Monday, 30 May 2016

Who was behind the assassination? - Part 2


Please note: The following essay was proof-read by Terry Wayne Martin prior to it being published on this blog.


In September, 2015, I published an essay on my blog entitled “Who was behind the assassination?” In the essay, I discussed evidence showing that Oswald and the TSBD Corporation likely had connections to the 112th MIG; and that individuals with connections to the 112th MIG were likely involved in the assassination. I also discussed evidence showing that individuals with anti-Semitic beliefs were involved in the assassination; and wanted to give the public the impression that Jews were behind the assassination. Over the past few months, I have come across a wealth of information that has reinforced my belief that these individuals were in fact involved in the assassination, which is why I decided to write this follow-up essay. Although I don’t pretend for even a nano-second that I have proven these individuals were the ones responsible for the assassination; and for framing Lee Harvey Oswald for the assassination, I nevertheless believe there is more than sufficient evidence to believe that this was in fact the case.


Oswald, Edward J. Coyle, and James Patrick Hosty

I would like to begin by discussing a curious individual named Edward J. Coyle. Coyle was an Army intelligence/counter-intelligence officer who worked for the 112th MIG in Dallas, Texas. According to Coyle’s obituary in the Las Vegas Sun News, he was a member of the Knights of Columbus (see here). The Knights of Columbus is a “Catholic fraternal service organisation” which was founded in the year 1882 (I return to the potential significance of this further on in the essay). As I discussed at Greg Parker’s inimitable research forum, Coyle was involved in the investigation of firearms theft from the Fort Hood Army base in Killeen, Texas, with FBI agent James Hosty prior to the assassination (see the thread entitled “My latest essay”). I also discussed the fact that Lt. Colonel Robert E. Jones; an Army intelligence/counter-intelligence officer assigned to the 112th MIG at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, informed the HSCA that Coyle was one of the 112th MIG’s liaison officers to the U. S. Secret Service in Dallas, Texas, at the time of President Kennedy’s visit there (ibid). 

In part one of this essay, I discussed the likelihood that Oswald was placed into the TSBD building as an employee under the false pretense that he was to keep an eye out on fellow TSBD employee, Joe Molina, on behalf of the FBI. I also voiced my belief that considering Molina had connections to gun runners, Oswald was probably instructed by the FBI to report back to them on any information he had concerning Molina’s involvement with gun running. It was for this reason; including the fact that Edward Coyle was involved with James Hosty in the investigation of firearm thefts from the Fort Hood Army base and the allegation by Lt. Colonel Robert Jones that Coyle was one of the 112th MIG’s liaison officer to the Secret Service during President Kennedy’s visit to Dallas, Texas, that I began to suspect Coyle was involved with Hosty and the FBI in placing Oswald into the TSBD. Let’s also keep in mind the likelihood that the TSBD had connections to the 112th MIG in Dallas, Texas.

In my opinion, a big clue that Oswald was working for Hosty (and Coyle for that matter) as an informant comes from what Hosty told both the Warren Commission and the Church Committee. When Hosty testified before the Warren Commission on May 5, 1964, he informed the commission that on the morning of the day of the assassination, he had conference with Coyle concerning a “case.” Hosty was referring to the theft of weapons from the Fort Hood Army base (ibid). Hosty pointed out to the Commission that the “case” was not “related” to Oswald. When Hosty testified before the Church Committee on December 13, 1975, he again felt it necessary to mention that the aforementioned conference with Coyle was not related to Oswald (ibid). Although the reader may disagree, it is my belief that the reason Hosty felt it necessary to tell both the Warren Commission and the Church Committee that the “case” was not related to Oswald, is because it was in fact related to Oswald in some way.

Most researchers are probably familiar with the so-called Hosty note. For those who are not, sometime in mid-November, 1963, Oswald purportedly left a note for James Hosty inside an envelope at the Dallas office of the FBI; which Hosty’s supervisor, J. Gordon Shanklin, ordered him to destroy (see here). Oswald supposedly left the note for Hosty after learning that Hosty had spoken to his wife at the residence of Ruth Paine. In his book “Assignment Oswald,” Hosty writes that in the note, Oswald wrote (words to the effect) “If you want to talk to me, you should talk to me to my face. Stop harassing my wife, and stop trying to ask her about me. You have no right to harass her” (see here). According to a receptionist working at the FBI building in Dallas, in his note to Hosty, Oswald threatened to blow up the FBI and the DPD if Hosty didn’t stop bothering his wife (see here).

But if either one of these stories are true, it seems unlikely to me that Shanklin would order Hosty to destroy the note. If Oswald really did threaten to blow up the FBI and the DPD in his note, the FBI could have used this to show that Oswald had violent tendencies; and to bolster the notion that he was capable of assassinating the President. I believe the note Oswald left for Hosty had to do with him being an informant for Hosty and the FBI. But what information could the note have contained? Many researchers are probably familiar with the theft of weapons from the National Guard Armory in Terrell, Texas, in mid-November, 1963. As researcher Greg Parker explains at the ROKC forum, on November 16, 1963, the FBI received information from an informant about a planned transfer of stolen weapons. On November 18, 1963, the DPD and FBI arrested two men; Donnell Whitter/Whittier (an auto mechanic who had once serviced Jack Ruby’s car) and Lawrence Miller for possession of weapons stolen from the aforementioned National Guard Amory (see here). Although I can’t prove it, I believe Oswald may have been the informant.

At this stage, the reader may be wondering what evidence there is pointing to a relationship between the FBI and the TSBD Corporation. In order to answer that question, let’s turn to Jack Charles Cason; the man who was the President of the TSBD Corporation at the time of the assassination. When Cason was interviewed by the FBI on June 9, 1964, he informed them he was a former commander of American Legion post No. 53 in Dallas, Texas  (see the thread entitled “Cason and the FBI” at Greg Parker’s ROKC forum). The significance of this is that the FBI and the American Legion were working together to combat communism in the United States. According to the American Legion’s website, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover made the following remarks; “The American Legion is a great force for good in this nation. We of the FBI need your help now even more than during the war years if the battle for a safe and secure America is to be won. Our enemies are massing their forces on two main fronts. One is the criminal front. ... We are nearer to the days of gang control than we were a year after World War I. Add to the forces that account for a serious crime every 20 seconds, day and night, the other encroaching enemy of America, and we have a formidable foe. I refer to the growing menace of communism in the United States” (ibid).

As Greg Parker has pointed out, the Church Committee discovered that the FBI used members of the American Legion as “confidential sources on subversive matters” (ibid). The reader should keep in mind that Joe Molina was considered a subversive (see here). Taking the Church Committee’s discovery into account, it seems quite likely that Cason was in cahoots with Hoover and the FBI. Although both Hoover and Hosty emphatically denied that Oswald ever worked as an informant for the FBI, I think most reasonable people will agree that their denial is perfectly understandable considering Oswald was accused of assassinating the President (WC Volume IV, page 469), (WC Volume V, page 98). If I were in Hoover’s and Hosty’s place, I too would deny that Oswald ever worked as an informant for me; as such an admission would not only have led to great shame and embarrassment, but may also have led many people to suspect that I was involved in a conspiracy with Oswald to assassinate the President.

Returning now to Edward Coyle, as I pointed out above, Lt. Colonel Robert E. Jones of the 112th MIG at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, claimed Coyle was one of the 112th MIG’s liaison officers to the U. S. Secret Service in Dallas, Texas, at the time of President Kennedy’s visit there. Of note here is that Secret Service agent, Winston G. Lawson; who was involved in the planning of the motorcade route through Dallas on the day of the assassination, informed the Warren Commission that he had been an Army CIC (Counter-intelligence Corps) officer during the mid-1950s (see the thread entitled “My latest essay” at the ROKC forum). According to Dallas Police Chief, Jesse Curry, it was Lawson who made all the “major decisions” concerning the President’s trip to Dallas (see here). The reader may be wondering why Lawson would admit to being an Army CIC officer if individuals with connections to Army intelligence/counter-intelligence and the 112th MIG were involved in the conspiracy to assassinate the President; and if he (Lawson) was a part of the conspiracy. The reader should consider that Lawson may have thought that by admitting he had been an Army CIC officer, the Warren Commission would think he had nothing to hide.

Although there is no proof (as far as I am aware) that Lawson was involved in the conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy, we should nevertheless keep in mind that he was involved with Army CIC; and that he may have been associated with Edward Coyle given that Coyle was one of the 112th MIGs liaison officers to the Secret Service in Dallas, Texas, during the President’s visit there. I should point out that although I believe Coyle was quite possibly involved in the conspiracy to assassinate the President (and to frame Oswald for the assassination), I don’t believe Hosty was involved in the conspiracy. I believe Hosty only thought that Oswald was to keep tabs on Molina; and to report back to him (Hosty) on any information he could uncover about Molina’s possible involvement in “subversive” activities as well as gun running.


William James Lowery, Johnny Calvin Brewer, and William Marvin Gheesling

In part one of this essay, I mentioned that long time FBI informant, William James Lowery, had been reporting on Joe Molina to the FBI, and that James Hosty was one of the FBI agents whom he would report information to. I also mentioned that at the time of the assassination, Lowery was running a shoe store called the Shoe Haven a mere three blocks to the West of the Texas Theater where Oswald was arrested by the DPD. As every researcher of the assassination should be aware, Oswald was allegedly seen by Johnny Calvin Brewer; the manager of Hardy’s shoe store, looking “funny” and “scared” as DPD squad cars were driving past the store with their sirens blazing in search of the man who killed officer J.D. Tippit. Brewer then allegedly saw Oswald enter the Texas Theater and followed him there (see the thread entitled “Brewer’s IBM friends” at the ROKC forum). During an interview with author Ian Griggs in 1996, Brewer claimed that two men from IBM were in the store with him when he allegedly observed Oswald looking “funny” and “scared” (ibid).

As far as I am aware, this was the first time Brewer ever mentioned the presence of these two men in the store with him. The reader should keep in mind that neither one of these men (provided Brewer’s story is true) ever informed the authorities that they were inside Brewer’s store at the time Brewer claims he observed Oswald. It is my belief that these mysterious “IBM” men were responsible for informing Brewer that they had seen a suspicious looking man with a gun sneak into the Texas Theater; and that he should alert both the Theater employees and the DPD. Researcher Lee Farley once made an excellent case that one of these men was the very mysterious and suspicious, Igor Vaganov (see here). What’s really interesting is that according to researcher William Weston, Vaganov was a “Nazi Ideologue” (ibid). At this point, we should keep in mind the evidence I discussed in part one of this essay showing that some of those involved in the assassination wanted to give the public the impression that Jews were part of the conspiracy to assassinate the President.

But what about the identity of the second “IBM” man inside Brewer’s shoe store? In my opinion, the other “IBM” man could have been Robert J. Radelat. Radelat was a “Cadet Executive Officer” of the Civil Air Patrol who, according to former Civil Air Patrol member, Frederick O’Sullivan, was employed by IBM in November, 1963 (ibid). Bear in mind that at the time of the assassination, the TSBD building was owned by David Harold Byrd; a co-founder of the CAP, and that Oswald joined the CAP in July, 1955. When Radelat was interviewed by the FBI on December 19, 1963, he denied knowing Oswald (ibid). If Radelat was in fact one of the two “IBM” men inside Brewer’s shoe store; and if he was responsible for luring Brewer to the Texas Theater to alert the DPD, this would certainly explain why he denied knowing Oswald.

The reader may be wondering why Brewer would admit to Griggs that there were two men from IBM in the store with him if they were responsible for luring him to the Theater. One possible explanation is that Brewer had been feeling guilty for lying about seeing Oswald looking “funny” and “scared” and then seeing him enter the Theater, so he decided to give Griggs a subtle clue as to what really happened by revealing to him that there were two men from IBM in the store with him when he allegedly observed Oswald. Others may think that Brewer was simply lying when he told Griggs two men from IBM were in the store with him, but I don’t see why he would. Besides, Brewer more or less told the Warren Commission that they were in the store with him (ibid). It’s also possible that the two men weren’t really from IBM; and were only pretending they were.

One thing I am certain of is that it wasn’t a coincidence that Johnny Brewer was the person chosen to lure DPD officers to the Texas Theater. I also don’t believe it was just a bizarre coincidence that William James Lowery was running his own shoe store a mere three blocks to the West of the Texas Theater and Hardy’s shoe store. I suspect that Brewer was quite possibly an FBI informant himself; and that he was well acquainted with Lowery. A couple of months ago at the ROKC forum, I started a thread entitled “Roy Lee Lowery” in which I discussed the likely involvement of Dallas Police detective, Roy Lee Lowery, in Oswald’s murder at the basement of the DPD. In that same thread, I pointed out the likely involvement of Dallas Police sergeant, Gerald Hill, with Lowery in covering up the involvement of Dallas Police Lieutenant, George E. Butler, in Oswald’s murder. As I have stated elsewhere, there is very good reason to believe that Hill framed Oswald for the murder of Dallas Police officer, J.D. Tippit, by pretending to remove the revolver (most likely) used to kill Tippit from Oswald during Oswald’s scuffle with Dallas Police officers inside the Theater. Although I haven’t been able to prove it yet, I strongly suspect that detective Lowery and William James Lowery were blood related.

