Max Holland and Donald Carpenter vs Jim Garrison and the ARRB

[Tom Scully]

About Sprague, I will never forget what Joe Rauh, a prominent civil rights lawyer said about his leaving the HSCA. "You know, I never thought the Kennedy case was a conspiracy. But if they can do that to Dick Sprague, it must have been."

The things that bothered Sprague the most were:

1. Why did the Warren Commission not buy Sylvia Odio?

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JFK The Movie cost $41 million. Future Columbia Graduate School of Journalism dean emeritus Nicholas B. Lemann savaged Garrison and the film to the degree that Perry Russo brought suit against Lemann and his publisher, and Oliver Stone and co-script writer and Garrison's book editor, Sklar replied at length to Lemann.....

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=sto...nn&spf=393

[PDF]letters to GQjfk.hood.edu/.../Stone%20Oliver%20JFK%20Movie/Gentleman's%20Quarterly/Item%...

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Editor's note: Nicholas Lemann's essay "The. Case Against ... journalist and screenwriter Zachary Sklar. EVIDENTLY ... Stone's JFK, 1 take issue with several of.

JFK: The Book of the Film : the Documented Screenplay

https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1557831270
Oliver Stone, ‎Zachary Sklar - 1992 - ‎Performing Arts
The Book of the Film : the Documented Screenplay Oliver Stone, Zachary Sklar. name names. Isn't it a bit unfair of Lemann to ask Garrison to do what these ...

Full text of "Stone Oliver JFK Movie" - Internet Archive

https://archive.org/...StoneOliverJFKMov...20Oliver%2...
According to him, Stone believes in a conspiracy because KennedY was killed ... Zachary Sklar New York City Nicholas Lemann replies: In my dealings with the ...

Tom S. says:June 6, 2016 at 11:36 pm
Part I of II


Stephen B Lemann announces appointment of Walter J Machann (aka Father Machann) : (July, 1965)


Garrison describing Stephen B. Lemann in complaint letter to FCC Chairman., pub. 06/18/67 Times-Picayune:

http://maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?%E2%80%A6d=176&tab=page
2of2 Garrison 06/18/67 letter to FCC comm. Rosel H. Hyde
(Top of right side column)
…It should be added that the last described endeavor has been accomplished not by members of the station (WDSU) itself, but by an attorney closely connected with the station who has previously been known to disperse funds in the New Orleans area in behalf of the Central Intelligence Agency…

Joan Mellen and her husband, Ralph Schoenman first met Garrison just months after the Shaw trial verdict.: My Investigation of the Garrison Investigation, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 17, 2015
http://joanmellen.com/wordpress/2015/10/20/my-investigation-of-the-garrison-investigation-new-orleans-louisiana-october-17-2015/
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http://www.amazon.com/Man-Million-Fragments-True-Story/dp/0692226419/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8
Man of a Million Fragments: The True Story of Clay Shaw (Paperback)
by Donald H. Carpenter
Page 145

http://www.amazon.com/Man-Million-Fragments-True-Story/dp/0692226419/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8
Man of a Million Fragments: The True Story of Clay Shaw (Paperback)
by Donald H. Carpenter
Page 156

https://www.maryferrell.org/pages/Unredacted_-_Episode_1_-_Transcript.html
Unredacted Episode 1: Transcript of Interview with Joan Mellen
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JOAN: when Baldwin was present, he was a CIA asset, his brother worked for the International Trade Mart and Clay Shaw, David Baldwin, and these, these are CIA people.……

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/3/26/Lewis-Reporter-Dies-Journalist/?page=2
Anthony Lewis '48, Pulitzer Winner and Crimson Mentor, Dies at 85
By Nicholas P. Fandos, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER March 26, 2013
Pg 1 of 2…….
…But even as The Crimson shaped Lewis, he, in turn, shaped the organization. Over decades as an active member of the paper's graduate board and one of its three trustees, he was the champion of quality journalism and the model for every young Crimson editor that hoped one day to make it in the world of print.
"You were in a situation where everyone's parents were begging them not to go into journalism, and you wanted to have some visible role model," said Nicholas B. Lemann '76, the dean of Columbia University School of Journalism. "A lot of his influence was just modeling for us what a happy and an honored career in journalism could look like, and it looked pretty good."
……."At a liberal moment in American history, he was one of the defining liberal voices," Lemann said.
http://joanmellen.com/wordpress/2013/10/21/clay-shaw-unmasked-the-garrison-case-corroborated/2/
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(When I mentioned that I was working on a book about Garrison to the late New York Times columnist, Anthony Lewis, at a conference at NYU on the subject of 9/11, Lewis literally turned white. CIA's friends in the media continued in their efforts to discredit Jim Garrison long after his death).

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I continue to believe that Jim DiEugenio and nearly all other participants in this thread are holding back credit where it is due.... accurate, relevant, interesting (troubling ?) details of the commonality of the relationships of the players..... the Garrison described CIA connection and uncle of Nicholas B Lemann, .....uncle and the CIA connected player who presided over the organization that gave former Father Machann a fresh start, and the troubling connections undisclosed by Garrison....uncovered independently by me and leading me to criticize Donald Carpenter book reviewer Mr. Blackburst almost literally on his deathbed because Blackburst neglected to even include in his review the groundbreaking research Donald Carpenter was the first to discover and ever publish....is because it is taking Mr.DiEugnenio and nearly all other participants a good deal of time to digest and to accept the implications of what author Carpenter uncovered and I stumbled upon independently, before I was aware of Carpenter's research.

It is obvious Jim Garrison and possibly some of his supporters did not want anyone to know that Nicholas B Lemann's step-grandmother was mother-in-law of David Baldwin and Baldwin and his brother Edward were first cousin's of Garrison's wife, Liz Ziegler, and David was also her godfather, and Clay Shaw was made aware of these connections by David Baldwin within a week of Shaw's arrest.

Even a year later, it would appear the emphasis is on criticism of Carpenter for using Max Holland as a conduit, instead of delving into Garrison's
best kept secrets. I cannot find any instance in which Garrison ever actually described Stephen Lemann or David Baldwin by name. Joan Mellen
told Rex Bradford that David Baldwin was......

https://www.maryferrell.org/pages/Unredacted_-_Episode_1_-_Transcript.html
Unredacted Episode 1: Transcript of Interview with Joan Mellen
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JOAN: when Baldwin was present, he was a CIA asset, his brother worked for the International Trade Mart and Clay Shaw, David Baldwin, and these, these are CIA people.……

Who has best served those interested in Garrison's investigation and his motivation for conducting it? Is Donald Carpenter deserving of inclusion? Was Jim Garrison deserving of inclusion, or did his secrecy muddy our ability to assess who is committed to pursuit of the truth and who is distracted by misguided concerns and allegiances?