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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Conspiracy Theories (part 2)


The End of Camelot

In the first part of this series on Conspiracy Theories, we addressed the JFK assassination and the huge number of potential witnesses that were eliminated, either naturally or unnaturally. It is always best when putting forth a theory to find the motive first, and that will usually lead to the identity of the perpetrator. In this case, there were many possible motives for killing Kennedy. JFK was planning to:

1) Replace the CIA with a new agency;


2) End the Vietnam War;

3) Drop LBJ from the ticket in 1964;

4) Force J. Edgar Hoover to resign as FBI Director;

5) End the Oil Depletion allowance;


6) Remove control of U.S. money from the Federal Reserve;


7) Normalize relations with Cuba.

Do you think he upset anyone with his plans to discontinue the CIA?
How about ending the Vietnam War? Do you know who profited by keeping the war going? Who supplied the bombs, weaponry, transportation, food, etc.? Try the Rockefellers. Try Brown & Root Construction, the parent company of Dick Cheney’s Halliburton.

Planning to drop LBJ certainly raised the ire of a dangerous man as it was no secret that LBJ had Mafia connections.

J. Edgar Hoover, the cross-dressing FBI director was very powerful and a frightful enemy. He had dossiers on John Lennon, Bob Dylan, and many others.


How about ending the oil depletion allowance? A certain family named Bush would not have taken kindly to that suggestion. Neither would the Rockefellers.

Removing control of U.S. funds from the Federal Reserve (a private corporation of international bankers, etc.) would threaten the control of the very rich power brokers, especially the Rockefellers, America's most dangerous family.
Any of these events would have been sufficient to enrage people who are suddenly economically threatened. The CIA, J. Edgar Hoover, George Bush, Richard Nixon, David Rockefeller -- these were powerful and ruthless enemies.

What about the Rockefellers?
#7 on the list, normalizing relations with Cuba, really put a target on JFK's head.

We can now place Pepsi Cola on the list of possible suspects. Pepsi? Their CEO, Donald Kendall, husband of actress Joan Crawford, was in Dallas to celebrate JFK’s assassination with Nixon. Why would they be involved in JFK’s assassination? In late 1958, Fidel Castro was still fighting a guerilla war against the corrupt regime of Fulgencio Batista in Cuba. Fearful of Castro's revolution, many large corporations and people with money including the Mafia, left Cuba for the United States. Castro overthrew Batista in 1959.
To prevent the loss of more capital, Castro began to nationalize some of the businesses in Cuba. In the process of doing so he came into direct conflict with the interests of rich and powerful Americans. Castro's ousting of Batista resulted in Pepsi-Cola losing a sweetheart deal for sugar. Castro told Pepsi to "pay world market prices for sugar".

United Fruit Company and Ford Motor Company also stood to lose hundreds of millions of dollars with Castro's takeover. The Rockefellers owned a significant amount of stock in United Fruit, and David Rockefeller had close ties to Ford Motors through Bechtel Corporation, (yes, the same company making billions in Iraq right along with Halliburton), having hunted as a little boy with Henry Ford II in Maine.

Pepsi-Cola worked out a plan with Vice President Richard Nixon whom they expected to become President in the elections of 1960 to invade Cuba, assassinate Castro, and return the sugar plantations to Pepsi. Nixon agreed and recruited George Bush who worked out of the CIA office in Miami, and E. Howard Hunt of Watergate fame to invade Cuba. They called their plan Operation 40. The CIA launched the plan. One thing they didn't plan on -- Nixon lost the election to JFK.


When JFK found out about the covert operation, he decided to cut off air cover for the 1961 invasion. Bush and the CIA lost hundreds of their best men, the worst blow the CIA had ever suffered. Now, not only were Nixon, Bush and the CIA furious at JFK, so was Pepsi, United Fruit, Ford Motors, the Rockefellers, and the Mafia drug runners with close ties to LBJ.


