{{Short description|American independent journalist and author}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
'''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.<ref name="star" /> His grandfather is Felix Morley.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hammond |editor1-first=Phil |title=Cultural Difference, Media Memories Anglo-American Images of Japan |date=1997 |publisher=Cassell |page=170}}</ref> He worked for ''The New Republic'',<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schuessler |first1=Jennifer |title=A Bastion for Israel, Seething Inside |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/01/business/media/a-bastion-for-israel-seething-inside.html |work=The New York Times |date=28 February 2014}}</ref> and later as a ''Washington Post'' writer for 15 years.<ref name="star">{{cite news |last1=Hage |first1=Dave |date=7 November 2017 |title=Review: 'The Ghost,' by Jefferson Morley |url=https://www.startribune.com/review-the-ghost-by-jefferson-morley/455643623 |work=The Minnesota Star Tribune}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=Romenesko |first1=Jim |date=16 October 2007 |title=WP veteran Morley joins Center for Independent Media |url=https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2007/wp-veteran-morley-joins-center-for-independent-media/ |access-date=2025-01-25 |work=Poynter Institute |publisher=}}</ref> He has also written for ''Salon''<ref>{{cite web |title=Jefferson Morley |url=https://www.salon.com/writer/jefferson_morley |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Salon.com |publisher=}}</ref> and ''The Intercept''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jefferson Morley |url=https://theintercept.com/staff/jefferson-morley/ |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=The Intercept |date=October 20, 2021 |publisher=}}</ref>
In 2007, he became the national editorial director of the Center for Independent Media.<ref name=":0" /> As of 2022, Morley was vice-president of the Mary Ferrell Foundation.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Amy B. |last2=Paybarah |first2=Azi |date=2022-12-16 |title=National Archives releases thousands of documents on Kennedy assassination |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/15/jfk-assassination-documents-released/ |access-date=2025-01-25 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> He is the editor of the substack blog "JFK Facts".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moriarty |first1=Erin |title=The JFK Files |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-jfk-files-newly-released-documents-on-the-kennedy-assassination/ |work=CBS |date=10 August 2025}}</ref> He was interviewed for the 2021 documentary ''JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hawkins |first1=John Kendall |title=An Interview With Jefferson Morley on the CIA, Nixon and the Assassination of JFK |url=https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/10/an-interview-with-jefferson-morley-on-the-cia-nixon-and-the-assassination-of-jfk/ |work=CounterPunch |date=10 January 2023}}</ref> In 2025 he testified at the first hearing of the House Oversight Committee's "Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schiefelbein |first1=Mark |title=Oliver Stone tells Congress: JFK inquiry defies belief — do it again |url=https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/oliver-stone-tells-congress-jfk-inquiry-defies-belief-do-it-again-hrktjg98n |work=The Times |date=1 April 2025}}</ref>
==Books== *{{Cite book |last=Morley |first=Jefferson |title=Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA |date=2008 |publisher=University Press of Kansas |isbn=978-0-700-61571-1}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wrone |first=David R. |date=2008-12-01 |title=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 |url=https://academic.oup.com/jah/article-abstract/95/3/920/980950?redirectedFrom=fulltext |journal=Journal of American History |volume=95 |issue=3 |pages=920–921 |doi=10.2307/27694519 |jstor=27694519 |issn=0021-8723|url-access=subscription |doi-access=free }}</ref> *{{Cite book |title=Rap: The Lyrics |date=1992 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-14-014788-9 |editor-last=Stanley |editor-first=Lawrence A. |series= |location=New York |editor-last2=Morley |editor-first2=Jefferson}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1992-10-01 |title=Rap: The Lyrics |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/products/935201 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Booklist}}</ref> *{{Cite book |last=Morley |first=Jefferson |title=Snow-Storm in August: Washington City, Francis Scott Key, and the Forgotten Race Riot of 1835 |date=2012 |publisher=Nan A. Talese/Doubleday |isbn=978-0-385-53337-9 |edition= |location=New York |oclc=757466911}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-06-01 |title=Snow-Storm in August |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/products/5418571 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Booklist}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Asch |first=Chris Myers |date=2012 |title=Review of Snow-Storm in August: Washington City, Francis Scott Key, and the Forgotten Race Riot of 1835 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41825445 |journal=Washington History |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=168–170 |jstor=41825445 |issn=1042-9719}}</ref> *{{Cite book |last=Morley |first=Jefferson |title=The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton |date=2017 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=978-1-250-08061-5 |edition= |location=New York}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-09-01 |title=The Ghost |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/products/9001419 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Booklist}}</ref> *{{Cite book |last=Morley |first=Jefferson |title=Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate |date=2022 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=978-1-250-27583-7 |location=New York}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-22 |title=Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate by Jefferson Morley |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250275837 |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{C-SPAN|968}}