13-01-2012, 04:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 13-01-2012, 06:09 PM by Charles Drago.)
James H. Fetzer Wrote:http://larryhancock.wordpress.com/2012/0...-woodwork/
"[T]he few who have studied Col. Burris, and his friend Delk Simpson, have turned up more details on probable connections to the Agency, and more interesting rumors about both men, the whole subject remains largely a mystery. And I've personally been surprised that those researches and authors who want to put LBJ in a key role in a conspiracy against JFK have not devoted a lot more time and interest to Col. Burris?"
Larry Hancock, for whom I harbor the greatest respect, is wise indeed to throw his considerable credentials behind a call to re-focus on these characters.
I have looked closely at the Burris/Simpson conjoined stories for some time -- so I am not the slightest bit surprised that the LBJ "mastermind" masterminds stay away from them. Burris, from all I can gather, likely was a highest-level Facilitator who represented the interests of the true Sponsors of the assassination. Larry is correct in noting that much more research needs to be done so as to confirm or deny the "interesting rumors" about Burris and Simpson. Such work, I am advised, continues in earnest.
(The Air Force assassination meme is deepened by these guys and, at various levels, by the likes of Thomas S. Power, Curtis E. Lemay, and Roland "Bud" Culligan.)
James H. Fetzer Wrote:"So what was the real purpose for the trip to Texas to see Johnson at the very last minute during the Texas trip? Was it really to prep Johnson for a head to head with JFK on something (perhaps Vietnam with Johnson acting as a stalking horse for others) or was it to carry some other communication to Johnson?"
It's worth reading again: "... with Johnson acting as a stalking horse for others".
Larry Hancock once again has hit the nail on the head: the "others" are, in my estimation (and Larry very well may disagree), the true Sponsors of the JFK hit.
Which is to say, "mastermind" LBJ's true bosses.
The hegemony of "the boys in the woodwork" long predated LBJ's elevation to the ceremonial office of vice-president. They were calling shots when the "mastermind" was stealing dogcatcher elections in the badlands.
And they called the shots -- pun intended -- at the Lorraine and at the Ambassador, when once again the gelding LBJ sat on the sidelines and avoided riding in convertibles.
I operate from the hypothesis that Burris was in Dallas for assassination-related reasons, including to give orders to LBJ -- whose authority as an assassination Facilitator was decidedly inferior to that of the mysterious Air Force colonel, and whose resolve and loyalty, for any number of reasons, could not be trusted.
Might Howard Burris have spoken what may be appreciated as a variation on the infamous line attributed to Madeline Brown: "After tomorrow, Lyndon, those goddamn Kennedys will never embarrass you again - that's no threat - that's a promise. So do your goddamn job if you know what's good for you!"
By the way, it was a before-the-fall Gus Russo who, with John Newman, first brought the Burris/Simpson story to attention while conducting an off-the-books workshop at an ASK conference in Dallas.
Given Russo's standing in the ongoing cover-up, should we not look upon his early promotion of that story with suspicion? Perhaps. But this is a complex game; Russo may have been directed to point at an important truth so that, once his perfidy became public knowledge, our sinks would become clogged with bathwater and babies.
Very important babies.