LEVER TIME: The JFK Files And The CIA

In the new episode of our  weekly podcast Lever Time, David Sirota is joined by investigative journalist Jefferson Morley, one of the foremost experts on the assassination of president John F. Kennedy.

David and Jeff discuss the trove of classified documents pertaining to the assassination that were recently released by the Biden administration, what we learned from the materials, and the potential reasons why the CIA is still withholding an estimated 4,000 additional documents (8:49).

A rough transcript of the episode is available here.

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