23-09-2012, 12:09 AM
I can't see how Jim would ignore the fact Burleigh herself said Angleton tapped MPM's telephone after she divorced Cord. I'm working under the premise that MPM's separation from Cord was mainly driven by her retention of her socialist/pacifist tendencies. This is something that would probably not play well in the inner beltway CIA social circles MPM circulated in so the fact it isn't mentioned isn't surprising. Cicely and Tony could have been close women's ears to MPM and her doings.
It's possible the diary did exist and the reason Angleton didn't bring it forth was because he couldn't get away with not showing the entire thing if he did. The argument isn't that Angleton would have used any dirt he could get against Kennedy in order to divert attention from his assassination. The argument is that the diary may have contained critical conversations that revealed Kennedy's ongoing peace-making intentions or too clearly spelled-out his problems with CIA. This 'Unspeakable' material is something that would have been dangerous to the conspirators because it would have exposed a motive right at the time the conspirators were trying to cement in the Warren Report.
It is possible, I'm afraid, to commit offenses that are the opposite of those committed by Fetzer by ignoring subtle things that might actually be there.
It's possible the diary did exist and the reason Angleton didn't bring it forth was because he couldn't get away with not showing the entire thing if he did. The argument isn't that Angleton would have used any dirt he could get against Kennedy in order to divert attention from his assassination. The argument is that the diary may have contained critical conversations that revealed Kennedy's ongoing peace-making intentions or too clearly spelled-out his problems with CIA. This 'Unspeakable' material is something that would have been dangerous to the conspirators because it would have exposed a motive right at the time the conspirators were trying to cement in the Warren Report.
It is possible, I'm afraid, to commit offenses that are the opposite of those committed by Fetzer by ignoring subtle things that might actually be there.