06-05-2011, 06:43 AM
Sorry about the run-on sentence, Lauren Johnson, that you have taken exception to, though its meaning is quite clear about the Nixon-Connally leadership in the JFK conspiracy assassination.
Still haven't had time to check if there is any real agreement between what DiEugenio and I have written about Halberstam's book except that we both say that it was a bad one. There is a great difference, though, in DiEugenio claiming that it was because he knew that LBJ was behind the US military build-up in Vietnam, implying that this made him the leader behind the JFK killing, and my claiming that it was simply fallout from the Dallas murder which he never wanted to discuss, much less write about.
BTW, I have the gravest complaints about DiEugenio's work about me and Ed Tatro - what he has never apologized for - though I have made the case in the blog - much less corrected in his head-hunting efforts:
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From the January-February, 1996 issue (Vol. 3 No. 2)
From the Chairman's Desk
This special issue is a New Year's gift to our readers. We felt that the release of Oliver Stone's new film Nixon would serve as a good point to demonstrate to the other side a prime reason why the Kennedy case won't disappear. That is, of course, because it is the beginning link in a long chain of contemporary scandals that plagues us to this day. We have tried our best to show those links in this special, lengthened issue.
In our cover story, we talk about the film and some of the attacks on it, especially those by Dick Helms, and "liberal" columnist Chris Matthews. Lisa Pease examines a continuing controversy in this case, the backyard photos, from a different angle and shows why Lyndal Shaneyfelt should not be trusted. Lisa also examines the case that made Nixon a national figure, his accusations against Alger Hiss. We also take a look at the two experts from the Shaw trial from a historical perspective. We take a deep look at the Washington Post and its reporter Bob Woodward and explain why we think they got the Watergate story wrong. Lisa also explains why Hughes was probably the reason behind the seemingly senseless break-in. In our centerfold section we examine six characters and their roles in both the JFK case and Watergate, the veiled question being: Can it just be a coincidence? To show how deep the connections are in the two cases, we present new evidence to bring suspicion on the work of John Lattimer. In what we think is our most valuable contribution for the future, we recommend the ten best books on both Watergate and Nixon.
We would like to add here a couple of more points on Richard Nixon and Watergate. Much has been made about Nixon's jealousy of the Kennedys, which is a fact. But after the anti-Nixon hysteria of Watergate subsided, it became easier to see that a couple of the excesses of those Watergate years-the forged cables about Diem, Hunt's trip to Cape Cod post-Chappaquiddick-were foisted on Charles Colson by his false friends Hunt and CIA asset Bob Bennett. In fact the Ervin Committee found that some of the money for the Plumbers escapades came indirectly from the CIA and that Bennett may have been involved in this funding also.
How bad did things get in those days? When the impeachment process was in gear in 1974, a college professor named Trowbridge Ford, with help from journalist David Truby surfaced a memo saying that Nixon had helped Jack Ruby get out of a jam with the HUAC. Paul Hoch ably revealed this document to be a forgery. But as Ed Tatro said, its real significance was that it showed someone was out to get Nixon and both Ford and Truby had intelligence connections.
Near the end of Stone's film, Nixon turns toward a painting of JFK and says, "People look at you and see what they want to be. They look at me and see what they are." If we are to be taken seriously, it means two things. We have to show why the case is relevant today, and we have to follow the evidence wherever it leads. And if that means defending people we don't like, so be it. If it helps return democracy to America, we can call a temporary truce with Dick Nixon.
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Still haven't had time to check if there is any real agreement between what DiEugenio and I have written about Halberstam's book except that we both say that it was a bad one. There is a great difference, though, in DiEugenio claiming that it was because he knew that LBJ was behind the US military build-up in Vietnam, implying that this made him the leader behind the JFK killing, and my claiming that it was simply fallout from the Dallas murder which he never wanted to discuss, much less write about.
BTW, I have the gravest complaints about DiEugenio's work about me and Ed Tatro - what he has never apologized for - though I have made the case in the blog - much less corrected in his head-hunting efforts:
From the January-February, 1996 issue (Vol. 3 No. 2) From the Chairman's Desk
This special issue is a New Year's gift to our readers. We felt that the release of Oliver Stone's new film Nixon would serve as a good point to demonstrate to the other side a prime reason why the Kennedy case won't disappear. That is, of course, because it is the beginning link in a long chain of contemporary scandals that plagues us to this day. We have tried our best to show those links in this special, lengthened issue.
In our cover story, we talk about the film and some of the attacks on it, especially those by Dick Helms, and "liberal" columnist Chris Matthews. Lisa Pease examines a continuing controversy in this case, the backyard photos, from a different angle and shows why Lyndal Shaneyfelt should not be trusted. Lisa also examines the case that made Nixon a national figure, his accusations against Alger Hiss. We also take a look at the two experts from the Shaw trial from a historical perspective. We take a deep look at the Washington Post and its reporter Bob Woodward and explain why we think they got the Watergate story wrong. Lisa also explains why Hughes was probably the reason behind the seemingly senseless break-in. In our centerfold section we examine six characters and their roles in both the JFK case and Watergate, the veiled question being: Can it just be a coincidence? To show how deep the connections are in the two cases, we present new evidence to bring suspicion on the work of John Lattimer. In what we think is our most valuable contribution for the future, we recommend the ten best books on both Watergate and Nixon.
We would like to add here a couple of more points on Richard Nixon and Watergate. Much has been made about Nixon's jealousy of the Kennedys, which is a fact. But after the anti-Nixon hysteria of Watergate subsided, it became easier to see that a couple of the excesses of those Watergate years-the forged cables about Diem, Hunt's trip to Cape Cod post-Chappaquiddick-were foisted on Charles Colson by his false friends Hunt and CIA asset Bob Bennett. In fact the Ervin Committee found that some of the money for the Plumbers escapades came indirectly from the CIA and that Bennett may have been involved in this funding also.
How bad did things get in those days? When the impeachment process was in gear in 1974, a college professor named Trowbridge Ford, with help from journalist David Truby surfaced a memo saying that Nixon had helped Jack Ruby get out of a jam with the HUAC. Paul Hoch ably revealed this document to be a forgery. But as Ed Tatro said, its real significance was that it showed someone was out to get Nixon and both Ford and Truby had intelligence connections.
Near the end of Stone's film, Nixon turns toward a painting of JFK and says, "People look at you and see what they want to be. They look at me and see what they are." If we are to be taken seriously, it means two things. We have to show why the case is relevant today, and we have to follow the evidence wherever it leads. And if that means defending people we don't like, so be it. If it helps return democracy to America, we can call a temporary truce with Dick Nixon.
All materials within Copyright © 2000 to CTKA. Do not republish or copy this material in any form, electronic or otherwise, without written permission from CTKA.