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Previously unreleased recording: On November 22, 1963, the Situation Room at the White House relays a news report to Air Force One that President John F. Kennedy has been shot. The plane’s code name is Wayside.

“Wayside, Wayside, this is Situation Room. I read from the AP bulletin: Kennedy apparently shot in head. He fell faced-down in back seat of his car. Blood was on his head. Mrs. Kennedy cried ‘oh no’ and tried to hold up his head.”

The complete audio recording from Air Force One on the day of Kennedy’s assassination has now been made available online, including 42 minutes of previously unreleased tape.

(Photo: John F. Kennedy in his Senate Office, 1959. Washington, D. C. From Jfklibrary.org.)

Who’s behind the recent assassinations and bombings in Iran? Scott Shane, national security correspondent for The New York Times, said on The Takeaway this morning:

“Most of the people that I talked to believe that most of this activity — at least the violent part — is probably being carried out by Israel. There is a little bit of debate about the US role is. US officials tend to indicate that we don’t have any role in the lethal actions, but it’s quite clear that the US has been involved in cyber attacks, sabotage, and perhaps encouraging Iranian scientists to defect to the West.”

Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, a nuclear scientist was killed in a car explosion in Tehran on Wednesday. A motorcyclist stuck an apparent bomb to Ahmadi-Roshan’s car, and he and another unidentified person were killed in the attack.

Several Iranian nuclear scientists have been assassinated in recent years, with Iran blaming Israel and the US. Both countries deny the accusations.