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Post by Michael Capasse on Sept 20, 2023 11:31:39 GMT -5
FPCC Handouts The HSCA also confirmed that the address 544 Camp Street, that Oswald had printed on some Fair Play for Cuba Committee handouts in New Orleans, was the address of a small office building where Ferrie was working on at least a part-time basis in 1963. The Warren Commission stated in its report that despite the Commission's probe into why Oswald used this return address on his literature, "investigation has indicated that neither the Fair Play for Cuba Committee nor Lee Oswald ever maintained an office at that address." (280)(HSCA Findings pages 170-171)+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Crossfire | Jim Marrs "On at least two separate occasions, Banister employees saw Oswald handing out pro-Castro literature and reported it to their boss. In one instance Banister simply laughed, and on the other, he told his secretary Delphine Roberts: “ Don’t worry about him . . . He’s with us. He’s associated with the office.” Roberts also said she saw Oswald at 544 Camp Street, and that he filled out one of Banister's “ agent" application forms. She later told author Anthony Summers: “ Oswald came back a number of times. He seemed to be on familiar terms with Banister and with the office.” Roberts’s daughter had a photography studio at 544 Camp Street and she, too, recalled Oswald: 'I knew he had his pamphlets and books and everything in a room along from where we were with our photographic equipment. He was quiet and mostly kept to himself, didn’t associate with too many people. He would just tell us “ hello” or “ good-bye” when we saw him. I never saw? him talking to Guy Banister, but I knew he worked in his office. I knew they were associated. I saw some other men who looked like Americans coming and going occasionally from the room Oswald used . . . I got the impression Oswald was doing something to make people believe he was something he wasn’t. I am sure Guy Banister knew what Oswald was doing'..."
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Post by Michael Capasse on Sept 22, 2023 11:35:35 GMT -5
Odio's "Leon"In 1963, Silvia Odio, was a Cuban refugee living in Dallas. Her father had fought against, previous dictator, Fulgencio Batista, and in 1962, Castro sent her father to prison. She became very active in the cause against, Castro and co-founded the group, "Junta Revolucionaria". On the 26 th of Sept., three men, that claimed to be from New Orleans, showed up at her apt. Leopoldo, Angelo, and Leon. Leopoldo and Angelo were Latinos, they said they were from the group, and the third man, was an American sympathizer willing to assassinate Castro. He was introduced as, "Leon Oswald". Odio told her guests she did not want to get involved with anything criminal, and sent the men away. Leopoldo, called her the next day for followup. He was looking for her help to get fighters into Cuba, something Sylvia told the Commission she could not do. "He thought that I had something to do with the underground, with the big operation, and I could get men into Cuba. That is what he thought, which is not true. When I had no reaction to the American, he thought that he would mention that the man was loco and out of his mind and would be the kind of man that could do anything like getting underground in Cuba, like killing Castro. He repeated several times he was an expert shot man. And he said, "We probably won't have anything to do with him. He is kind of 1oco."In Dec. '63, Miss Odio was interviewed by FBI, James Hosty & Bartwell Odum. Hosty was FBI assigned to Lee since his return from Russia as his previous agent retired. Hosty claimed he had been trying to meet with Oswald since the Spring of '63. Then, Lee went to New Orleans but was consistently seen in the company of the FBI. A 40 inch rifle was received by a Russian Defector, Communist literature, and involvement in a "Fair Play for Cuba" group. Still, Dallas FBI couldn't catch up with him. FBI Shanklin, called Hosty the "Oswald Expert". His name, address, and license number were in Oswald's notebook yet, Hosty claimed he never met Lee before 11/22. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Oswald in New Orleans | Harold Weisberg "What is remarkable is the parallel between Sylvia Odio's "Leon" Oswald and Perry Russo's. What is equally remarkable is the suppressed FBI reports that show how possible it was for the characters in The False Oswald to have been in New Orleans at the times specified by Russo, September and October 1963. Had the FBI not so diligently avoided getting details, it might be that additional dates also are consistent. The diligence of the FBI was in avoiding information, not gathering it." "Her description of "Leon" Oswald is in several respects, almost word for word the same as Russo used two and a half years later: he had a mustache or had not shaved recently and was "disgusting looking" because of his dark beard and unkempt appearance (these are the precise words of the Rowley report); "he had not shaved" (11H371); "his hair was not so cut that day" (11H389), compared with pictures of the real Oswald; "he looks shaved here and he had not shaved that day" (11H386); "it is that unshaven thing, that got me that day" (11H386); "though she thinks it was Lee Harvey Oswald, it may not have been" (26H837); "I have a feeling that there are certain pictures that do not resemble him. It was not the Oswald that was standing in front of my door" (11H388).
