10-09-2018, 02:49 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-09-2018, 03:16 AM by Joseph McBride.)
Peter Lemkin Wrote:I hope Richard doesn't have LBJ as anywhere near the top of the pyramid or plot in his new book. LBJ was involved, but from my research was a small fish until after the assassination. Yes, he benefited, but was NOT central - at all. A LOT of people were either used or played minor roles in the or with the group that was central....but this doesn't mean they were central to the plot nor even directing or informed on it except on a need-to-know basis. So many diversions.....the confusion the real plotters have sown have sadly worked all too well. At least some still seem to stay on a steady path toward the truth....
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I keep seeing JFK assassination researchers acting skittish when the subject
of LBJ's involvement is concerned. It seems a matter of great, widespread anxiety even now to deal with the facts. After studying the case from ten
minutes after Kennedy was shot, I have become convinced that it
is obvious Johnson was integrally involved in the plot ahead of time as well as in the coverup. Whether
or not he initiated it is unknown, though it's likely that a plot of such seriousness and complexity
required numerous key movers. But he was not merely a minor player, as seems overwhelmingly
clear to me in my research.
For years I resisted that insight, sometimes angrily, as I discuss in INTO THE NIGHTMARE. Such
denial is what in psychology is called "the point of maximum resistance." No
good book has been written on the subject of LBJ's involvement, but
there is a great deal of evidence pointing in that direction, including
my interview with Senator Ralph Yarborough, who was riding with him
in the convertible during the shooting. As Penn Jones used to say, "LBJ was
the only one who ducked." Yarborough explained to me what LBJ (and
Rufus Youngblood) were doing when the shots were fired and immediately after
and what LBJ's demeanor was during the motorcade before the shooting. This is only one piece
in the jigsaw puzzle of LBJ's involvement.