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Thousands of JFK assassination documents released
Rookstool spent nine years pouring over the investigative reports on the 1963 assassination. He has seen half a million pages of information tied to the shooting of JFK by Lee Harvey Oswald.
CBS Texas, Mar 18, 2025
Trump administration releases new trove of JFK assassination files
Rookstool spent nine years pouring over the investigative reports on the 1963 assassination. He has seen half a million pages of information tied to the shooting of JFK by Lee Harvey Oswald.
CBS Texas, Mar 18, 2025
Dallas-based expert on new JFK files: Documents reveal intelligence failures, Oswald's foreign ties
Farris Rookstool highlighted newly confirmed details about Oswald's movements and disputes within U.S. intelligence agencies.
"While these documents do not offer a definitive 'smoking gun,' they clarify longstanding questions about Oswald's activities, intelligence failures, and the broader geopolitical context of the assassination," Rookstool wrote in a statement.
CBS Texas, By Amelia Mugavero, March 18, 2025
Secret Service agent Clint Hill never recovered from tragedy of JFK assassination, associates say
One of the most prominent figures associated with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy has died: Clint Hill, the Secret Service Agent who jumped onto the back of the limousine moments after shots rang out in Dealy Plaza.
"His entire career was defined by roughly 5/10 of a second," said Farris Rookstool, a former FBI Analyst and JFK Assassination Historian.
CBS Texas, by J.D. Miles, February 24, 2025
FBI says it has discovered 2,400 new JFK-related records
Farris Rookstool III is one of the few people who have read the JFK assassination files. He talks with LX News host Nik Z about the lawsuit, why the files haven’t been released, and what we could expect come December.
NBC News, NBC LX, by Ken Dilanian, Reaired February 11, 2025
Never-Before-Seen Footage of JFK’s Motorcade Racing President to Hospital After Assassination Goes to Auction
Farris Rookstool III, a historian, documentary filmmaker and former FBI analyst who has reviewed the film, said it shows the rush to Parkland Hospital in a more complete way than other, more fragmented film footage he’s seen. The newly publicized footage was shot by Dale Carpenter Sr.
Update: Footage of motorcade racing JFK to the hospital after he was shot sells for $137,500 at auction. US News: AP, Updated on September 28, 2024
Why the Second Assassination Attempt Was Not Surprising
Over the weekend, breaking news hit about what the FBI is investigating as another attempted assassination of Donald Trump at his Florida golf club. On Ask the Expert, Farris Rookstool once again joins us in the KRLD Afternoon News. He shares his unique perspective on the ongoing investigation and why he isn't surprised to hear about a possible second assassination attempt.
Ask the Expert, by Kristin Diazand David Rancken, NewsRadio 1080 KRLD, Sep 17, 2024
What Was This Presidential Historian's Immediate Reaction to Trump's Assassination Attempt?
In the days following the assassination attempt on Former President Donald Trump, we continue to see more evidence of what happened that day. Different camera angles, witnesses stories... even 3D imaging of the scene and trajectory, angles, and scenarios.
We asked [Rookstool], with his expertise in FBI investigations and assassinations, what was his immediate reaction to what happened.
Ask the Expert, by Kristin Diazand David Rancken, NewsRadio 1080 KRLD, July 19, 2024
Archives: JFK Stories from WFAA Through the Years
Rookstool shares historical insights in some of the most compelling and revealing WFAA stories related to JFK and the president's assassination in Dallas in 1963.
"The conspiracy-minded people will never be satisfied," said former FBI analyst Farris Rookstool.
ABC Archives: JFK Stories from WFAA, Jason Whitely, November 21, 2023
WACO: The Shocking Truth about What Really Happened
ATF agent Blake Boteler and former FBI agent Farris Rookstool, III share their experiences of the disastrous siege in Waco, Texas of 1993 and the decisions that led to a deadly confrontation.
Waco, by Jeff Guinn, bestselling author of Manson and the Road to Jonestown, Simon & Schuster, January 24, 2023
2024 - 2025
2024 - 2025
2024 - 2025
- Clint Hill, Secret Service agent in JFK assassination, dies at 93, NBC DFW, February 25, 2025
2022 - 2023
2024 - 2025
2024 - 2025
- Why we’re still learning new things about the JFK assassination, CNN with Jake Tapper, Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, September 14, 2023. A version of this story also appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter.