In early 1963, Walter J. Mahoney, the Republican Majority Leader of the New York State Senate, charged that the Kennedy Administration had dispatched Federal agents to Albany, New York, to gather embarrassing information on Governor Nelson Rockefeller. Mahoney said agents of the FBI, Treasury and Tax departments were "honeycombing" the state "under the guise of a gambling investigation and there were wiretaps galore. The ruthlessness of the federal administration is beyond all believing." He said the agents had been instructed to "pay particular attention to those who may be advisors to Governor Rockefeller." Mahoney said the "widespread network" was being run by United States Attorney General Robert Kennedy "to embarrass a great American.", referring to Rockefeller. He said the Kennedy Administration was "afraid of Rockefeller" (FBI 62-72612-84). JFK was now going after Rockefeller, one of the richest, most powerful and ruthless men in America. JFK's fate was sealed.

Prior to the assassination, in October and November of 1963, at least nine warnings that an assassination was planned were sent to various government offices in Europe, the United States, and Australia. Nobody paid attention. Several politicians from Texas and neighboring states begged JFK to cancel the trip to Dallas. Governor John Connally even flew to Washington to plead with JFK to cancel the appearance. The only one who insisted on JFK keeping the commitment was Lyndon Johnson. It seems everyone knew JFK was going to be killed except JFK.


Just from examining possible motives, we have a list of suspects who at the very least had prior knowledge of this event. That list includes the Rockefellers, George HW Bush, Richard Nixon, J. Edgar Hoover, E. Howard Hunt, and that is only the beginning.
Richard Nixon's mentor in politics was none other than the man who had tried to arrange the assassination of FDR in 1933, the notorious Prescott Bush. Nixon had at one time previously employed Jack Ruby, Oswald's eventual assassin. What a small world!

On the date of the assassination, Nixon stayed at the Baker Hotel as a guest of Pepsi-Cola according to the Dallas Morning News on that date. However, in testimony to the FBI, he denied being in Dallas on 11/22/63.
Two of the three tramps arrested behind the fence on the Grassy Knoll were E. Howard Hunt and Frank Sturgis, both of whom seven (7) years later would be arrested and gain fame as Watergate Burglars, another Nixon mis-adventure.

For further evidence, Rolling Stone Magazine, on 4/5/07, published the Last Confessions of E. Howard Hunt, in which he identified these men as the key participants:

Lyndon B. Johnson: LBJ, whose own career was assisted by JFK nemesis J. Edgar Hoover (FBI), gave the orders to a CIA-led hit team, and helped guide the Warren Commission/lone gunman cover-up.


Cord Meyer: CIA agent, architect of the Operation Mockingbird disinformation apparatus, and husband of Mary Meyer (who had an affair with JFK).


David Atlee Philips: CIA and Bay of Pigs veteran. Recruited William Harvey (CIA) and Cuban exile militant Antonio Veciana.


William Harvey: CIA and Bay of Pigs veteran. Connected to Mafia figures Santos Trafficante and Sam Giancana.


Antonio Veciana: Cuban exile, founder of CIA-backed Alpha 66.
 

Frank Sturgis: CIA operative, mercenary, Bay of Pigs veteran, and later Watergate figure.

David Morales: CIA hit man, Bay of Pigs veteran. Morales was also a figure involved with the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.


Lucien Sarti: Corsican assassin and drug trafficker, possible "French gunman," Grassy Knoll (second) shooter.


So, that summarizes how determining the motive for a crime leads to the suspects. Now we will put forth the same process to examine and answer questions that exist in regard to the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11/2001, not to sensationalize anything, but simply to examine the details of what many consider to be an obvious cover-up of that event.
Stay tuned . . .




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Conspiracy Theories Given a Bad Rap


President John Fitzgerald Kennedy

"All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed,
and third, it is accepted as self-evident."
Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher, 1788-1860

What is a Conspiracy Theory?

