Jefferson Morley

Jefferson Morley is an American independent journalist and author. He has written a number of books about American history, particularly the history of the CIA and the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Morley grew up in Minneapolis and attended Yale University.[1] His grandfather is Felix Morley.[2] He worked for The New Republic,[3] and later as a Washington Post writer for 15 years.[1][4] He has also written for Salon[5] and The Intercept.[6]

In 2007, he became the national editorial director of the Center for Independent Media.[4] As of 2022, Morley was vice-president of the Mary Ferrell Foundation.[7] He is the editor of the substack blog "JFK Facts".[8] He was interviewed for the 2021 documentary JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass.[9] In 2025 he testified at the first hearing of the House Oversight Committee's "Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets".[10]

Books

  • Morley, Jefferson (2008). Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-700-61571-1.[11]
  • Stanley, Lawrence A.; Morley, Jefferson, eds. (1992). Rap: The Lyrics. New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-014788-9.[12]
  • Morley, Jefferson (2012). Snow-Storm in August: Washington City, Francis Scott Key, and the Forgotten Race Riot of 1835. New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-53337-9. OCLC 757466911.[13][14]
  • Morley, Jefferson (2017). The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-1-250-08061-5.[15]
  • Morley, Jefferson (2022). Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-1-250-27583-7.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b Hage, Dave (November 7, 2017). "Review: 'The Ghost,' by Jefferson Morley". The Minnesota Star Tribune.
  2. ^ Hammond, Phil, ed. (1997). Cultural Difference, Media Memories Anglo-American Images of Japan. Cassell. p. 170.
  3. ^ Schuessler, Jennifer (February 28, 2014). "A Bastion for Israel, Seething Inside". The New York Times.
  4. ^ a b Romenesko, Jim (October 16, 2007). "WP veteran Morley joins Center for Independent Media". Poynter Institute. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  5. ^ "Jefferson Morley". Salon.com. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  6. ^ "Jefferson Morley". The Intercept. October 20, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  7. ^ Wang, Amy B.; Paybarah, Azi (December 16, 2022). "National Archives releases thousands of documents on Kennedy assassination". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  8. ^ Moriarty, Erin (August 10, 2025). "The JFK Files". CBS.
  9. ^ Hawkins, John Kendall (January 10, 2023). "An Interview With Jefferson Morley on the CIA, Nixon and the Assassination of JFK". CounterPunch.
  10. ^ Schiefelbein, Mark (April 1, 2025). "Oliver Stone tells Congress: JFK inquiry defies belief — do it again". The Times.
  11. ^ Wrone, David R. (December 1, 2008). "The Road to Dallas: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy. By David Kaiser. Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the cia. By Jefferson Morley". Journal of American History. 95 (3): 920–921. doi:10.2307/27694519. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 27694519.
  12. ^ "Rap: The Lyrics". Booklist. October 1, 1992. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  13. ^ "Snow-Storm in August". Booklist. June 1, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  14. ^ Asch, Chris Myers (2012). "Review of Snow-Storm in August: Washington City, Francis Scott Key, and the Forgotten Race Riot of 1835". Washington History. 24 (2): 168–170. ISSN 1042-9719. JSTOR 41825445.
  15. ^ "The Ghost". Booklist. September 1, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  16. ^ "Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate by Jefferson Morley". Publishers Weekly. March 22, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
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