26-07-2012, 04:37 PM
I remain shakily agnostic on the issue of conspiracy in the death of Mary Pinchot Meyer (hereinafter MPM) -- but I lean perceptibly, and perhaps even perceptively -- toward JFK assassination-related conspiracy.
Unlike many, I won't comment on a literary effort -- in this case, Jim's review -- until I've read it. But having read Janney and otherwise enjoying a slightly more than basic familiarity with the JFK conspiracy and the MPM matter in particular and intelligence operations in general, I do feel confident in offering the following observations:
1. "William Mitchell" carries the stench of James Files and Chauncey Holt about him. Perhaps by design.
2. The basic absurdities within "Mitchell's" story -- especially, as Jim rightly points out, his alleged calls from a safe house -- invite our skepticism. Perhaps by design.
3. If we agree that the quality, and therefore likely success, of a disinformation gambit may be measured in direct proportion to the value and seductiveness of its factually accurate component(s) -- the essential ingredient(s) of all disinformation gambits worth the name -- then we are obliged to reject a True or False, or A/null A, approach to our evaluations of any such operation.
4. If we agree that masterful, multiple uses of the doppelganger gambit permeate the JFK conspiracy, from planning through ongoing cover-up, then the roles, actual and concocted, of Marilyn Monroe and MPM in said conspiracy necessarily must be appreciated as conjoined into a most significant "double game" in the doppelganger sense.
5. The MPM discussion on this thread has devolved into a profoundly counter-productive DiEugenio v. Janney steel cage match. Perhaps by design.
6. In re my previous point: The reputations of Messrs. DiEugenio and Janney as they may be impacted by the MPM matter are -- or at least should be -- of no interest to anyone who reads these words (except, of course, the combatants themselves). To pick a side in such a non-fight is to make a classic false choice.
7. MPM may have been the victim of a garden variety capital crime. Nonetheless, the lingering, dissension- and confusion-provoking arguments relating to the likelihood of conspiracy in her death may be generated as components in the larger JFK assassination cover-up.
Hope this helps.
Unlike many, I won't comment on a literary effort -- in this case, Jim's review -- until I've read it. But having read Janney and otherwise enjoying a slightly more than basic familiarity with the JFK conspiracy and the MPM matter in particular and intelligence operations in general, I do feel confident in offering the following observations:
1. "William Mitchell" carries the stench of James Files and Chauncey Holt about him. Perhaps by design.
2. The basic absurdities within "Mitchell's" story -- especially, as Jim rightly points out, his alleged calls from a safe house -- invite our skepticism. Perhaps by design.
3. If we agree that the quality, and therefore likely success, of a disinformation gambit may be measured in direct proportion to the value and seductiveness of its factually accurate component(s) -- the essential ingredient(s) of all disinformation gambits worth the name -- then we are obliged to reject a True or False, or A/null A, approach to our evaluations of any such operation.
4. If we agree that masterful, multiple uses of the doppelganger gambit permeate the JFK conspiracy, from planning through ongoing cover-up, then the roles, actual and concocted, of Marilyn Monroe and MPM in said conspiracy necessarily must be appreciated as conjoined into a most significant "double game" in the doppelganger sense.
5. The MPM discussion on this thread has devolved into a profoundly counter-productive DiEugenio v. Janney steel cage match. Perhaps by design.
6. In re my previous point: The reputations of Messrs. DiEugenio and Janney as they may be impacted by the MPM matter are -- or at least should be -- of no interest to anyone who reads these words (except, of course, the combatants themselves). To pick a side in such a non-fight is to make a classic false choice.
7. MPM may have been the victim of a garden variety capital crime. Nonetheless, the lingering, dissension- and confusion-provoking arguments relating to the likelihood of conspiracy in her death may be generated as components in the larger JFK assassination cover-up.
Hope this helps.