Legacy of Secrecy (161 page)

and Me
(New York: Public Affairs, 2002).

CHAPTER EIGHT

1.
Michael Dorman,
Pay-Off
(New York: Berkley Medallion, 1973) and John H. Davis,
Mafia Kingfish: Carlos
Marcello and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy
(New York: Signet, 1989), several passages.
2.
David E.

Scheim,
The Mafia Killed President Kennedy
(New York: SPI Books, 1992), pp. 140, 141.
3.
Ibid, p. 192.
4.
Phone
796

LEGACY OF SECRECY

interview with John Diuguid, 9-30-04.
5.
FBI report re Hugh Ainsworth, 11-25-63.
6.
Michael Benson,
Who’s Who in the JFK Assassination: An A-to-Z Encyclopedia
(New York: Citadel, 1993), pp. 89, 215, 216; Mark Lane,
Rush to Judgment
(New York: Fawcett Crest, 1967), p. 223.
7.
Seth Kantor,
The Ruby Cover-Up
(New York: Zebra Books, 1992), pp. 55-63.
8.
Phone interviews with Jim Allison 4-15-98 and 4-16-98.
9.

HSCA vol. IX, p. 1100; Douglas Valentine,
The Strength of the Wolf: The Secret History of America’s War on
Drugs
(London, New York: Verso, 2004), pp. 310, 311; John H. Davis,
Mafia Kingfish
(New York: McGraw-Hill, 1989), p. 74; David E. Scheim,
The Mafia Killed President Kennedy
(New York: SPI Books, 1992), pp.

125, 126.
10.
William Turner, “The Inquest,”
Ramparts
, June 1967.
11.
Warren Commission Exhibit #1505; Warren Commission Exhibit #1697, cited in Scheim,
Contract on America: The Mafia Murder of President John
F. Kennedy
(New York: Zebra, 1989) pp. 141-42; Warren Commission Hearings vol. XXIII, p. 335; Warren

Commission Documents vol. IV, p. 529; Seth Kantor,
The Ruby Cover-Up
(New York: Zebra Books, 1992),

p. 31.
12.
FBI 44-24016-275; C.Ray Hall Warren Commission Exhibit #3; FBI DL 44-1639; LL R: BC D-cover page, cited by A. J. Weberman.
13.
William Manchester,
The Death of a President
,
November 20-November 25,
1963
(New York: Harper & Row, 1967).
14.
Anthony Summers,
Not In Your Lifetime
(New York: Marlowe

& Co., 1998), pp. 459, 460; HSCA vol. XIII, pp. 37, others; Anthony Summers,
Conspiracy
(New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980), p. 602; Henry Hurt,
Reasonable Doubt
(New York: Henry Holt, 1987) several passages.

15.
William Scott Malone, “The Secret Life of Jack Ruby,”
New Times,
1-23-78.
16.
Richard D. Mahoney,
Sons & Brothers: The Days of Jack and Bobby Kennedy
(New York: Arcade, 1999), pp. 229, 408.
17.
Senate Committee on Government Operations, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations: Organized Crime

and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics, Sept./Oct. 1963; Carl Sifakis,
The Mafia Encyclopedia
(New York: Facts On File, 1987), pp. 154, 155.
18.
Charles Rappleye and Ed Becker,
All American Mafioso
(New York: Barricade, 1995), p. 248.
19.
Frank Ragano and Selwyn Raab,
Mob Lawyer
(New York: Scribners, 1994), p. 147.
20.

HSCA vol. V, pp. 303, 314, 315, 319, 320, 373, 374.
21.
Dick Russell,
The Man Who Knew Too Much
(New York: Carroll & Graf, 2003), pp. 459, 460.
22.
Larry Hancock,
Someone Would Have Talked
(Southlake, TX: JFK Lancer, 2006), p. 1.
23.
Anthony and Robbyn Summers, “The Ghosts of November,”
Vanity Fair
, Dec.

1994. 24. Ibid. 25. Larry Hancock,
Someone Would Have Talked
(Southlake, TX: JFK Lancer, 2006) p. 1. 26.

CIA 1993.08.05.12:35:37:460006.

CHAPTER NINE

1.
Sylvia Meagher,
Accessories After the Fact: The Warren Commission, the Authorities, and the Report
(New York: Vintage, 1992), pp. 106-10.
2.
Ibid.
3.
Anthony Summers,
Conspiracy
(New York: Paragon House, 1989), p. 77.
4.
Dallas Police Report re: Eddie Piper, 2-17-74.
5.
Anthony Summers,
Conspiracy
(New York: Paragon House, 1989), p. 77.
6.
Ibid, p. 42.
7.
Ibid, p. 43; Larry Hancock,
Someone Would Have Talked
(Southlake, TX: JFK Lancer, 2006), p. 72.
8.
Warren Commission Exhibit #2089
9.
Anthony Summers,
Conspiracy
(New York: Paragon House, 1989), p. 80.
10
. Ibid, p. 44.
11
. Warren Commission vol. XXIV.

