24-11-2008, 02:15 PM
Dear Ms. Mellen,
Please forgive me if, in posing the following questions, I have overlooked de facto answers you may have published previously.
In his presentation at "Making Sense of the Sixties," this year's Cyril Wecht-sponsored symposium at Duquesne, William Turner offered the following:
"In May 1968 RFK's California campaign aide, Richard Lubic, tracked me down by phone in Garrison's office to advise, 'after he's elected, Bobby's going to go. He's going to reopen the investigation.' When I conveyed the glad tidings Garrison broke into a Cheshire cat grin.
"Several months before, comedian Mort Sahl, who was aiding the DA's investigation, had arranged a secret meeting between Garrison and Sahl's friend Bobby at the Carlyle Hotel in New York. Garrison briefed Bobby, who agreed that he was on the right track. 'What are you going to do about it?' Garrison asked. 'I'm going to wait until I'm president, then reopen the case,' Bobby replied. (emphasis added)
"'If it was my brother, I'd reopen it right now,' Garrison retorted. On June 3, two days before he was shot, RFK said, 'I now fully realize that only the powers of the presidency will reveal the secrets of my brother's death.'"
1. To the best of your knowledge, did the RFK/Garrison meeting described by Turner -- or anything like it -- ever take place?
2. If so, might RFK's overt hostility to Garrison's investigation have been designed to disinform the watchers?
As I've noted on another forum, my respect for your work is immeasurable -- even though I find myself in disagreement with your RFK-related conclusions vis a vis Garrison.
Your participation in the Deep Politics Forum is to be devoutly wished.
Regards,
Charles
Please forgive me if, in posing the following questions, I have overlooked de facto answers you may have published previously.
In his presentation at "Making Sense of the Sixties," this year's Cyril Wecht-sponsored symposium at Duquesne, William Turner offered the following:
"In May 1968 RFK's California campaign aide, Richard Lubic, tracked me down by phone in Garrison's office to advise, 'after he's elected, Bobby's going to go. He's going to reopen the investigation.' When I conveyed the glad tidings Garrison broke into a Cheshire cat grin.
"Several months before, comedian Mort Sahl, who was aiding the DA's investigation, had arranged a secret meeting between Garrison and Sahl's friend Bobby at the Carlyle Hotel in New York. Garrison briefed Bobby, who agreed that he was on the right track. 'What are you going to do about it?' Garrison asked. 'I'm going to wait until I'm president, then reopen the case,' Bobby replied. (emphasis added)
"'If it was my brother, I'd reopen it right now,' Garrison retorted. On June 3, two days before he was shot, RFK said, 'I now fully realize that only the powers of the presidency will reveal the secrets of my brother's death.'"
1. To the best of your knowledge, did the RFK/Garrison meeting described by Turner -- or anything like it -- ever take place?
2. If so, might RFK's overt hostility to Garrison's investigation have been designed to disinform the watchers?
As I've noted on another forum, my respect for your work is immeasurable -- even though I find myself in disagreement with your RFK-related conclusions vis a vis Garrison.
Your participation in the Deep Politics Forum is to be devoutly wished.
Regards,
Charles
Charles Drago
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene