Legacy of Secrecy (173 page)

14.
Ibid, pp. 347-376.
15.
FBI Laboratory to FBI Memphis, 4-23-68 report, FBI file #44-38861.
16.
HSCA vol.

VII, pp. 347-376.
17.
Martin Luther King Justice Department Task Force Report, 1977, pp. 82, 83; HSCA vol. III, p. 245; Gerald Posner,
Killing the Dream
(New York: Random House, 1998), pp. 239, 240.
18.
HSCA vol. III, pp. 246, 247; Ibid Posner, pp. 240, 241.

CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE

1.
Nick Kotz,
Judgment Days
(New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2005), p. 419.
2.
Mel Ayton,
A Racial Crime
(Las Vegas: ArcheBooks, 2005), p. 55; William F. Pepper,
Orders to Kill
(New York: Carroll & Graf, 1995), p. 36; Gerald Posner,
Killing the Dream
(New York: Random House, 1998), p. 244.
3.
Ibid; HSCA vol. III, pp. 96-98.
4.
HSCA Report, pp. 445-449.
5.
Taylor Branch,
At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years 1965-68

(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006), p. 769.
6.
FBI Murkin Director to SACs, 5-21-68.
7.
FBI Murkin 4-6-68, cited in Mel Ayton,
A Racial Crime
(Las Vegas: ArcheBooks, 2005), p. 185.
8.
FBI Laboratory to FBI Memphis, 4-23-68 report, FBI file #44-38861; William F. Pepper,
Orders to Kill
(New York: Carroll & Graf, 1995), p. 37.
9.
Here are just a few of the many FBI files showing their interest in Rosselli and knowledge that he lived in the apartment building at 1333 South Beverly Glen from 1964 through 1970: 8-64 LA 92-113-C;

FBI 124-10215-10222, 12-21-64; 2-66 LA 92-113; 11-27-1970 #92-367.
10.
Charles Rappleye and Ed Becker,
All American Mafioso
(New York: Barricade, 1995), p. 290.
11.
CIA 104-10133-10071.
12.
FBI Murkin Rosen to DeLoach, 4-22-68; William F. Pepper,
Act of State
(New York: Verso, 2003), p. 13.
13.
HSCA Report, p. 660.
14.
FBI 124-10200-10264 4-26-68; FBI Murkin Rosen to DeLoach, 4-22-68 (part of the large file, with no idendification number or RIF, titled “Department of Justice, Civil Rights Referrals, Attachment D).

15.
Memphis FBI memo 11-5-68, citing 9-17-68 Justice Department memo.
16.
Jack Nelson,
Terror in the

Notes

821

Night
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993), p. 119; US House of Representatives,
The Final Assassinations
Report of the Select Committee on Assassinations
(New York: Bantam Books, 1979), p. 469.
17.
FBI Murkin SAC Atlanta to Director and Memphis, 5-21-68.
18.
HSCA Report, p. 451.
19.
NARA 180-10091-10217.

20.
FBI Miami memo to Director, 8-6-68.
21.
HSCA vol. VI, pp. 91-129.

CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR

1.
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.,
Robert Kennedy and His Times
(New York: Ballantine, 1979), pp. 943, 944.
2.
Evan Thomas,
Robert Kennedy: His Life
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000), pp. 356, 368.
3.
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.,
Robert Kennedy and His Times
(New York: Ballantine, 1979), p. 968.
4.
Thurston Clarke,
The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America
, (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2008).

5.
Interview with Harry Williams, 2-24-92.
6.
Evan Thomas,
Robert Kennedy: His Life
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000), p. 384.
7.
William Sullivan with Bill Brown,
The Bureau
(New York: Pinnacle Books, 1982); Thurston Clarke,
The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America
, (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2008).
8.
LAPD SUS Report, p. 859, FBI report regarding Delano police interview

6/6/68, FBI interview of Donald Roy Murray 6-7-68.
9.
Ibid.
10.
Thurston Clarke,
The Last Campaign:
Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America
, (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2008)..
11.
An expanded account of Dorman’s article can be found in Michael Dorman,
Pay-Off
(New York: Berkley

