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Former Director of Central Intelligence R. James Woolsey and former Romanian acting spy chief Lt. General Ion Mihai Pacepa, who was granted political asylum in the U.S. in 1978, describe why Russia remains an extremely dangerous force in the world, and they finally and definitively put to rest the question of who killed President Kennedy on November 22, 1963.

All evidence points to the fact that the assassination—carried out by Lee Harvey Oswald—was ordered by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, acting through what was essentially the Russian leader’s personal army, the KGB (now known as the FSB). This evidence, which is codified as most things in foreign intelligence are, has never before been jointly decoded by a top U.S. foreign intelligence leader and a former Soviet Bloc spy chief familiar with KGB patterns and codes.

Meanwhile, dozens of conspiracy theorists have written books about the JFK assassination during the past fifty-six years. Most of these theories blame America and were largely triggered by the KGB disinformation campaign implemented in the intense effort to remove Russia’s own fingerprints that blamed in turn Lyndon Johnson, the CIA, secretive groups of American oilmen, Howard Hughes, Fidel Castro, and the Mafia.

Russian propaganda sowed hatred and contempt for the U.S. quite effectively, and its operations have morphed into many forms, including the recruitment of global terror groups and the backing of enemy nation- states. Yet it was the JFK assassination, with its explosive aftermath of false conspiracy theories, that set the model for blaming America first.

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Ambassador Robert James Woolsey, former head of Central Intelligence Agency, is a lawyer and diplomat who has served in the U.S. Government on many different occasions. He has held Presidential appointments in two Republican and two Democratic administrations. He also has been a member of The National Commission on Terrorism, The Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the U.S., The President’s Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform, The President’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management, and The President’s Commission on Strategic Forces.

Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa, the highest-ranking intelligence official ever to defect from the Soviet Bloc, served as acting chief of communist Romania's espionage service and top adviser to President Nicolae Ceausescu. Today, with assassination threats and million-dollar rewards still hanging over his head because of his defection, Pacepa lives in the U.S. under a CIA-protective identity and remains active as an uniquely insightful writer on current affairs. He is the author of a number of books, including Red Horizons: The True Story of Nicolae and Elena Ceausescus' Crimes, Lifestyle, and Corruption and Disinformation: Former Spy Chief Reveals Secret Strategies for Undermining Freedom, Attacking Religion, and Promoting Terrorism.

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Woolsey and Pacepa peel back layers of secrecy hidden for decades and reveal the dangerous strategic intelligence threat posed by Moscow’s spy services, past and present.” ― Bill Gertz, journalist and author of Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China’s Drive for Global Supremacy

“Spike the Warren Commission and a thousand books on JFK’s assassination! Woolsey and Pacepa give an explosive account in Operation Dragon, with best and firsthand evidence of what really happened in Dallas that fateful day.” ―Christopher Ruddy, CEO, Newsmax Media, Inc.

--This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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Peter Janney

"A most worthless waste of good paper . . ."

Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2021

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If former CIA Director R. James Woolsey isn't embarrassed by using his name as an "author" for this book, he should be! Of course it may be that this is just another effort by the CIA to evade its responsibility in JFK's assassination, as evidenced by its own admission by Deputy Director of CounterIntelligence Raymond Rocca in September 1967 at a high-level classified meeting at the CIA. The meeting was chaired by my own father, F.W.M. Janney.

There are no words for the main thesis of this book – that Khrushchev ordered Oswald to kill JFK. It has to be one of the most laughable, absurd and egregious statements in the annals of JFK Assassination research. So, if you buy, or have bought this book (like I did), send it back immediately (as I will do now) for a full refund. You are wasting your time by reading this manure, and polluting your mind if you are not already aware of how poorly, un-researched and fallacious the information in this book actually is. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME!

As someone who has researched the JFK assassination for many years (and wrote a book about it called "Mary's Mosaic"), if you truly want to know the truth about what really happened, read James Douglass's book "JFK & The Unspeakable." This is the best, most comprehensive book, ever written about Kennedy, his administration, and his downfall. No other volume, in my opinion, approaches the level of truth revealed in "JFK & The Unspeakable."