As I mentioned in part one of this essay, on October 9, 1963, the FBI removed their FLASH (security watch) on Oswald which had been issued after they discovered Oswald allegedly tried to renounce his American citizenship whilst in the Soviet Union (WC Volume V, page 7). I also pointed out that in late September, 1963; William Lowery publicly revealed that he was an FBI informant. This surely meant that he could no longer be used as a confidential FBI informant. Of note is the fact that the FLASH was removed between the time Lowery publicly revealed he was an FBI informant, and the date on which Oswald obtained his job as an order-filler at the TSBD building; namely, October 15, 1963. It is my firm belief that the removal of the FLASH had to do with Oswald taking over from William Lowery in keeping an eye out on Joe Molina on behalf of James Hosty and the FBI.

If the FLASH had not been removed, then Oswald most likely couldn’t have been used as the patsy for the assassination; because the U.S. Secret Service most likely would have been alerted to the fact that he was working inside a building overlooking the motorcade route through Dallas (see here). The person responsible for removing the FLASH on Oswald was FBI supervisor, William Marvin Gheesling. Considering that individuals with connections to Army intelligence/counter-intelligence and the 112th MIG were involved in the assassination, I began to suspect that Gheesling may have been involved with these individuals. Although I haven’t been able to establish that he was, the reader should bear in mind that Gheesling was described by the HSCA as having considerable experience with regards to espionage, intelligence and counter-intelligence investigations for the FBI (see the thread entitled “William Marvin Gheesling” at the ROKC forum).

Let’s also bear in mind that Gheesling’s younger brother, Virgil Alex Gheesling Jr., had served in the U. S. Army (ibid). In his book “Assignment Oswald,” James Hosty describes Gheesling as a “war veteran,” but doesn’t specify what branch of the armed services he was a veteran of (ibid). Given that at least one member of his family served in the U.S. Army, it is entirely possible that Gheesling was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Gheesling’s brother Virgil was also an active member of the First Baptist Church in Hendersonville, Virginia (ibid). Gheesling’s sister-in-law (the wife of his brother, Charles Stanley Gheesling) was a “lifelong member” of the Bethesda Baptist Church in Union Point, Georgia (ibid). With this in mind, it stands to reason that William Marvin Gheesling was a Baptist himself. Of note is that Sgt. Gerald Hill was also a Baptist (ibid). Therefore, it’s possible that Hill and Gheesling knew each other.

Charles W. Webster, John Jacob Abt, and Dr. Robert John Morris

One of the most overlooked individuals of interest to me is Charles W. Webster; a professor of law at Southern Methodist University in Dallas from at least August, 1956. On the day of the assassination, Webster was at DPD headquarters; and despite allegedly being a Communist, he appeared to be on friendly terms with the right-wing DPD. Webster was a President of the St. Thomas More Society (an organisation of Catholic attorneys) in the Dallas-Fort Worth Diocese (see here). As I mentioned above, Edward Coyle was a member of the Knights of Columbus; a Catholic “fraternal service organisation.” Given their association with Catholic organisations, it’s entirely possible that Coyle and Webster knew each other before the assassination. According to researcher Greg Parker, “Webster had run for congress in 1960 with the support of the heavily infiltrated local communist branch which included Bill Lowery, the FBI informant” (see the thread entitled “John Abt and Lee Harvey Oswald” at the education forum).

In addition to his association with Lowery, Webster knew Dr. Robert John Morris; the ultra-right-wing attorney who served as the chief counsel of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Internal Security from 1951 to 1953 and from 1956 to 1958 (see the thread entitled “Robert John Morris” at the ROKC forum). Most researchers are probably familiar with the allegation that Oswald had asked for John Jacob Abt; an attorney for the Communist Party USA, to represent him following his arrest on the day of the assassination. Greg Parker put forward the idea that it was Professor Webster who recommended to Oswald that he contact Abt to represent him; and provided him with Abt’s name and phone number (see the thread entitled “Oswald's Alibi and the Reid Technique” at the ROKC forum). I believe he could very well be correct. According to Dallas Police Captain Will Fritz, Oswald asked for Abt on the day of the assassination (see here and here). However, this was almost certainly a lie, because during the infamous “midnight press conference,” Oswald made no mention of wanting Abt to represent him; merely asking for “someone to come forward” to provide him with “legal assistance” (see here).

Although the reader may believe that Oswald never asked for Abt at all, his mother Marguerite informed the Warren Commission that on the day following the assassination, Oswald told her he “requested to get in touch with Attorney Abt, I think is the name” (WC Volume I, page 149). Unless we are to believe that Marguerite Oswald was part of the plot to associated Oswald with Abt, I see no reason why she would make this claim. But if Webster recommended to Oswald that he contact John Abt to represent him, the obvious question is why. As stated previously, Abt was an attorney for the Communist Party USA; and had defended members of the party against the Smith Act (see here). For example, in January, 1955, Abt defended an African American member of the CPUSA named Claude Lightfoot, who was “arrested based on the Smith Act of 1940 and put on trial” (see here and here). For the uninformed reader, the Smith Act of 1940 made it illegal to advocate (or to belong to a group that advocated) the “violent overthrow” of the U.S. Government.

With the above in mind, I believe the main reason Webster recommended Abt as an attorney to Oswald was to give the public the impression that the assassination was a Communist conspiracy to “overthrow” the U.S. Government. After spending several years researching the assassination, one thing I am absolutely certain of is that the conspirators wanted to provoke a war between the United States and Cuba to overthrow Fidel Castro and his communist regime. Had it not been to the publicity of Oswald handing out Fair Play for Cuba committee leaflets in New Orleans, in August, 1963, he may never have been used as a patsy for the assassination. Perhaps the biggest clue that the conspirators wanted to provoke a war between the United States and Cuba is what John Thomas Masen; a gun store owner in Dallas, Texas, told an FBI informant. As researcher Mark Bridger explains, Masen claimed that beginning in the last week of November “an extended series of small commando raids” would be made against Cuba; followed by a “large scale amphibious assault against the Cuban Mainland” (see here).

Let’s now consider the following. As discussed in part one of this essay, on the night of the assassination, Army intelligence in Texas sent a confidential and provocative cable to the U.S. strike command at MacDill Air Force base in Florida; which had the capability of providing a swift retaliatory attack against Cuba. According to the cable, information “obtained from Oswald revealed he had defected to Cuba in 1959 and is a card carrying member of the Communist Party.” However, this was a lie, because Oswald never defected to Cuba; and was not a “card carrying member of the Communist Party.” The person named as the source of this information was detective L. D. “Don” Stringfellow of the DPD’s Criminal Intelligence Section; who was member of Jack Crichton’s 488th Military Intelligence detachment (a reserve Army intelligence unit). For information on Crichton, I direct the reader to part one of this essay.

Most researchers are probably familiar with the claim by Dallas Police Lieutenant Jack Revill (who was in charge of the DPD’s Criminal Intelligence Section) that shortly following Oswald’s arrest on the day of the assassination, James Hosty told him Oswald was a member of the Communist party and that the FBI knew he was capable of assassinating the President. For those who aren’t, Revill wrote about this in a report to his superior, Captain W. P. Gannaway, and repeated this claim before the Warren Commission (see here, and also WC Volume V, page 34). Revill’s claim that Hosty told him Oswald was a Communist was corroborated by detective Valarus J. “Jack” Brian; who worked under Revill in the Criminal intelligence Section (see here, and also WC Volume V, page 34). But are Revill and Brian credible? First of all, let’s consider that Hosty denied telling Revill that Oswald was capable of assassinating the President when he testified before the Warren Commission (WC Volume IV, page 463 and 464). Secondly, if Oswald was working as an informant for Hosty and the FBI (and we have good reason to believe he was), it makes no sense that Hosty would tell Revill that Oswald is a Communist or a member of the Communist Party.

It’s apparent to me that both Revill and Brian were lying. The question is why. Let’s consider that not only was detective L. D. “Don” Stringfellow working under Revill, but that Edward Coyle told the ARRB that every member of the DPD’s Intelligence section was involved with Army intelligence (see here). In fact, as mentioned in part one of this essay, Jack Crichton once claimed during an interview that there were “about a hundred men” in his 488th Military Intelligence Detachment, and that “about forty or fifty of them were from the Dallas Police Department.” We should also keep in mind that Jack Revill was drafted into the U.S. Army in the late 1950s; shortly after which he joined the Criminal Intelligence Section of the DPD (See here, and see WC Volume V, page 33). We should also keep in mind that detective Valarus J. “Jack” Brian had served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955 as a Sergeant; shortly after which he went to work for the Criminal Intelligence Section of the DPD (see here, and see ibid, page 48).

The fact that both Revill and Brian went to work for the Criminal Intelligence Section of the DPD shortly following their involvement with the U.S. Army strongly suggests that during their time with the Army, they were both involved in intelligence/counter-intelligence work. In part one of this essay, I also discussed the fact that after Army intelligence officer/agent James W. Powell was trapped inside the TSBD following the assassination, he was interviewed by detective Brian. In my essay “Gerald Hill and the Framing of Lee Harvey Oswald,” I mentioned that apart from Gerald Hill himself, Brian was (as far as I am aware) the only law enforcement official who claimed that Hill was on the sixth floor of the TSBD when the spent shell casings were found; despite the likelihood that Hill had already left the TSBD (see under the subheading “Did Hill Lie about his location?”). In that same essay, I discuss evidence pointing to Hill’s complicity in framing Oswald for Tippit’s murder (which I believe was to ensure the DPD would pin the blame for the President’s assassination on Oswald); and that shortly following Oswald’s arrest inside the Texas Theater, Hill made the false claim to Bob Whitten of KCRA radio that Oswald had admitted to being an “active Communist” (see under the subheading “Hill’s possible motive”).

Returning now to John Abt, in his report on Oswald’s interrogations, Captain Fritz wrote that Oswald told him he belonged to the “Fair Play for Cuba organization” and that he belonged to the American Civil Liberties Union; and paid “$5.00 dues” apparently for membership in the ACLU (see here and here). I believe Fritz was lying. On the day following the assassination, H. Louis Nichols; the President of the Dallas Bar Association who visited Oswald in his jail cell, informed news reporters that Oswald told him if he couldn’t get John Abt to represent him, he wanted an attorney from the ACLU to represent him. Nichols also informed reporters that Oswald told him he was a member of the ACLU (see here). I return to Nichols further on in this essay. As I discussed in the thread entitled “My latest essay” at the ROKC forum, on November 1, 1963, someone claiming to be Oswald filled out an application form to rent Post office box 6225 in Dallas, Texas. In that same thread, I expressed my belief that this was Jack Ruby’s multi-purpose employee, Larry Crafard; whom we have good reason to believe was not only the Oswald lookalike who shot officer J.D. Tippit, but may also have been a sniper inside the TSBD (see my essay “Did Larry Crafard kill J. D. Tippit?” for more on Crafard).

Whoever filled out the application form to rent P.O. box 6225 listed the Fair Play for Cuba Committee and the ACLU as organisations for which the box was being rented (WCD 934). Someone claiming to be Oswald also sent a letter to the ACLU (with the return address of “Box 6225, Dallas, Tex”) asking to be “enrolled” as an “associate member” which the ALCU received on November 4, 1963 (WCD 1502, page 6). The FBI reported that the handwriting on the note was determined to be Oswald’s handwriting by the FBI laboratory (WCD 107, page 52). However, this could have been done by someone familiar with Oswald’s handwriting. As far as I am aware, there is no film footage of the real Oswald asking for an ACLU attorney; or claiming that he was a member of the ACLU.

It’s apparent to me that the conspirators wanted to associate Oswald with the ACLU. The question is why. Let’s consider the following. As author William A. Donohue writes in his book “The Politics of the American Civil Liberties Union,” the ACLU was involved in defending the rights of Communists (see here). With this in mind, there can be little doubt that many individuals with ultra-right beliefs would have considered the ACLU as being some sort of a Communist “front” organisation. As a matter of fact, according to Earl Browder; who had served as chairman and general secretary of the National Committee of the CP USA between the years 1930 and 1945, the ACLU functioned as a “transmission belt” for the Communist Party (see here). Let’s also consider that at least one of the co-founders of the ACLU; Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, was a Communist. Flynn served as the chairwoman of the National Committee of the CP USA from January, 1961, to September, 1964 (see here and here).

