Post by Rob Caprio on Mar 8, 2020 20:51:58 GMT -5
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The Warren Commission (WC) claimed that Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) fired three shots from the sixth floor southeastern window of the Texas School Book Depository (TSBD) Building at President John F. Kennedy (JFK) on November 22, 1963. They further claimed that he had no assistance from anyone in this endeavor.
This post will look at the comments of President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ), and surprisingly we will see how they did not agree with the conclusion of the WC.
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On November 29, 1963, LBJ signed Executive Order 11130 which created the WC to “investigate” the assassination of JFK. After nine months and a million dollars (seven million today) of taxpayer money being spent, the WC reached a conclusion that LBJ did not agree with.
Over the years he would make comments to various people that he felt a conspiracy was involved in the murder of JFK. One of these people, Marvin Watson, served as his Postmaster General for awhile as well as being an aide to LBJ. We know of this comment because Watson called the Deputy Director of the FBI, Cartha DeLoach, to inform him of it. This information is contained in a April 4, 1967, memorandum by DeLoach.
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Marvin Watson called me late last night and stated that the President had told him, in an off moment, that he was now convinced there was a plot in connection with the assassination. Watson stated the President felt that [the] CIA had had something to do with this plot. Watson requested that any further information we could furnish in this connection would be most appreciated by him and the President…I told him we had no more information in this regard. (FBI Memorandum of 4/4/67 from Cartha DeLoach to Clyde Tolson, pp. 3-4; FBI Document 62-1090060-5075)
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This request by Watson was after the President had been sent information pertaining to the CIA/Mafia efforts to kill Cuban Premier Fidel Castro. This led to LBJ telling Journalist Jack Anderson that these same teams were used against JFK by Castro. Of course this was simply a red herring designed to deflect attention away from the real culprits, but the point is LBJ was saying that the conclusion of the WC was incorrect. Further confirmation of this feeling by LBJ comes in the form of an interview LBJ granted to one of his former speechwriters, Leo Janos, which would appear in The Atlantic magazine. He would make this comment during the interview.
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Johnson said that when he had taken office he found that "we had been operating a damned Murder Inc. in the Caribbean." (Leo Janos, The Atlantic, July 1973)
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1973/07/the-last-days-of-the-president/376281/
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This comment is very misleading as it implies that the JFK administration was operating a “Murder, Inc.”, but this isn’t the truth. The Kennedy brothers were not in favor of using assassination as a political tool. In fact, on November 16, 1961, JFK gave a speech that made this abundantly clear.
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We cannot, as a free nation, compete with our adversaries in tactics of terror, assassination, false promises, counterfeit mobs and crises. (JFK, University of Washington speech, November 16, 1961)
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This clearly sums up the position of JFK. The “we” in LBJ’s comment did NOT include the Kennedy brothers. It included the CIA and elements of the paramilitary component of the U.S. military utilizing the Mafia and other rogue elements. The CIA was running an operation called “Mongoose” against Cuba, but they were ordered by JFK and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) to cease and desist forthwith a number of times. Instead they continued and on the day of JFK’s assassination CIA officer Desmond Fitzgerald was meeting in Paris, France, with Rolando Cubela (AM/LASH) to discuss further attempts to murder Castro. At this meeting Cubela is presented with a pen that is really a hypodermic needle filled with poison.
I don’t doubt that elements of the CIA and Mafia could have been involved in the assassination so, once again, LBJ’s comment about Castro utilizing these groups to “get Kennedy” is at odds with the WC’s conclusion.
LBJ made his belief that there was a conspiracy involved in the assassination of JFK quite clear during a break in the interview with Leo Janos.
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During coffee, the talk turned to President Kennedy, and Johnson expressed his belief that the assassination in Dallas had been part of a conspiracy. "I never believed that Oswald acted alone, although I can accept that he pulled the trigger." (Leo Janos, The Atlantic, July 1973)
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LBJ could accept that LHO “pulled the trigger”, but he never believed that he acted alone. Well folks, that is called a conspiracy. Why he accepted that LHO pulled the trigger is a mystery since there is no evidence in the WC’s twenty-six volumes showing that LHO fired a rifle on November 22, 1963.
Probably the clearest example of LBJ’s thoughts that the WC’s conclusion was wrong can be heard during his September 18, 1964, phone conversation with Senator Richard Russell. At the 2:25 mark we can hear this exchange.
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Senator Russell. “The Committee, ah, Commission believes that the same bullet that hit Kennedy hit Connally. Well I don’t believe it.
President Johnson. I don’t either. (September 18, 1964, Telephone Conversation between President Lyndon Johnson and Senator Richard Russell)
www.c-span.org/video/?321459-1/president-johnson-phone-call-warren-commission&start=153
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This says it all as the same bullet hitting JFK and Governor John B. Connally (JBC) was required to make the WC’s conclusion possible. The alleged bullet became known as the “magic bullet” and the scenario became known as the Single Bullet Theory (SBT), but LBJ didn’t believe it! Neither did WC member Russell who went on to say in that conversation that he tried to write a dissent, but they wouldn’t let him because they wanted the conclusion to be unanimous. How could it be unanimous when three of the seven members did not agree with the SBT? (In addition to Russell both Congressman Hale Boggs and Senator John Cooper thought the SBT is not what happened.) This again shows that the WC was not interested in the truth, but rather rubber stamping the conclusion the FBI arrived at within days of the assassination.
