It has been deeply moving to see how many people have connected with our fight to uncover the still-classified truth behind our father’s 1965 death in Vietnam — a man who died a whistleblower. My siblings and I are grateful to have Bradley P. Moss fighting alongside us in our lawsuit against the CIA. Moss is a partner at Mark S. Zaid, P.C., a premier Washington, D.C.-based law firm with a 30-year track record of taking on the U.S. government, specializing in national security law, federal employment, security clearance litigation, and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). A prominent legal commentator on intelligence and government oversight, Moss frequently represents whistleblowers and media outlets. Firm founder Mark Zaid has been named a Washington, D.C. Super Lawyer every year since 2009 and has personally litigated against government retaliation — including winning the fight to protect his own security clearance. We couldn’t be in better hands, and their well-crafted FOIA complaint is now on file in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
Still Classified After 60 Years
- Post author By James b. Wells
- Post date April 17, 2026
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By James b. Wells
JAMES B. WELLS is a retired criminology and criminal justice professor in the School of Justice Studies in the College of Justice, Safety, and Military Science at Eastern Kentucky University, and is the recipient of the 2025 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences John Howard Award, an award given intermittently, upon significant demand, to recognize an individual who has made significant and sustained contributions to the practice of corrections. A former carpenter, soldier, and correctional officer in a super-maximum-security prison and later as a researcher/planner assisting architects in prison design, he has multiple degrees, including an M.S. in Criminal Justice, a Ph.D. in Research, and an MFA in Creative Writing. He’s authored or co-authored over sixty-five books, chapters, articles, and essays, as well as over a hundred and fifty research reports for various local, state, and federal agencies. Recent essays from his research and memoir work appear or are forthcoming in Collateral Journal, About Place Journal, Wild Roof Journal, Military Experience and the Arts, The Wrath-Bearing Tree, Shift, Proud to be: Writing by American Warriors, Trajectory Journal, and From Pen to Page III: More Writings from the Bluegrass Writers Coalition.
His investigative memoir about his father's still CIA-classified death in Vietnam in 1965, titled Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew, will be launched on Father's Day weekend, 2025. Links to publications, presentations, trailers, social media, blog, and other information can be found at https://jamesbwells.com. James enjoys spending much of his leisure time with his spouse on their Lexington, Kentucky farm located on the palisades of the Kentucky River, where he is an organic gardener and beekeeper.
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