The CIA has declassified over 1,400 pages tied to the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, unveiling new psychological insights and handwritten statements from convicted assassin Sirhan Sirhan.
The documents, released Thursday, include 54 newly unsealed records and confirm no link to a broader plot.
Among the most startling revelations is a personal note in which Sirhan repeatedly wrote, “Kennedy must fall Kennedy must fall. Please pay to the order of Sirhan Sirhan.”
Other writings released alongside his psychological evaluations suggest a fixation on the idea of political sacrifice.
“We believe that Robert F. Kennedy must be sacrificed for the cause of the poor exploited people,” one note reads, concluding that Kennedy would “eventually be felled… by an assassin’s bullet… tonight tonight tonight.”
The CIA files contain two detailed psychological assessments of Sirhan from June and July 1968.
One profile, dated July 8, stated, “Under no circumstances would we have predicted that [Sirhan] was ‘capable’ of doing what he did.”
It added that while Sirhan could theoretically have been used “as a tool” similar to figures involved in the Lincoln assassination plot, he likely did not act under precise direction.
“It is very unlikely however that he could have effectively acted under precise instructions,” the report concluded.
The agency compared him more closely to “impulsive assassins of Garfield and McKinley” than to the calculated actions of those who killed Lincoln or President John F. Kennedy.
Sirhan was described as highly intuitive, intellectually capable, and possessing a belief that “communism may appear as an ideal solution.”
Despite widespread speculation over the years, the newly released documents reinforce that Sirhan had no connection to terrorist organizations or known foreign actors.
The CIA noted his personal history and political frustrations but found no evidence he was part of an organized operation.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has previously expressed doubts about Sirhan’s sole guilt, responded to the document release with renewed support for transparency.
“I commend President Trump for his courage and his commitment to transparency,” Kennedy said, according to the New York Post.
“I’m grateful also to Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe for their dogged efforts to root out and declassify these documents.”
In a 2018 interview with The Washington Post, Kennedy Jr. revealed that he visited Sirhan in prison.
“I got to a place where I had to see Sirhan,” he said at the time. “I was curious and disturbed by what I had seen in the evidence.” He added, “I was disturbed that the wrong person might have been convicted of killing my father.”
Additional portions of the release documented Robert F. Kennedy’s earlier activities as a U.S. government informant.
In 1955, Kennedy traveled with Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas to the Soviet Union, where he “served the Agency as a voluntary informant,” according to the CIA.
A spokesperson told The Post that the trip highlighted Kennedy’s “patriotism and commitment to serving his country,” particularly during the Cold War era.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe emphasized that the release honors a pledge made by President Trump.
“Today’s release delivers on President Trump’s commitment to maximum transparency,” Ratcliffe said. “I am proud to share our work on this incredibly important topic with the American people.”
More than 10,000 pages tied to the RFK assassination have now been released under the direction of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
Thursday’s disclosure adds previously unseen material, further informing one of the most scrutinized political murders in American history.
Pure unaldalterated bs….CIA revealling papers? aka fox guarding the chicken coop. Lincoln, Jf, RF all knocked off by the cia due to their “notions” with the treasury to back up the currency.