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Post by Michael Capasse on Sept 25, 2023 12:15:28 GMT -5
Three Amigos Hall Howard SeymourThe three men that visited Odio in Sept. '63, said they were from New Orleans. They provided excellent references as part of the group, Junta Revolucionaria. That group was founded by her father, and at that time, was being held in a Cuban prison. They were looking for a way into Cuba. What they did not know was, Sylvia had no connections to make that happen. The next day, Odio received a followup from 'Leopoldo. He said something Perry Russo had heard David Ferrie say, more than once, "...we Cubans, we did not have the guts because we should have assassinated Kennedy after the Bay of Pigs."After the assassination, Odio went to the authorities. Incredibly, she was not called to the Warren Commission, until July 1964. What could be done at such a late hour? The report was due to be finished by the end of June '64, instead it went to September. A mid Sept., check by the FBI found that the 3 men probably were; Loran Hall, Lawrence Howard, and William Seymour. These were anti Castro fighters from Miami. In CE 3146, Hall admitted visiting Odio. From this, the Commission concluded, it was NOT Lee Harvey Oswald, that had visited Sylvia Odio. Yet, no questions why someone would impersonate the President's assassin. The Commission took a chance. Just about 2 weeks before the Warren Report was released, Liebeler wrote a memorandum stating, "Odio may well be right," and that, "the Commission will look bad if it turns out she is." But the Commission's chief council, J. Lee Rankin, was quoted in regard to such objections, "At this stage, we are supposed to be closing doors, not opening them." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Warren Commission Report | Page 324On September 16, 1964, the FBI located Loran Eugene Hall in Johnsandale, Calif. Hall has been identified as a participant in numerous anti-Castro activities. He told the FBI that in September of 1963 he was in Dallas, soliciting aid in connection with anti-Castro activities. He said he had visited Mrs. Odio. He was accompanied by Lawrence Howard, a Mexican-American from East Los Angeles and one William Seymour from Arizona. He stated that Seymour is similar in appearance to Lee Harvey Oswald; he speaks only a few words of Spanish, as Mrs. Odio had testified one of the men who visited her did. Wliile the FBI had not yet completed its investigation into this matter at the time the report went to press, the Commission has concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald, was not at Mrs. Odio's apartment in September of 1963. (WCR Page 324)
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Post by Michael Capasse on Sept 27, 2023 11:52:43 GMT -5
"What were Hall, Howard, & Seymour up to?""Inferring from their own account, albeit as filtered by the FBI, they were training Cubans for the invasion of Cuba, collecting money, arms, medicines and at least one boat for this purpose, making speeches, doing some of the gun-running themselves, and getting away with it." [Oswald in New Orleans / Harold Weisberg]Of the three men, Laren Hall, was the one talking. In a Sept. '64 interview, "He recalls now that he left Los Angeles in his 1956 Oldsmobile, pulling a small trailer of supplies, about the middle of September 1963." It is assumed the men stopped in Dallas first, before making their way to New Orleans. For lacking of a hiding spot, the men were forced to leave the trailer in Dallas. When, Hall & Seymour went back to Dallas to retrieve the trailer. They were arrested on Oct. 17, 1963, for what was called "serious drug charges". Dallas police files in 1966, were confidential. Dallas District Attorney, Henry Wade; "I have no recollection of ever having talked to either man." Involved were, Police Officers, Charles Batchelor, chief, and Captain George M. Doughty of the Identification Bureau. Records Division of the Dallas Police Department... "has no records" of any charges having been filed against either."While in Dallas, Hall told the FBI, they stayed at the home of a local resident. FBI reports do not name who that is, or was it even asked. They were waiting to confirm access to a boat. He added that he was interviewed by "...several different representatives of various federal intelligence agencies..." Both Seymour & Hall were fingerprinted and mug shots were taken. The $5,000 bond was put up by a local resident and all charges were dropped. There is no record of any of this, including, the local bail money bestower. Yet, all was lost anyway, when the trailer was confiscated by US Customs near Key Largo Florida. Another FBI interview with Seymour revealed, "...that the trailer contained some arms which were destined for the anti-Castro forces.." but that HALL was caught with these arms near Key Largo, Florida, by the U.S. Customs Officials who confiscated them. HOWARD and SEYMOUR became disgusted with HALL and the way he “ran off at the mouth” when he was stopped." