Legacy of Secrecy (176 page)

being hired by The Mullen Company. But the CIA investigators later found that in those interviews, Hunt

appeared to be going through the motions and hadn’t really tried to “sell himself.” At the same time, they

found that Richard Helms himself “was listed as a character reference on Mr. Hunt’s resume and that Mr.

Notes

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Helms signed a letter of recommendation…on Mr. Hunt’s behalf.” In 1970, Hunt would have welcomed

the potentially lucrative private sector assignment, because one of his daughters had developed a medi-

cal condition that had drained the family’s finances. See Tad Szulc,
Compulsive Spy: The Strange Career of
E. Howard Hunt
(New York: Viking, 1974), pp. 100, 103; E. Howard Hunt with Greg Aunapu,
American

Spy
(Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2007), p. 157.
40.
CIA 104-10103-10042; See also Senate Watergate Hearings, Book 8, pp. 3383-89.
41.
CIA 104-10103-10042.
42.
Anthony and Robbyn Summers, “The Ghosts of November,”
Vanity Fair
, 12-94; James W. McCord, Jr.,
A Piece of Tape
(Rockville, MD: Washington Media Services, 1974), many passages; authors’ call to McCord, who declined to speak, 3-6-95.
43.
CIA 104-10119-10317.
44.
H. R. Haldeman with Joseph DiMona,
The Ends of Power
(New York: Dell, 1978), pp. 190-96.

45.
Ibid, 189-195.
46.
Ibid, 163.
47.
Peter Dale Scott,
Deep Politics II
(Ipswich, MA: Mary Ferrell Foundation Press, 2003), p. 58; Gus Russo,
Live by the Sword: The Secret War against Castro and the Death of JFK
(Baltimore: Bancroft Press, 1998), p. 423.
48.
FBI #124-10284-10085; FBI 124-10284-10086.
49.
Jane Franklin,
The Cuban
Revolution and the United States: A Chronological History
(Melbourne, Australia: Ocean, 1992), pp. 86-88.

50.
David Corn,
Blond Ghost
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994), many passages.
51.
HSCA vol. X, pp. 40, 43, 44; Gaeton Fonzi,
The Last Investigation
(New York: Thunder’s Mouth, 1994), p. 137.

CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO

1.
Stanley I. Kutler,
Abuse of Power
(New York: The Free Press, 1997), many passages.
2.
Richard D.

Mahoney,
Sons & Brothers: The Days of Jack and Bobby Kennedy
(New York: Arcade, 1999), p. 383.
3.
Dan E. Moldea,
The Hoffa Wars: Teamsters, Rebels, Politicians, and the Mob
(New York: SPI, 1993), pp. 261, 262, 292-94.
A.
J. Weberman at ajweberman.com citing the
New York Post
11-16-79.
4.
Bernard Fensterwald, Jr., and Michael Ewing,
Coincidence or Conspiracy
(New York: Zebra Books, 1977) pp. 132, 133.
5.
Stanley I. Kutler,
Abuse of Power
(New York: The Free Press, 1997), pp. 3, 6.
6.
SSCIA 157-10011-10071.
7.
Michael Ewing and Peter Kross, HSCA 11210419, cited by Gary Buell.
8.
Dick Cheney memo #1781000410114,

1-3-75.
9.
Peter Dale Scott,
Deep Politics II
(Ipswich, MA: Mary Ferrell Foundation Press, 2003), p. 68, citing Liddy’s
Will,
pp. 407-08; Gaeton Fonzi,
The Last Investigation
(New York: Thunder’s Mouth, 1994) citing
Washington Post
, 9-21-75.
10.
J. Anthony Lukas,
Nightmare: The Underside of the Nixon Years
(New York: Bantam Books, 1977), p. 241.
11.
Ibid, p. 265.
12.
Phone interview with Carl Shoffler, 12-14-93; Peter Dale Scott,
Deep Politics and the Death of JFK
(Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993), pp. 56, 111, 145, 238-40, 367, 368; interviews with Harry Williams 7-24-93, 2-21-95.
13.
Frank Sturgis interview by Andrew St. George,
True
magazine, 8-74, p. 74.
14.
George McGovern Press Release 7-30-75.
15.
Cuban Report, released 7-30-75 by the office of Senator George McGovern.
16.
Ibid, many passages.
17.
Charles Rappleye and Ed Becker,
All American Mafioso
(New York: Barricade, 1995), p. 307.
18.
CIA IG File #18

Tab #1, cited by A. J. Weberman.
19.
J. Anthony Lukas,
Nightmare: The Underside of the Nixon Years
(New York: Bantam Books, 1977), p. 266.
20.
Peter Dale Scott, Paul L. Hoch, and Russell Stetler, eds.,
The Assassinations: Dallas and Beyond: A Guide to Cover-Ups and Investigations
(New York: Vintage, 1976), p. 99.

