27-11-2008, 06:47 PM
(This post was last modified: 28-11-2008, 07:09 AM by Peter Lemkin.)
Charles Drago Wrote:Thank you, Peter.
Yes, the Boggs story begs to be told in detail.
Now I'll indulge myself in offering what, at best, is speculation:
If RFK wanted to disguise his intention to investigate in full the murder of his brother and otherwise appear to be in lockstep with the cover-up, he would feel obliged to send a very strong message of compliance to the watchers in the face of a formal law enforcement inquiry into the events in Dallas.
What better way to do so than to wage a believable -- that is, behind-the-scenes and ostensibly brutal -- faux campaign to discredit, disrupt, and eventually destroy the Garrison case?
Would such a Kennedy-directed two-track ploy be unprecedented?
Oh, let's see ... Perhaps Messrs. Khrushchev and Castro would care to weigh in.
Cooperation disguised by confrontation.
Movements toward peace disguised by preparations for war.
Or maybe Gerry Ford would like to show you his "Profile in Courage" award.
Just speculating, of course.
Yes, I agree. RFK knew Garrison was 'on-to' elements of the truth, but chose to play the role of villanizing him. RFK, I believe, felt it was both a matter of his own survival and an attempt to get to the point where he could become President and thereby expose the truth [he already knew the outlines of]. Those behind the murder/coup knew this and thus eliminted RFK, despite his faux position. From where I sit one can only condemn RFK for his sabotage on the Garrison investigation; however, we don't know fully what was behind his actions. I think, in part, he was reacting to a large set of political blackmail the plotters had in hand - from MM's death, through RFKs knowledge of LHO, some unsavory plots against Castro et al. - and many other things. RFK was really out of power by the afternoon of 11/22 despite his 'title'. LBJ and JEH, along with the plotters, had him neutralized - and that was built into the plan. My guess [and it can only be that] is that RFK felt he could rehabilitiate Garrison's image later - a later that was never to come.