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The Power to Assassinate

by Jacob G. Hornberger March 1, 2022

The power to assassinate has become so deeply entrenched within the national-security branch of the federal government that hardly anyone gives it a second thought. State-sponsored assassinations now occur on a regular basis, especially in the Middle East. Most everyone, especially the mainstream press, treats them in a nonchalant, ho-hum way. Hardly anyone questions where this extraordinary power to ...

Why Kennedy Had to Be Removed

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 1, 2018

The current, ongoing brouhaha over Russia helps to show explain why the U.S. national-security establishment removed President John F. Kennedy from office in the regime-change operation that took place on November 22, 1963. Yes, I know the official version that we are all expected to adhere to: that it is just inconceivable that the U.S. national-security establishment would initiate one ...

How to Understand JFK Conspiracy Theories

by Jacob G. Hornberger November 13, 2017

The recent October 26 deadline for releasing 50-year-old JFK-assassination records of the CIA and other federal agencies provided an opportunity for people to promote their favorite JFK assassination theories. The Russians did it. Fidel Castro did it. The U.S. national-security establishment did it. The Mafia did it. A lone nut named Lee Harvey Oswald did it. The reaction among some ...

The National Security State: The Biggest Mistake in U.S. History

by Jacob G. Hornberger June 28, 2017

The Future of Freedom Foundation hosted one of the most fascinating, important, and relevant conferences in our 27-year history. Entitled “The National Security State and JFK,” the conference was held on Saturday, June 3, 2017, at the Dulles Airport Marriott in Northern Virginia. Jacob Hornberger is founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, a ...

The Libertarian Angle – CIA & JFK

by Future of Freedom Foundation June 23, 2017

FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Jefferson Morley talk FFF's recent conference, "The National Security State & JFK." Go to the podcast.

CIA & JFK: The Secret Assassination Files

by Jacob G. Hornberger June 10, 2016

The following is the Foreword to FFF’s newest ebook CIA & JFK: The Secret Assassination Files by Jefferson Morley, which is being released today at Amazon.com I learned about Jefferson Morley in 2008, when I read a series of articles he had written about an ongoing Freedom of Information lawsuit that he had filed against the Central Intelligence Agency. ...

The CIA, Terrorism, and the Cold War: The Evil of the National Security State

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2016

The following is Chapter 1 of The Future of Freedom Foundation’s newest ebook, The CIA, Terrorism, and the Cold War: The Evil of the National Security State by Jacob Hornberger. Purchase the book for $1 here. The two most important words in the lives of the American people for the past 60 years have been “national security.” The ...

Allen Dulles: Architect of America’s Secret Government

by Michael Swanson March 1, 2016

David Talbot has written an important book that is destined to become a classic, because it helps us confront the darker aspects of our nation’s history. As American citizens we vote in elections and our television news keeps us up to speed with what is happening in politics. But much of what is decided for us is done so ...

The JFK Autopsy Cover-Up: The Testimony of Saundra Spencer

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 28, 2015

Ever since people began questioning the official findings of the Warren Commission regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the popular retort of Warren Commission supporters has been “Conspiracy theory!” That retort was somewhat successful in the early years — that is, during the time that the CIA and the Pentagon were successful in keeping their records relating to ...

Secrecy Benefited the National Security State in the JFK Assassination

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 14, 2015

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6-Secrecy of FFF’s new book Regime Change: The JFK Assassination by Jacob Hornberger. Immediately after the assassination , a shroud of secrecy was placed over it and its aftermath. Moreover, when the Warren Commission conducted its investigation several months later, many of its proceedings were held in secret, ...

The Killing Years

by Matthew Harwood December 1, 2013

The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth by Mark Mazzetti (Penguin Press 2013), 400 pages. Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield by Jeremy Scahill (Nation Books 2013), 680 pages. The young man reached across the table and pushed the timer’s red button. Looking up ...

JFK’s War With the National Security Establishment: Why Kennedy Was Assassinated, Part 1

by Douglas Horne August 5, 2013

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 Introduction I served on the staff of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) from August of 1995 through September of 1998, during the final three years of ...