Lyndon Johnson and Mac Wallace - by Joan Mellen

[Marc Ellis]

No sane, well-versed, well-read researcher that I hang out with gives any credence to 'LBJ did it' - neither does Mellen, by the way; however, since the first talk about the Wallace fingerprints on a box in the TSBD, all of them thought that it was a way to control LBJ, not that Wallace was a shooter or involved in the plot. LBJ was, of course, one of those who benefited greatly, and had hated/feared JFK and his brothers anyway. However, the evidence shows others were involved and LBJ was merely controlled and used as another useful idiot. The endless tripe of 'LBJ as mastermind' is either lack of information, lack of insight of the big picture, or disinformation.

Well said, Peter, although I would tend to see the Wallace "fingerprint" as pure disinformation. LBJ was sufficiently compromised by the TFX scandal/Bobby Baker and any number of other things to render his compliance all but certain. All that the purported evidence of Wallace's involvement does is facilitate the "LBJ mastermind" false sponsorship lie.

I respectfully disagree. And more importantly J never saw LBJ as the mastermind, but involved.

Agree with Dawn. He benefited. LBJ worked, cheated, stole and killed all his life for the job. He hated Bobby. He resented both brothers.

I have no hard evidence. But LBJ as a sponsor or facilitator makes sense. Using Mac Wallace on the 6th floor of the TSBD makes no sense to me. It's fraught with risk. This wasn't just a Texas sand-bagging operation. For a job like that, sponsors need professional mechanics who know what they are doing.

As a facilitator, I would want to hire mechanics who weren't US citizens. From LBJ's POV, the last place he'd want to hire one from should be Texas - especially his own political operative. That would be unbelievably stupid.