But perhaps the most important point to bear in mind is that someone claiming to be Oswald sent a letter to Arnold Samuel Johnson; the director of the “information and lecture bureau of the Communist party,” informing Johnson that “Through a friend, I have been introduced into the American Civil Liberties Union Local chapter” (WCE 1145). In the letter, Johnson was asked “Could you advise me as to the general view we had on the American Civil Liberties Union? and to what degree, if any, I should attempt to highten [sic] its progressive tendencies” (ibid). The return address on the letter was “P. O. Box 6225.” Johnson had been a representative of the ACLU; and in 1951, he was indicted for apparently advocating the overthrow of the U.S. Government in violation of the Smith Act (see here and here). Also of note is that when Johnson testified before the Warren Commission, the attorney that accompanied him was John Abt.

Taking all of the above information concerning Johnson and the ACLU into consideration, it is my belief that by associating Oswald with Johnson and the ACLU, the conspirators wanted to reinforce the belief that Oswald was part of a Communist conspiracy to assassinate the President and to “overthrow” the Government (let’s also remember that as mentioned above, the ACLU was listed as an organisation alongside the FPCC for which P.O. box 6225 was being rented). When John Abt testified before the Warren Commission, he was asked the following question; “Mr. Abt, did you learn that Lee Harvey Oswald was interested in having you represent him apparently because of some prior connection of yours with the American Civil Liberties Union?” Abt’s response was “No. My assumption was, and it is pure assumption, that [Oswald] read about some of my representation in the press, and, therefore, it occurred to him that I might be a good man to represent him, but that is pure assumption on my part. I have no direct knowledge of the whole matter” (WC Volume X, page 116).

Although Abt didn’t deny that he was involved with the ACLU when he testified, in his book “Advocate and Activist: Memoirs of an American Communist Lawyer,” Abt makes no mention of being an attorney for the ACLU. In fact, as Abt writes on page 19 of his book, he had joined the Chicago Civil Liberties Union (see here). As I mentioned above, one of the co-founders of the ACLU was Elizabeth Gurley Flynn; who served as the chairwoman of the National Committee of the CP USA from January, 1961, to September, 1964. When Arnold Samuel Johnson testified before the Warren Commission, he was asked who Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was. At this point, Abt interjected with the following; “Mr. Rankin, I have advised Mr. Johnson respectfully to decline to give any further information on this subject” (WC Volume X, page 100). One has to wonder why Abt advised Johnson to decline to give further information on Flynn. In my opinion, it was most likely because Johnson and Flynn were both associated with the ACLU; and because of rumours that Abt himself was associated with the ACLU.

As I pointed out previously, Greg Parker put forward the idea that it was Professor Charles W. Webster from Southern Methodist University who provided Oswald with John Abt’s name and phone number following his arrest on the day of the assassination. Provided this is true, it begs the question of who was the so-called mastermind behind this. One person who comes to mind is Dr. Robert Morris. As mentioned previously, Morris and Webster knew each other. On November 26, 1963, the FBI received a letter from an attorney named Clarence Carter Byrd from Florence, South Carolina, who informed them that he had seen Oswald state on television that he wanted John Abt as his attorney (see the thread entitled “Robert John Morris” at the ROKC forum). As far as I am aware, there is no television footage of Oswald asking for Abt. Therefore, Byrd was probably lying.

But why would Byrd lie? Let’s consider the following. Byrd was a veteran of the U.S. Navy; where he served as a Naval Intelligence Officer and was a Pearl Harbor survivor during World War II (ibid). Robert Morris had served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; during which he was a “commander of counterintelligence and psychological warfare” (ibid). Therefore, Morris and Byrd may have known each other. Furthermore, Byrd was a member of the central United Methodist Church (ibid). According to its website, Southern Methodist University was founded by what is now referred to as the United Methodist Church (ibid). Taking this into account with the fact that Charles Webster was a professor of Law at Southern Methodist University, it is entirely possible that Byrd and Webster knew each other. If Byrd did in fact know both Webster and Robert Morris, then this could explain why he lied to the FBI about seeing Oswald state on television that he wanted John Abt as his attorney.

In part one of this essay, I discussed the infamous “black border ad” which I believe was part of the ploy to give the public the impression that Jews were involved in the assassination. One of those responsible for the ad was Joseph P. Grinnan; an “independent oil operator” in Dallas and a member of the ultra-right-wing John Birch Society (see here and here). When Bernard Weissman testified before the Warren Commission, he remarked that “too many” members of the John Birch Society were anti-Semitic (WC Volume V, page 500). Of note is that Grinnan’s attorney was Robert Morris. At this point, the reader should keep in mind that Morris knew both Lawrence Howard of INTERPEN fame (whom I strongly suspect may have been the “dark complected” man seen by Dallas deputy Sheriff Roger Craig driving the Nash Rambler Station along Elm Street shortly following the assassination) and Dallas Police Lieutenant, George E. Butler (see the thread entitled “Robert John Morris” at the ROKC forum). As I discussed in part one of this essay, there is good reason to believe that Butler was involved in the plot to murder Oswald in the basement of the DPD; and that Butler informed the DPD he had information that Oswald was the illegitimate son of Jack Ruby.

Since Jack Ruby was of Jewish ancestry, the implication of Butler’s claim is that Oswald was also Jewish; and that Oswald was part of a Jewish conspiracy to assassinate the President. We should also keep in mind that according to Butler’s obituary in the “Oak Cliff Tribune,” he “was certain that Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife Marina were Communists agents, that Fidel Castro ordered the Kennedy killing, [and] that Oswald and Jack Ruby were probably in cahoots” (see here). As I discussed at the ROKC forum in March, 2016, there is good reason to believe that reserve Dallas Police Captain, Charles Oliver Arnett, and reserve Dallas Police sergeant, Kenneth Hudson Croy, were both involved with George Butler in Oswald’s murder; and that like Butler, Arnett informed the DPD he had information that Oswald was the illegitimate son of Jack Ruby (see the thread entitled “Kenneth Croy redux”). As I also discussed, Dallas Police detective Joseph R. Cody; who was an Army CIC officer and under whose name the colt cobra revolver Jack Ruby used to kill Oswald with was purchased, was also likely involved with Butler in Oswald’s murder (ibid).

Shortly following the assassination, former Army General Edwin A. Walker was interviewed by a German Newspaper called the “National Zeitung.” During the interview, Walker stated the following; “We have been talking about this Marxist assassin… this Oswald… Lee Oswald… I have just learned that John Abt from New York has offered to defend him in Court” (WCD 1543, page 12). Walker also remarked that “Mr. Abt is an American Jew who defends all big Communist cases(ibid). As researcher Ed LeDoux kindly pointed out to me, in his aforementioned book, Abt wrote that he had a “German Jewish Childhood” (see here). So although Walker wasn’t lying when he referred to Abt as a Jew, his claim that Abt “offered” to defend Oswald in court was a lie; because Abt never made such an offer.

Although the reader may believe that Walker simply received false information, there is good reason to believe that this was a deliberate lie by Walker. First of all, let’s consider that Robert Morris had been one of Walker’s attorneys (see the thread entitled “Robert John Morris” at the ROKC forum). Secondly, let’s consider that Walker himself probably held anti-Semitic beliefs. When Walker testified before the Senate Armed Service sub-committee in early 1962, George Lincoln Rockwell (the founder of the American Nazi Party) was present (see here). According to a journalist named Tom Kelly, Walker assaulted him (Kelly) after he asked Walker if he would like to “disavow” Rockwell; this was after Kelly told Walker that Rockwell had praised him (see here). Furthermore, according to an article in the “Enquirer” of New York, Walker was “affiliated” with Rockwell and the American Nazi Party (see here).

Taking the above into consideration, it’s apparent that Walker had Nazi/anti-Semitic beliefs. Another point to keep in mind is that during his testimony before the Warren Commission, Walker referred to Ruby by his actual Jewish surname, Rubenstein, when discussing the possibility that Ruby was involved with Oswald in a conspiracy to assassinate the President. As a matter of fact, Walker told the Warren Commission the following; “I think the fact that Rubenstein shot Oswald suggests plenty. I am convinced he couldn’t have shot him except for one basic reason, and maybe many others, but to keep him quiet” (WC Volume XI, page 423). Although I don’t believe Walker had any direct involvement in the assassination, I nevertheless believe he had foreknowledge of it; and that he was part of the plot to give the public the impression that Jews were involved in the assassination. Also of note is that during the riots at Oxford Mississippi in September and October, 1962 (which Walker was involved with) Joseph P. Grinnan was reported to be a “volunteer aide” for Walker; and to “keep arms in his automobile” (see here).

In addition to what I have discussed above concerning why John Abt was recommended to Oswald as an attorney, I believe it also had to do with the fact that Abt was Jewish. I believe that by getting Professor Charles Webster to recommend to Oswald that he ask for a Jewish attorney who had defended members of the CP USA, people such as Robert Morris had hoped that this would give the public the impression that Oswald was part of a Jewish Communist conspiracy to assassinate the President. In fact, as I mentioned previously, I believe Robert Morris may have been the so-called mastermind behind the idea of recommending to Oswald that he contact John Abt to represent him. Let’s keep in mind that Abt argued against the McCarran Act before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1960; and defended the CP USA against it (see here and here). For the uninformed reader, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Internal Security was created to study and investigate the administration, operation, and enforcement of the McCarran Act; and as stated previously, Robert Morris had served as its chief counsel from 1951 to 1953 and from 1956 to 1958. Although Morris was no longer its chief counsel in 1960, given his association with the Subcommittee, Morris was probably familiar with Abt.

Before concluding this section of the essay, there are a few more individuals I would like to discuss. The first is Richard Girnt Butler. Butler was a vile, racist, anti-Semitic individual who, according to researcher David Boylan, knew Lawrence Howard of INTERPEN fame. This is the same Lawrence Howard who was “very reluctant” to admit knowing Robert Morris (see here and here). Whilst I have not yet been able to determine if Richard Butler was related to Lieutenant George Butler of the DPD, given the likelihood that George Butler was involved in the plot to give the public the impression that Jews were involved in the assassination, I think it would prove to be most interesting if it can be determined that they were related.

The second individual I would like to discuss is Joseph Adams Milteer. The reader may be familiar with the fact that Milteer was recorded telling FBI informant, William Somerset, about a plot to assassinate President Kennedy from an office building with a “high powered rifle” before the assassination (see here). Like Richard Butler, Milteer was a racist and an anti-Semite. Before the assassination, Milteer had also “predicted” that there would be “a propaganda campaign put on how to prove to the Christian people of the world that the Jews, the Zionist Jews, had murdered Kennedy” (see here). As Dr. Jerry Rose writes in his article entitled “Wake up Christians! Milteer after the assassination,” following the assassination, Milteer made the following claim; “the Zionist Jews, Communists, had President John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed in Dallas, Texas, by Lee Oswald, November 22, 1963” (see here). Although I don’t believe Milteer had any direct involvement in the assassination, it’s apparent to me that he had foreknowledge of it.

The final individual I would like to discuss is the Jewish Bernard Weissman. As discussed in part one of this essay, it was Weissman’s name which was printed at the bottom of the infamous “black border ad.” The reader may be familiar with the so-called “Oxnard call,” where a woman speaking in a low voice predicted that President Kennedy would be assassinated at 12:30 pm Dallas time; exactly the time at which he was shot in Dealey Plaza. The reader may also be familiar with the fact that the caller initially predicted the assassination would occur at 12:10 pm. For those who are not familiar with the so-called Oxnard Call, I highly recommend reading Greg Parker’s fascinating research on it (see here). As both Parker and I believe, the caller was most likely in radio contact with the conspirators in Dallas; and that the initial plot to assassinate the President at circa 12:10 pm was aborted.

This now brings me back to Bernard Weissman. In my opinion, Weissman may have been the designated patsy for the assassination plot at circa 12:10 pm. If this were the case, and if Weissman didn’t turn up at the location along the motorcade route where he was supposed to be, then this could explain why the assassination plot at circa 12:10 pm didn’t go ahead as planned. Although I don’t firmly believe that Weissman was the designated patsy, there are some indications that he knew the President would be assassinated sometime between 12:10 pm and 12:30 pm. When Weissman testified before the Warren Commission, he claimed that he and his friend William Burley were to meet with Larrie Schmidt; the President of CUSA at a place called the Ducharme Club in Dallas; and that Burley was waiting to pick him up between 12:10 and 12:30 pm (WC Volume V, pages 515 and 516).