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Plot to Kill the President | G. Robert Blakey and Richard Billings"In September, 1963 Hall and Howard drove from Los Angeles, heading for Miami with a trailer-load of arms, but they were forced to leave the trailer in Dallas for lack of a hiding place in Florida. In October Hall and Seymour, back in Dallas to retrieve the trailer, were arrested for possession of drugs; but with the help of an influential financial supporter, they were released. They took the arms back to Miami, but the mission for which they were intended, Hall told us, was aborted in late October when he, Howard, Seymour, and some Cubans were arrested by customs officials as they were driving to their embarkation point south of Miami. No charges were filed, but their arms and equipment were confiscated, so they returned to Miami, frustrated, and in early November, headed west. All three swore they were at their respective homes - Hall and Howard in California, Seymour in Arizona - on November 22, 1963."
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Post by Michael Capasse on Sept 29, 2023 12:02:01 GMT -5
A Fundamental ConflictOrset Pena, was a Cuban immigrant, that had gotten out before the Castro Regime. Some of his relatives were not as fortunate. He settled in New Orleans, became a naturalized US citizen, and in 1963, owned the 'Habana Bar and Lounge'. The FBI was interested in him almost immediately. He was in a unique position to hear the latest talk, and so agreed to be an informant. Pena testified to the Warren Commission on July 12, 1964. Attorney Liebeler was questioning. Much of the topic concerned Orest's ill feeling toward the FBI. "Now let me ask you this: You have a good deal of hostility toward the FBI, do you not? The answer was, "yes". With an anti-Castro political stand, he agreed to allow those group meetings in his place after hours. FBI Special agent, Warren deBrueys, began attending some of the meetings, but Pena felt he was interfering with the group and had no business being there. Before testifying, Orset was visited many times by the FBI. Harassed really. So much so, that he hired an attorney to back them away. They kept asking the same questions, trying to get him to change his story about Oswald having visited his place with a Mexican, before the assassination. Pena wouldn't budge. On the stand, Liebeler tells him, there are only two FBI reports of only two visits. Mr. LIEBELER - Yes; just twice. Mr. PENA - I believe it's very many more times than that. Mr. LIEBELER - You think it is more times than that? Mr. PENA - Oh, yes. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Oswald in New Orleans | Harold Weisberg"Here there is a fundamental conflict. Liebeler insists the FBI has given him every report, not only of interrogations, but of every "conversation" and Pena insists this is false. When asked if he recalled the date of the Steinmeyer-Logan interview, he said, "I have been interviewed by the FBI so many times I don't remember" (11H350). Liebeler asked, with reference to what on the evidence must be regarded as an entirely false FBI report, that Pena said, he had never seen Oswald in his bar, "When you talked to the FBI two weeks ago, did they ask you about this again?" "Yes," Pena told him, "they asked me about this more than a dozen times." "They asked you more than a dozen times about this?" Liebeler asked. "Yes," Pena insisted. Every time the question came up, Pena insisted the FBI questionings were numerous to the point of harassment. There is the existing record that he got and went to the FBI office to protest the bedeviling (11H358). This, it would seem, is a material point, because the entire story of Oswald is material as is that of The False Oswald. If Pena lied about this, it would seem to be perjury, punishable and of the greatest import in an investigation of the assassination of a President, particularly with the question of conspiracy so important. If the FBI agents lied, is the offense not still more serious? Why should they lie? Someone did, about what Pena said and about the number of interrogations. But if it is the FBI Agents who lied and this is not an ephemeral thing -- are they guilty of perjury? No; they are not: They were never placed under oath. Thus the reason or the consequences of not calling them becomes clear as does consideration of their ex parte and dubious reports as the equivalent of sworn testimony."
