Chris,
E Howard Hunt was an entertaining fiction writer of spy novels, the
American counterpart of Ian Fleming. Hunt was also a professional
disinformation specialist for the CIA. He detested LBJ and Cord Meyer for
opposite reasons. He considered LBJ a boorish lout and Cord Meyer a
spoiled rich kid undeserving of his office in the CIA. Hunt loathed both
of them. Therefore one must be careful in evaluating the story Hunt
concocted for the benefit of his son St John Hunt. Most likely this whole
concoction was to provide St John with something of value as a legacy and
Hunt's going away present to besmirch the reputation of LBJ and Meyer.
He obviously borrowed from the TV special "The Men Who Killed Kennedy"
documentary by Nigel Turner.
It may be several enemies were plotting to kill JFK but a lone dissident
beat them to it. This is what one person connected to organized crime in
Dallas claimed happened. Just because LHO acted on his own doesn't mean
nobody else wanted to take out JFK. It could be that LHO had connections
to the CIA and possibly the FBI. In fact he may have been spying on the
CIA for the FBI, and even possible he was keeping the KGB informed of his
activities as well. Given the fact LHO was a dreamer with a chip on his
shoulder, a broken marriage, and an infatuation with Marxism, it is
possible he went solo on a mission to go out in a blaze of glory by
ambushing the Leader of the Free World.