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Interesting Facts, But a Disjointed Argument

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2021

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This highly-touted book is something of a disappointment. Written by a former CIA Director and former Romanian acting spy chief, the book has been presented as an account of the Kennedy assassination and Soviet complicity therein. The notion that the assassination was done by the CIA, the Mafia, and/or right-wing capitalists (or some combination thereof) is seen as the product of systematic Soviet disinformation. The title ‘Operation Dragon’ actually refers to the disinformation process, not the assassination ‘plot’.

Why is the book disappointing? Principally because it fails to cohere as a book (though it contains a great deal of interesting information). The discussion of the Kennedy assassination per se only occupies approximately 1/3 of the book. There are long sections, e.g., on the traditional Russian dependence on a force of secret police and examples of specific actions are reinforced by analogous examples which may or may not actually prove definitively the point under consideration. We hear a great deal about Romania and much less, e.g., about East Germany.

Parts of the book feel as if General Pacepa (who has written about this and related matters in the past—he defected to the US in 1978) has a memory trove of Soviet/Russian enormities which he cannot keep himself from revealing. This is not a criticism of the information itself and certainly not a defense of the Soviet/Russian actions but an expression of the fact that the book is disjointed and has been advertised in ways that are somewhat misleading.

The evidence that Oswald was on a mission from Khrushchev is very good, though there is no evidence demonstrating that there was direct contact between the two men. Oswald may well have thought of himself as a dedicated crusading servant and Khrushchev certainly wished Kennedy pain and suffering, but it may well be that the closest Oswald ever got was the offices of KGB bureaucrats.

If I were to describe the book it is principally an account of bad things done by Russians, then Soviets, then Russians again. They govern through the use of secret police and their specialty is disinformation; they are not to be trusted. They are still doing nefarious work and they have developed an American following which has been persuaded that socialism and communism may yet lead us to the promised land.

The case for a Soviet (not a CIA, Mafia, or right-wing capitalist) assassination is strong, but my belief is that this is unlikely to put an end to the discussion, if only because of the fact that JFK assassination theorists are committed to their task and are generally obsessive (and highly-informed) about all of its recondite, elusive facts. I am not one of them but I have read enough material on the assassination to know the degree of their dedication.

Facts are wonderful things and while they are presented here in somewhat scattergun fashion they are still of great interest. Nevertheless, one must not overlook the novelistic narratives which have covered the case (particularly Don DeLillo’s LIBRA); they often give a far richer appreciation for the personalities involved here than the isolated facts themselves.

Bottom line: a book replete with interesting information presented by individuals who appear to be unfamiliar with the manner in which a case-making nonfiction book should be structured and argued.

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Jim

KGB trained assassin Oswald killed Kennedy, then Cuban agent Ruby killed Oswald on Castro’s orders

Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2021

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I paid good money to read unsubstantiated claims such as Oswald was a KGB trained assassin with direct and specific orders from Khrushchev to kill Kennedy, and then Cuban agent Ruby killed Oswald on Castro’s orders, various other people like George de mohrenschildt we’re actually KGB agents, and one Prime Minister of UK was an undercover Marxist, and to top it all off, the authors actually suggest maybe Russia engineered Covid and passed it along to China! None of the allegations above are offered with any supporting evidence. None of this was helpful and I wasted my money.

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Jim Dowdell

Is the DNC in bed with the FSB? Or are they just running the same playbook?

Reviewed in Canada on April 3, 2021

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Read the book over a few days as you study the Mainstream Media daily news. You will come to the realization that the world is not what it seems to be. The incidents reported can be confusing at times but understanding will come when you work at it. The parallels with today are terrifying and you might think you are reading Stephen King but this is not fiction.

This book will not answer all your questions about why the world has gone crazy, but it will open your eyes to dark forces running amok. Marxism is on the march again, this time in your own hometown.

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