Quite simply, a theory is something that could happen. For instance, if I buy a lotto ticket on my way home today, theoretically I could win the grand prize of $1 million. IN THEORY. It can’t happen unless I actually purchase a ticket. Once I purchase a ticket, it is no longer a theory, but now it’s a POSSIBILITY. I now have a 1 in a million or 1 in however many chances of winning. It may be a small possibility, but it is no longer just a theory. The POSSIBILITY increases if I purchase more tickets and, depending upon the number of tickets I purchase, it moves closer to a PROBABILITY.

Conspiracy theorist have received all kinds of scorn; they are wearing "tinfoil hats", they are just a bunch of nuts, but what about those conspiracy theories that are actually true? The JFK Assassination comes to mind. It is easy to prove that Lee Harvey Oswald COULD NOT HAVE ACTED ALONE. That is simple. Proving who actually shot and killed or who actually planned the assassination may never occur. Here is an example. Obviously, if Oswald had acted alone, he would not have had the connections to remove the Secret Service from Kennedy's limo, or to have the Secret Service fail to sweep the downtown buildings prior to Kennedy's parade. Here is a two minute video that proves Oswald could not have acted alone:



That is pretty damning evidence. Obviously, Oswald could not have directed the stand down. It had to come from somebody in government. Disinformation, ridicule, and the removal of witnesses took its toll and the coverup was successful. The original Warren Commission found that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. However, in 1976, after public demand that the investigation be reopened was so great, a second commission was formed.

"Findings of the Select Committee on Assassinations in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, November 22, 1963," pg. 1976, #C, it reads as follows: "The Committee believes, on the basis of the evidence available to it, that President John F. Kennedy was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy. The Committee is unable to identify the other gunman or the extent of the conspiracy."

I will wager that most Americans are not even aware of these findings. Over the years, the same people who assassinated JFK have damaged his reputation with rumors, accusations, and outright lies. Circumstantial evidence is often laughed at, but it’s the best evidence. Eyewitness testimony has been proven time and again to be unreliable. But if there are enough pieces of evidence that might lead you to believe that if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck – it’s probably a duck. The removal of witnesses quacks loudest of all.

Eliminating witnesses is one way to cover up a crime, and the JFK assassins had no peer in that area. In the three year period following the assassination, 36 witnesses died - the majority from "unnatural causes". I am not saying they were all murdered, but we have seen a pattern of behavior leading up to JFK's slaying that certainly would lead to the conclusion that many of them were. The following is a list of potential witnesses and how they died. This is not the complete list, just the best we have been able to accumulate. I suggest you try to find a 1964 edition of Ramparts Magazine for a more complete list (that is if the government hasn't confiscated all the copies).

1. Karyn Kupcinet. Daughter of TV host Irv Kupcinet who was overheard telling of JFK's death prior to the date of his assassination. Murdered, 11/63.

2. Jack Zangretti. Expressed advance knowledge of Ruby's shooting of Oswald. Gunshot victim, 12/63.

3. Eddy Benavides. Brother of Officer J.D. Tippitt shooting witness, Domingo Benavides. Gunshot to head, 2/64.

4. Betty MacDonald. Former Ruby employee. Owned and operated a cancer research firm. Suicide by hanging in Dallas Jail, 2/64.

5. Hank Killam. Husband of Ruby employee who knew acquaintances of Oswald. Throat cut, 3/64.

6. Bill Chesher. Was rumored to have information that linked Oswald and Ruby. Heart attack, 3/64.

7. Bill Hunter. A reporter who was in Ruby's apartment on 11/24/63. "Accidentally" shot to death by a policeman, 4/64.

8. Gary Underhill. CIA Agent who said the Agency was involved in JFK's killing. Gunshot to the head ruled a suicide, 5/64.