The reader should note that Weissman claimed Burley was waiting for him between the time of the initial prediction by the Oxnard caller as to when the President would be assassinated and the time the President was actually assassinated in Dealey Plaza. Although this could be just a bizarre coincidence, Weissman may have been trying to give the Warren Commission the impression that he couldn’t have been involved in the assassination. Whilst the reader may believe that Weissman couldn’t have been the designated patsy for the aborted 12:10 pm assassination plot because he was a right-winger, we should consider that there may have been a post assassination plan to give the public the impression that Weissman was a Communist pretending to be a right-winger. Another point to keep in mind is that as Warren Commission member Hale Boggs claimed during Weissman’s testimony before the commission, Jews in Germany were described (amongst other things) as being Communists (ibid, page 501).


Robert Gerald Storey Sr., H. Louis Nichols, and Joseph Brantley Brown Jr.

In the previous section of this essay, I discussed the possibility that Professor Charles W. Webster from Southern Methodist University had recommended John Abt as an attorney to Oswald; and that Webster was associated with William James Lowery and Robert Morris. Another person of interest whom Webster (undoubtedly) knew was attorney Robert Gerald Storey Sr. The reader may recognise Storey as being an attorney who was part of the “State Court of Inquiry” appointed by Governor John Connally to conduct an investigation into Oswald’s murder; and then report back to Connally on the findings (see the thread entitled “Robert Gerald Storey” at the ROKC forum). Storey was present during some of the testimonies by witnesses before the Warren Commission; such as the testimony of Jack Ruby. During the Infamous Nuremberg War trials (where several high ranking Nazis were tried for crimes during World War II), Storey was part of the prosecution team (ibid).

From 1921 to 1922, Storey served as a national executive committeeman of the American Legion (ibid). The potential significance of this is that (as mentioned above) Jack Charles Cason told the FBI during a post assassination interview that he was a former commander of American Legion post No. 53 in Dallas, Texas. From 1947 to 1959, Storey was the Dean of Southern Methodist University law School (ibid). As I mentioned above, Charles Webster was a professor of law at SMU from at least August, 1956. With this in mind, there can be no doubt that Storey and Webster were well acquainted. In Part one of this essay, one of the individuals I discussed was Louise Raggio; a friend of Lyndon Johnson who was Ruth Paine’s divorce attorney, and who (like her husband Grier Raggio) likely had ties to the 112th MIG in Dallas, Texas. Louise Raggio graduated from SMU with her law degree in 1952 (ibid). Therefore, there can be little doubt that Raggio and Storey knew each other.

According to researchers Harold Weisberg and Bruce Adamson, Storey had an office inside the Republic National Bank building; and as researcher Greg Parker pointed out, the Republic National Bank was identified as being a conduit of CIA funds since the year 1958 (ibid). Also of note is that Dallas district attorney Henry Wade told the FBI that Storey claimed he had either worked for or with the CIA in Europe (ibid). Storey was also a combat intelligence officer for the U.S. Air Force in London (ibid). Another person of interest who had office space inside the Republic National Bank building was Oswald’s so-called best friend, George DeMohrenschildt. In February, 1964, Weeden B. Nichols; the Vice President and building manager of the Republic National Bank Building in Dallas, Texas, informed the FBI that from September, 1954 to May, 1959, DeMohrenschildt occupied two rooms inside the building (WCD 555, page 9). 

As I discussed previously, on the day following the assassination, H. Louis Nichols; the President of the Dallas Bar Association, informed news reporters that Oswald told him if he couldn’t get John Abt to represent him, he wanted an attorney from the ACLU to represent him; and that Oswald told him he was a member of the ACLU. I previously expressed my belief that by associating Oswald with the ACLU, the conspirators wanted to reinforce the belief that Oswald was part of a Communist conspiracy to assassinate the President and to “overthrow” the Government. I believe Nichols was involved in this scheme. Let’s take into account the fact that Nichols was a member of the U.S. Army reserves (see here). As Greg Parker pointed out, the U.S. Army reserves were a “recruiting ground” for Army intelligence (see the thread entitled “Send Lawyers Guns & Money Pt2 at the ROKC forum). Another individual of interest who was a member of the U.S. Army reserves is Michael Paine (this was discussed in part one of this essay).

When H. Louis Nichols testified before the Warren Commission, he stated his business address was “1200 Republic Bank Building, Dallas” (WC Volume VII, page 326). According to Bruce Adamson, Nichols and Robert Storey Sr. knew each other (see here). Another interesting occupant of the Republic National Bank Building was attorney Eugene Murphy Locke. Locke was a friend of Lyndon Johnson who was the chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee of Texas; and a member of both the Dallas and American Bar Association (see here and here). As researchers such as Gayle Nix Jackson have pointed out, on November 14, 1963, Secret Service agents Winston Lawson and Forrest Sorrels visited Locke at the Republic National Bank Building to discuss various aspects of President Kennedy’s visit to Dallas, which apparently included the motorcade route (WCD 3, page 61), (WC Volume XXI, page 546).

Returning now to H. Louis Nichols, when he testified before the Warren Commission, he claimed that he decided to visit Oswald in his jail cell after allegedly receiving a telephone call from “another lawyer who was a professor out at S.M.U.” who enquired if the Dallas Bar Association was doing anything about obtaining an attorney for Oswald (WC Volume VII, page 327 and 328). Although some may argue that this was Professor Charles Webster, if Webster and Nichols were in cahoots, it makes no sense to me that Webster would call Nichols to enquire if the Dallas Bar Association was doing anything about obtaining an attorney for Oswald. In my opinion, Nichols was lying to the Warren Commission to cover his real reason for visiting Oswald in his jail cell.

Let’s now take a look at another individual of interest; namely, justice of the peace, Joseph Brantley Brown Jr. Brown graduated from SMU law School in 1954, after which he spent two years in the U.S. Army (see here and here). Given the fact that Brown graduated from SMU law School in 1954, there can be little doubt that Brown was acquainted with Robert Storey Sr.; and he may have known Professor Charles Webster. Brown was also evidently a member of the Dallas Bar Association since 1954. The reader may be familiar with the fact that Brown’s father, Joseph Brantley Brown Sr., was the judge who presided over the trial of Jack Ruby for the murder of Oswald. Brown Jr.’s office was located at the Oak Cliff Courthouse at 410 South Beckley Avenue, Dallas (see here and here). According to Google Maps, this is right near the intersection of Beckley and 12th Streets.

The potential significance of this is that on the day of the assassination, Gerald Hill reported over the Dallas Police radio that he had a man in the car with him who could allegedly identify the man who shot and killed officer J.D. Tippit (WCE 705, WCE 1974). This man was supposedly Tippit murder witness, Harold Russell. However, as I discuss in my article “Gerald Hill and the Tippit murder scene - Part 2” at my blog, there is good reason to believe that Hill was lying when he claimed he had a witness in the car with him; and that the man in the car with Hill may actually have been the Tippit murderer. Contrary to what I have advocated in the past, I now believe that Hill may have dropped the Tippit murderer off at the Oak Cliff Courthouse to hide for a while after obtaining the revolver (WCE 143) used to kill Tippit from him.

As stated above, Brown’s father was the judge who presided over the trial of Jack Ruby for Oswald’s murder. During Ruby’s trial, Brown Sr. chose psychiatrist Robert L. Stubblefield as his “representative” for medical and neurological tests to be performed on Ruby to assess his sanity. The following is from the Memoirs of Brown Sr.; “It was about January 18th [1964] that Mr. [Melvin] Belli came to me and said he wanted Ruby to undergo a thorough series of medical and neurological tests under court supervision. They would include spinal fluid studies and an electroencephalogram… I picked Dr. Robert Stubblefield, Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas as my representative. Thus, I became the first judge in Texas to have a psychiatric consultant. I was forbidden to communicate with the jury who would find Jack Ruby legally sane or insane” (see here).

Although it may be just a bizarre coincidence, when Stubblefield was charged with giving former general Edwin Walker a psychiatric evaluation for his involvement in the riots at Oxford, Mississippi in September and October, 1962, Stubblefield’s attorney was Professor Charles Webster. One of the attorneys who represented Walker during the psychiatric evaluation was Robert Morris (see here and here). Therefore, there can be little doubt that Morris was acquainted with Stubblefield. During Ruby’s trial, Stubblefield claimed that he believed Ruby was legally sane when he shot Oswald (see here). When Ruby’s attorney, Melvin Belli, argued that Ruby was legally insane and asked Brown Sr. for a directed verdict of acquittal, Brown overruled him (see here).

Assuming that both Brown and Stubblefield were involved in a plot to give the public the impression that Ruby was legally sane at the time he shot Oswald, it begs the question of why they wanted the public to believe this. In my opinion, it may have been part of the scheme to give the public the impression that Jews were behind the assassination. As mentioned before, both Lt. George Butler and reserve Captain Charles Oliver Arnett informed the DPD they had information that Oswald was the illegitimate son of the Jewish Jack Ruby. By getting Stubblefield to claim that he believed Ruby was legally sane at the time he shot Oswald (and therefore knew what he was doing), I believe certain individuals involved in the conspiracy had hoped that the public would come to believe that Ruby was involved in a Jewish conspiracy with Oswald to assassinate the President; and that he (Ruby) shot Oswald to prevent him from implicating him in such a conspiracy. On a final note, it is interesting that Robert Morris criticised Melvin Belli for (amongst other things) his criticisms of Brown Sr. at the end of the Ruby trial (see here).  


Conclusions

After having spent many hours over the past few years reading through various DPD reports, FBI reports, Secret Service reports, Warren Commission testimony transcripts, and other reports and interviews, there are simply too many reasons for me to NOT believe that individuals associated with U.S. Army intelligence/counter-intelligence were behind the assassination. There is also too much evidence for me to NOT believe that certain individuals involved the conspiracy wanted to give the public the impression that this was some sort of a “Jewish Communist” conspiracy. Although some may argue this is a ridiculous assertion because they believe certain individuals with Jewish ancestry were involved in the assassination, let’s keep in mind that not all individuals of Jewish ancestry consider themselves “Jewish.” For example, Dan Burros; a man of Jewish ancestry, was a member of the American Nazi Party (see here).

As I mentioned before, one thing I am absolutely certain of is that the conspirators wanted to provoke a war between the United States and Cuba to overthrow Fidel Castro and his communist regime. I believe the reason this didn’t go ahead as hoped is because some individuals involved in the conspiracy (such as Lyndon Johnson) feared a war with Cuba would eventually lead to a nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Let me also clarify one thing; I don’t believe Lyndon Johnson was the so-called mastermind of the assassination. However, I strongly believe he at least knew President Kennedy would be assassinated. In volume three of his book “Lee Harvey Oswald’s Cold War: Why the Kennedy assassination should be reinvestigated” (a book I am very much looking forward to reading), Greg Parker will be presenting incriminating evidence against an individual with close ties to Johnson. Whilst I am confident that not too many people will agree with all of the conclusions I have reached in this two part essay, I nevertheless hope the reader has found this two part essay to be somewhat enlightening.

Acknowledgements


As always, the fantastic research by Greg Parker and Lee Farley has had a huge impact on my own; for which I am forever grateful to them. I would also like to thank Ed LeDoux for his research assistance; and the core group of researchers and posters at the ROKC forum who constantly give me motivation to continue researching this assassination, despite the many loathsome individuals who frequent other forums. Finally, I would like to thank Terry Wayne Martin for generously taking the time to proof-read this essay prior to it being published on this blog. 

Tuesday, 3 May 2016

Bart Kamp on The Lone Gunman Podcast


For the second time now, researcher Bart Kamp from the ROKC forum was interviewed by Rob Clark who hosts The Lone Gunman Podcast show (see here). Topics discussed include Oswald/Prayer Man, and several of the TSBD employees such as Joe Molina and the very suspicious Roy Truly. Included is a recording of the Q and A session Kamp conducted at the 2016 Dealey Plaza U.K. conference with N.A.R.A. documents expert, Malcolm Blunt. Be sure to check it out!

Saturday, 26 March 2016

“Oswald’s Alibi and the Reid Interrogation Technique” by Greg Parker


Researcher Greg Parker has recently published an excellent essay covering Lee Harvey Oswald’s alibi at the time President Kennedy was assassinated; and the appalling Reid interrogation technique used to obtain false confessions from suspects (see here). It is a must read; so please be sure to take some time to read through it!!! 

Thursday, 3 December 2015

The "Prayer Man" movie


Researcher Bart Kamp has uploaded his movie on “Prayer Man” at YouTube (see here). It is a very well put together movie which guides the viewer through the evidence that Lee Harvey Oswald was standing on the front steps of the TSBD building at the time President Kennedy was assassinated; and that Oswald is the figure researcher Sean Murphy dubbed “Prayer Man.” Kamp also explains to the viewer why the so-called second floor lunchroom encounter between Oswald, the TSBD superintendent Roy Truly, and DPD officer Marion Baker was a fabrication. I commend Kamp for the extraordinary effort he has put into making this fantastic movie. If you want to know why Oswald was not the sixth floor shooter, then watch this movie!!!

