Whistleblower Accuses CIA of Seizing JFK and MKUltra Files from Gabbard's Team
A CIA whistleblower, former special operations officer James Erdman III, publicly accused the agency of removing forty boxes of critical files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the MKUltra mind-control program. These documents were reportedly being reviewed for declassification by the Director’s Initiatives Group (DIG), a team established by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to investigate intelligence community weaponization. Erdman made these allegations during a Senate committee hearing on COVID-19 origins, also claiming the CIA illegally monitored DIG personnel. The CIA strongly rejected the testimony as political theater. In response, Representative Anna Paulina Luna threatened to subpoena the agency if the documents were not returned within twenty-four hours, a stance supported by other lawmakers including Lauren Boebert and Jared Moskowitz. Although Luna later clarified that no physical raid occurred, she emphasized that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence holds jurisdiction over the materials. This incident intensifies ongoing congressional scrutiny regarding transparency and the preservation of historical records, particularly following President Trump’s executive order on JFK file declassification.
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