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] He worked for The New Republic , ^[2] and later as a Washington Post writer for 15 years. ^{[1] [3]} He has also written for Salon ^[4] and The Intercept . ^[5]

In 2007, he became the national editorial director for the Center for Independent Media. ^[3] As of 2022, Morley was vice-president of the Mary Ferrell Foundation. ^[6] He is the editor of the substack blog "JFK Facts". ^[7] In 2025 he testified at the first hearing of the House Oversight Committee's "Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets". ^[8]

Books

• Morley, Jefferson (2008). Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA. University of Kansas Press. ISBN   978-0-700-61571-1. ^[9]
• Stanley, Lawrence A.; Morley, Jefferson, eds. (1992). Rap: The Lyrics. New York: Penguin. ISBN   978-0-14-014788-9. ^[10]
• 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. ^{[11] [12]}
• 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. ^[13]
• Morley, Jefferson (2022). Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN   978-1-250-27583-7. ^[14]

References

1. Hage, Dave (November 7, 2017). "Review: 'The Ghost,' by Jefferson Morley". The Minnesota Star Tribune .
2. Schuessler, Jennifer (February 28, 2014). "A Bastion for Israel, Seething Inside". The New York Times .
3. Romenesko, Jim (October 16, 2007). "WP veteran Morley joins Center for Independent Media". Poynter Institute . Retrieved January 25, 2025.
4. "Jefferson Morley". Salon.com . Retrieved January 25, 2025.
5. "Jefferson Morley". The Intercept . October 20, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
6. Wang, Amy B.; Paybarah, Azi (December 16, 2022). "National Archives releases thousands of documents on Kennedy assassination". The Washington Post . Retrieved January 25, 2025.
7. Moriarty, Erin (August 10, 2025). "The JFK Files". CBS.
8. Schiefelbein, Mark (April 1, 2025). "Oliver Stone tells Congress: JFK inquiry defies belief — do it again". The Times.
9. 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.
10. "Rap: The Lyrics" . Booklist . October 1, 1992. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
11. "Snow-Storm in August" . Booklist . June 1, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
12. 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.
13. "The Ghost" . Booklist . September 1, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
14. "Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate by Jefferson Morley". Publishers Weekly . March 22, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2025.