Sunday, 29 November 2015

Book review: "Prayer Man: The exoneration of Lee Harvey Oswald" by Stan Dane


Just recently, I finished reading my copy of the book Prayer Man: The exoneration of Lee Harvey Oswald authored by researcher Stan Dane. The book is based on the brilliant research by Sean Murphy; who presented compelling evidence that at the time of the assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald was standing on the front steps of the TSBD watching the Presidential motorcade pass by (see here). Had it not been to some personal problems I have been experiencing for quite a while, I would have purchased the book and read it much sooner. As a matter of fact, I won my copy of the book from a raffle ticket draw at the 2015 ROKC conference in Melbourne. My brother (who attended the conference with me) was the person who drew the ticket that won me the book. I guess it was my lucky day.

Throughout the book, Dane guides the reader through Sean Murphy’s research which demonstrates (beyond a reasonable doubt) that Oswald was standing on the front steps of the TSBD at the time of the assassination; and is the figure which Sean Murphy dubbed as “Prayer Man.” If you want to know why Oswald was innocent of shooting President Kennedy, this is the book you MUST read; and as Dane wrote towards the beginning of his book, this is the book he wished Sean Murphy had written. But despite Murphy’s ground breaking research, there will always be those who disagree that Oswald was standing outside the TSBD at the time of the assassination; from those who simply can’t handle the reality that Oswald was not the lone assassin, to those whose egos won’t allow them to admit that Murphy has demonstrated that Oswald was standing on the front steps of the TSBD because they didn’t do so themselves.

One of the most truly absurd claims against Oswald being “Prayer Man” is that “Prayer Man” was a woman. I submit that anyone who honestly believes this to be the case needs to get their eyes and/or head examined by a professional; as “Prayer Man” is clearly a male figure! Others have argued that if Oswald really was “Prayer Man,” he would have shouted out to news reporters every chance he got that he was standing on the front steps of the TSBD building. However, given the utter shock, fear, and humiliation the innocent Oswald would have experienced after being told that he was being charged for the assassination of the President, I think it’s only perfectly reasonable that he would have been at a loss for the right words to say. There is another factor to take into account in this regard. As researcher Greg Parker and (to a lesser extent) I have discussed, there is good reason to believe that Oswald was an undiagnosed sufferer of Asperger’s syndrome (see here). If this was in fact the case, it would most likely have been more difficult for Oswald to find the right words to say (see here for why).

Some researchers have argued that as President Kennedy’s motorcade was passing the TSBD building, Oswald was using a camera to take a photograph(s). Others have argued that Oswald would not have been taking a photograph(s) from the “Prayer Man” position, as it was a poor position to take a photograph(s) from. Although I am not entirely convinced myself that Oswald was taking a photograph(s) as the motorcade passed by, if Oswald was a sufferer of Asperger’s syndrome, it would make sense for him to take a photograph(s) from the “Prayer Man” position; as it was away from the crowd and associated noise. But regardless of what one believes Oswald was doing at the time of the assassination, Sean Murphy’s research stands on solid ground, and Stan Dane is to be commended for writing this book.

Sunday, 22 November 2015

Reflections on the 2015 ROKC conference in Melbourne


On November 21 and 22 of this year, the very first conference on the JFK assassination in Australia was held in Melbourne, Victoria, at the Mercure Hotel. The conference was organised by researchers Greg Parker and Frankie Vegas. I had the privilege of attending the conference, and as a Melbournian myself, I was extremely proud of the fact that the conference was held in Melbourne. I was very pleased to have met researchers such as Greg Parker, Vanessa Loney, Colin Crow, Glenn Gilbert, Mick Purdy, and a host of others for the very first time in person. Overall, the conference was terrific; with some very well put together presentations. For example, Phil Hopley discussed the history of the Fair Play for Cuba committee (which I found to be rather enlightening), and Peter Morris discussed the Mannlicher Carcano rifle (which I also found to be quite enlightening).

One of the highlights of the conference was the various items owned by Peter Morris which were put on display. These items included a jacket once owned by Jack Ruby, a piece of the picket fence on top of the infamous “Grassy knoll,” and a brick which was part of the TSBD building. Following the conclusion of the conference on Sunday the 22nd, I took a stroll to what is known as the Treasury Gardens directly across the Mercure Hotel with my brother (who also attended the conference) to take several photographs of a memorial there which was dedicated to President Kennedy. At the time the Mercure Hotel was selected as the venue for the conference, it was not known by either Greg Parker or Frankie Vegas that there was a memorial dedicated to President Kennedy just across the road from there. It was one very interesting coincidence. When time allows, I will upload the photographs I took of the memorial (and the aforementioned items which were put on display) to this blog.

I greatly look forward to a conference being put together in Melbourne for the next anniversary of the assassination, and my appreciation goes out to both Greg Parker and Frankie Vegas for taking the time to put this conference together. My only regret is that the conference did not go for a few more days!

Tuesday, 22 September 2015

Who was behind the assassination?


Throughout my research into the JFK assassination, there are three groups of people whom I have come to believe deserve the most attention by researchers:
1). Those who wanted the Vietnam War to escalate into a full scale War
2).Those with anti-Semitic beliefs                                                          
3). Those who were either directly or indirectly connected to U.S. Army intelligence; namely the 112th Military Intelligence Group.
What I hope to accomplish in this essay is to demonstrate to the reader that the aforementioned groups were the ones most likely responsible for the assassination of President Kennedy. Although many researchers are of the belief that the conspirators desired the escalation of the Vietnam War, a much smaller proportion believe that individuals with ant-Semitic beliefs and/or those with either a direct or indirect connection to U.S. Army intelligence were involved in the conspiracy to assassinate the President. I have already discussed much of what follows at Greg Parker’s terrific research forum in separate threads. However, I felt that it was important to put it all into a single essay. Let’s begin with the evidence that U.S. Army intelligence were involved in the assassination, and were responsible (along with the FBI) for placing Oswald into the TSBD building; with the purpose of framing him for the assassination.

The 112th Military Intelligence Group and the TSBD

As most researchers of the assassination are probably aware, the man who owned the TSBD building at the time of the assassination was David Harold Byrd. Byrd was an Oil operator and co-founder of the Civil Air Patrol; the very same organisation which Oswald joined in July 1955.  One of Byrd’s acquaintances was Jack Alston Crichton. Crichton was a right-wing Oil and natural Gas industrialist from Dallas, Texas, who founded the 488th Military Intelligence detachment in 1956. The 488th Military Intelligence detachment was a reserve Army intelligence unit, which included several members of the Dallas Police Department. During an interview, Crichton remarked that there were “about a hundred men in that unit and about forty or fifty of them were from the Dallas Police Department” (See here). Two such members from the DPD were Deputy Chief George Lumpkin and detective L. D. (Don) Stringfellow; who worked in the DPD’s criminal intelligence section (I discuss the significance of this further on in the essay).
Crichton was also acquainted with George DeMohrenschildt; the man whom many researchers have described as Oswald’s best friend and “baby sitter,” and who was acquainted with Army intelligence officers such as Sam Kail (see here). What’s also important to bear in mind is that Crichton was the owner and co-director of the Dorchester Gas Producing company. One of the co-directors of that company was David Harold Byrd. Although this doesn’t prove that there was a direct connection between Army intelligence and the TSBD, the reader should take the following into account. On May 22, 1964, Jack Charles Cason; the President and Treasurer of the TSBD Corporation, wrote an affidavit in which he claimed the following “The Corporation acts as an independent agency for a group of thirty-three publishers to warehouse and distribute textbooks to the various schools in the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and New Mexico” (see here). When Lt. Colonel Robert E. Jones of the 112th Military Intelligence Group in San Antonio, Texas, testified before the HSCA, he made the following remark “The 112 MI group had seven regions under its operational control which encompassed a five-state area: Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico and Oklahoma” (see here).
As the reader can see, the TSBD Corporation covered the exact same five states as the 112th Military Intelligence Group. And as pointed out previously, David Harold Byrd was an acquaintance of Jack Alston Crichton; the man who founded the 488th Military intelligence detachment in Dallas, Texas. It is difficult to ignore the intriguing “coincidence” that the man who owned the TSBD building was acquainted with a man who was a founder of a reserve Army intelligence unit; and that the TSBD Corporation which had its offices inside that very same building covered the exact same five states as the 112th Military intelligence group. What’s also intriguing is that in 1948, Byrd became the Regional Coordinator (later renamed Regional Commander) of the Civil Air Patrol’s Southwest Region. The Southwest Region included the states of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana, Arkansas and Arizona (see here). As the reader can see, with the exception of Arizona, the Southwest Region of the CAP covered the same states as both the TSBD Corporation and the 112th MIG.

