USA CIA Releases 1,400 Pages on RFK Assassination, Including Disturbing Note from Sirhan Sirhan

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CIA Releases 1,400 Pages on RFK Assassination, Including Disturbing Note from Sirhan Sirhan

 

The CIA has released 1,400 pages of newly declassified documents related to the 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, shedding new light on the government’s investigation into the killing. Among the files is a chilling handwritten note from Kennedy’s confessed assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, repeatedly stating his intention to kill the senator.

 

This release, made public on Thursday, stems from an executive order signed by former President Donald Trump, which directed federal agencies to declassify records tied to matters of significant public interest—including the assassinations of both Robert and John F. Kennedy. The CIA’s statement accompanying the release said, “The records reveal for the first time that Senator Kennedy shared his experiences traveling to the former Soviet Union with CIA, reflecting his patriotic commitment to serving his country.”

 

Though much of the material may not be groundbreaking in terms of revelations, one document stands out: a notebook page from May 18, 1968, just weeks before Kennedy’s death, in which Sirhan scrawled, “R.F.K. must die, RFK must be killed, Robert F. Kennedy must be assassinated.” The note had previously surfaced in reports, including those from the Associated Press and the Washington Post, though its exact publication date remains uncertain.

 

 

Robert F. Kennedy, who served as a Democratic senator for New York and was campaigning for the presidency at the time, was shot multiple times by Sirhan in the kitchen pantry of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968. Sirhan, then 24, said his motive was Kennedy’s support of Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War, but over the years, his narrative has shifted—leading to persistent conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination.

 

Sirhan was convicted of first-degree murder and initially sentenced to death, though that sentence was later commuted to life in prison with the possibility of parole. Now 81 years old, Sirhan has attempted parole at least 17 times in the past 56 years, most recently in August 2024, without success.

 

The newly released documents may not change the facts of the case, but they do continue to feed into long-standing debates about the true circumstances surrounding Kennedy’s death. Sirhan’s defense attorney, Lawrence Teester, has maintained that his client was hypnotized and framed. He has cited the incriminating note as evidence not of guilt, but of a manipulated and vulnerable mental state.

 

“Lifting the veil on the RFK papers is a necessary step toward restoring trust in American government,” said Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the late senator’s son and current Secretary of Health and Human Services. “I commend President Trump for his courage and his commitment to transparency. I’m grateful also to Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe for their dogged efforts to root out and declassify these documents,” he added.

 

Though the CIA’s release may not answer all the lingering questions surrounding one of America’s most haunting political assassinations, it adds another layer to the complex legacy of RFK’s death, one that continues to resonate over half a century later.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Independent  2025-06-14

 

 

[Nickcage49]

I've heard RFK's assasination was a mob hit because of his targeting of the mob while he was JFK's Attorney General. Supposedly that's why they were both assasinated.