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Post by Michael Capasse on Oct 3, 2023 11:29:33 GMT -5
Watching the Detectives Investigative reporter, Harold Weisberg [above], testified to the Grand Jury in this case. Here is some of what he said about, FBI agent, Warren deBrueys; Q. The FBI agent? A. The FBI agent and a mysterious one to me, maybe not to you. Warren deBrueys is fluent in Spanish, translates documents, he is one of these Spanish experts, he is one of the Oswald experts, Pena had been an informant for him reporting on those for Castro. When Oswald left New Orleans so did deBnueys. When Oswald wound up in Dallas so did deBrueys. When he was no longer in Dallas neither was deBrueys. He came back to New Orleans when Oswald got murdered a remarkable coincidence, gentlemen. So Warren deBrueys from the time of his first attendance at the Cuban organizational meetings had Pena as an informer. Pena got to object to it because there is a technique detectives call rough shadowing, its about making your presence known - the one thing you never do with an informer is associate with him because obviously he is not going to get any stuff for you, everybody says oh, there is that FBI guy we won't say anything in front of Pena. And Pena said there were things that they came and asked him over and over again that he had already told them a dozen and half times. The things that they should have asked him they didn't. The same story everybody gets a chance to talk says. Mrs. Odio said the same thing. Mrs. Odio told the religious counselor, Father McCann, when he called her on behalf of the Secret Service from here in New Orleans, just before May 5, 1964, the only reason I did not tell the FBI these things they didn't ask me these questions, but they made a nuisance of themselves, they plagued people, and Pena first went to the FBI Office by himself and he didn't get any place and he hired a lawyer to go down there and he said there were at least 50 of these meetings with Warren deBrueys there. That's what Leslie Weaver didn't want in the record. Warren deBrueys, the FBI agent, attending a meeting of the Cuban Revolutionary Council and the successor organization. Q. How many meetings? A. Pena told me fifty. Q. Do you have any memo or summary of what Pena told you? A. I brought the tape with me. Q. Is that the one you have upstairs? A. Yes. You can have a copy of that. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Alone TogetherPena, had known David Ferrie about 6 years. Orsett, was taking flying lessons from David, and he would see him at these Anti-Castro meetings. Warren deBrueys, would be there. Everyone knew he was FBI, and suddenly friends would not speak freely to Pena. Meanwhile, Ferrie had close contact with Arcacha Smith, and both were aware of this 'rough shadowing', of making their presence known. After about 50 meetings, it stopped when Pena complained directly to the FBI office.