Oswald and the 112th Military Intelligence Group

But what exactly does this have to do with Oswald himself? Aside from the fact Oswald worked inside that building for the TSBD Corporation as an order-filler, let’s take the following into consideration. On the evening of November 23, 1963, Oswald tried to place a phone call to a John David Hurt or a John William Hurt from the DPD jail. The phone numbers of both men were written down on a piece of paper by Louise Sweeney/Swinney; who worked as a telephone switchboard operator for the DPD. Sweeney’s/Swinney’s colleague, Alveeta Treon, retrieved the piece of paper after Sweeney/Swinney purportedly through it into a waste basket. What’s important to bear in mind is that John David Hurt had worked for Army intelligence; and then Army counterintelligence, in Europe and Japan during World War II (see here, and here on page 12).
One must ask why Oswald would be trying to call a man connected to both Army intelligence and Army counter intelligence following his arrest for the assassination of President Kennedy. When we take into consideration the likelihood that Oswald was working for Army intelligence and/or counterintelligence, it seems likely that Oswald was trying to contact Hurt to ask for his help. Although John David Hurt denied knowing Oswald, his denial may have been because he thought that by acknowledging he knew Oswald, he would come under suspicion of being involved in a conspiracy with Oswald to assassinate the President. The reader should also keep in mind that Mrs Sweeney/Swinney denied that Oswald ever tried to call a John Hurt from the DPD jail. However, it’s quite likely that her denial was because she was threatened to keep quiet about it; as the implication of Oswald’s attempted phone call was that he was possibly working for Army intelligence and/or counterintelligence.
It is also important to keep in mind what Lt. Col. Robert Jones told the HSCA with regards to his role in the 112th Military Intelligence Group; “I was directly responsible for all counterintelligence, operations background investigations, domestic intelligence and any special operations in this area” (see here). If Jones’ testimony is to be believed, the 112th MIG was not only responsible for intelligence operations, but also counterintelligence operations. In my opinion, this reinforces the notion that Oswald was trying to call John David Hurt following his arrest. Let’s now take the following into account. As most researchers are probably already aware, Oswald’s immediate supervisor at the TSBD was William Hoyt Shelley. When Shelley testified before the Warren Commission, he claimed that he had “worked in defense plants a little bit during the war” before he started working at the TSBD in 1945 (WC Volume VI, page 327).
As researcher Greg Parker has pointed out, the FBI (at the behest of the U.S. Navy and Army) had informants working in defense plants (see here). The reader should also take note of the fact that Shelley was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army’s ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) while he was enrolled at Crozier Technical High School in Dallas, Texas (see here). The significance of this is that as Greg Parker discovered; “The Army's Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) had also instituted programs for training both Military Intelligence and...” (see here). With this information in mind, it is entirely possible (and even likely) that Shelley was an Army intelligence officer acting as an informant inside defense plants at the behest of the U.S. Army, prior to commencing work at the TSBD.
Finally, let’s take the following important bit of information into consideration. In volume two of his seminal book Lee Harvey Oswald’s Cold War, researcher Greg Parker writes about a plan being hatched by the national Civil Air Patrol in the late 1940s; “The plan released by the Pennsylvania Wing [of the Civil Air Patrol] indicated the organization was getting set to send selected CAP recruits to the Army Counter-Intelligence School at Holabird Signal Depot, Baltimore, Md. It declared that these recruits would be taught the Russian language, Russian military tactics, Russian politics and all characteristics of the Russian people.” As Parker has also discussed, the purpose of Oswald’s so-called defection to the Soviet Union was to deliver radar information to the Soviets to help with negotiations of a nuclear test ban treaty between the Soviets and the United States (see here). We should also keep in mind that in February 1959 (8 months before his arrival in the Soviet Union), Oswald was given an Army aptitude test to grade his fluency in the Russian Language (Warren Report, page 257).
Keeping in mind everything discussed above, the reader should ask him/herself the following question. What are the odds of it being just a coincidence that Oswald; someone who had joined the Civil Air Patrol (the very same organisation which had hatched a plan to send some of its recruits to an Army Counter-intelligence School where they would be taught the Russian language, Russian military tactics, Russian politics and all characteristics of the Russian people), ended up working in the building which was owned by the co-founder of that very same organisation? Furthermore, the reader should ask him/herself the following question. What are the odds of it being just a coincidence that Oswald; who had gone to work for a corporation inside that very same building which likely had ties to the 112th MIG, just happened to try and contact a man who had worked for Army intelligence and then Army counter-intelligence during World War II, following his arrest by the DPD? In my opinion, the odds of all of this being just a coincidence are extremely slim.
At this stage, the reader is probably wondering what any of this has to do with framing Oswald for the assassination of President Kennedy. Let’s now take the following into account. After Oswald was arrested by the DPD, a delegation of DCLU (Dallas Civil Liberties Union) members went to the DPD with the alleged intention of ensuring that Oswald’s legal rights were not being violated by the DPD. As researcher Greg Parker notes, the man who suggested the DCLU check to see that Oswald’s legal rights were not being violated was divorce attorney Grier Raggio. Raggio was one of the board of directors of the DCLU, who was also part of the delegation that went to the DPD (WCE 987). Raggio’s presence at the DPD following Oswald’s arrest was confirmed by Dallas district attorney, Henry Wade, during his testimony before the Warren Commission (WC Volume V, page 222).
Raggio had his divorce practice set-up inside the Rio Grande building in Dallas; the very same building in which the 112th MIG had its offices (see here and here). Although that’s not significant on its own, let’s take following into account. As Greg Parker explains here, after Raggio got drafted into the U.S. Army following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, he was rejected for Army intelligence training allegedly on security grounds. Furthermore, after Raggio was sent to the pacific theater, he sent home multiple letters complaining about the Army. On a final note, Raggio was accused of being a communist by the HUAC (House Un-American Activities committee). As most people reading this will probably agree, the 112th MIG would have (by all likelihood) carefully investigated every single individual and company who intended to occupy the same building as them for security reasons.
As most people reading this will also probably agree, the 112th MIG would have had a record of the fact that Raggio was rejected for Army intelligence training “on security grounds” and probably knew that Raggio sent home multiple letters complaining about the Army and that he was accused of being a communist by the HUAC. With all of this information in mind, it seems highly unlikely that the 112th MIG would allow Raggio anywhere near the Rio Grande building; unless he was working for them! If this was the case, then the letters Raggio sent home complaining about the Army and his rejection for officer intelligence training were probably just a ruse. What’s particularly important to note, is that as researcher Greg Parker writes, Raggio actually saw to it that Oswald did not receive legal help prior to his murder by Jack Ruby (this will be further explained in Volume 3 of Parker’s book). The reader should also note that Raggio’s wife, Louise, was Ruth Paine’s divorce attorney (the significance of which I return to further on in this essay).
Raggio’s wife was also acquainted with Lyndon Johnson, and was once an assistant district attorney for Henry Wade (see here). As most researchers are undoubtedly aware, after Johnson became President, he overturned President Kennedy’s decision to remove 1,000 U.S. military personnel from South Vietnam by the end of 1963; and eventually, drastically escalated the Vietnam War. As discussed in my essay Gerald Hill and the Framing of Lee Harvey Oswald (here), there is very good reason to believe that DPD Sgt. Gerald Hill framed Oswald for the murder of DPD officer J.D. Tippit by pretending to remove the gun most likely used to kill Tippit (WCE 143) from Oswald during his arrest inside the Texas Theater. Furthermore, as I discussed in the essay A few words on former DPD Captain, William Ralph Westbrook (here), Westbrook was likely involved with Hill in framing Oswald for Tippit’s murder; and that following his retirement from the DPD in 1966, Westbrook went on to become a Police advisor in South Vietnam.
Although several researchers are of the belief that the Tippit murder and the assassination were not related, there are several reasons to believe that they were related. Firstly, we should take into account the evidence that a wallet bearing identification for Oswald and his alleged alias, Hidell, was left in the vicinity of the Tippit murder scene. Secondly, as discussed in my aforementioned essay on Gerald Hill, there is very good reason to believe that contrary to Hill’s claim that he was on the sixth floor of the TSBD when Dallas deputy Sheriff Luke Mooney discovered the spent rifle shell casings there, he was on the sixth floor before Mooney discovered the spent shell casings, and that therefore, Hill knew in advance where they were. As mentioned previously, there is also good reason to believe that DPD Captain Westbrook; who went on to become a Police advisor in South Vietnam following the escalation of the Vietnam war by President Johnson, was involved in framing Oswald for Tippit’s murder. Finally, as discussed in my essay Did Larry Crafard kill J.D. Tippit (here), there is good reason to believe that Crafard (who was allegedly Jack Ruby’s multi-purpose employee at the Carousel club) was the shooter on the sixth floor of the TSBD, and the man who killed officer Tippit.
I return to Hill and Crafard further on in this essay. For now, let’s return to Jack Crichton. As discussed towards the beginning of this essay, Crichton knew both David Harold Byrd and George DeMohrenschildt; and was the founder of the 488th Military intelligence detachment in Dallas, Texas. When we take this information in conjunction with the evidence that Oswald was working for Army intelligence/counterintelligence, it is quite likely that Oswald knew Crichton. Following Oswald’s arrest on the day of the assassination, one of Marina Oswald’s translators at the DPD was Ilya Mamantov. Mamantov was a native Russian with ant-communist beliefs, who knew both Ruth Paine and George DeMohrenschildt (WC Volume IX, pages 104, 107, and 120). As researcher Lee Farley discusses here, Mamantov had likely mistranslated Marina’s words with regards to the rifle her husband allegedly owned following their return from the Soviet Union; to give the impression that the Soviets were involved with Oswald in a conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy.
During his testimony before the Warren Commission, Mamantov explained that it was Crichton and DPD deputy chief George L. Lumpkin who had asked him to be Marina Oswald’s translator at the DPD (ibid, page 106). As stated above, Lumpkin was a member of Crichton’s 488th Military intelligence detachment, and was also one of the occupants of the pilot car of the Presidential motorcade in Dallas on the day of the assassination. Another occupant of the pilot car was Lt. Colonel George Whitmeyer. Whitmeyer was in overall command of all Army reserve units in East Texas; this included Crichton’s 488th Military intelligence detachment in Dallas (see here). Although I don’t know exactly what significance there is to Lumpkin’s and Whitmeyer’s presence inside the pilot car, I nevertheless believe it is something important to keep in mind.
The reader should also keep in mind that Crichton was purportedly involved in the arrangements for President Kennedy’s visit to Dallas. Given the presence of both Lumpkin and Whitmeyer inside the pilot car, it seems likely that Crichton was in some way involved in the planning of the motorcade route. Many people reading this essay are probably wondering why Mamantov would admit during his testimony before the Warren Commission that Crichton and Lumpkin had asked him to translate for Marina Oswald if there was anything sinister about it. In my opinion, by admitting that Crichton and Lumpkin had asked him to translate for Marina, Mamantov probably thought that the Warren Commission wouldn’t suspect he was involved with Crichton, Lumpkin, and others in framing Oswald for the assassination of President Kennedy.

Oswald and the FBI

As implied at the beginning of this essay, the FBI was likely involved with Army intelligence in placing Oswald inside the TSBD. What follows are my reasons for believing this to be the case. As mentioned previously, in Volume two of his book Lee Harvey Oswald’s cold war, researcher Greg Parker writes about a plan being hatched by the national Civil Air Patrol in the late 1940s to send selected recruits of that organisation to the Army Counter-intelligence School in Baltimore, Maryland, where they would be taught the Russian language, Russian military tactics, Russian politics, and “all characteristics of the Russian people.” As Parker also writes in his book, the plan not only required the approval of the FBI for it to be implemented; but Colonel Philip F. Neuweiler (the commander of the Pennsylvania wing of the CAP) had asked the FBI for its cooperation in screening candidates for this training.
Furthermore, the plan required that the recruits report on individuals known to have Communistic leanings or subversive tendencies” in the organisation at which they are employed. As we have already seen, the TSBD building was owned by David Harold Byrd; one of the co-founders of the Civil Air Patrol. Working inside that building with Oswald for the TSBD Corporation was Joe Rodriguez Molina. At the time of the assassination, Molina was employed at the TSBD as a credit manager (WCE 2036). Molina was a Mexican American; who was also one of the co-founders of the Dallas chapter of the American G.I. Forum (see here). For those who are unfamiliar, the American G.I. Forum was an organisation established to protect the rights of Mexican Americans. One of the members of the Dallas chapter of the American G.I. Forum was William James Lowery. As researcher Lee Farley explains here, Lowery was a long time FBI informant who had been reporting on Molina to the FBI.
As Farley writes, one of the FBI agents whom Lowery would provide information to was James Hosty. As most researchers of the assassination are probably aware, following his arrest on the day of the assassination, it was discovered that Oswald had Hosty’s name and phone number inside his address book. It is my belief that Oswald was informing on Molina to Hosty during his brief employment at the TSBD. In addition to what has already been discussed, let’s take the following into account. In late September, 1963, William Lowery publicly revealed that he was an FBI informant. This now surely meant that he could no longer be used as an FBI informant. On October 9, 1963, the FBI removed their FLASH (security watch) on Oswald; which they had issued following Oswald’s alleged defection to the Soviet Union. As far as I am aware, the FBI never provided an explanation as to why they cancelled the FLASH on Oswald. What’s most intriguing is that the FLASH was removed right between the time Lowery publicly revealed himself to be an FBI informant and the time Oswald obtained his job at the TSBD as an order-filler on October 15, 1963.
If Oswald commenced working for the FBI as an informant, then this would certainly explain why the FLASH was removed. What’s also most intriguing is that Lowery was running a shoe store named the Shoe Haven a mere three blocks to the West of the Texas Theater where Oswald was arrested. Although many reading this may believe that all of this was simply a coincidence, I believe it is unlikely that this was the case. The reader should also note that during an interview with the HSCA, Lowery remarked that he thought Oswald was coming after him when he allegedly ducked into the lobby of Hardy’s shoe store to hide from DPD squad cars after allegedly shooting officer Tippit (see here). It is my belief that Lowery made this comment to bolster the notion that Oswald did duck into the lobby of Hardy’s shoe store, by giving the impression that Oswald mistook Hardy’s shoe store for his own shoe store.
Let’s also take the following into consideration. One of the co-founders of the Dallas chapter of the American G.I. Forum was Felix G. Botello. As researcher Greg Parker points out, Botello was a member of an extreme militia group found with a large cache of weapons being sent to Mississippi to aid former Army general Edwin A. Walker during the racial riots there in October, 1962. As Parker also explains, weapons were disappearing from Army armories (see here). One such example is the theft of weapons from the National Guard Armory in Terrell, Texas, on November 14, 1963. The two men arrested by the DPD for possession of these stolen weapons were Lawrence Reginald Miller and Donnell Whitter/Whittier (see here). Curiously, Whitter/Whittier was a mechanic who had once serviced Jack Ruby’s car.
Although this is simply speculation on my part, given Oswald’s probable connection to Army Intelligence and Army counter-intelligence, I believe Oswald was lured into the TSBD by the conspirators under the pretense that he would be keeping an eye on Molina to see if he was involved in the theft of weapons from the aforementioned armories. I also believe the FBI were unwittingly working with the conspirators in placing Oswald into the TSBD; with their intention merely being to use Oswald to keep an eye on Molina with regards to any communist/subversive affiliations on his (Molina’s) part, and to report any such information to them. Before concluding this section, it is worth mentioning that former FBI agent Carver Gayton told HSCA investigators that James Hosty told him (Gayton) that Oswald has been a PSI (Potential/probationary security informant) for the FBI (see here). Although it is debatable as to whether Hosty would admit to such a thing, it is nevertheless something we should keep in mind.

