21-05-2018, 03:47 AM
(This post was last modified: 21-05-2018, 05:27 PM by Phil Dagosto.)
James Lateer Wrote:Because of the Chicago assassination attempt where he called off a trip to Chicago, JFK felt he couldn't call off any more trips. The fact that Jackie insisted on taking HER OWN SECRET SERVICE GUY to Dallas tells you something. They were all on notice, beyond any doubt.
When Hitler learned that Nazi General Reinhard Heydrich had been assassinated while riding in an open car, he replied that since he was riding around Prague in an unarmored car, he deserved to be assassinated. Hitler (who lived in an underground bunker himself) probably would have said the same about JFK.
James Lateer
Clint Hill accompanied JBK wherever she went, even on personal vacations. She didn't need to "insist" that he accompany her on the Texas trip, that was his assignment. So, no - that tells us nothing regarding JBK's alleged foreknowledge of an assassination plot in Dallas.
With respect to the SS all "being on notice" because of Chicago that's simply untrue. Neither the SS agents accompanying the Kennedy's on the Texas trip nor the Dallas Police were aware of the Chicago plot because the SS buried the evidence of that incident.
They might have been aware of the suspicion of a plot in the Florida trip the previous week but since nothing actually happened may not have see any reason to continue any special precautions. And if the Dallas SS detail were "on notice then what were they doing drinking and carousing in a night club until the wee hours of the morning on 11/22/1963? Why did they allow an unconventional and less safe configuration of motorcycle escorts (as per
Vince Palamara)? Why did they not have MI or Dallas Sheriff's Office support (both were instructed to stand down) for crowd control and supervision of the area behind the knoll? Why did they allow the unsafe route through the Dealey Plaza shooting gallery in contravention of their own best practices and procedures? Why didn't Greer and Kellerman immediately accelerate the limousine out of danger at the first sign of gunfire? Why did no agent in the follow up car, save Clint Hill, react at all to the shots?
I'm not buying your bald assertion about JBK having foreknowledge of the assassination and hoping to thwart it by her mere presence when she would have been taking a huge personal risk of being shot herself! All you have to back this up is supposition that does not bear close inspection. As for JFK not wanting to cancel the trip he was urged not to go by many close advisers including RFK. All he would have needed to do was cite the ugly incident with Adlai Stevenson as a reason and he would not have been seriously questioned.