Ghost by Jefferson Morley [on J.J. Angleton CIA-CI Chief]

[Peter Lemkin]

Peter, yeah, the book you linked on Amazon is the other biography I'm referring to. In an excerpt from that volume that I read on Google Books, the author made it clear that he does not rule out Angleton's involvement in the murder of JFK, and does not rule out a conspiracy. I also didn't stumble across any 'Oswald did it' pages. That's smarter than usual and better than propping up the lies about Oswald, which Morley sadly seems to have now done at least twice.

Lobster magazine even gave that book a good, if short, positive review. The definitive book on Angleton has yet to be written IMO. I think it is clear that Angleton played a primary role in the CIA's cover-up of the JFK Assassination, and very likely Angleton played some role in the selection of Oswald as the patsy - although that proof is still lacking, the trail of crumbs leads to Angleton's door. During CHOAS [which lasted MUCH longer than officially acknowledged by CIA] and LINGUAL, Angleton was reading tens of thousands of letters per year of suspect [to him] people, who's communications were illegally copied and arrived at this desk. These included some Presidents, Congressmen, and others all over the World. He always had enough blackmail information to control others, just as Hoover did. Interestingly, during CHAOS when the CIA was syping on the Black Panters [and similar groups] and the anti-war and similar groups, Angleton admited internally he could not find any direction or funding from the USSR [as was the Right's party line]. Angleton also played a big hand in MKULTRA. Angleton also empowered GLADIO and other nasty covert operations. A lot of his friends were out and out fascists - no surprise there. He was central in forming the bond between Israeli and US intelligence. A tall man that was a moral midget. His one saving grace was that he sometimes took some days off to go fishing in the rain - and he grew orchids in his greenhouse. He spied on the spies but often got things wrong by any measure. Being fooled by Philby, who he was very close to, haunted him to his grave and fed his paranoia, which knew no bounds. And, he did wait out all the investigations on JFK. The US is a much worse place for his existence and 'work' at CIA.