9. Hugh Ward. A private investigator whose plane crashed in Mexico, 5/64.

10. DeLesseps Morrison. Mayor of New Orleans and a passenger in Ward's plane, 5/64.

11. Guy Bannister. FBI Agent with connections to CIA and Oswald. Heart attack, 6/64.

12. Teresa Norton. Ruby employee. Shot to death, 8/64.

13. Jim Koethe. Another reporter who was in Ruby's apartment on 11/24/63. Died from a "blow to the neck", 9/64, just five months after his fellow reporter, Bill Hunter.

14. C.D. Jackson. Life Magazine Sr. Vice-President who bought the Zapruder film and stored it. Died of "unknown causes", 9/64.

15. Mary Pinchot. A close friend of JFK whose diary was taken by CIA Chief James Angleton after her death. Murdered, 10/64.

Is anyone getting suspicious yet or is this just the Mother of all Coincidences? That's 15 witnesses within one year of the assassination, with many more to follow!

16. Paul Mandal. A writer for Life Magazine who said he saw JFK turning to the rear when shot in the throat which clearly contradicts the single assassin theory of the Warren Commission. Cancer, 1/65.

17. Tom Howard. Ruby's first lawyer, who also was in his apartment on 11/24/63. Heart attack, 3/65.

18. Maurice Gatlin. Guy Bannister's pilot. Fell to his death, 5/65.

19. David Goldstein. Helped FBI trace Oswald's pistol. Natural causes, 5/65.

20. Mona B. Saenz. Clerk for State of Texas Department of Employment who had interviewed Oswald. Killed by a bus, 8/65.

21. Rose Cheramie. Said she knew of the assassination in advance and reported riding to Dallas with the Cuban exiles. Killed in a hit/run "accident", 9/65.

22. Dorothy Kilgallen. Remember her from "What's My Line"? She had a private interview with Jack Ruby and promised to "break the case". Drug overdose, 11/65.

23. Mrs. Earl Smith. Dorothy Kilgallen's close friend died just two days after Dorothy. It was rumored that she may have been keeping Ms. Kilgallen's notes. Cause of death unknown, 11/65.

24. William Whaley. A cab driver who drove Oswald. Killed in a car accident, 12/65.

That's 15 dead witnesses in 1964 and another nine in 1965. But, it didn't stop there. In 1966, there were a dozen more:

25. Karen "Little Lynn" Carlin. An employee of Jack Ruby who last talked with Ruby before he shot Oswald. Shot to death, 1966.

26. Judge Joe Brown (not the tv judge). He presided over Ruby's trial -- heart attack, 1966

27. Earlene Roberts. She was Oswald's landlady -- heart attack 1/66.

28. Albert Bogard. A car salesman who allowed Oswald to test drive a new car. Committed "suicide" - 2/66.

29. Captain Frank Marin -- Dallas Policeman who witnessed Ruby shoot Oswald. He testified before the Warren Commission, "there's a lot to be said but probably be better off if I don't say it". Died suddenly of cancer, 6/66.

30. Lee Bowers, Jr. Saw the men behind the picket fence on the Grassy Knoll. Killed in a traffic accident, 8/66.

31. Marilyn Walle (also known as Delila). A dancer employed by Ruby. Shot to death by her husband one month after getting married, 9/66.

32. Lt. William Pitzer. He was an official photographer of the JFK autopsy. Shot to death -- ruled a "suicide", 10/66.

33. James Worrell, Jr. Witnessed a man fleeing the rear of the Texas Book Depository just after the JFK shooting. Killed in a traffic accident, 11/66.

34. Jimmy Levens. Fort Worth nightclub owner who hired Ruby's employees. Died of natural causes, 11/66.

35. Clarence Oliver. District Attorney Investigator who was part of the Ruby case. Unknown causes, 1966.

36. Hank Suydam. Life Magazine official in charge of the JFK stories. Heart attack, 12/66.

It didn't stop there. Anyone related to the JFK assassination, no matter how remotely, obviously became a target for elimination. There is no way to know which were "natural deaths" and which were assassinations, but the sheer numbers make it impossible for these deaths to have been coincidence. In 1967, they continue:

37. Leonard Pullin. He was a Civilian Navy employee who assisted with the film, "Last Two Days" about the assassination. Killed in a one-car crash in 1967.