Medallion, 1973); Gus Russo,
Live by the Sword: The Secret War against Castro and the Death of JFK
(Baltimore: Bancroft Press, 1998), pp. 283, 413-15, 579.
12.
Ibid.
13.
Evan Thomas,
Robert Kennedy: His Life
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000), pp. 374, 375.
14.
Ibid, p. 375.
15.
Ibid, pp. 377, 382.
16.
Clifton Daniel,
Chronicle of
America
(Liberty, MO: JL International Publishing, 1993), pp. 821, 823.
17.
Evan Thomas,
Robert Kennedy:
His Life
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000), p. 386.
18.
Ibid, pp. 378-80.
19.
John H. Davis,
Mafia Kingfish:
Carlos Marcello and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy
(New York: McGraw-Hill, 1989), p. 322.
20.
Charles Rappleye and Ed Becker,
All American Mafioso
(New York: Barricade, 1995), p. 290; G. Robert Blakey and Richard N. Billings,
The Plot to Kill the President
(New York: Times Books, 1981), p. 385—some sources say the date of the verdict was 5-24.
21.
Evan Thomas,
Robert Kennedy: His Life
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000), p. 25; William Turner and Jonn Christian,
The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
(New York: Carroll & Graf, 2006), p. 161.
22.
Dan E. Moldea,
The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy
(New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995), p. 122; Larry Hancock,
Incomplete Justice
, article series on the Mary Ferrell Foundation website, maryferrell.org. Note that Hancock’s article comes with a large number of actual documents

from FBI and LAPD files, just some of the thousands of pages of RFK assassination files on the website.

23.
Ibid Hancock; Ibid Moldea, pp. 24, 25.
24.
Ibid.
25.
John H. Davis,
The Kennedys: Dynasty and Disaster
(New York: S.P.I. Books, 1992), pp. 653-55; Ibid Hancock ; Ibid Moldea, p. 122.
26.
Evan Thomas,
Robert
Kennedy: His Life
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000), p. 386.
27.
Ibid, pp. 24, 25.
28.
Ibid, p. 26.

CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE

1.
Evan Thomas,
Robert Kennedy: His Life
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000), p. 387; Dan E. Moldea,
The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy
(New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995), p 26.
2.
Ibid Moldea, pp. 25, 32.
3.
Ibid, p. 25.
4.
Ibid, pp. 30-33, many others.
5.
Larry Hancock,
Incomplete Justice
, article series Part One, on the Mary Ferrell Foundation website, maryferrell.org.
6.
Dan E. Moldea,
The Killing of
Robert F. Kennedy
(New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995), pp. 25, 26.
7.
Ibid, pp. 29, 30.
8.
Philip H.

Melanson,
The Robert F. Kennedy Assassination
(New York: Shapolsky, 1991), p. 19; Dan E. Moldea,
The
Killing of Robert F. Kennedy
(New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995), p. 93.
9.
Ibid Moldea, pp. 93, 94.

10.
Philip H. Melanson,
The Robert F. Kennedy Assassination
(New York: Shapolsky, 1991), p. 19; Ibid, many passages.
11.
Ibid Moldea, pp. 46, 47.
12.
“The Other Gunshot Victims,” Associated Press at msnbc.com; Lisa Pease, “Sirhan and the RFK Assassination,”
Probe Magazine
, March-April and May-June, 1998; Ibid

Moldea, p. 43.
13.
Ibid Moldea, pp. 207, 210, 211, 284.
14.
Philip H. Melanson,
The Robert F. Kennedy Assassination
(New York: Shapolsky, 1991), p. 20; Ibid, p. 311, writes that Bobby said, “Is Paul alright?”
15.
Ibid Melanson; Moldea, pp. 36-37.
16.
Ibid Moldea, pp. 46, 47.
17.
Larry Hancock,
Incomplete Justice
, article series on the Mary Ferrell Foundation website, maryferrell.org.
18.
William Turner and Jonn Christian,
The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
(New York: Carroll & Graf, 2006), pp. 70-73.
19.
Dan E. Moldea,
The
Killing of Robert F. Kennedy
(New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995), p. 40; Larry Hancock,
Incomplete
Justice
, article series on the Mary Ferrell Foundation website, maryferrell.org.
20.
Ibid Moldea, pp. 47, 48.

21.
Ibid Moldea, p. 59; Larry Hancock,
Incomplete Justice
, article series on the Mary Ferrell Foundation website, maryferrell.org.
22.
Ibid Moldea, p. 75.
23.
Ibid, p. 52; Philip H. Melanson,
The Robert F. Kennedy
Assassination
(New York: Shapolsky, 1991), p. 196.
24.
Ibid Moldea.
25.
Evan Thomas,
Robert Kennedy: His
Life
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000), p. 392; David Talbot,
Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy
Years
(New York: Free Press, 2007), p. 312.

822

LEGACY OF SECRECY

CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX

1.
Dan E. Moldea,
The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy
(New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995), pp. 87, 88.
2.
Ibid, p. 93.
3.
Ibid, pp. 97, 98; also Lisa Pease, “Sirhan and the RFK Assassination,”
Probe Magazine
, March-April and May-June, 1998.
4.
Fourteen witnesses who gave distance estimates that appear to

eliminate Sirhan as the shooter: Aubrey, Burns, Cesar, DiPierro, Hamill, Lubic, Minasian, Patrusky, Perez,

Romero, Schulte, Uecker, Urso, and Yaro.
5.
Dan E. Moldea,
The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy
(New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995), pp. 93, 312, 313.
6.
Lisa Pease, “Sirhan and the RFK Assassination,”

Probe Magazine
, March-April and May-June, 1998.
7.
William Turner and Jonn Christian,
The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
(New York: Carroll & Graf, 2006), p. 178.
8.
Dan E. Moldea,
The Killing of Robert
F. Kennedy
(New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995), pp. 268, 269, 318.
9.
Ibid, pp. 256, 268, 269, 318.

