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. 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. 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.