Luna Eclipse: House JFK Task Force Promises Sunlight but Black Hole Looms
This year represents the 63rd anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. A former close advisor to U.S. Senator Gary Hart may hold critical, untapped information. His testimony, according to former CIA contract pilot, JFK assassination witness, and whistleblower, Robert “Tosh” Plumlee should be aggressively pursued by the Task Force of Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, which is investigating the JFK assassination.
Washington has promised answers about the assassination for decades. Yet as another congressional investigation unfolds, the same question hangs in the air: Will this task force uncover anything new, or will it simply run out the clock and reposition proverbial furniture? That question is at the heart of a timely and provocative interview opportunity with Plumlee.
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- Former Gary Hart aide may hold critical untapped information
- Living JFK-era witness willing to testify if Congress issues a subpoena
- Plumlee warned FBI about Johnny Roselli days before disappearance
- Destroyed manuscript and affidavits raise new investigative questions
- Task force faces rapidly closing window for firsthand testimony
Rep. Luna (R-FL), who is leading the House Oversight Committee’s JFK Task Force, has pledged to pursue unanswered questions surrounding the assassination. She has appointed a man named Jefferson Morley of the Mary Ferrell Foundation, a mainstream JFK archive repository and research group, as a key advisor. But history suggests skepticism is warranted. Congressional investigations into Benghazi, Operation Fast and Furious, the IRS targeting controversy, and countless other scandals generated headlines, hearings, and political theater, but little in the way of meaningful accountability or new revelations.
Whether you like or trust the individuals on the committee is at one level, irrelevant. Accountability is not a bad thing. Deference often is.
In 1980, Plumlee was writing a manuscript for a book entitled, The Dark Knights of Cuba. According to eyewitness accounts, his residence exploded after gunfire allegedly struck a propane tank. The fire destroyed documents, affidavits, testimony, and years of research. Later, after Jim Marrs filed a Freedom of Information Act request, Plumlee says the FBI returned burned pages from the manuscript among the records associated with his case. How did the FBI have burned pages from his house?
Two of the documents on the Mary Ferrell site vindicate Plumlee in one very significant regard (below). FBI documents (302’s) confirm that he warned them about Johnny Roselli being in danger exactly two days before the mobster, tied to the assassination, and on the plane Plumlee co-piloted to Dallas, the day before JFK was murdered.
Plumlee and Pezzullo argue that the JFK Task Force is now approaching a critical crossroads. Time is not on its side.
Plumlee remains one of the few living witnesses connected to events surrounding the Kennedy era who is willing to testify publicly if subpoenaed. Despite repeated public statements about transparency and fact-finding, the task force has yet to compel his testimony.
His story is unlike any other.
Years ago, Plumlee provided affidavits and closed-door testimony to then-Senator Gary Hart, who served on the Church Committee’s investigation into intelligence agencies and Kennedy-related matters. Hart himself publicly acknowledged lingering doubts about the official story of the assassination, citing unresolved connections involving the CIA, organized crime, Cuba, and the mysterious deaths of key figures who may have known more than they revealed.
Among Plumlee’s documented claims are warnings he provided to the FBI regarding the safety of mob figure Johnny Roselli. Just two days after those warnings, Roselli vanished. His body was later discovered in a drum floating off the Florida coast.
Today, another opportunity may be slipping away.
Sources indicate the JFK Task Force has shown interest in speaking with former Senator Hart. However, Hart’s advanced age and declining health could make such testimony difficult or impossible. This could potentially lead to investigators claiming they couldn’t verify Plumlee’s account because Hart is not available. If investigators are serious about preserving institutional knowledge, Plumlee and Pezzullo argue they should immediately seek testimony from Bill Holen, Hart’s longtime chief aide and confidant from 1975 through 1986. Holen was present during the period when Hart received and reviewed information related to Plumlee and related intelligence matters.
The larger story is not simply about the Kennedy assassination. It is about whether Congress is genuinely interested in pursuing living witnesses before they are gone forever.
Recent releases of thousands of JFK-related records have reignited public interest, but even historians and researchers acknowledge that significant questions remain unanswered despite decades of document disclosures.
Plumlee and Pezzullo offer a unique perspective on what may be the last realistic opportunity to preserve firsthand testimony from individuals connected to some of the most controversial chapters in American history. Their message is simple: if Congress wants answers, the clock is ticking.
Topics include the JFK Task Force, Gary Hart’s role in past investigations, Johnny Roselli, intelligence community oversight, missing witnesses, destroyed evidence, newly released JFK files, and why congressional investigations so often fail to deliver meaningful results.
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OPTIONAL Q&A:
- Is the JFK Task Force already repeating the mistakes of past congressional investigations?
- Why has Robert Tosh Plumlee still not been subpoenaed despite his willingness to testify?
- What did Plumlee tell Senator Gary Hart, and why does it matter today?
- Why is Bill Holen potentially a more important witness than Gary Hart at this stage?
- What significance do Plumlee’s warnings about Johnny Roselli hold in the broader JFK story?
- How did burned pages of Plumlee’s manuscript end up in FBI files returned through FOIA?
- What does Plumlee’s destroyed manuscript, The Dark Knights of Cuba, reveal about the era’s hidden history?
- What happens if Congress waits too long to interview the remaining living witnesses connected to the JFK assassination?
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 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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