Richard Bartholomew's THE DEEP STATE IN THE HEART OF TEXAS

[Joseph McBride]

I keep seeing JFK assassination researchers acting skittish when the subject of LBJ's involvement is concerned

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This is probably a partial result of what you yourself mention -

No good book has been written on the subject of LBJ's involvement

So the various books that do tout LBJ as a central figure don't have a great rep - I've seen numerous unhappy comments and reviews about Barr McClennan's book, Philip Nelson's etc -

I need to read Joan Mellen's FAUSTIAN BARGAINS, which received good reviews. I also need to finally sit down and tackle the Kindle edition of your book Joseph.

The impression I've always had is that LBJ wasn't clueless about what was coming up. That noted, ducking in the motorcade and showing an awareness of what was imminent don't serve as strong evidence that he was a major player - I'm open to other evidence that supports the theory, and suspect you're on top of it and can offer more. What did Ralph Yarborough say?

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I cited only one piece of evidence. There is a wealth of other evidence. What Yarborough told
me about the motorcade is in my book INTO THE NIGHTMARE, which you should read if you are interested in this area. He talked
about how unusually tense and preoccupied LBJ was before the shooting, which the senator attributed to LBJ being preoccupied with the Don Reynolds
testimony underway at the time. Yarborough, who was in the back seat with LBJ and Lady Bird Johnson, described LBJ and Youngblood ducking before and during the time of the shooting to listen together to the
agent's walkie-talkie. He said Youngblood did not jump over the front seat to protect LBJ, as
was later claimed. There are several pages on this.