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ICYM: My friend, David Ferrie

Jefferson Morley March 25, 2022

Dave Ferrie watermarked — Pilot in training Rick Bauer (left) *with his trainer David Ferrie (photo credit: Rick Bauer)*

Back in 2014, Rick Bauer shared his memories of David Ferrie, a man who has been the object of JFK conspiracy speculation for decades.

In Oliver Stone’s “JFK” Ferrie was memorably portrayed by Joe Pesci. In real life, Ferrie was fervently right-wing in his politics and hostile to President Kennedy. He knew Lee Oswald from a young age and he seemed to know of a plot against JFK in 1963, though his exact role in the events leading to the assassination are difficult to determine. He died suddenly in 1967.

26) Who was George Joannides and why is his story important?

Jefferson Morley August 10, 2019

George Joannides, now deceased, was an undercover CIA officer based in Miami and New Orleans in 1963.

His actions provides strong evidence that certain Agency personnel manipulated Lee Harvey Oswald for propaganda purposes before and after President Kennedy was shot dead in Dallas on November 22, 1963.

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5) ▶ Listen: Oswald talks about Cuba; CIA assets amplify his message.

Jefferson Morley July 22, 2019

From JFK Lancer, a recording of radio program broadcast by WDSU radio in New Orleans on August 20, 1963.

▶ Lee H. Oswald debates the Cuba issue with anti-communist activist Ed Butler, and anti-Castro militant Carlos Bringuier of Cuban Student Directorate (DRE).

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‘there are numerous indications that Oswald was being used in counter-intelligence operations.

Jefferson Morley October 16, 2018

In response to the post about the last of the JFK files that the CIA wants to hide, Anthony writes a cogent interpretation of the evidence developed in Morley v. CIA,as well as Bill Simpich’s State Secret and John Newman’s Oswald and the CIA

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FLASH CANCELLED response: FBI wasn’t interested in Oswald

Jefferson Morley March 31, 2018

Jean Davison responds to Bill SImpich’s “Why was Oswald’s name taken off the FBI’s watch list?” …

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Oswald and the Fair Play for Cuba Committee

Jefferson Morley January 6, 2018

A note from Professor David Kaiser, diplomatic historian and author of a fine JFK book, The Road to Dallas.

Kaiser’s account of Lee Oswald’s activism on behalf of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee in New Orleans is key to understanding the JFK story.

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JFK Declassified, Episode 3 surfaces (in Canada)

Jefferson Morley May 26, 2017

Thanks to everybody who has been bombarding History Channel and A&E with questions. No one received anything but a spam answers. So the mystery endures. We still have no explanation of why the History Channel’s “JFK Declassified” series was taken off the air after two episodes, at least in the United States.

Was it poor ratings? Did the show’s “Castro Sorta Done It” semi-conspiracy theory offended somebody in high places? Why is the series available to Canadians only. We’re still looking for answers.

Here’s History Channel’s summary of Episode 3. …

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Max Holland vs. Oliver Stone: A debate about the CIA and JFK

Jefferson Morley May 22, 2017

In response to Max Holland’s recent JFK piece in the Daily Beast, Jim DiEugenio writes:

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Dept. of Dubious Theories: Roger Stone still defends his claim about Ted Cruz’s father

Jefferson Morley April 14, 2017

Source: On Meet The Press Daily, Roger Stone Defends His Claim That Ted Cruz’s Father Was Involved In JFK’s Assassination

Anthony Summers digs deeper on Orest Pena

Jefferson Morley January 2, 2017

A faithful reader adds to what is known about Orest Pena, the New Orleans bar owner whose testimony to Congress in 1978 remains secret. The reader quotes from Anthony Summers’ useful reporting in his book, Not in Your Lifetime.

“There was the claim of Orest Pena, a New Orleans bar owner who in 1963 himself supplied occasional information to FBI agent Warren De Brueys. Pena was to say he had seen Oswald with Agent De Brueys on “numerous occasions” and that De Brueys threatened him physically before his Warren Commission appearance, warning him to keep quiet.

Summers continues: …

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Secret JFK document #1: the Orest Pena interview

Jefferson Morley January 1, 2017

To launch the New Year, JFK Facts will highlighting key JFK documents that remain secret in part or in full. We will also be focusing on the effort to make sure that all these documents are made public by the legal deadline of October 26, 2017.

The first is a document that has always intrigued me. As described by Rex Bradford of Mary Ferrell Foundation, it is

A transcript of the HSCA interview with Orest Pena, the New Orleans bar owner who told them that he saw Oswald was palling around with FBI agents in New Orleans. There are actually 3 copies of this 1978 interview with different RIF numbers – all still withheld in full

Source: Mary Ferrell Foundation: Mark the Date

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Larry King on Jim Garrison: ‘He’s not a charlatan’

petervoskamp August 21, 2016

In this archive footage, famed CNN personality Larry King talks about how he was an aspiring radio announcer in Miami in the late 60s when he interviewed New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, then in the midst of his investigation into JFK’s assassination. …

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The CIA’s secret files on Jim Garrison, the prosecutor celebrated in ‘JFK’

Jefferson Morley August 19, 2016

The CIA retains two secret files on New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, the crusading prosecutor who inspired Oliver Stone’s hit movie “JFK.”

The files–whose existence was first reported by JFK Facts–are among the 3,600 secret U.S. government records related to JFK’s assassination that are scheduled to be released in October 2017. …

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ISO evidence from New Orleans

Jefferson Morley August 17, 2016

I’m focusing the discussion this week on Oswald in New Orleans. I want to answer the question posed in yesterday’s post. Was Oswald a “Psychotic in the marking or target of psychological warfare,”

What is the most relevant or compelling piece of evidence?

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Oswald in New Orleans: Was he a psycho or the target of CIA psychological warfare?

Jefferson Morley August 16, 2016

Fifty three years ago today, Lee Oswald, a self-taught leftist, a former Marine Corps radio operator, and a fluent speaker of Russian, handed out pamphlets for the pro-Castro Fair Play for Cuba Committee in New Orleans. …

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