21.
Anthony Summers with Robbyn Swan,
The Arrogance of Power: The Secret World of Richard Nixon
(New York: Viking, 2000), pp. 408-10; Frank Sturgis interview by Andrew St. George,
True
magazine, 8-74, p. 74.

22.
Stanley I. Kutler,
Abuse of Power
(New York: The Free Press, 1997), p. 38.
23.
In an odd coincidence, later court testimony in an unrelated case showed that Arthur Bremer knew the sister of Jerry Owen,

the television preacher tied to Sirhan Sirhan. See William Turner and Jonn Christian,
The Assassination

of Robert F. Kennedy
(New York: Carroll & Graf, 2006), pp. 265-67.
24.
Jim Lesar, “Valenti/Helms Plan for CIA Television Show,”
AARC Quarterly
Fall 1995-Winter 1996.
25.
David Corn,
Blond Ghost
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994), p. 261; Ted Shackley,
Spymaster: My Life in the CIA
(Washington, DC: Potomac Books, 2006), p. 265.
26.
Dick Russell, “Charles Colson,”
Argosy
, 3-76. Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin,
Silent Coup
(New York: St. Martin’s Paperbacks, 1992), pp. 329-33.
27.
See many passages in Evan Thomas,
The Man To See
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991) and Joseph A. Califano, Jr.,
Inside: A Public and Private
Life
(New York: Public Affairs, 2004).

CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE

1.
Frank Sturgis interview by Andrew St. George,
True
magazine, 8-74, p. 74.
2.
Evan Thomas,
The Man To
See
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991), p. 269.
3.
Ibid; Joseph A. Califano, Jr.,
Inside: A Public and Private
Life
(New York: Public Affairs, 2004), many passages.
4.
Gus Russo,
Live by the Sword: The Secret War against
Castro and the Death of JFK
(Baltimore: Bancroft Press, 1998), p. 422.
5.
Ibid, p. 422, 423.
6.
H. R. Haldeman with Joseph DiMona,
The Ends of Power
(New York: Dell, 1978), p. 61.
7.
Ibid.
8.
Thomas Powers,
The Man
Who Kept the Secrets: Richard Helms & the CIA
(New York: Knopf, 1979), p. 302; Ibid, pp. 64, 67-70.
9.
Ibid Haldeman and DiMona, p. 67-70.
10.
Anthony Summers with Robbyn Swan,
The Arrogance of Power: The

Secret World of Richard Nixon
(New York: Viking, 2000), p. 432.
11.
Thomas Powers,
The Man Who Kept the
Secrets: Richard Helms & the CIA
(New York: Knopf, 1979), pp. 313-15.
12.
Anthony Summers,
Official and
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Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover
(New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1993), pp. 423, 424.
13.
See the so-called CIA “Family Jewels,” available online at the website of the National Security Archive, in

their Electronic Briefing Book No. 222.
14.
Thomas Powers,
The Man Who Kept the Secrets: Richard Helms &
the CIA
(New York: Knopf, 1979), p. 351.
15.
Peter Dale Scott,
Deep Politics and the Death of JFK
(Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993), p. 306; NARA 1993.07.15.17:17:48:710610.
16.
Ibid.
17.
Anthony Summers with Robbyn Swan,
The Arrogance of Power: The Secret World of Richard Nixon
(New York: Viking, 2000), p. 445.
18.
Jeramiah O’Leary
,
“Haig Probe: Did Nixon get Cash from Asia,”
Washington Star
, 12-5-76.
19.
Karl E. Campbell,
Senator Sam Ervin
(Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2007), many passages.
20.
Tad Szulc, “Cuba on our Mind,”
Esquire
, 2-73;
21.
Haynes Johnson interview notes by Richard E. Sprague, 1-12-73, donated to the Assassination Archives and Records Center.
22.
Ibid.

23.
People and the Pursuit of Truth
newsletter 5-75.
24.
Interviews with Harry Williams 7-24-93, 2-21-95; William W. Turner,
Rearview Mirror
(Granite Bay, CA: Penmarin Books, 2001), pp. 210-15.
25.
As noted earlier, McCord has never acknowledged any 1963 work with Hunt or Williams, and he declined to speak

with the authors or
Vanity Fair
’s Anthony Summers about the matter.
26.
Noel Twyman,
Bloody Treason
(Rancho Sante Fe, CA: Laurel Publishing, 1997), p. 467 and others.
27.
Charles Rappleye and Ed Becker,
All American Mafioso
(New York: Barricade, 1995), pp. 301-05.
28.
Michael J. Cain,
The Tangled Web: The Life
and Death of Richard Cain
(New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2007), several passages.
29.
David E. Scheim,
The Mafia Kil ed President Kennedy
(New York: SPI Books, 1992), pp. 366-67.
30.

