The LBJ-Did-It Operation Continues to Unfold

[James Lewis]

Seamus, I agree with your point about sticking to tangibles. Too many theories tend to materialize out of thin air with very little actual "evidence" to support them. Speaking of James Angleton and the subject of tangibles, though, I know this much:

Angleton's CI/SIG group at the very least knew about assassination plots and probably participated in some.

Angleton, CI (Counterintelligence), and people who were closely connected to him (David Phillips, Winston Scott) were the source of the majority of the "Castro-did-it" disinformation spread immediately after the assassination.

Angleton's CI/SIG group (Counterintelligence/Special Investigations Group) held a CIA 201 file on Oswald, which means that at the very least, Oswald was a CIA asset, whether wittingly or unwittingly (I suspect the latter).

Angleton and SIG's treatment of defector Yuri Nosenko was a clear indication that he and the Agency wanted to make sure that Oswald would be known as a lone assassin (Remember, Nosenko said that the KGB had no operational interest in Oswald, and he was basically tortured for three years for that statement)

When you put that together with the infamous Hunt memo, which damn near admits Agency participation in the assassination, you can see that although many would like to blame the Mossad, they weren't really needed - we had enough mechanics over here.