We again see comments by someone that disagree with what the WC claimed, thus, it calls into question their conclusion so it is sunk again.
schoolworkhelper.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Lyndon-Johnson.jpg
The Warren Commission (WC) claimed that Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) fired three shots from the sixth floor southeastern window of the Texas School Book Depository (TSBD) Building at President John F. Kennedy (JFK) on November 22, 1963. They further claimed that he had no assistance from anyone in this endeavor.
This post will look at the comments of President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ), and surprisingly we will see how they did not agree with the conclusion of the WC.
*****************************************
On November 29, 1963, LBJ signed Executive Order 11130 which created the WC to “investigate” the assassination of JFK. After nine months and a million dollars (seven million today) of taxpayer money being spent, the WC reached a conclusion that LBJ did not agree with.
Over the years he would make comments to various people that he felt a conspiracy was involved in the murder of JFK. One of these people, Marvin Watson, served as his Postmaster General for awhile as well as being an aide to LBJ. We know of this comment because Watson called the Deputy Director of the FBI, Cartha DeLoach, to inform him of it. This information is contained in a April 4, 1967, memorandum by DeLoach.
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Marvin Watson called me late last night and stated that the President had told him, in an off moment, that he was now convinced there was a plot in connection with the assassination. Watson stated the President felt that [the] CIA had had something to do with this plot. Watson requested that any further information we could furnish in this connection would be most appreciated by him and the President…I told him we had no more information in this regard. (FBI Memorandum of 4/4/67 from Cartha DeLoach to Clyde Tolson, pp. 3-4; FBI Document 62-1090060-5075)
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This request by Watson was after the President had been sent information pertaining to the CIA/Mafia efforts to kill Cuban Premier Fidel Castro. This led to LBJ telling Journalist Jack Anderson that these same teams were used against JFK by Castro. Of course this was simply a red herring designed to deflect attention away from the real culprits, but the point is LBJ was saying that the conclusion of the WC was incorrect. Further confirmation of this feeling by LBJ comes in the form of an interview LBJ granted to one of his former speechwriters, Leo Janos, which would appear in The Atlantic magazine. He would make this comment during the interview.
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Johnson said that when he had taken office he found that "we had been operating a damned Murder Inc. in the Caribbean." (Leo Janos, The Atlantic, July 1973)
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1973/07/the-last-days-of-the-president/376281/
Quote off
This comment is very misleading as it implies that the JFK administration was operating a “Murder, Inc.”, but this isn’t the truth. The Kennedy brothers were not in favor of using assassination as a political tool. In fact, on November 16, 1961, JFK gave a speech that made this abundantly clear.
Quote on
We cannot, as a free nation, compete with our adversaries in tactics of terror, assassination, false promises, counterfeit mobs and crises. (JFK, University of Washington speech, November 16, 1961)
Quote off
This clearly sums up the position of JFK. The “we” in LBJ’s comment did NOT include the Kennedy brothers. It included the CIA and elements of the paramilitary component of the U.S. military utilizing the Mafia and other rogue elements. The CIA was running an operation called “Mongoose” against Cuba, but they were ordered by JFK and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) to cease and desist forthwith a number of times. Instead they continued and on the day of JFK’s assassination CIA officer Desmond Fitzgerald was meeting in Paris, France, with Rolando Cubela (AM/LASH) to discuss further attempts to murder Castro. At this meeting Cubela is presented with a pen that is really a hypodermic needle filled with poison.
I don’t doubt that elements of the CIA and Mafia could have been involved in the assassination so, once again, LBJ’s comment about Castro utilizing these groups to “get Kennedy” is at odds with the WC’s conclusion.
LBJ made his belief that there was a conspiracy involved in the assassination of JFK quite clear during a break in the interview with Leo Janos.
Quote on
During coffee, the talk turned to President Kennedy, and Johnson expressed his belief that the assassination in Dallas had been part of a conspiracy. "I never believed that Oswald acted alone, although I can accept that he pulled the trigger." (Leo Janos, The Atlantic, July 1973)
Quote off
LBJ could accept that LHO “pulled the trigger”, but he never believed that he acted alone. Well folks, that is called a conspiracy. Why he accepted that LHO pulled the trigger is a mystery since there is no evidence in the WC’s twenty-six volumes showing that LHO fired a rifle on November 22, 1963.
Probably the clearest example of LBJ’s thoughts that the WC’s conclusion was wrong can be heard during his September 18, 1964, phone conversation with Senator Richard Russell. At the 2:25 mark we can hear this exchange.
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Senator Russell. “The Committee, ah, Commission believes that the same bullet that hit Kennedy hit Connally. Well I don’t believe it.
President Johnson. I don’t either. (September 18, 1964, Telephone Conversation between President Lyndon Johnson and Senator Richard Russell)
www.c-span.org/video/?321459-1/president-johnson-phone-call-warren-commission&start=153
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This says it all as the same bullet hitting JFK and Governor John B. Connally (JBC) was required to make the WC’s conclusion possible. The alleged bullet became known as the “magic bullet” and the scenario became known as the Single Bullet Theory (SBT), but LBJ didn’t believe it! Neither did WC member Russell who went on to say in that conversation that he tried to write a dissent, but they wouldn’t let him because they wanted the conclusion to be unanimous. How could it be unanimous when three of the seven members did not agree with the SBT? (In addition to Russell both Congressman Hale Boggs and Senator John Cooper thought the SBT is not what happened.) This again shows that the WC was not interested in the truth, but rather rubber stamping the conclusion the FBI arrived at within days of the assassination.
We again see comments by someone that disagree with what the WC claimed, thus, it calls into question their conclusion so it is sunk again.