Gabbard Team Entered Secret CIA Warehouse to Retrieve Kennedy Files: Report

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Newsweek

Nov 25, 2025 at 09:44 PM EST


Officials working for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard turned up unannounced at a secret CIA records warehouse in early April and forced the transfer of thousands of classified files on the Kennedy assassinations to the National Archives, Reuters has reported. Acting “on a mission” from Gabbard, the team asserted legal authority over the documents and stayed at the facility until about 2 a.m. the next day, when a “massive trove” of papers was moved out of CIA custody, per the news agency's report.

The purported files transfer, previously unreported, highlights tensions between the agency and Gabbard’s Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), as Trump-era appointees raced to fulfill the president's order to rapidly declassify data related to the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy (1963) and his brother, ex-U.S. Attorney General and Senator Robert F. Kennedy (1968), among the most shocking acts of political violence in modern American history.

Why It Matters

The reported April warehouse operation underscores an apparent power struggle at the heart of the U.S. intelligence community over who controls some of its most sensitive historical records: Gabbard’s ODNI, which oversees 17 agencies including the CIA, versus the Central Intelligence Agency itself.

Trump signed an executive order in January directing agencies to declassify records on the JFK, RFK and Martin Luther King Jr. assassinations. A 45-day deadline for reviewing the RFK and King files expired in late-March, and frustration was mounting inside Gabbard’s team over what they saw as CIA foot-dragging, Reuters reported.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/gabbard-team-search-secret-cia-warehouse-for-kennedy-files-11109612

[MLAA]

1. I'm all for releasing the docs, but the timing now suggests a distraction in the works.

[rampartd]

3. i've been waiting for this stuff since 1963

but once trump touched them, they lost all provenance.

[returnee]

17. Me too.

I’d also like to see all the files on 9/11.

[SpankMe]

6. Not sure about timing - this happened in April

Further, declassification is a process and not simply a mass release of unreviewed documents. Though over 60 years old, there still may be facts in those files that should remain classified even today.

When a president directs declassification, that starts a review process whereby everything in the cache to be declassified is reviewed by competent entities to be sure there aren't items within the cache that should remain classified.

The names of innocent or otherwise uninvolved people could be revealed that could stigmatize them today, if still living, or jeopardize their descendants.

Facts about Cuba or the USSR or other countries could come up that open the US to liability.

There could be line items in the documents that could reveal highly sensitive national security data about things that have nothing to do with the assassinations and could therefore not be in the scope of the declassification order.

There could be references to means and methods still in use today that could collapse our ability to maintain an edge in intelligence gathering in the present.

There could be intelligence facts present in the cache that were provided by other countries with intelligence sharing agreements with the US. This could cause countries in the present day to alter or cancel currently ongoing intelligence sharing agreements out of a lack of trust that the US can keep secrets on their behalf.

There may be imagery in the files whose release would insult the dignity of people involved without revealing anything new about the assassinations - such as photos of dead bodies, injuries, torture, etc.

I, too, would like to see Kennedy files declassified to the largest extent possible so that conspiracy theories could be put to rest once and for all. But taking "hundreds of thousands" of documents outside of a SCIF-like facility without review is a very bad thing and could put the US at a disadvantage.

I would suggest that - with Tulsi Gabbard's prior involvement with, and favorable statements about, Russia - she'll give the Russians a crack at the documents to perhaps "sanitize" them of any prior USSR involvement.

Make no mistake - the chain of custody has been compromised with this cache. Any findings they reveal from this point forward are suspect.

[MLAA]

12. Point taken.

[quakerboy]

15. To the first half.. Nah

That is a view of an old world that no longer exists. Our allies no longer trust us, that ship has sailed. Theres very little question that Russia has unprecedented access to anything it wants to know already. And we all know that for the price of a a new Trump branded tower on decent real estate in any country, they will get whatever they want from him.

Theres not really a reason to hide stuff anymore. The only ones without access are the American citizens and our country's traditional allies.

[Polybius]

21. "Though over 60 years old, there still may be facts in those files that should remain classified even today"

Like what?