Oswald before the TSBD

With the likelihood in mind that Oswald was part of the training being conducted at the aforementioned Army Counter-intelligence School in Baltimore, Maryland, let’s now consider the following. As most researchers are probably aware, in October 1962, Oswald began working at Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall; a typographic services company in Dallas which had contracts with the U.S. Army Map services (see here), (WC Volume X, pages 168 and 191). What’s also noteworthy is that one of Oswald’s co-workers at Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall in the photographic department was Dennis Hyman Ofstein. Prior to his employment at Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall, Ofstein had served in the U.S. Army and the Army security agency; which was the signal intelligence branch of the U.S. Army (WC Volume X, pages 194 and 200). Curiously, Ofstein had studied the Russian language whilst serving in the Army security agency (ibid, page 200). At this point, the reader should recall that not only was Oswald fluent with the Russian language, but he was also given an Army aptitude test see how fluent he was with the Russian language prior to his so-called defection to the Soviet Union.
But just how did Oswald obtain his employment at Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall? Let’s consider the following. When Marina Oswald testified before the Warren Commission, she claimed that that the person who helped Oswald obtain his job there was George Bouhe (WC Volume I, page 7). Bouhe was a Russian ancestry and a so-called leader of the “White Russian” group in the Dallas-Fort Worth area (WC Volume VIII, page 357). Prior to his immigration to the United States in 1923, Bouhe had worked for the American relief commission in Russia (ibid). One of the directors of the American relief commission with whom Bouhe was acquainted was Major General William N. Haskell (ibid). Following his resignation from the regular U.S. Army, Haskell went on to command the Army National Guard in New York in 1926 (see here). As the reader can see, Bouhe had connections to the U.S. Army. 
When Bouhe testified before the Warren Commission, he claimed that he first met Oswald in August, 1962 (ibid, page 358). Bouhe went on to tell the Warren Commission that Oswald had physically abused his wife sometime within the first two weeks of September, 1962 (ibid, page 365). In fact, several members of the so-called “White Russian” community who were acquainted with the Oswalds, such as Elena Hall and Anna Meller, claimed that Oswald had physically abused his wife (ibid, pages 386 and 395). Although Marina Oswald also told the Warren Commission that Oswald had physically abused her, unlike what Bouhe told the Warren Commission, Marina claimed that Oswald had abused her after they had moved in to their apartment on Elsbeth Street in Dallas (WC Volume I, page 10). The Oswalds were both living there in November, 1962.
What’s interesting is that on or about September 1, 1962, Ruth Paine separated from her husband Michael, due to what was described as “unkind, cruel, harsh and tyrannical treatment and conduct” by him beginning about six months prior to their separation (WCD 849, page 34).  Curiously, this corresponds to the period of time in which George Bouhe claimed that Oswald had physically abused his wife. Although the Oswalds allegedly first met Ruth Paine at the home of Dallas chemist Everett Glover on the evening of February 22, 1963, there is good reason to believe otherwise. Let’s consider the following. On November 30, 1963, the FBI interviewed Robert Stovall; the President of Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall, concerning Oswald’s employment there. Stovall more or less told the FBI that when Oswald commenced his employment there, he claimed that his address was in Irving, which he later changed to a post office Box number “presumably in Dallas” (WCD 7, page 122).
As the reader may already be aware, Ruth and Michael Paine moved into their home at 2515 West fifth street in Irving, Texas in 1959 (WC Volume II, page 432). Let’s now take the following into account. From July 1952 to April 1954, Michael Paine served in the U.S. Army; after which he was transferred to the Army reserve “by reason of release of overseas returnees” (see here). Paine served in the Army reserve (inactive status) from April 1954 to July 1960. As many researchers have noted, Paine was employed by Bell Helicopter as a research engineer from about 1958 (WC Volume II, pages 385 and 386). The reader should keep in mind that Bell Helicopter manufactured Helicopters for the U.S. Army (such as the UH-1) which were used during the Vietnam War.
As we can see, Michael Paine was another person associated with Oswald who had connections to the U.S. Army. As stated previously, the woman who was Ruth Paine’s divorce attorney was Louise Raggio; who worked with her husband Grier inside the Rio Grande building in Dallas, where the 112th MIG also had their offices. As also stated previously, Grier Raggio was most likely working for the 112th MIG. Taking this into account with everything else discussed above, it is my belief that Ruth and Michael Paine were working with George Bouhe and the 112th MIG in placing Oswald at Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall; and that contrary to what researchers have been led to believe, Oswald was living with Ruth Paine when he commenced working there. It is also my belief that the Paines and the Raggios were likely working together in placing Oswald inside the TSBD as part of the frame-up for the assassination. It is noteworthy that after the assassination, the Paines were once again living together; despite the allegation that Michael had subjected Ruth to “unkind, cruel, harsh and tyrannical treatment and conduct” (WCD 849, page 34). 

Gerald Hill and Larry Crafard

So far in this essay, I have mentioned several individuals who were (or likely were) connected to Army intelligence and the 112th MIG. I will now discuss two other individuals who I believe were connected to Army intelligence and the 112th MIG, namely; former DPD Sgt. Gerald Hill, and Jack Ruby’s so-called multipurpose employee, Larry Crafard. Let’s begin with Hill. I mentioned above that as I discussed in my essay Gerald Hill and the Framing of Lee Harvey Oswald, there is very good reason to believe that Hill framed Oswald for the murder of DPD officer J.D. Tippit by pretending to remove the gun most likely used to kill Tippit from Oswald during his arrest inside the Texas Theater. As a result, I believe that anything Hill had to say with regards to Oswald and the assassination should be treated as highly suspect.
On March 19, 1978, an article entitled Army apparently didn’t tell commission of Oswald’s alias was published in the Dallas Morning News newspaper. The article was written by Dallas Morning News reporter, Earl Golz. In the article, Golz discusses how the 112th MIG in San Antonio, Texas, first learned that Oswald allegedly used the name Alek James Hidell as an alias. In that very same article, Gerald Hill is quoted as saying the following with regards to how the 112th MIG learned that Oswald allegedly used that name as an alias “…in all probability Army intelligence got their information from [the Department of Public Safety in Austin, Texas] who had it probably 10 minutes after we got back here (to the Dallas Police Department) with [Oswald]” (see here).
Hill’s remark was most certainly a falsehood. Consider the following. During his testimony before the HSCA, Lt. Colonel Robert Jones of the 112th MIG in San Antonio, Texas, made the following remarks as to how his unit learned that Oswald used the name Hidell as an alias; “…I would believe it was the middle of 1963 when he was arrested in New Orleans, and I had liaison with the New Orleans police and through our regional office in New Orleans, they provided me with his arrest, his activities and we carded him under both the name of A. J. Hidell and Lee Harvey Oswald” (see here). Jones was referring to Oswald’s arrest in New Orleans on August 9, 1963. Despite Jones’ claim, Greg Parker has shown that his claim was most certainly a falsehood (see here). It is my belief that Gerald Hill was the individual who informed the 112th MIG in San Antonio, Texas, that Oswald used the name Hidell as an alias shortly after he arrived at the DPD following Oswald’s arrest at the Texas Theater.
Let’s also consider the following with regards to Hill. When Hill testified before the Warren Commission on April 8, 1964, he claimed that on November 24, 1963, he travelled to San Antonio, Texas, to allegedly attend a “state board meeting of the Texas Municipal Police Association” (WC Volume VII, page 63). As mentioned above, Jones’ 112th MIG unit was in San Antonio, Texas. It is my belief that Hill travelled to San Antonio to provide the 112th MIG with false information on Oswald and the assassination. The reader may be wondering why Hill would tell the Warren Commission that he had travelled to San Antonio if this truly was the case. We should consider that Hill may have thought that the Warren Commission was already aware he had travelled to San Antonio, and therefore claimed that he travelled there for a meeting of the Texas Municipal Police Association as a cover for why he was actually there.
I previously mentioned that as discussed in my aforementioned essay on Hill, there is very good reason to believe that contrary to Hill’s claim that he was on the sixth floor of the TSBD when Dallas deputy Sheriff Luke Mooney discovered the spent rifle shell casings there, he was on the sixth floor before Mooney discovered the spent shell casings. In that essay, I also discussed that detective V.J. (Jack) Brian of the DPD was most likely lying when he told the Warren Commission that Hill was on the sixth floor when the spent shell casings were discovered (see under the subheading Did Hill Lie about his location?). In fact, as far as I am aware, Brian was the only law enforcement official who claimed to be with Hill on the sixth floor of the TSBD when the spent shell casings were discovered. Let’s now take a close look at Brian’s background.  
From June 1955, Brian worked as a detective in the criminal intelligence section of the DPD (WC Volume V, page 48). On January 1, 1964, Brian told the US Secret Service that he had interrogated James Powell; a special agent/officer of the 112th MIG in Dallas, after Powell was trapped inside the TSBD following the assassination. This was due to the fact that the DPD sealed off the building (see here).  When Brian testified before the Warren Commission, he was asked who was inside the DPD car with him after he left the TSBD. Brian remarked “Let me see, Lieutenant [Jack] Revill, myself, [detective Roy] Westphal, [detective O.J.] Tarver, and we gave a man a lift, and I don't remember whether he was a CID, I don't know the man, I don't remember whether he was a CIC agent or a CID or OSI, he was some type of, as I recall, Army intelligence man” (WC Volume V, page 57).
In the aforementioned article by Earl Golz, Golz writes that Lt. Jack Revill (who was in charge of the criminal intelligence section of the DPD) claimed that he gave a lift to an Army intelligence Officer from near the TSBD after the assassination; but he couldn’t remember if the officer’s name was James Powell. Although I can’t state this with absolute certainty, given that Brian had interrogated Powell inside the TSBD, Powell was by all likelihood the Army intelligence officer to whom Revill and Brian gave a ride following the assassination. With this in mind, it is curious that Brian told the Warren Commission he didn’t know “the man” who was in the car with him after he left the TSBD; despite knowing who Powell was as evident from his aforementioned interview with the Secret Service.  
The obvious question is why did Brian deny that he knew Powell when he testified before the Warren Commission? In my opinion, the most plausible answer is that Brian knew that individuals with connections to Army intelligence were behind the assassination, and that Brian himself was probably involved in the assassination. Let’s now consider the following. Captain W.P. Gannaway; who was in charge of the DPD’s special services bureau (which included the criminal intelligence section), was a reserve Lt. Colonel in the Army intelligence corps/service (see here and here). As Jack Revill told the HSCA, from 1960, the intelligence section of the special services bureau was physically moved to a building located at the Dallas State Fairgrounds (see here). Also located at the Fairgrounds (beneath the Dallas Health and Science museum) was the Dallas Civil Defense Emergency Bunker; a nuclear bomb proof “cellar” which contained “special communications equipment.”
According to researcher Russ Baker “On April 1, 1962, Dallas Civil Defense, with [Jack] Crichton heading its intelligence component, opened an elaborate underground command post under the patio of the Dallas Health and Science Museum” (see here). Provided this information concerning Crichton is accurate, and given that Gannaway was a reserve Lt. Colonel in the Army intelligence corps/service, it seems unlikely that Crichton and Gannaway didn’t know each other. We should also keep in mind that Crichton admitted during an interview that there were “about a hundred men in [the 488th Military intelligence detachment] and about forty or fifty of them were from the Dallas Police Department” and that one of those men was DPD detective L. D. (Don) Stringfellow of the Criminal Intelligence Section (see here). This makes it all the more likely that Crichton and Gannaway knew each other; and that detective V.J. Brian was a member of Crichton’s 488th Military intelligence detachment.
Although none of this proves that Gerald Hill was involved with Army intelligence and the 112th MIG, when we take into account the fact that Hill travelled to San Antonio, Texas (of all places) two days following the assassination, and that the officer who (by all likelihood) lied about Hill being on the sixth floor when the spent shell casings were discovered was connected to Army intelligence and Jack Crichton, it seems likely that Hill was also connected to Army intelligence and Crichton. In my aforementioned essay on Hill, I also explain that shortly following Oswald’s arrest, Hill falsely claimed during an interview with Bob Whitten of KCRA radio that Oswald had admitted to being an “active communist” (See under the subheading Hill’s possible motive). As several researchers have noted, detective Stringfellow was named as the source of information in a confidential cable on the night of assassination from Army intelligence in Texas to the U.S. strike command at MacDill Air Force base in Florida. 
According to the cable, information “obtained from Oswald revealed that he had defected to Cuba in 1959 and is a card-carrying member of the Communist Party” (see here). This information was false, since Oswald never defected to Cuba, and was not a “card-carrying member of the Communist Party.” It’s important to note that MacDill Air Force base in Florida had the capability of providing a swift retaliatory attack against Cuba.  Such a provocative cable may have led to an attack against Cuba by the United States; as it suggested that Oswald was involved in a conspiracy with Cuban Communists to assassinate the President. This could then have led to a war between the United States and the Soviets, in which nuclear weapons may have been used. If this was to occur, the Dallas Civil Defense Emergency Bunker at the Dallas State Fairgrounds would surely have been utilised.
As mentioned above, individuals of interest such as detective V.J. Brian had ties to the Dallas state Fairgrounds. Another individual of interest with ties to the Fairgrounds was Larry Crafard. During his testimony before the Warren Commission, Crafard claimed that when he arrived in Dallas, Texas, he went to work for an “outfit” located at the Fairgrounds called “How Hollywood makes movies” (WC Volume XIII, page 416). Crafard also told the Warren Commission that he enlisted in the U.S. Army in September, 1958, and was discharged in November, 1959, under honorable conditions (ibid, page 405). Taking this into account with the fact that Crafard was in close proximity to both the Dallas Civil Defense Emergency Bunker and the Criminal intelligence section of the DPD shortly before the assassination, it seems likely that Crafard was involved with Army intelligence. The reader should also keep in mind the evidence that Army intelligence was involved in the assassination and that there is good reason to believe that Crafard was the shooter on the sixth floor of the TSBD and the man who shot officer Tippit.   