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Post by Michael Capasse on Oct 6, 2023 12:09:53 GMT -5
Sergio Arcacha SmithSergio Arcacha Smith, was a Cuban, born in 1923, he moved to the US when he was 22 and attended college in Texas. He was a Counsul for Cuba in India, while Cuba was under Fulgencio Batista. Once Castro took over he returned to Cuba, but went into exile. He returned to the US, settling in New Orleans, where he met David Ferrie, & Guy Banister. He and Ferrie established, the Cuban Democratic Liberation Front. An Anti-Castro group that could be used for training purposes. Con man, Tom Beckham told the Grand Jury, Arcacha told him, the CIA was using training camps outside New Orleans, to invade Cuba. In Jan '62, Smith was kicked out the group, accused of misappropriating funds, and he relocated to South Florida. Although, this does not preclude any continual contact from Miami in regards to what was going on in New Orleans. The Commission only permeated "the Oswald alone" theory, and sometimes, obviously, avoided further discussion volunteered by a witness, or not to ask certain questions. Like, when club owner, Orset Pena was on the stand, Liebeler asked one of the few times about, Anti Castro groups. Then, the attorney quickly changed the subject; Mr. LIEBELER - Was the anti-Castro organization that you worked with called the Cuban Revolutionary Council? Mr. PENA - Yes. Mr. LIEBELER - That was the name of it? Mr. PENA - And the delegate here was Serrgio Arcacha. He was the boss of the organization. Mr. LIEBELER - Do you remember having your picture in the paper at one time? Mr. PENA - Yes. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Oswald in New Orleans | Harold Weisberg "Liebeler wanted nothing of Arcacha and changed the subject immediately, first to a question about the appearance of Pena's picture in the paper, then to when Pena had traveled to the Caribbean on vacation. Liebeler's aversion to hearing about Sergio Arcacha Smith will have more significance when all the testimony to be adduced in the New Orleans investigations is analyzed. There is less in the files than there should be, but there is enough to have made Arcacha a subject of active interest -- not just because his associates in the Cuban Revolutionary Council and other groups accused him of misappropriating funds ( Exhibit 1414). Pena would have enjoyed expounding on this because he had put his correspondence course in detective work to good use and had investigated. Arcacha, he found, did not forward the funds to the Miami headquarters, including those Pena contributed and collected. There is much more about Arcacha and his associates. It is not in the record, not in the testimony, but it is in the Commission files which were Liebeler's job to know."
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Post by Michael Capasse on Oct 10, 2023 9:59:28 GMT -5
2 Doors DownGuy Banister was an Ex-FBI agent, that had an office for private investigation work. He was involved with CIA and Anti Castro brigades. Extreme Right Wing Anti Communist stuff, running arms and ammunition, spying & reporting on locals, and propaganda campaigns. His office was located in the "Newman Building". Interesting, there is no mention of his name in the Report or testimony. The Newman Building, was at the corner of Camp and Lafayette Sts, and actually had two street addresses in the same structure. FBI Agent, Ernest Wall, prepared a report on November 25 th '63, in which he referenced both Arcacha and Banister. GUY BANNISTER, Guy Banister Associates, Inc., 531 Lafayette Street, New Orleans, was telephonically contacted on November 25, 1963 and advised that SERGIO ARCACHA SMITH of the Cuban Revolutionary Council, who was the head of that organization in New Orleans, LA, some time ago, had told him on one occasion that he, SMITH, had an office in the building located at 544 Camp Street. Mr. BANISTER stated that he had seen a young Cuban man with SMITH on a number of occasions in the vicinity of 544 Camp Street, but could not recall the name of this young man.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Oswald in New Orleans | Harold Weisberg "He opens with "GUY BANISTER, Guy Banister Associates, Inc." Now, this tells us that the FBI, former employer of Banister, does not want those who read their report to know that: a) Banister is a former FBI man who, b), has a detective agency that, c), was in the same building as the Cuban Revolutionary Council which, d), was still in existence November 25, 1963, and with which, e), Banister had and has the closest and most cordial relations and, f) a great bond of sympathy and, g), mutuality of aims. It also shows that Banister was sensitive and did not forget old friends, for by November 1963 Arcacha was what in a different culture would be considered "under a cloud." In blunt language, he could have told the Wall (FBI) that, after being thought dishonest by his associates and canned for it, Arcacha was no longer in New Orleans."
