Deadly Subpoenas: FBI File Shows Tosh Plumlee Warned them Johnny Roselli Faced Danger Two Days Before Disappearance
One of the most explosive FBI files connected to the assassination era remained hidden from the public for decades. When it was finally declassified, FBI File #62-2116 — also known as the “Plumlee-Roselli File” — corroborated critical elements of what Robert “Tosh” Plumlee had been saying for years regarding covert operations, Johnny Roselli, and the events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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The timeline, all within less than one month, is impossible to ignore.
July 26, 1976: Plumlee voluntarily approached the FBI, expressing concern for both his own safety and Roselli’s after indications surfaced that he could be called to testify regarding sensitive intelligence matters.
July 28, 1976: Roselli was officially reported missing.
August 9, 1976: Roselli’s mutilated body was discovered stuffed inside a 55-gallon drum floating near Miami.
August 10, 1976: The FBI interviewed Plumlee in Phoenix specifically because of the warnings he had issued two days before Roselli vanished. That interview generated material now contained inside the declassified Plumlee-Roselli FBI file.
August 21, 1976: The FBI returned to Plumlee for another interview as investigators continued examining Roselli’s murder and related intelligence matters.
If Plumlee was not credible, why were his warnings effectively validated by subsequent events? Why did the FBI maintain such intense interest in him? And why, after August 21, 1976, was Plumlee subpoenaed to testify?
- FBI file corroborated Plumlee’s pre-murder warnings about Roselli.
- Roselli reportedly returning to testify about JFK assassination matters.
- Plumlee claims Roselli joined CIA-linked Dallas abort mission.
- Roselli murdered days after concerns shared with federal authorities.
- Declassified records revived questions surrounding intelligence-community secrecy.
Plumlee is available for interviews about the newly relevant significance of that file, which documents warnings he gave federal authorities just days before Roselli disappeared and was brutally murdered in the summer of 1976.
But the story stretches back much further — all the way to November 22, 1963.
According to Plumlee, a CIA contract pilot, Roselli was aboard an aircraft Plumlee co-piloted into Dallas on the day of the Kennedy assassination as part of what Plumlee describes as a CIA-linked “abort team” intended to stop an assassination plot already believed to be in motion. Plumlee has long maintained the operation failed before the motorcade reached Dealey Plaza.
The significance of the story expands even further because Roselli was no ordinary witness. Roselli had already testified before the Church Committee regarding CIA-backed assassination plots against foreign leaders, including operations targeting Fidel Castro. He was reportedly expected to return and testify regarding matters connected to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Plumlee has also long alleged that Roselli was aboard an aircraft Plumlee co-piloted into Dallas on November 22, 1963, as part of a CIA-linked “abort team” intended to stop an assassination plot already believed to be underway before the presidential motorcade entered Dealey Plaza.
Today, Plumlee is available to discuss the Roselli murder, FBI File #62-2116, CIA-Mafia operations, the Church Committee era, his own subpoena, and why the federal government’s own documents ultimately reinforced warnings he made before Roselli disappeared and turned up dead.
Relevant Article(s):
JFK Assassination Records – 2025 Documents Release | National Archives
OPTIONAL Q&A:
- What did Johnny Roselli know that made his planned testimony so dangerous?
- Why did the FBI take Tosh Plumlee’s warnings seriously before Roselli disappeared?
- What exactly was the alleged CIA “abort team” flying into Dallas on November 22, 1963?
- Why does FBI File #62-2116 matter nearly fifty years later?
- What role did Roselli allegedly play aboard the flight into Dallas?
- Why did Plumlee believe “sunlight” was safer than silence in 1976?
- How does the Roselli timeline intersect with the Church Committee’s JFK-related inquiries?
- What does the declassified Plumlee-Roselli file reveal that critics once dismissed?
ABOUT ROBERT “TOSH” PLUMLEE…
Robert “Tosh” Plumlee is a former contract pilot who claims to have participated in covert aviation operations connected to U.S. intelligence agencies beginning in the early 1950s.
According to his account, he flew missions throughout the Caribbean and Latin America involving weapons transfers, intelligence logistics, and clandestine operations targeting Cuba.
Plumlee has provided statements to investigators examining intelligence activities and the Kennedy assassination over several decades.
ABOUT DORY WILEY…
Dory A. Wiley has studied the assassination of President John F. Kennedy for more than 40 years and is one of Dallas’s foremost independent researchers on the subject. He has done extensive work on the claims made by Robert “Tosh” Plumlee and finds them to be largely unassailable.
For the past decade he has hosted an annual JFK Assassination Symposium in Dallas, bringing together researchers, historians, and eyewitnesses to examine the evidence and pursue the historical record. He serves on the Board of the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, the Dallas Historical Society, and the University of North Texas Library. Mr. Wiley is President & CEO of Commerce Street Holdings, LLC, and appears frequently on CNBC and Fox Business as a guest contributor on financial topics.
ABOUT RALPH PEZZULLO…
Pezzullo is a New York Times bestselling author, and award-winning playwright and screenwriter. He is also the host of the popular podcast “Heroes Behind Headlines,” which is ranked in the top 1% off all podcasts worldwide.
Born in New York City, he grew up in Mexico, Vietnam, Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Uruguay and Nicaragua as the son of a US diplomat. His over 30 books published include New York Times bestsellers Jawbreaker (with former CIA operative Gary Berntsen), Inside SEAL Team Six (with Don Mann), Most Evil, Zero Footprint, Left of Boom and Ghost. His latest books, both released in 2025, are The Great Chinese Art Heist and Stolen Elections: Takedown of Democracies Worldwide.
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