the CIA's Secret JFK Archive My photographic investigation drew security attention CHAD NAGLE OCT 9 READ IN APP In taking photos of the building at the center of Jefferson Morley’s exclusive report, the CIA’s secret JFK archive, I quickly attracted the attention of a four-man security crew in a Humvee. They followed me after I took a picture of the front entrance. A guy in a black "Security" t-shirt was looking right at my camera when I snapped a pic. You can see him, face blurred, in Photo #6. The CIA's secret archive of JFK assassination records was housed in this office building in Herndon, Virginia Sure enough, soon after I parked in the next door facility (a similar office block but empty and for lease), along came these guys (average age, approximately 27) in cammy fatigues with flak vests and lots of guns and ammo. One was holding a machine gun of some sort. They gave me the "nice, easy-goin' guy" routine, telling me they just wanted to find out what I was doing, since it was a "federal facility" 'n' all. Upgrade to paid They might have been part of the Federal Protective Service, which guards U.S. government facilities, but they did not identify themselves. The FPS has been in the news because the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 has called for further exploiting FPS’s protective mission for political ends. “Project 2025 proposes to deploy FPS to quash mass protests while making the agency directly responsive to political decision makers,” according to New York University’s Brennan Center. Fortunately, they didn’t quash me. But they did want to know my business. I told the guards I was a reporter doing a story on the building, which is believed might still hold documents relevant to the assassination of President Kennedy. I said I wanted a pic that was better than Google Maps street view. The good cop who did all the talking, just nodded and said that was "cool," informing me that I wouldn't be allowed to "breach the perimeter.” I wasn’t planning to do that, given the heavy black metal fence with barbed wire on top that surrounded the place at a substantial radius. As they left me alone in the parking lot, I asked if I could take their picture. A "bad cop" said no as he shook his head brusquely. They got back in their Humvee and drove off. The gallery shows the CIA building from all angles. As Morley’s story makes clear, the building once housed an archive of JFK assassination records. Is the JFK archive still located there? A CIA spokesperson did not respond to that question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W. Tracy Parnell Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 The facility is real enough. What he can't prove the existence of are the tape his source describes or the document. Also, I am confused as to why he thinks it is significant that security came out to question someone taking photos of the building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Griffith Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 Yes, the facility is real, but the whistleblower's story is not credible for reasons that I've presented in a related thread (Ye's revelant story thread). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Cole Posted October 11 Author Share Posted October 11 10 hours ago, W. Tracy Parnell said: The facility is real enough. What he can't prove the existence of are the tape his source describes or the document. Also, I am confused as to why he thinks it is significant that security came out to question someone taking photos of the building. WTP-- Thanks for you collegial comment. As you know, both CT'er and LN'ers sometimes cite evidence or events that are just loony. For example, that Gov. Connally's scar on his back was large, as he was struck by a tumbling bullet. Or that LHO not being debriefed, interviewed or even detained upon his return from Russia was normal, the way intelligence and judicial agencies are expected to operate. Or CT'ers who claim a blurry photo of somebody on the TSBD steps, who actually looks somewhat like a broad-set woman, must be LHO. In this case, Morley (and Nagle) went to the effort to verify those parts of their source's story that they could. If four armed guards in camo approach a lone photographer near the CIA storage facility...well, something serious is being stored there. Also, it is being stored away from CIA HQ. Morley is a seasoned reporter, and in the JFKA biz for a long time. He has shown himself to be circumspect and careful. Morley may have obscured or even told white lies about certain aspects of this bit of reporting, in order to protect the true identity of his source. The Biden Administration snuff job on the JFK Records Act...does not inspire faith in government transparency. That is what the chief executive and AG are willing to do publicly, and without apology. A measure a skepticism regarding secrecy inside the CIA, and other intel agencies, regarding the JFKA is warranted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Cole Posted October 11 Author Share Posted October 11 8 hours ago, Michael Griffith said: Yes, the facility is real, but the whistleblower's story is not credible for reasons that I've presented in a related thread (Ye's revelant story thread). MG- Thanks for your collegial comment. I never worked in a secure facility of any kind, so I will defer to your judgement on some aspects of Morley's story. However: "I find it curious and discrediting that Morley's source said nothing about why they were supposedly allowed to enter this room and to see such sensitive material."-MG I have worked a reporter. Many times, sources will ask to be anonymous, and to have no information released that could reveal who they are. I assume Morley tried to verify the credibility of this source. By publicly revealing why the source had access to the material, Morley might reveal who is the source, or narrow down who it could be. No source wants to be on a short-list of possible suspect leakers, especially if working for the CIA. I agree that a plastic box holding videos may, or may not, contain anything of note. Possibly even just out-takes from Dallas TV stations, circa 1963, or the like. Maybe someone at the CIA was scanning faces in Dallas, looking for faces seen in Miami, when a JFK visit there was scotched for security reasons. Remember, the CIA did conduct its own JFKA investigation of the Cuban exile-merc community, post-JFKA, and the results of that investigation are under lock-and-key somewhere. Maybe where Morley/Nagle have been sniffing around. All just IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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