Blaming the Jews

At the beginning of this essay, I mentioned that one of the groups of people whom I believe deserve the most attention by researchers is those with anti-Semitic beliefs. What follows are my reasons for believing this to be the case. As the reader may be aware, on the day of the assassination, an advertisement with a black border around it entitled “Welcome Mr. Kennedy” was printed in the Dallas Morning News newspaper. The advertisement asked President Kennedy to answer several questions; with the implication being that he was soft on communists (WCE 1031). The person whose name appeared at the bottom of the advertisement was Bernard Weissman. Weissman was a right-wing conservative of Jewish Ancestry, who served in the U.S. Army from August 1961 until August 1963 (WC Volume V, pages 489 and 500). Although the advertisement stated that Weissman was the chairman of “The American Fact-Finding Committee,” no such committee actually existed (WCE 1052).
Given that the advertisement appeared in the Dallas Morning News newspaper on the very same day that the President was assassinated, this may have led many people to suspect that Weissman; and by implication, the Jews, were behind the assassination. It is my belief that this was in fact the purpose of the advertisement. Let’s take into account the following. One of the financial contributors to the advertisement was Nelson Bunker Hunt; one of the sons of the eccentric oil billionaire, H.L. Hunt (WCE 1885). Both Bunker Hunt and his father held extreme right-wing and anti-Semitic beliefs, and were opposed to President Kennedy (see here and here). One individual of interest who was associated with the elder Hunt was Warren Hasty Carroll. As I discuss here, Carroll was a CIA analyst who was good friends with Larry Jones of CUSA (Conservatism USA) fame and had worked as a script writer for H.L. Hunt’s right-wing radio program, Life Line. Carroll also served in the U.S. Army signal corps (see here). As researcher Greg Parker discusses here, there is good reason to believe that Larry Jones was involved in the assassination.
There is also good reason to believe that Larry Jones was involved in placing the aforementioned advertisement into Dallas Morning News newspaper. Let’s consider the following. Despite telling the Warren Commission that Jones had left Dallas before he (Weissman) arrived in Dallas in early November, 1963, when senator John Sherman Cooper asked Weissman “Would you state now to this Commission the idea of printing this ad was conceived by you and Larry Jones – what is the other’s name?” Weissman failed to contradict Cooper by telling him that Jones wasn’t involved; thus indicating that Jones was involved (WC Volume V, pages 498 and 510). We have already seen that H.L. Hunt’s own son had contributed funds to place the advertisement into the newspaper. When we take into account the fact that Larry Jones was acquainted with Warren Carroll with the fact that Carroll worked for Hunt, we can see another connection between the anti-Semitic Hunt and the advertisement.
Let’s also consider the following. Jack Crichton was a trustee of the H.L. Hunt foundation, and in July 1963, he was elected the director of the foundation (see here). Furthermore, on the day following the assassination, Hunt met with Crichton and “other Army intelligence officers” to purportedly discuss the “first interrogation of Marina Oswald” (see here). Although there is no proof of this as far as I am aware, we should keep in mind that Hunt’s long time assistant, John Curington, claimed that he had seen Marina Oswald come down on an elevator from Hunt’s executive offices a few weeks following the assassination (see here). We should also keep in mind that as pointed out previously, Jack Crichton asked Ilya Mamantov to act as Marina Oswald’s interpreter at the DPD following Oswald’s arrest for the shooting of Officer J.D. Tippit.  
Another person of interest, who was well acquainted with H.L. Hunt, was Lt. George E. Butler of the DPD. At the time of the assassination, Butler was assigned to the Juvenile Bureau (WC Volume XIX, Batchelor Exhibit 5002). Prior to that, Butler was a supervisor in the intelligence unit. According to an article printed in the Oak Cliff Tribune on January 10, 1980, Butler was an avowed anti-communist and a friend and confidante of H.L. Hunt, who also handled personal investigative assignments for the Hunt oil company. According to that same article, Butler “was certain that Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife Marina were Communists agents, that Fidel Castro ordered the Kennedy killing, [and] that Oswald and Jack Ruby were probably in cahoots” (see here).  As I discuss below, Butler was also likely well acquainted with Sgt. Gerald Hill.
On December 9, 1963, Lt. Jack Revill and detective H.M. Hart of the special service bureau reported that Butler had advised them he had information that Oswald was the illegitimate son of Jack Ruby. As most researchers of the assassination are aware, Ruby was of Jewish ancestry. Since Oswald was framed for the assassination, the implication of Butler’s claim is that Oswald was part Jewish; and that the assassination was a Jewish conspiracy. Whilst some might find this to be an absurd notion, we should bear in mind that Butler was closely associated with the anti-Semitic H.L. Hunt, and claimed that he believed Oswald and Ruby were “probably in cahoots.” Revill and Hart also reported that Butler had information that Ruby had applied for a visa to Mexico at about the same time Oswald was allegedly there, and suggested that the Mexican Consul be contacted to confirm this information (see here).
Let’s now take the following into account. One of the news reporters at the DPD basement on the morning of November 24, 1963, when Ruby shot Oswald was Thayer Waldo. Butler was also present. When Waldo testified before the Warren Commission, he made the following remarks with regards to Butler’s demeanour just before Ruby shot Oswald; “What I wanted to say about Lieutenant Butler was that this almost stolid poise, or perhaps phlegmatic poise is a better word, that I had noticed all through even the most hectic times of the 22d and the 23d, appeared to have deserted him completely on the morning of the 24th. He was an extremely nervous man, so nervous that when I was standing asking him a question after I had entered the ramp and gotten down to the basement area, just moments before Oswald was brought down, he was standing profile to me and I noticed his lips trembling as he listened and waited for my answer. It was simply a physical characteristic. I had by then spent enough hours talking to this man so that it struck me as something totally out of character. Now, he may merely have had a bad night” (WC Volume XV, page 594).
As we can see, Waldo claimed that Butler was extremely nervous just before Oswald was brought down to the basement. The obvious question is why? I believe the most viable explanation is that Butler knew that Ruby was about to shoot Oswald. According to John Curington, on the day before Oswald was shot, H.L. Hunt ordered him (Curington) to “spy” on Police security surrounding Oswald; and that after he reported to Hunt that “there was no security around Oswald,” Hunt was delighted and elated (see here). Although this doesn’t prove by any means that Butler knew Oswald was about to be shot, it is nevertheless extremely curious that Hunt had asked his trusted assistant to report to him on Police security surrounding Oswald; and that according to Thayer Waldo, the man who was considered Hunt’s confidante was uncharacteristically nervous just before Oswald was shot.
Aside from his connection to both Hunt and the DPD, Butler was also the first President of the Dallas Police Association. The DPA is an organisation which was founded in 1959 to protect the rights of Dallas Police officers. Butler served as its first President from 1959 until 1964/1965 (see here). As mentioned previously, Gerald Hill told the Warren Commission that on November 24, 1963, he had flown to San Antonio, Texas, to attend a meeting of the Texas Municipal Police Association. In fact, Hill told author Larry Sneed that he was the secretary-treasurer of that organisation (Sneed, No More Silence, page 301). Although Hill’s obituary in the Dallas Morning News states that he served as the secretary-treasurer of the Dallas Police Association, this was most certainly an error (see here). What’s significant is that both Hill and Butler held high positions in organisations which represented the rights of DPD officers. With this in mind, it is difficult to believe that Hill and Butler were not well acquainted with each other before the assassination.
Let’s also consider the following. One of the past Presidents of the Dallas Police Association was DPD Officer Charles Terry Burnley. Burnley served in that position from 1973 to 1978. With this in mind, it is likely that Burnley was acquainted with Butler (and Hill for that matter) long before he became President of the DPA. In previous essays, I have argued that Gerald Hill was one of the Officers whom Earlene Roberts (the housekeeper at the rooming house on 1026 North Beckley avenue in Oak Cliff where Oswald was allegedly living at the time of the assassination) observed outside the rooming house in DPD squad car 207 (see here for example). As the reader may be aware, Roberts told the Warren Commission that one of the officers in the car sounded the horn just as Charles Burnely and an officer named Alexander would do (WC Volume VI, page 443).
The implication of Roberts’ claim is that Charles Burnley was one of the officers inside the car. As researchers such as Lee Farley, Greg Parker, Ed LeDoux, and I have argued, Oswald was not living at the aforementioned rooming house at the time of the assassination. In fact, as I argue in my essay Did Larry Crafard kill J.D. Tippit, there is good reason to believe that it was Larry Crafard who was living there, and that Hill (and quite likely Burnley) had given Crafard a lift from the rooming house to a location east of where officer Tippit was shot (see under the subheading Was Crafard living at 1026 North Beckley?). The implication of all of this is that Burnley was involved in the Tippit murder and the assassination; as both crimes were more than likely related to each other. Taking this into consideration with the strong likelihood that Butler was acquainted with both Hill and Burnley, it reinforces the notion that Butler himself was involved in the assassination.
Let’s now take a look at some other individuals of interest whom George Butler was associated with. One such individual was Earl William Lively Jr. Lively was a right-wing extremist who was ostensibly writing an anti-communist book which would “stress [the] pro-Cuban activities of Oswald.” According to Lively, Butler was assisting him in writing the book, and that he (Butler) was going to try and obtain any information the FBI provided the DPD in relation to Oswald for Lively (see here). Another individual of interest who was assisting Lively in writing the book was the extreme right wing attorney, Robert Morris. With this in mind, it is entirely likely that Morris was also acquainted with Butler. The significance of this is that Morris was apparently acquainted with Lawrence Howard of INTERPEN fame (see here). As I discuss in my essay Did Larry Crafard kill J.D. Tippit? there is good reason to believe that Howard was the dark complected man who gave Larry Crafard a lift from Dealey Plaza following the assassination in the Nash Rambler Station Wagon observed by Dallas deputy Sheriff Roger Craig (see under the subheading Was Crafard living at 1026 North Beckley?). It is also noteworthy that Howard had served in the U.S. Army (see here).
If what I have discussed previously has not convinced the reader that individuals with anti-Semitic beliefs deserve close attention, then the reader should also consider the following. On August 21, 1964, Larry Crafard informed the FBI that he had seen Bernard Weissman at the Carousel Club after they showed him (Crafard) photographs of Weissman (WCE 2430). Crafard also told the FBI that he had served Weissman drinks at the Club, and that he heard Ruby refer to Weissman by his name (ibid). As far as I am aware, no other employee of the Carousel Club claimed that they had seen Weissman at the Club. The implication of Crafard’s claim is that Weissman and Ruby were well acquainted. Taking into account the likelihood (as discussed previously) that certain individuals involved in the conspiracy to assassinate the President wanted to make it appear as though the Jews were behind the assassination in conjunction with the likelihood that Crafard was involved in the assassination, it is apparent that Crafard was intent on leaving the impression that the Jews were behind the assassination.    
But despite what Crafard claimed during his aforementioned interview, when he was interviewed by the FBI on August 27, 1964, he left the impression that he was now less certain that Weissman had been in the Carousel Club (ibid). However, the reader should consider that the FBI may have realised that Crafard’s claim suggested that Weissman and Ruby were involved in a conspiracy to assassinate the President, and as a result, they faked Crafard’s latter remarks to make it appear as though Crafard is not a trustworthy source of information. Suffice it to say, it is my belief that Crafard was intent on leaving the FBI with the impression that Ruby and Weissman were involved in a conspiracy to assassinate the President. On a final note, the reader should keep in mind that the man who provided Crafard with his alibi for the time of the assassination (Andrew Armstrong) had worked for the Holiday Hills Apartments which were owned by the Hunt Oil company (WC Volume XIII, page 304).

Closing comments

Throughout this essay, I have argued that the three groups of individuals who deserve the most attention by researchers are those with direct/indirect connections to Army intelligence and the 112th MIG, those with anti-Semitic beliefs, and those who wanted the Vietnam War to escalate into full scale war. Although I don’t pretend for even a second to have proven that these three groups were the ones behind the assassination, I nevertheless believe that this was indeed the case. Given the likelihood that many important pieces of evidence were destroyed over time, I don’t believe that the assassination of President Kennedy can ever be completely solved. However, through the research of highly talented and dedicated researchers such as Greg Parker and the fantastic team of researchers at the Reopen Kennedy Case forum, I believe we can come close to solving who was behind the assassination.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Greg Parker for his research and hard work which made it possible for me to write this essay. My appreciation also goes out to researchers such as Lee Farley; whose research and hard work also made it possible for me to write this essay. Over the next few months, I may add additional information to this essay through addendums. 


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