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Post by Michael Capasse on Oct 17, 2023 9:35:18 GMT -5
It's Who You Know Carlos QuirogaIn May 1967, when Carlos Quiroga testified before the Grand Jury in the Clay Shaw trial, he was not yet a naturalized American citizen. He had come over from Cuba, his father was still left behind in a Cuban prison. He was testifying because of his involvement with Anti-Castro groups in '63, as well as having been part of the 1961 heist, at The Schlumbuger Wells Company in Houma, LA, He was not cooperating. He was afraid that no matter what he said, he would be charged with perjury. Of course, this was not true. Yet, Carlos insisted; "...I was told if I testify here today, I will be charged with perjury by a man in the District Attorney's office."Quiroga had taken a lie detector test and failed. When attorney, Sciambra reviewed the results of that test with Carlos, he was clear; "...you failed approximately so many questions on the lie detector test. I said these areas we are very concerned about..."One question specifically, Did Arcacha know David Ferrie?, answer was "no", the test showed, 'deception'. Carlos retracted, "Yes. If I know that Ferrie and Arcacha know one another, of course, I knew that Arcacha and Ferrie know one another because I used to see them together." Arcacha and Ferrie had founded 'Cuban Democratic Liberation Front' in New Orleans. They absolutely had known each other and very well. Just because Arcacha left the area in '62, doesn't mean he did not have access and communications in the supply line from New Orleans, or Dallas, or Houston, to Cuba. He lived in those towns after having left Miami. Orsett Pena, is the connect to David Ferrie, to Carlos Quiroga, to Sergio Arcacha, and to Oswald, who merely walked in and ordered a lemonade. The Commission wanted none of it. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Oswald in New Orleans | Harold Weisberg From the Washington Post story of February 27, 1967:'A former Cuban exile leader, wanted for questioning by District Attorney Jim Garrison, said today he was fearful of what might happen to him if he returns to New Orleans. Sergio Arcacha Smith, one-time New Orleans delegate of the anti-Castro Cuban Revolutionary Democratic Front . . . voiced anxiety and frustration in a telephone interview . . .' "I just don’t know anything,” Arcacha told a reporter over the phone. “What’s the man trying to do? Why doesn’t he arrest somebody? Why doesn’t he tell what he has? If you can’t believe Earl Warren and the FBI, who can you believe in this Nation? . . .Clearly nervous and upset, Arcacha refused to admit knowing Ferrie. " I can’t recall,” he said. “I studied the name in the papers the other day. I just can’t place him.” ------------------------- Twenty days later, the New York Times said, Arcacha, "was reported to have been training men for an invasion of Cuba." March 31: Arcacha was formally linked to the assassination investigation in an affidavit filed by Garrison's office placing a conspiracy charge against him, Ferrie and Gordon Novel. The affidavit sets forth that during August 1961, the same month Ferrie's home was raided while he was under sex charges and his car with the young men was found by the police near Arcacha's home, the three men "did willfully conspire" to raid "a munitions bunker located at Houma, Louisiana," which is about 40 miles south-west of New Orleans. April 4: the press had a better idea of Arcacha's position in the New Orleans Cuban community. The Dallas Morning News said, He was chief of Cuban revolutionary activities in the New Orleans area before the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961. He collected money and coordinated the training of Cuban refugees preparing to take part in the invasion. New Orleans newspapers have said Ferrie was in the same work."
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Post by Michael Capasse on Oct 22, 2023 10:23:25 GMT -5
No Question? | No Problem!from "Oswald in New Orleans" by Harold Weisberg; Why there was no show-down on the number of FBI questionings of Pena? Why the FBI assured Liebeler there were only two reports? Why Liebeler had no report confirming Pena’s reiterated complaint to deBrueys' superiors in the New Orleans FBI office? Why Liebeler sought none? Why he did not put the two he had into evidence? Why Ferry was never called as a witness? Why there is so little reference to him and that aborted? Why there were no witnesses called from any of these Cuban exile groups save the unavoidable Bringuier who so fortuitously provided Oswald with an intelligence cover but who was never confronted with Pena’s open accusation of his secret hatred of the United States? Why their many names are not mentioned? Why there is nothing in the testimony save again what little, too little, Bringuier blurted nut about that invasion training camp -- not even the newspaper accounts of the FBI raid the very same FBI office that is involved, out of which deBrueys and Steinmeyer and the others work? Why the FBI and Secret Service were so hot after anyone who mentioned Ferrie’s name and permitted Ferrie to direct what is insultingly described as an "investigation" of him? Why there had to be a “clean bill of health?" Why there are all those daring big gaps in all the reports of both the FBI and the Secret Service? Why the honor, public reputation and good faith of the new Attorney General and so many others of lesser rank were so immediately vested in the rally around Shaw, the FBI, the files and the Commission and its work? Why every federal official who dared intrude himself into the Garrison/New Orleans investigation and in whatever ways he found expedient slurred its director and questioned its motive? Why there was never any real Ferrie or Shaw-Bertrand investigation? "Why" without end because every question is a thousand Medusas?
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