- Farris Rookstool, III provides professional insight and historical context to the new revelations from former Secret Service agent Paul Landis, CNN Primetime with Abby Phillip, September 12, 2023
- National Archives closes review of JFK assassination records, conspiracies and tourists abound, WFAA - ABC News, July 7, 2023
- Remembering the tragedy in Waco on the 30th anniversary, Documentary filmmaker Farris Rookstool discusses the deadly siege in Waco, Texas, on its 30th anniversary on Fox News @ Night, April 20, 2023
- 'This myth': JFK historian debunks legendary lectern from 'moon shot' speech as fake artifact, WFAA-TV ABC, by Jason Whitely, February 23, 2023
- JFK files: A North Texas thrift store, a music CD and a new 59-year-old Kennedy mystery, WFAA-TV ABC, by Kevin Reece, February 21, 2023
- Houston, We've Had a Problem, WFAA-TV ABC, by Jason Whitely, February 17, 2023
- Former FBI Analyst Weighs in on JFK Assignation Records, NBC DFW by LX News, October 24, 2022
2020 - 2021
2024 - 2025
2020 - 2021
- Rewind: Transfer of presidential power at Dallas Love Field was cloaked in secrecy, WFAA-TV ABC News, By Chris Sadeghi, January 20, 2021
- Inauguration of Joe Biden & Kamala Harris, WFAA ABC News 8 Daybreak, By Kara Sewell
- Talking Security Ahead of Biden's Inauguration, CW33, By Ron Corning, January 19, 2021
- Inauguration Security, WFAA-TV ABC News, By Cleo Greene, January 19, 2021
- While Trump Blames Antifa for Protest Violence, Experts Question Connection, NBC KINGS5, By Sebastian Robertson, June 1, 2020
- What's the Deal with ANTIFA? A Former FBI Analyst Explains NBCLX, By Clark Fouraker, June 1, 2020
2018 - 2019
2018 - 2019
2020 - 2021
- Oswald Killed Kennedy, But That’s Not What Official Marker Say NewsWest 9, By David Schechter, February 18, 2019
- Dallas Detective Handcuffed to Lee Harvey Oswald when Shot by Jack Ruby Dies at 99 WFAA By Jason Whitely, August 29, 2019
- VERIFY: David Schechter takes Chris Lawrence to Dealey Plaza WFAA-TV ABC8, By David Schechter, February 17, 2019
- Remembering Alan Bean: A Fort Worth Kid Who Made His City Proud WFAA-TV ABC By Jason Whitely, June 1, 2018
2016 - 2017
2018 - 2019
2016 - 2017
- Dallas Love Field Plans to Recognize LBJ WFAA-TV ABC News, By Jason Whitely, November 3, 2017
- After 54 years, Dallas Love Field Plans to Recognize LBJ WFAA-TV ABC By Jason Whitely, November 3, 2017
- What Could Be in the New Kennedy Assassination Records? NBC Nightly News, By By Alex Johnson, Oct. 25, 2017
- New Documents Released on JFK Assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald NBC5 DFW By Kevin Cokely, July 24, 2017
- New Documents Released on JFK Assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald NBC DFW, By Kevin Cokely, July 24, 2017
- JFK Document Drop: Ex-FBI Analyst Breaks Down JFK Documents
- Facebook Live, By Hannah Davis, WFAA-TV, 2017
- JFK Assassination Files to be Released: Expert Farris Rookstool, III NBC5, By Ben Russell, 2017
- Bloody Eyeglasses Among Bonnie and Clyde Artifacts to be Auctioned WFAA-TV ABC, By Jason Whitely, April 10, 2017
- Dispute Over LBJ Oath Historical Marker at Love Field NBC5 DFW, By Meredith Yeomans, November 11, 2016
- WFAA report: Dallas Love Field Hides its Presidential History The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, By Jason Whitely WFAA-TV, October 21, 2016
- Original Air Force One Stops in Texas WFAA-TV ABC By Jason Whitely, March 21, 2016
2012 - 2015
2018 - 2019
2016 - 2017
- Plaque to Mark the Spot where LBJ Took Oath Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Staff and Wire Report, September 4, 2015
- Parkland Hospital Opens New Cutting Edge Facility CW33-TV, By Tony Lewis, August 20, 2015
- 129-Year-Old Building Demolished in Downtown Dallas NBC5 DFW, By Jocelyn Lockwood, September 22, 2014
- Wanted: The "Other" JFK Assassination Film USA Today, By Jason Whitely WFAA, June 12, 2014
- JFK 50th WFAA / ABC News – News analyst and exclusive technical advisor and historian on camera interviewee broadcasting live from Dealey Plaza (2013)
- Tippit Historical Marker Ceremony Dallas Schools Television, Dallas ISD, November 30, 2012