Pontchartrain Eleven?
jerry shinley
1963,
in connection with the dynamite seized north of Lake Pontchartrain
provide a list
of all their names?
Jerry Shinley
IsabelKirk
reading that one of those arrested was Minuteman honcho Richard Lauchli, an
Illinois gundealer who was rumored to make a practice of getting his wares from
national guard armories.
Another who was investigated (though perhaps not arrested) was Jose Basulto,
who has gone on to quite a career, involved in many, many "operations". It was
Basulto who was the member of "Brothers to the Rescue" who escaped when his
compadres were shot down by Cuba in Feb., 1996.
Basulto was also one of the most vocal (of a lot of "vocal") Cuban exiles
involved in the Elain Gonzales disaster.
Basulto was in the army in 1963, and if memory serves me correctly, he was
investigated for being part of a plan (as a pilot) to use the explosives to
blow up targets in Cuba. I believe he had some kind of alibi.
I am told that the person who probably has the most information on this raid is
historical document specialist Bill Adams. You can probably reach him through
his website, www.redacted.com. Or through reputable scholars in the San
Francisco Bay area.
IsabelKirk
was William Walter. Despite a concerted effort by the FBI to discredit Walter,
he has stood up very, very well re his accounts of reports at the New Orleans
FBI office during this period.
jerry shinley
IsabelKirk wrote:
> I have no idea whether there were eleven arrested in the raid. I recall
> reading that one of those arrested was Minuteman honcho Richard Lauchli, an
> Illinois gundealer who was rumored to make a practice of getting his wares from
> national guard armories.
I do have a document, a report prepared by the FBI N.O. field office as an
analysis of William Turner's January 1968 Ramparts article, "The Garrison
Commission...". (RIF: 124-10054-10084, FBI: 62-109060-6057, Date:
01/15/1968)
This report states:
Investigation resulted in the confiscation of a large cache of ammunition and
explosives, but did not disclose that the MC LANEY farm was being utilized as a
military training ground by Anti-CASTRO sympathizers.
No arrests were made as a result of this investigation [...]
It is pointed out that RICHARD LAUCHLI, JR., was not arrested
in connection with this matter.
<end of excerpt>
I'm willing to entertain the possibility that this report is incorrect, but I
would
like to know the basis for believing that there were arrests in conjunction with
the seizing of the explosives. I know that Lauchli was involved in procuring
the explosives, I'd like to know if he was in fact in La. and held by the FBI
on July 31, 1963.
>
>
> Another who was investigated (though perhaps not arrested) was Jose Basulto,
> who has gone on to quite a career, involved in many, many "operations". It was
> Basulto who was the member of "Brothers to the Rescue" who escaped when his
> compadres were shot down by Cuba in Feb., 1996.
>
> Basulto was also one of the most vocal (of a lot of "vocal") Cuban exiles
> involved in the Elain Gonzales disaster.
>
> Basulto was in the army in 1963, and if memory serves me correctly, he was
> investigated for being part of a plan (as a pilot) to use the explosives to
> blow up targets in Cuba. I believe he had some kind of alibi.
>
> I am told that the person who probably has the most information on this raid is
> historical document specialist Bill Adams. You can probably reach him through
> his website, www.redacted.com. Or through reputable scholars in the San
> Francisco Bay area.
>
Jerry Shinley
PapaKochenbrot
>From: jerry shinley jpsh...@my-deja.com
>Date: 2/20/01 5:24 AM Pacific Standard Time
>Message-id: <3A927001...@my-deja.com>
>
>Jerry Shinley
Rich Lauchli
Sam benson
....... Haygood
Robert Babb
Jose Busulto
Some of these names might be an alias
but they are the names that were being used by the men at Mc Laney's "farm"
Walt
IsabelKirk
several men were picked up, and I believe the records show that Lauchli was one
of them. It may be that no charges were actually "filed". That, of course, is
a horse of a different color, and should set off all kinds of alarms.
As far as "investigation did not disclose...etc.", what is that supposed to
mean? Someone is obviously getting very "tricky" here, at the very time that
William Walter was revealing details of the ORIGINAL FILES to Garrison and
others.
>Subject: Re: Pontchartrain Eleven?
>From: jerry shinley jpsh...@my-deja.com
>Date: 2/22/01 7:45 AM Central Standard Time
>Message-id: <3A951806...@my-deja.com>
I believe the ORIGINAL records reveal that he was picked up in that raid. It
may have served some purpose of the FBI not to actually "file charges" But
that only raises more questions re the FBI, its informant[s] on this raid, and
why it would want to counter Turner's article.
jerry shinley
IsabelKirk wrote:
> The report you cite may be "playing on words". There is no question that
> several men were picked up, and I believe the records show that Lauchli was one
> of them. It may be that no charges were actually "filed". That, of course, is
> a horse of a different color, and should set off all kinds of alarms.
I'll concede that the word arrest may have some
specific meaning to the FBI which could lead to a
misunderstanding. But is there a report which states
that Lauchli was in La. on Juky 31, 1963?
Jerry Shinley
IsabelKirk
you will find the answers re Lauchli et al. in those reports.