The Simkin Spectacle

[Jim DiEugenio]

In other words, the gathering that Russo described did take place and it is corroborated by more than one witness. Recall, Sandra Moffet, was one of the witnesses who could have also corroborated the gathering. She was shipped out of the state and Garrison could not extradite her back. As I show in my book, with declassified files, many of these failed extraditions were done with the help of CIA associated lawyers and judges. And by the way, Russo always told me it was a mistake to refer to it as a party. It really was not a social gathering since there were hardly any females there.

Second, if one actually has the original transcripts as marked by Garrison, there was no inducement by Garrison or anyone else to produce the name of Bertrand.Russo came up with it on his own. And any objective person, as I noted in my End Notes, is surprised by this once they see the original documents. Because Phelan and Sheridan and Aynesworth pounded th black propaganda home so incessantly.

Third, Russo did ID Shaw/Bertrand in Baton Rouge and he did mention the gathering there.Phelan was so eager to lie about this, he not only lied about himself and Russo, he lied about Herron. Thinking that no one would ever find the guy. It wasn't easy to do, but I did many years later.

Fourth, I always had a problem with the sketch of Oswald rendered upon Russo's description. After reading what Nagell said about this point, I think its clear that Russo was referring to Leon Oswald, who did exist and was one of the lookalikes for Oswald. This one in New Orleans.

So after all these years and all this new information, Ray Carroll is still back in the days of James Kirkwood and his hatchet job American Grotesque. A book commissioned by Clay Shaw!

Finally, Russo was not supposed to be the main witness to a conspiracy. A point I will take up with momentarily.