MetaFilter posts tagged with CIA and assassination

Sirhan Sirhan or the Tin Foil Hat?

orthogonality — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:30:54 -0800

"I was in Dallas when we got the son of a bitch and I was in Los Angeles when we got the little bastard."

Film-maker Shane O'Sullivan has spent the last three years investigating the assassination of Bobby Kennedy in 1968. He has uncovered new evidence that at least three CIA agents were in the hotel the night he died. Tonight we [BBC's Newsnight programme] show the findings and ask could CIA agents have had something to do with the murder of RFK?

The Still Unsolved Stoffel Affair: How Is Known – but Not Who or Why

Postroad — Tue, 10 May 2005 12:53:39 -0800

The Still Unsolved Stoffel Affair: How Is Known – but Not Who or Why Iraqi guerrillas calling themselves Rafidan – the Political Committee of the Mujahideen Central Command – have recently woken up and begun releasing a series of communiqués claiming to shed new light on the still unsolved deaths on December 8, 2004, of two Americans, Dale C. Stoffel, 43, whom they describe as “a CIA shadow manager in Iraq, close friend of George Bush,” and his associate Joseph J. Wemple, also 43.

Apparent Suicide

odinsdream — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:59:55 -0800

Investigative journalist Gary Webb found dead of an apparent suicide. Webb is known for his Dark Alliance series, linking the CIA to drug trafficking. As you can imagine, not everyone responded well to his work, especially his employer. An interview with Webb can be found here.

Gary Webb: I look like an idiot up here with all these mikes, the CIA agents are probably behind one or the other... [laughter from the audience]. - Jan 16, 1999

American killed by American government in anti-terrorism campaign

skoosh — Wed, 13 Nov 2002 17:23:47 -0800

Ten days ago in Yemen, a car carrying several men, including an American citizen, was blown up. They were deliberately killed by a missile fired from a CIA drone aircraft. The American is from Lackawanna, New York, about nine miles away from my house. When I first heard about this bombing, I thought of Orlando Letelier. Where are the lines now separating law enforcement and war, targeted strikes and murder?

alms — Tue, 05 Nov 2002 14:14:40 -0800

The CIA is back in the business of committing assasinations on foreign soil. Meanwhile, the administration still objects to Israel's policy of targeted killings because of its effect on the peace process.

vbfg — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 04:24:41 -0800

The Lie That Linked CIA to the Kennedy Assassination, an essay by the CIA