Book From Warren Commission Staffer

[John McAdams]

http://www.amazon.com/History-Will-Prove-Right-Investigation/dp/146830755X

.John

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The Kennedy Assassination Home Page
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm

[claviger]

On Apr 16, 4:51 pm, john.mcad...@marquette.edu (John McAdams) wrote:
> http://www.amazon.com/History-Will-Prove-Right-Investigation/dp/14683...

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> .John
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> The Kennedy Assassination Home Pagehttp://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm

Another interesting book:
http://www.amazon.com/JFK-Conservative-Ira-Stoll/dp/0547585985/ref=pd_sim_b_1

[Marcus Hanson]

It's a shame that Professor Melvin Eisenberg wrote no such book.I was in
touch with him recently to ask him about his concerns over Jack
Dougherty,but he told me he had no recollection of his memo to
Mr.Rankin.Whether one is CT or LN is beside the point here - it would have
been good to get his perspective on how the memo was handled,for the
historical record.I've long wondered if Rankin was miffed that this
'upstart' had bypassed Mr.Redlich and gone directly to him.

[mainframetech]

On Apr 16, 5:51 pm, john.mcad...@marquette.edu (John McAdams) wrote:
> http://www.amazon.com/History-Will-Prove-Right-Investigation/dp/14683...
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> .John
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> The Kennedy Assassination Home Pagehttp://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm

Wow! They're still trying to convince folks of those wacky
theories! I can appreciate the guilt feelings some might have for
participating in that scam, but to keep trying to legitimize it in the
face of what's been found out over time, is a mistake in my book.

Chris

[pjsp...@aol.com]

This may prove most interesting. Willens is the "staffer" with the most
interesting story to tell--provided he tells the whole story.

1. He wasn't employed by the Warren Commission, but by the Justice Dept.
He was hand-picked by Katzenbach, and not Warren. He was widely seen as
Katzenbach's man on the Commission.

2. He was the middle-man between the Commission and the investigating
agencies. He was responsible for separating out the FBI and SS
reports...and making sure the WC counsel responsible for each section of
the investigation saw these reports. A decade or so later, when a report
emerged in which Hoover proposed Oswald was being impersonated--WC counsel
David Slawson said this had never been brought to his attention--and
promptly pointed the finger at Willens.

3. Warren and McCloy would also let on that they had never trusted
Willens, and that at one point it was discovered he was hiding reports
from the commission.

4. Willens personally recruited Arlen Specter, and was responsible for
Specter's being offered Area 1.

5. After the release of Epstein's Inquest, William Manchester realized
that the location of Kennedy's back wound was of paramount importance. He
tried to view the autopsy photos, but was, according to him, satisfied
after talking to three people who'd seen the photos--who ASSURED him the
back wound was really on the back of the neck. His records show but two
interviews from this period--Dr. Burkley and Howard Willens. Now, Willens
may have put him in touch with Specter and Thomas Kelley, who lied to
Manchester. Or he may have been more deeply involved than that...

[claviger]

Can you expand on the "what's been found out over time" part? What
exactly are you referring to?

[Ace Kefford]

For history's sake it really would have been good if more of the Warren
Commission attorneys, especially those who did the real lifting, had put
down their accounts in some organized fashion within ten years or so of
their work.

Some of them originally took up the task of defending and explaining what
they had done, but most were I suspect worn out from trying to swat down
the flies constantly launched by Lane. That's too bad because there were
genuine issues both with regard to the truth about the assassination AND
with regard to the actual workings of the Commission that would have been
worth exploring in a more objective, less confrontational way.

By the time the HSCA tried to do this too much time had passed and there
were a lot of fixed views set in by time and reaction to accusations that
may not have been accurate as to what was thought and done at the time.

It's a tricky topic for a young historian to get into, but it really would
be good if someone put in the work before all of these folks die.

[David Von Pein]

>>> "For history's sake it really would have been good if more of the Warren Commission attorneys, especially those who did the real lifting, had put down their accounts in some organized fashion within ten years or so of their work." <<<

Belin did, in 1973:

http://you-are-the-jury.blogspot.com/

A darn good book too.

[Walt]

If you enjoy fiction........

[mainframetech]

For example, the finding that so many people saw the large hole in
the BOH of JFK, implying a conspiracy. And the various games played
with the evidence at the autopsy. Many other items that were
suppressed but finally came out by law to the ARRB. Saundra Kay
Spencer's drawing of the large hole in the BOH in the special W.H
photo set. Tom Robinson's testimony and drawing, etc.

Chris