Judicial Watch Finally Obtains Redacted FBI Material On Ted Kennedy

Ted Kennedy is exposed "renting" brothels, as well as meeting with Communists, including an American Soviet spy, abroad. Among the statements previously withheld but now made available to Judicial Watch:

• “While Kennedy was in Santiago he made arrangements to ‘rent’ a brothel for an entire night. Kennedy allegedly invited one of the Embassy chauffeurs to participate in the night’s activities.”
• “[I]n each country Kennedy insisted on interviewing ‘the angry young men’ of the country. He wanted to meet with communists and others who had left-wing views. …Ambassador Freeman, Bogota, said the first person whom Kennedy wanted to meet was Lauchlin Currie.” (The document subsequently identifies Currie as a person who “had been mentioned in Washington investigations of Soviet spy rings.”). Lauchlin Currie was identified by the Venona cables as a spy for Stalin. He was also a senior White House aide to FDR, who alerted the NKVD (Soviet intelligence) to FBI investigations of its top agents.
• “[I]n Mexico Kennedy asked Ambassador Mann that certain left-wingers be invited to the Embassy residence where interviews could be held. Mann took the strong position that he would not invite such people and stated that if any such interviews were to be conducted, all arrangements should be made by Kennedy himself.”

The FBI initially claimed it wanted to keep the information redacted for purposes of national security. In fact, it is obvious that the FBI was more interested in protecting the reputation of Ted Kennedy. Tweet