10.
Larry Hancock,
Incomplete Justice
, article series on the Mary Ferrell Foundation website, maryferrell.

org.
11.
Ibid.
12.
Philip H. Melanson,
The Robert F. Kennedy Assassination
(New York: Shapolsky, 1991), p. 65; Larry Hancock,
Incomplete Justice
, article series on the Mary Ferrell Foundation website, maryferrell.

org; Dan E. Moldea,
The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy
(New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995), several passages.
13.
Ibid Melanson, p. 61-86; Ibid Hancock.
14.
Dan E. Moldea,
The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy
(New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995), p. 207.
15.
Larry Hancock summary provided to authors,

11-27-06.
16.
Dan E. Moldea,
The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy
(New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995), p. 198, 199.
17.
Ibid, many passages.
18.
Philip H. Melanson,
The Robert F. Kennedy Assassination
(New York: Shapolsky, 1991), many passages; Larry Hancock,
Incomplete Justice
, article series on the Mary Ferrell Foundation website, maryferrell.org.
19.
Jack Nelson,
Terror in the Night
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993), photo section, p. 2; Patsy Sims,
The Klan
(Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1996), p. 236.
20.
Mel Ayton, “Review of Shane O’Sullivan’s
Who Killed Bobby
” and the DVD:
RFK Must Die
, History News Network, 6-15-08; Mel Ayton, “RFK Assassination: New Revelations from the FBI’s ‘Kensalt’

Files,” History News Network, 5-26-08; Mel Ayton, “The Robert Kennedy Assassination: Unraveling the

Conspiracy Theories,” crimemagazine.com, 5-8-05 and 9-6-05.
21.
William Turner and Jonn Christian,

The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
(New York: Carroll & Graf, 2006), p. 261; Ibid
22.
See many passages in Philip H. Melanson,
The Robert F. Kennedy Assassination
(New York: Shapolsky, 1991) and Wil-

liam Turner and Jonn Christian,
The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
(New York: Carroll & Graf, 2006).

23.
Larry Hancock,
Incomplete Justice
, article series on the Mary Ferrell Foundation website, maryferrell.

org.
24.
Dan E. Moldea,
The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy
(New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995), p. 114.

25.
William Turner and Jonn Christian,
The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
(New York: Carroll & Graf, 2006), p. 265.
26.
LAPD SUS Report, available at maryferrell.org.
27.
Ibid.
28.
Dan E. Moldea,
The Killing
of Robert F. Kennedy
(New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995), p. 116; regarding the drug contacts of some of Sirhan’s brothers, one of several examples is LAPD SUS Report, pp. 1019.
29.
HSCA vol. III, pp. 98-100; Philip H. Melanson,
The Murkin Conspiracy
(New York: Praeger, 1989), p. 167; Gerald Posner,
Killing the Dream
(New York: Random House, 1998), pp. 248, 249.
30.
HSCA vol. VII, p. 347-76.
31.
Martin Luther King Justice Department Task Force Report, 1977, pp. 60, 61.
32.
HSCA vol. III, pp. 98-100; Philip H. Melanson,
The Murkin Conspiracy
(New York: Praeger, 1989), p. 167; Gerald Posner,
Killing the Dream
(New York: Random House, 1998), pp. 248, 249.
33
. Ibid HSCA; Ibid Melanson; Martin Luther King Justice Department Task Force Report, 1977, pp. 60-62; Ibid Posner, pp. 248-50.
34
. Ibid Justice Department; Ibid Posner, pp. 249, 250; Mel Ayton,
A Racial Crime
(Las Vegas: ArcheBooks, 2005), p. 5.
35
. Memphis FBI memo 11-5-68, citing 9-17-68 Justice Department memo.
36
. Ibid.
37
. William Turner and Jonn Christian,
The
Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
(New York: Carroll & Graf, 2006), pp. xxxii, xxxiii.
38
. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.,
Robert Kennedy and His Times
(New York: Ballantine, 1979), pp. 982-84; Evan Thomas,
Robert Kennedy:
His Life
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000), pp. 392-94.
39
. Ibid; Nick Kotz,
Judgment Days
(New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2005), p. 422.
40
. William Sullivan with Bill Brown,
The Bureau
(New York: Pinnacle Books, 1982).
41
. Evan Thomas,
Robert Kennedy: His Life
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000), pp. 392-94; Nick Kotz,
Judgment Days
(New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2005), p. 422.
42
. Dan E. Moldea,
The Killing of
Robert F. Kennedy
(New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995), p. 99.