05-08-2014, 05:25 PM
Nobody really buys Ruby as having any direct knowledge of LBJ's involvement. Other people in the general public were saying similar things at the time. Ruby also may have been trying to parlay his alleged "inside information" into immunity or at least mercy. An alternative is that Adlai Stevenson was the potential "other vice-president" to which Ruby referred, who would have been even less acceptable to the right wing than Kennedy.
There is lots of indirect evidence of LBJ, most of which is post-assassination and cover-up related. Ruby was "Nixon's man," not LBJ's. Even as a Mafia guy and a gun-runner to Cuba, even if he was a CIA agent with a security clearance (as some folks are arguing now), it seems unlikely that such an expendable bit player, (a guy that it is widely rumored couldn't keep a secret) would have any real valuable information.
There is lots of indirect evidence of LBJ, most of which is post-assassination and cover-up related. Ruby was "Nixon's man," not LBJ's. Even as a Mafia guy and a gun-runner to Cuba, even if he was a CIA agent with a security clearance (as some folks are arguing now), it seems unlikely that such an expendable bit player, (a guy that it is widely rumored couldn't keep a secret) would have any real valuable information.
"All that is necessary for tyranny to succeed is for good men to do nothing." (unknown)
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."