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David Talbot is the founder of Salon and the author of the
New York Times bestseller, "Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy
Years." He is now working on a book about legendary CIA director Allen W.
Dulles and the rise of the national security state.
(59 comments) SHARE Monday, November 11, 2013 JFK assassination: CIA and New York Times are still lying to us
Constantly proclaiming "we'll never know" has become a self-fulfilling prophecy for the American press. It lets the watchdogs off the hook, and excuses their unforgivable failure to actually, you know, investigate the epic crime. When it comes to this deeply troubling American trauma of the JFK assassination, the highly refined writers of the New York Times would rather muse about the meta-issues than get at the meat.