This is in reply to mcadams ridiculous challenge that I need to prove that
these men were murdered just prior to scheduled testimonies in which they
could have talked about the mob's role in the JFK case, or (in Roselli's
case) just after he stated that the mob ordered Ruby to kill Oswald.
Jack Anderson:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAandersonJ.htm
"Anderson interviewed Johnny Roselli just before he was murdered. On 7th
September, 1976, Anderson reported Roselli as saying : 'When Oswald was
picked up, the underworld conspirators feared he would crack and disclose
information that might lead to them. This almost certainly would have
brought a massive U.S. crackdown on the Mafia. So Jack Ruby was ordered to
eliminate Oswald.'"
A more detailed account of Anderson's interviews with Roselli can be found
in this documentary which Anderson himself produced.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDbodTKnTjc
Charles Nicoletti:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKnicoletti.htm
"On 29th March, 1977, Charles Nicoletti was murdered in Chicago. He had
been shot three times in the back of the head. George De Mohrenschildt
died the same day. Both men were due to appear before the Select House
Committee on Assassinations where they were to be asked about their
involvement in the assassination of John F. Kennedy."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Nicoletti
"Nicoletti was due to appear before the House Select Committee on
Assassinations at the time of his death."
Sam Giancana:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKgiancana.htm
"In 1975 Frank Church and his Select Committee to Study Governmental
Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities discovered that Judith
Campbell had been involved with both Giancana and John F. Kennedy. It
emerged that during the 1960 presidential election Campbell took messages
from Giancana to Kennedy. Campbell later claimed these messages concerned
the plans to murder Fidel Castro. Kennedy also began an affair with
Campbell and used her as a courier to carry sealed envelopes to Giancana.
He told her they contained "intelligence material" concerning the plot to
kill Castro.
Giancana was now ordered to appear before Church's committee. However,
before he could appear, on 19th June, 1975, Sam Giancana was murdered in
his own home. He had a massive wound in the back of the head. He had also
been shot six times in a circle around the mouth."
http://mafia.wikia.com/wiki/Salvatore_Giancana
"Giancana was shot in the back of the head on 19 June 1975 while frying
Italian sausage and peppers in the basement of his home in Oak Park,
Illinois. After falling, his body was turned over and shot a further six
times in the face and chin. It was believed by investigators that his
murderer was a close friend whom he had let into the house. At the time
he was scheduled to appear before a Senate committee investigating CIA
and Mafia collusion in plots to assassinate Fidel Castro.Giancana was
shot in the back of the head on 19 June 1975 while frying Italian
sausage and peppers in the basement of his home in Oak Park, Illinois.
After falling, his body was turned over and shot a further six times in
the face and chin. It was believed by investigators that his murderer
was a close friend whom he had let into the house. At the time he was
scheduled to appear before a Senate committee investigating CIA and
Mafia collusion in plots to assassinate Fidel Castro."
Undoubtedly, mcadams will try to claim that Giancana's scheduled
testimony before the Church committee had nothing to do with the JFK
assassination, because that committee was primarily tasked with
investigating CIA/mob assassination attempts on Castro. Of course,
anyone who has seriously studied this case knows that Giancana has
always been a suspect and that "Operation Mongoose" has been linked by
numerous researchers to the JFK case. Also, the Church committee had
discovered that Giancana and JFK shared a girlfriend - Judyth Campbell.
The mob would have had no reason to silence Giancana over what he might
say about assassination attempts on Castro. They had every reason to
silence him because of what he might say about the JFK case. And it is
ludicrous to think that the Church committee's investigation did not
spill over into the JFK case.
http://america-most-wanted.blogspot.com/2006/08/sam-giancana.html
"On 22nd November, 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated. Rumours
began to circulate that Giancana and other gang bosses such as Santos
Trafficante, Carlos Marcello, and Johnny Roselli, were involved in the
crime.
In 1975 Frank Church and his Select Committee to Study Governmental
Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities discovered that
Judith Campbell had been involved with both Giancana and John F.
Kennedy. It emerged that during the 1960 presidential election Campbell
took messages from Giancana to Kennedy. Campbell later claimed these
messages concerned the plans to murder Fidel Castro. Kennedy also began
an affair with Campbell and used her as a courier to carry sealed
envelopes to Giancana. He told her they contained "intelligence
material" concerning the plot to kill Castro.
Giancana was now ordered to appear before Church's committee. However,
before he could appear, on 19th June, 1975, Sam Giancana was murdered in
his own home. He had a massive wound in the back of the head. He had
also been shot six times in a circle around the mouth."
Robert Harris