a FOIA request released declassified docs that showed that the term “conspiracy theory” was invented by the intel community to ridicule anyone saying Oswald did not act alone and was part of a larger “conspiracy”.
- https://ia801007.us.archive.org/3/items/CIADOC1035960/CIA%20DOC%201035-960.pdf
- https://cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88-01314R000300120027-1.pdf
See also:
- CIA analyst in a 1983 interview discussing how CIA inserted stories into the press regarding the Vietnam war.
- “The Origin of the term conspiracy theory”
- “Four Instances of the CIA Manipulating Media”