38. Jack Ruby. The man who killed Oswald died of lung cancer in 1/67. He complained to his family that he had been injected with cancer cells.

39. Harold Russell. Witnessed the escape of Officer J.D. Tippitt's killer shortly after the JFK shooting. He was killed by a policeman in a bar brawl in 2/67.

40. David Ferrie. Acquaintance of Oswald and employee of Guy Banister. He was a suspect of New Orleans DA Jim Garrison's investigation of the assassination. Killed by a blow to the neck which was ruled "accidental" in 2/67.

41. Eladio Del Valle. Anti-Castro Cuban who was an associate of Ferrie. Suffered a gunshot wound and then was killed by a blow to the head with an ax in 2/67. Somehow or other this wasn't ruled "accidental" or "suicide".

42. Dr. Mary Sherman. Associate of Ferrie who was working on cancer research. Burned to death in a fire -- may have been shot, 3/67.

Thirty-four more deaths occurred under suspicious circumstance over the next several years. Seventy-six witness deaths! True, some may have been "natural", but does anybody really believe these deaths could have been coincidental? There was obviously a concerted effort to eliminate witnesses. It appeared to have stopped with the death of John Roselli in July, 1976. Then came the HSCA Investigation. The House Select Committee on Assassinations began re-investigating the JFK assassination. More deaths followed:

77. William Pawley. A former Brazilian ambassador who was connected to anti-Castro Cubans and various underworld figures. Died, 1/77, of a gunshot wound that was ruled a suicide.

78. George DeMohrenschildt. A close friend of both Oswald and the Bouvier family (Jackie Kennedy's parents). Also a CIA agent. Died, 3/77, of a gunshot wound that was ruled a suicide.

79. Carlos Prio Soccaras. Former Cuban President who was a finance man for anti-Castro Cubans. Died, 3/77, of a gunshot wound that was ruled a suicide. (It seems at this time that the conspirators have lost their imagination for creative deaths.)

80. Paul Raigorodsky. Business associate of DeMohrenschildt and a well-known friend of rich oilmen. Died of natural causes, 3/77.

81. Lou Staples. A Dallas talk-show radio host who excitedly told friends he was about to break the story of the assassination. Died, 5/77, of a gunshot wound to the head that was ruled a suicide.

82. Louie Nichols. High-level FBI Agent who worked on the JFK investigation. Died of a heart attack, 6/77.


They continue dropping like flies:

83. Alan Belmont. FBI official who testified before the Warren Commission. Died of a protracted illness, 8/77.

84. James Cadigan. FBI document expert who had testified before the Warren Commission. Also died in 8/77, of a fall in his home.

85. Francis G. Powers. U-2 Pilot who was shot down over Russia in 1960. Died in a helicopter crash in 8/77, reportedly after he had run out of fuel.

86. Joseph C. Ayres. Chief Steward on Air Force One with JFK. Killed in shooting accident in 8/77.

87. Kenneth O'Donnell. JFK's closest aide of natural causes in 9/77.

88. Donald Kaylor. FBI fingerprint chemist. Died of a heart attack, 10/77.

89. J.M. English. Former head man of FBI Forensic Sciences Lab. Died of a heart attack, 10/77.

90. William Sullivan. Former #3 man in FBI. Involved in counter-espionage and domestic intelligence. Died 11/77 in a hunting accident.


Is it just me or does it seem that being an FBI official around late 1977 wasn't too healthy? There were 13 more deaths various people associated with the case over the next several years. If anyone thinks these deaths were just a coincidence, no conspiracy "theory" will ever satisfy you.

Recently, a call has gone out to "reopen" the investigation into the events of 9/11. Over the next several weeks we will raise some questions regarding that attack and put it out to our readers to take the evidence and come to their own conclusions.

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