12
. Anthony Summers,
Conspiracy
(New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980), pp. 58, 59.
13
. Ibid, p. 29.
14
. Josiah Thompson,
Six Seconds in Dallas
(New York: Berkley Medallion, 1976), p. 155.
15
. G. Robert Blakey and Richard N. Billings,
The Plot to Kill the President
(New York: Times Books, 1981),
p. 13.
16
. HSCA 180-10099-10491.
17
. Anthony Summers,
Conspiracy
(New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980), p. 37.
18
. HSCA 180-10074-10079.
19
. William Manchester,
The Death of a President
(New York: Harper & Row, 1967), chronology on inside front cover; Henry Hurt,
Reasonable Doubt
(New York: Henry Holt, 1987), p. 14; Josiah Thompson,
Six Seconds in Dallas
(New York: Bernard Geis, 1967), pp. 51-62.
20
. Interview with Dave Powers 6-5-91 at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library; Ibid Hurt.
21
. Anthony Summers,
Conspiracy
(New York: Paragon House, 1989), p. 19.
22
. HSCA 180-100882-10452, cited in JFK Assassination Records Review Board

Update presentation by Joseph Backes at the JFK Lancer Conference, 11-96.
23
. Michael L. Kurtz,
The JFK

Assassination Debate
s (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2006), pp. 30, 119; David S. Lifton,
Best
Evidence: Disguise and Deception in the Assassination of John F. Kennedy
(New York: Carroll & Graf, 1988), several passages.
24
. Josiah Thompson,
Six Seconds in Dallas
(New York: Bernard Geis, 1967), pp. 72-77, 292-95.
25
. Anthony Summers,
Conspiracy
(New York: Paragon House, 1989), p. 24.
26
. Michael L. Kurtz,
The JFK Assassination Debate
s (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2006), pp. 25, 47, 48; Michael Benson,
Who’s Who in the JFK Assassination: An A-to-Z Encyclopedia
(New York: Citadel, 1993), pp. 172, 173.
27
. Anthony Summers,
Conspiracy
(New York: Paragon House, 1989), p. 29.

CHAPTER TEN

1.
Statement of Forrest Sorrels, 11-28-63.
2.
Mark Lane,
Rush to Judgment
(New York: Fawcett Crest, 1967), p. 34.
3.
Michael Benson,
Who’s Who in the JFK Assassination: An A-to-Z Encyclopedia
(New York: Citadel, 1993), p. 172.
4.
Warren Commission Decker Exhibit # 5323, p. 540.
5.
Mark Lane,
Rush to Judgment
(New York: Fawcett Crest, 1967), p. 33.
6.
Anthony Summers,
Conspiracy
(New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980), p. 82.
7.
Warren Commission Exhibit #2003 p.222; Michael Benson,
Who’s Who in the JFK Assassination: An

Notes

797

A-to-Z Encyclopedia
(New York: Citadel, 1993), p. 367.
8.
Mark Lane,
Rush to Judgment
(New York: Fawcett Crest, 1967), p. 27.
9.
Josiah Thompson,
Six Seconds in Dallas
(New York: Bernard Geis, 1967), pp. 163, 164.

10.
Ibid, pp. 185, 186, citing 7H106-107.
11.
Anthony Summers,
Conspiracy
(New York: Paragon House, 1989), p. 50.
12.
Ibid, p. 51.
13.
Michael Benson,
Who’s Who in the JFK Assassination: An A-to-Z Encyclopedia
(New York: Citadel, 1993), p. 172.
14.
Anthony Summers,
Conspiracy
(New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980) pp. 58, 59.
15.
Mark Lane,
Rush to Judgment
(New York: Fawcett Crest, 1967).
16.
Robert MacNeil, ed.,
The Way We Were: 1963, the Year Kennedy Was Shot
(New York: Carroll & Graf, 1988), p. 195.
17.
Anthony Summers,
Conspiracy
(New York: Paragon House, 1989), pp. 24, 27.
18.
David S. Lifton,
Best Evidence:
Disguise and Deception in the Assassination of John F. Kennedy
(New York: Carroll & Graf, 1988), p. 18.
19.

Ibid.
20.
Anthony Summers,
Conspiracy
(New York: Paragon House, 1989), p. 23.
21.
Ibid, p. 29.
22.
Mark Lane,
Rush to Judgment
(New York: Fawcett Crest, 1967), p. 31.
23.
For example, witness Ruby Henderson heard four shots (Warren Commission Exhibit #2089), while Secret Service agent Kellerman said “there

have got to be more than three shots”; Anthony Summers,
Conspiracy
(New York: Paragon House, 1989),

p.19.
24.
Josiah Thompson,
Six Seconds in Dallas
(New York: Berkley Medallion, 1976), p. 179.
25.
Anthony Summers,
Conspiracy
(New York: Paragon House, 1989), p. 78.
26.
Michael Benson,
Who’s Who in the JFK

