James Lateer's THE THREE BARONS: THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION

[Peter Lemkin]

Lateer's book is now out. A lengthy chapter and contents listing is readable when you click on the cover of the book at the Amazon link. Based on the contents my suspicion is that there will be some material and analysis of interest - a couple of his subjects seems fresh - and some areas that are obviously off target. I'll still have a browse at some point.

https://www.amazon.com/Three-Barons-Orga...1634241428

Suggest people read the pages available online from the ebook. I'd agree that he has some good targets and some not so good ones. I do think in some ways many of the good JFK assassination research community has been misled into the belief that CIA had the lead role. They certainly had a part - not as an organization, but using some people within their structure, with their training then current or former. However, the MI side of things has been played down, if acknowledged. Remember what Prouty said about how those two organizations worked together and often MI would let CI do a lot of the details - as they had more assets in some areas [physical and expertise]. Throw in some ultra-Right guys, some Big-$, some Mafia that had all had a working relationship with intelligence, the FBI ignoring more than participating before their major role in the cover-up, some foreign intel guys, some big government guys, some SS, some communications experts like Collins and others, some specialists on guns like Werbel and others...and you have a plot...a very thick plot. The plot was made so thick so as to confuse everyone forever. I think IMO the impetus came from the Military and they asked their friends and connections to help out. Others just offered their help for their own reasons. His mention of Willoughby is good - he has been under-examined. Ditto Lemnitzer. The book seems worth the price of admission. I don't know if he has made any new connections or just gathered up a lot of interesting facts of foreknowledge and conspiracy from other researchers. That he thinks highly of the Nagell story is a sign of good taste IMHO. That is a MUCH under-valued skeleton key to the entire matter! Nagell was both MI and CI - and at times himself did not know who was running him. He got so confused and ethically challenged by what he saw in the offing, he pulled off the stunt 'bank robbery' to be on ice when the assassination date rolled around and having committed a crime that the FBI would be in charge of by statute. Nagell had sent a registered detailed warning letter to Hoover about what was about to happen to JFK. The FBI claims they never got it. Nagell was murdered himself, IMHO, after spilling some of the beans to Dick Russell. Nagell had also stored away proofs of who was involved with triggers for their release in the event of his death...but even he, a master tradecraftsman was outdone by others who removed the items and the trigger mechanisms.