Dan Moldea article

in
Clandestine American
, vol. 3, #2, July-Aug/Sept.-Oct. 1979, p. 9.
31.
Charles Rappleye and Ed Becker,
All American Mafioso
(New York: Barricade, 1995), pp. 305-07.
32.
Ibid.
33.
Dan Christensen, “JFK, King: The Dade County Links”
Miami Magazine
, 9-76; Dick Russell,
The Man Who Knew Too Much
(New York: Carroll & Graf/R. Gallen, 1992), p. 552.
34.
William Brashler,
The Don
(New York: Ballantine, 1977), pp.

331-33.
35.
Clifton Daniel,
Chronicle of America
(Liberty, MO: JL International Publishing, 1993), p. 845.

36.
Dan E. Moldea,
Dark Victory
(New York: Penguin, 1987), p. 338; David E. Scheim,
The Mafia Killed
President Kennedy
(New York: SPI Books, 1992), p. 367; John H. Davis,
Mafia Kingfish
(New York: Signet, 1989), p. 465.

CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR

1.
Those reports were later shown to be untrue, though the real identities of the tramps were not dis-

covered in Dallas Police files until the early 1990s.
2.
Daniel Schorr,
Clearing the Air
(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977), pp. 143, 144.
3.
Dick Russell,
The Man Who Knew Too Much
(New York: Carroll & Graf/

R. Gallen, 1992), p. 728; Loch K. Johnson,
A Season of Inquiry: Congress and Intelligence
(Chicago: The Dorsey Press, 1988), p. 278.
4.
Michael Benson,
Who’s Who in the JFK Assassination: An A-to-Z Encyclopedia
(New York: Citadel, 1993), p. 381.
5.
Gaeton Fonzi,
The Last Investigation
(New York: Thunder’s Mouth, 1994), pp. 157, 345, 346; one of the co-founders with Phillips was Jack Ruby’s friend, Gordon McLendon.

6.
Daniel Schorr,
Clearing the Air
(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977), p. 147.
7.
Loch K. Johnson,
A Season of
Inquiry: Congress and Intelligence
(Chicago: The Dorsey Press, 1988), pp. 47, 55.
8.
John Kidner,
Crimaldi:
Contract Killer
(Washington, DC: Acropolis Books, 1976), pp. 217-18; William Brashler,
The Don
(New York: Ballantine, 1977), pp. 341-50.
9.
Charles Rappleye and Ed Becker,
All American Mafioso
(New York: Barricade, 1995), p. 311; John Kidner,
Crimaldi: Contract Killer
(Washington, DC: Acropolis Books, 1976), pp. 217-20.
10.
Dan Moldea, article in
Clandestine American
, vol. 3, #2, July-Aug/Sept.-Oct. 1979, p. 9.

11.
Ibid; also Dan E. Moldea,
The Hoffa Wars: Teamsters, Rebels, Politicians, and the Mob
(New York: SPI, 1993), many passages.
12.
John Kidner,
Crimaldi: Contract Killer
(Washington, DC: Acropolis Books, 1976), p. 218.

13.
SSCIA 157-10006-10421.
14.
SSCIA 157-10005-10432.
15.
Phone interview with Gary Hart 5-4-98; Dan Bodine, “Was Expelled Frenchman Assassin?”
Cleburne Times-Review
, 11-21-77; memo of conversation

between Gary Shaw and
Newsday
journalist Robert Greene, 5-11-79, provided by Gary Shaw.
16.
Loch K. Johnson,
A Season of Inquiry: Congress and Intelligence
(Chicago: The Dorsey Press, 1988), pp. 161, 162, 179-85.
17.
HSCA vol. X, pp. 41-42.
18.
Gaeton Fonzi,
The Last Investigation
(New York: Thunder’s Mouth, 1994), several passages.
19.
Ibid.
20.
David C. Martin,
Wilderness of Mirrors
(New York: Harper & Row, 1980), p. 221.
21.
FBI 124-10271-10082; Tad Szulc, “An Eye for An Eye: The Death of JFK,”
New Republi
c, 6-5-76.
22.
Richard D. Mahoney,
Sons & Brothers: The Days of Jack and Bobby Kennedy
(New York: Arcade, 1999), p. 229.
23.
Charles Rappleye and Ed Becker,
All American Mafioso
(New York: Barricade, 1995), pp. 318-21; Jack Anderson, columns, 8-27-76 and 9-7-76.
24.
Ibid Rappleye and Becker, pp. 8, 9, 321, 325-27.

25.
Jack Anderson, columns, 8-27-76 and 9-7-76.
26.
U.S. Senate, Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, “Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders”
(New York: Norton, 1976); Church Report vol. V, officially titled
The Investigation of the Assassination of
President John F. Kennedy: Performance of the Intelligence Agencies
.
27.
CIA104-10408-10029.
28.
CIA104-10408-10029.
29.
CIA memo from Director George (H. W.) Bush to U.S. Attorney General, 10-14-76.
30.
Dade County Manager’s Office files on Felipe Rivero, found by former Miami-Dade County Archivist Gordon