11-05-2009, 05:15 AM
Tosh Plumlee Wrote:Yes Myra. I would be happy to 'Try".
Your reading from the book Berry and the Boys. And that is not quiet the way it all came down.... the background after a somewhat heated discussion with the author before the book was published.., and after I told him the picture was not what he claimed... he called me a liar. And that I was still working for the CIA and he would not or ever believe a damn thing I had to say....
(he is the one who called me and asked for the interview concerning Berry Seal and the Mexico picture which he had obtained)
My statement was; ".. we (I had only) delivered an aircraft to an airline company that the *DEA*(1) had used and was using and there was a party afterwards of people I did not know. I told him then the date of the photo was not 1963. I thought it was taken around 1965-67 AND FOR ALL I KNOW IT COULD HAVE BEEN AS LATE AS 1976. BUT IT WAS LONG AFTER THE JFK MATTER.
When first asked about this photo and those other people in it and after I had been told in a rather BOLD way who rhey were that they were CIA and the names were given to me by the author: I said BULL SXXT (BS).
"You are "dead wrong" I told him. I did say offhanded; "What the Hell, for all I know they could have been Narcs having a party and having a good time-- AFTER RECEIVING THEIR AIRPLANE". An offhanded comment made to him after he still was calling me a liar and accusing me of with holding information because the CIA had told me to do so. I also said in that same exchange;"... they (those in the picture) are not CIA... CIA does not get together and have their pictures taken..., at least not the CIA I know...".
Later I too read what he had written, And too, around that time (a little before the book was published) He posted on the internet while he was promoting his self published book; "The DICKHEADS MUST BE GETTING NERVOUS". ETC......" (referencing the CIA and me as Dickheads)
I would not respond because I did not want to play into his FALSE statements and the promotion of his work. Anyway I would not get into trying to prove or dis prove a negative. I felt in time he and his so called work, his none referenced book , would be his downfall as to being a creditable researcher into the Berry Seal and the JFK matter.
I think I did try to explain this on another forum but because it was writen in a book it must be true was the attitude of most of those forum members. And it was useless to debate the issue. I was attacked by those forum members because this mans work was what they wanted to hear and believe.....AND TOO everyone knew I WAS CIA Disinformation..... ...there is more, but I will not debate it...
I know how that picture came about and Berry Seal was a friend..., something I can not say for the author of Berry and the Boys. I think I made a statement that this author was playing fast and loose with the truth. (as well as some others that I know of have done.)
Some people spend more time trying to prove me wrong rather than spending the time researching what I have had to say.
(*1) note: the term DEA was a figure of speach The National Narocotics Board NCB (I think it was called in the mid sixties) was the forerunner of the DEA. This was explained to the author at the time of his requested interview.
You take care Myra and good luck on your work...
I see, thanks Tosh.
I have to wonder about the credibility of Hopsicker given that he seems to have misidentified you (as Sturgis) in the photo.