[Bengus81]

19. It's hard to keep up, JFK docs,new health care plan,2K checks,tear down the east wing..etc

The NG shooting will keep Trump going for awhile even though he doesn't give a flying fuck about them.

[ChicagoTeamster]

2. Once in the National Archives, Trump will take them.

[littlemissmartypants]

13. And probably find a way to monetize them.

[ChicagoTeamster]

16. Trump's sons will seize Elm Street in Dealy Plaza & charge people to try shooting a dummy in a car from book depository

They'll probably try to find Ted Cruz's dad's name in the documents. Hadn't they been scanned already for all the searches when re-visiting the case? I can't see them producing much from it, they probably don't read enough.

[ashredux]

4. Yes, this would appear to be just a distraction

He’ll be “releasing files“…. Hoping people will forget about Epstein. Ain’t gonna happen, the Epstein files will be central to taking him down.

[Blumancru]

5. Weapon of Mass Distraction

Never mind the Earhart Files and the Kennedy Files, where are the EPSTEIN files?

[hueymahl]

7. Let us not forget as evil as Trump is, the CIA is the OG of evil

If there exists a "swamp" like maga insists, its deepest and swampiest is at CIA headquarters. During the cold war I could view it as a necessary evil. Today, it is corrosive to the idea of democracy, both at home and abroad (and yes, I know it is not "allowed" to operate at home, but multiple disclosures have shown it finds every loophole it can).

[littlemissmartypants]

14. OG is:

OG" is an abbreviation for "original gangster." While rapper and actor Ice-T did not create the term, his song "O.G. Original Gangster" may come to mind when you hear the word.

Today, some people consider "OG" to mean "original," according to Merriam-Webster.

In both cases, the term is used to describe someone or something that is the original or originator, particularly if said person or thing is very respected or highly regarded. An "OG" is extremely talented and authentic in what they do.

It can be used as an adjective or noun.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2023/04/15/og-meaning-definition-acronym-examples-conversation/11640077002/

Note: It's named an abbreviation in this description but it's probably better described as an acronym. Obscure acronyms is something that DU aka Democratic Underground is notorious for as they are used as descriptors in economy of effort and telegraphic responses.


Style book recommendations for their use:

According to AP Style, you cannot use abbreviations everywhere. There are some specific or common areas to use abbreviations and acronyms. AP Style says that an abbreviation or an acronym should be common or well-known enough to be used within sentences. Otherwise, there is no need to use such abbreviations that are not recognized publicly.

For example,

• NATO > This particular abbreviation is universally recognized abbreviation. It means that it is well-known or prominent enough to be used without spelled out first.

However, there are other abbreviations that are well-known but it is necessary to use those abbreviations on second reference. It means that you have to spell out the whole word first, then you can use an abbreviation for that word.

For example,

• FWA> It is necessary to spell out the whole word, first, as Financial Women’s Association that is the full version of FWA. After that, you can use an abbreviation for Financial Women’s Association as FWA on second reference.
https://headsupenglish.com/ap-style/abbreviations-acronyms

This post is for educational purposes only. ❤️

[Gimpyknee]

8. Looking for proof that Cruz's father was involved with assassination?

[Prairie Gates]

9. It's like we've put a bunch of junior high school kids in charge of the government

Jimminy Christmas.

[mahina]

11. The dumbest of those though.

[flashman13]

10. This may sound strange, but I think I would be more comfortable if the files remained with the CIA at least for now.

This is because CIA people are loyal to their organization, which is at it's heart an information agency, and can probably be trusted to keep the files in there original complete form. Having said that, I would not be surprised to find that the CIA, or some of it's agents, was involved in the assassination. Now with the files in the hands of Trump minions I fear they could be tainted for political reasons.

[FakeNoose]

18. Does Chump have enough bathrooms in Mar-A-Lago to store this stuff?

He'll need a new East Wing ballroom to store all the files he's taking, am I right?

[Bengus81]

20. LOL...thanks for the reminder of that pic of that cheap,cheesy looking bathroom

with a chandelier. Gawdy...yeah that's Trump!