6 Washington insiders who suspected a JFK plot
Jefferson Morley
July 22, 2022
Defenders of the semi-official theory of JFK’s assassination sometimes suggest that anyone who disagrees is deluded or dishonest.
…Up close and personal with David Ferrie
Jefferson Morley
July 12, 2022
Rick Bauer, a reader in Florida, writes to tell of his personal experience in 1965-66 with David Ferrie, the New Orleans pilot who has been the target of JFK conspiracy speculation for decades.
“I am a graduate of Tulane University in 1966. In the fall of 1965 I commenced flight training paid for by the Department of Defense for students enrolled in various ROTC programs. I was a USN scholarship student at Tulane. My instructor was David Ferrie …. I knew Dave from Sept. 1965 until May of 1966. I passed my Private Pilot’s check ride on March 27, 1966.”
…David Mamet couldn’t make his Zapruder film. Now he’s directing a ‘Mafia done it’ flick
Jefferson Morley
July 8, 2022
Source: David Mamet To Direct ‘2 Days/1963’, About Sam Giancana’s Role In JFK Murder – Deadline
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The Odd Persistence of a Long-Debunked JFK Conspiracy Theory
Jefferson Morley
January 21, 2022
Brian Baccus of WhoWhatWhy dispatches with one of the oldest, and least credible, JFK conspiracy theories around: the Russians Done It. And he explains why it persists despite the lack of evidence.
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The Irrelevance of Jim Garrison’s Homophobia
Jefferson Morley
January 15, 2022
When Lyndon Johnson told aide Marvin Watson in April 1967 that he thought the CIA had something do with Kennedy’s assassination, was he influenced by Garrison’s homophobia? No. He was speaking from long experience as a power broker at the highest levels of the U.S. government.
Source: JFK Revisited: Oliver Stone and the New JFK Fact Pattern – CounterPunch.org
Five Questions About Biden’s Dec. 15 JFK Disclosures
Jefferson Morley
December 14, 2021
December 15 is the next deadline for federal agencies to release files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy 58 years ago. What will we see? Last month, I offered some “smoking gun” possibilities in the Miami Herald. The pro-CIA Washington Decoded pooh poohs the idea that the JFK files contain anything of significance.
And that’s the JFK debate in a nutshell. There’s the people, like Harvard professor Cass Sunstein, who say, in effect, A little man killed a big man, get over it. And there’s the people, like Nobel Prize laureate Bob Dylan, who respond, Some big men killed a big man–and they got away with it. Who is right? This week will offer some clues.
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Putting the JFK Story in Context for The Alarmist
Jefferson Morley
November 15, 2021
I got a nice from The Alarmist after we had this conversation last week:
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Connecting the dots in the Met Breuer’s show about conspiracy theories
Jefferson Morley
October 17, 2018
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‘Fear and loathing’ began in Dallas
Jefferson Morley
October 3, 2018
Bill Kelly points out that Hunter S. Thompson coined his immortal phrase “fear and loathing” on the day of JFK’s assassination. In three words, the gonzo journalist had captured a mood that would never go away.
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QAnon is a psychedelic mushroom growing in the fertile manure of the Warren Commission
Jefferson Morley
August 7, 2018
As the editor of the JFK Facts blog, I try not to spend a lot of time on stupid conspiracy theories, but given tge widespread ignorance and confusion on the subject, journalistic duty often calls.
Who killed JFK? The Federal Reserve? Nah. A Secret Service man? A hoax. Ted Cruz’s father? Pure B.S. George H.W. Bush? Heavy breathing is not the same as credible evidence. On a recent Black Vault podcast, the most common JFK question I heard was, “Was Kennedy assassinated because of his interest in UFO’s?” Um, no, he was not.
Which brings me to QAnon, the imaginative conspiracy theorist now dominating the Internet, attracting followers of President Trump, and obsessing the Washington Post, which has has published four articles on QAnon in the past week. Like many conspiracy theories, the QAnon fever dream can be traced back to the assassination of JFK.
The QAnon conspiracy theory is a psychedelic mushroom growing in the fertile manure of the Warren Commission. This mind-altering proposition grows in the gloom of anonymous chat groups. It is then stimulated by the bright lights of social media. And finally it is harvested and ingested by Trump cultists eager to prolong the alt-reality buzz that commenced on January 20, 2017.
But it all began on November 22, 1963 …
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From July 26 to November 22 to today
Jefferson Morley
July 26, 2018
Cuba celebrates the 60th anniversary of the beginning of its revolution on July 26, 1953. Later this year America will commemorate the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on November 22, 1963,
The events are ancient but linked. The connection between Cuba’s revolution and the death of the 35th American president remains a live issue in the political culture of both countries.
The assassination of JFK is one reason why this conflict between the United States and Cuba endures to this day.
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How Shenon and Sabato came to Fake News in JFK’s Murder
Arnaldo M. Fernandez
August 15, 2017
After more than fifty years and zero quantum of proof since the JFK assassination, Philip Shenon and Larry J. Sabato insist on the out-worn hypothesis “Castro sorta done it” while reporting how the CIA came to doubt the official story.
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John Barbour indicts the media for JFK coverage
Jefferson Morley
July 6, 2017
I haven’t seen this new JFK film, so I welcome thoughts from anybody who has. …
Alexandra Zapruder on NPR
Jefferson Morley
December 14, 2016
Her comment made me wonder what she (and Robert Sigal) think her grandfather’s film shows:
In contrast to the findings of the Warren Report, there are many people who look at the film and believe that it shows evidence that the president was shot from the front.
Source: No Stranger To Conspiracy Theories, Alexandra Zapruder On How They Take Hold : NPR
Didn’t do It: George H.W. Bush was not involved in JFK’s assassination
Jefferson Morley
December 4, 2016
(This piece was posted, in different form in March 2016)
It is true that former president George H.W. Bush was in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. It is true that Bush became director of the CIA in 1976. But, rest assured, G H.W. Bush did not supervise gunmen in Dealey Plaza.
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