28-05-2010, 01:05 PM
Phil Dragoo Wrote:I had bought Walt Brown's The People v. Lee Harvey Oswald (1992) in 1997. In his Sources and Acknowledgments:
A special note of indebtedness must go to Harold and Lillian Weisberg. Mr. Weisberg was patient enough to listen to the concepts of this book, and gave me some needed direction.
I currently subscribe to Walt Brown's JFK Deep Politics Quarterly.
I have read the logistical difficulties of the large volume of materials, their need for security, their inaccessibilty, need for editorial processing, etc.
I have read the arguments of ownership and access, of allegations and animus, etc.
I know from Case Open (Harold Weisberg, 1994) that he was open with his hundreds of thousands of pages of bitterly-won FOIA material from FBI and other sources--even with the execrable Gerald Posner.
It must be stipulated--in the spirit of the ARRB Act--that materials germaine to the Crime of the Republic are the property of that People who figure as the first word in Walt Brown's first book.
Harold Weisberg had so much, and he offered it so graciously--I have a hand-penned note from Lillian Weisberg which accompanied that first box of seven of his books.
Yet there is so much rancor and resistance regarding release of subsequent research. Surely credit can be given, and assistance offered.
One thing is certain, the CIA sausage factory continues production: Coming Soon: Tom Hank's in Depository Toy Story.
Where are the profiles in courage when all is bitterness and grumbling.
"Assistance offered"? If you mean assistance to Walt, he has turnd down any assistance. I was a subscriber for many years as well. I only ceased buying DPQ after an email from Walt saying he was not doing anything with J's research as only a few people would care. So if it's just sitting in dead storage, I don't see why he does not simply donate it to some place nearby, perhaps Dr. Cyril Wecht's institute.
But then again perhaps the purpose in acquiring said materials was just that.
Acquisition and nothing further.
Dawn