Assassination: An A-to-Z Encyclopedia
(New York: Citadel, 1993), pp. 89, 215, 216; Mark Lane,
Rush to
Judgment
(New York: Fawcett Crest, 1967), p. 223.
27.
Ibid Benson, pp. 23, 24.
28.
Warren Commission document #385; Josiah Thompson,
Six Seconds in Dallas
(New York: Bernard Geis, 1967), pp. 304-11, 314, 315.
29.
Robert MacNeil,
The Right Place at the Right Time
(New York: Penguin, 1990), pp. 207, 208.
30.
Don Thomas, “Rewriting History: Bugliosi Parses the Testimony,” http://www.maryferrell.org.
31.
HSCA

vol. IX, several passages; Anthony Summers,
Conspiracy
(New York: Paragon House, 1989), pp. 452-54.

32.
Anthony Summers,
Not In Your Lifetime
(New York: Marlowe & Co., 1998), p. 10.
33.
Dr. Carrico, Oral History, Sixth Floor Museum.
34.
Michael Benson,
Who’s Who in the JFK Assassination: An A-to-Z Encyclopedia
(New York: Citadel, 1993), p. 360.
35.
Dr. Gary Aguilar and Josiah Thompson, “Magic Bullet,”

at historymatters.com.
36.
Anthony Summers,
Conspiracy
(New York: Paragon House, 1989), p. 8.
37.

William Turner presentation abstract, COPA Conference 10-94.
38.
Anthony Summers,
Conspiracy
(New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980), p. 115.
39.
Henry Hurt,
Reasonable Doubt
(New York: Henry Holt, 1987), pp. 163, 164.
40.
Michael T. Griffith, “Why Would Oswald have stopped Tippit,” 1997 web article.
41.
Henry Hurt,
Reasonable Doubt
(New York: Henry Holt, 1987) p. 163; Ibid Griffith.
42.
Ibid Hurt, pp. 165-68.
43.
Anthony and Robbyn Summers, “The Ghosts of November,”
Vanity Fair
, Dec. 1994.
44.
Jack Anderson and Daryl Gibson,
Peace, War, and Politics
(Forge, 2000), p. 117.
45.
Henry Hurt,
Reasonable Doubt
(New York: Henry Holt, 1987), p. 164.
46.
Michael T. Griffith, “Why Would Oswald have stopped Tippit,” 1997 web article.

47.
Michael L. Kurtz,
The JFK Assassination Debate
s (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2006), p. 49.

48.
Anthony Summers,
Conspiracy
(New York: Paragon House, 1989); Henry Hurt,
Reasonable Doubt
(New York: Henry Holt, 1987); Sylvia Meagher,
Accessories After the Fact: The Warren Commission, the Authorities,
and the Report
(New York: Vintage, 1992); Mark Lane,
Rush to Judgment
(New York: Fawcett Crest, 1967).

49.
Anthony Summers,
Not In Your Lifetime
(New York: Marlowe & Co., 1998), p. 75.
50.
David E. Scheim,
Contract on America: The Mafia Murder of President John F. Kennedy
(New York: Zebra, 1989), p. 55; Michael Benson,
Who’s Who in the JFK Assassination: An A-to-Z Encyclopedia
(New York: Citadel, 1993), p. 146.

51.
Mark Lane,
Rush to Judgment
(New York: Fawcett Crest, 1967), p. 161; Larry Harris, “The Other Murder,”

Dateline Dallas,
11-22-63.
52.
Dale K. Myers,
With Malice: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Murder of Officer J.D.

Tippit
(Oak Cliff Press, 1998), chapter 6.
53.
CIA 104-10240-10337, 7-9-63 memo from Henry D. Hecksher.

54.
G. Robert Blakey and Richard N. Billings,
The Plot to Kill the President
(New York: Times Books, 1981), p. 19; Jim Garrison,
On the Trail of the Assassins
(New York: Sheridan Square Press, 1988), pp. 95-117; Henry Hurt,
Reasonable Doubt
(New York: Henry Holt, 1987), p. 18.
55.
Anthony and Robbyn Summers, “The Ghosts of November,”
Vanity Fair
, Dec. 1994.
56.
Sylvia Meagher,
Accessories After the Fact: The Warren
Commission, the Authorities, and the Report
(New York: Vintage, 1992), pp. 94-133.
57.
Henry Hurt,
Reasonable
Doubt
(New York: Henry Holt, 1987), p. 90; Anthony Summers,
Conspiracy
(New York: Paragon House, 1989), p. 106.
58.
CIA 1993.08.04.16:20:46:530028.
59.
Earl Golz, “Confidential: The FBI’s File on JFK-Part Two,”
Gallery,
12-82.
60.
Seth Kantor,
The Ruby Cover-Up
(New York: Zebra Books, 1992), p. 62.

CHAPTER ELEVEN

1.
“A Presumption of Disclosure: Lessons from the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Review