Gary Aguilar decided to rush forth and intercept two heralds of the MSM who tried to revive the smoldering heap of the Warren Report. He successfully parried their efforts at Commission rehabilitation. Vince Bugliosi did not appreciate Gary's objections. We print here his reply to Dr. Aguilar.
NSA spy Jack Dunlap's death was labeled a suicide. But over a decade later, under oath, James Angleton slipped up and called it an assassination. How did he know that?
Author Randall Windle's book, The Final Trigger, is quite problematic in more than one way. For example, he actually argues for the Magic Bullet and Oswald being a real communist.
Jim DiEugenio and Bruce de Torres discuss what went on with the House Select Committee on Assassinations, from Dick Sprague and Bob Tanenbaum to Robert Blakey and Gary Cornwell. How it all began with hope and ended in disappointment--and the Magic Bullet again.
John Barbour, the man who made three documentaries on the JFK case, has passed away in Las Vegas. This is a serious loss, and Jim DiEugenio describes his films and his much varied career in the entertainment field.
G. Robert Blakey, the final chief Counsel to the House Select Committee on Assassinations, has passed away. Jim DiEugenio gives a concise summary of his supervision of the last formal inquiry into the JFK case.
Andrew Kiel has released a revised and expanded version of his book about J. Edgar Hoover, which concentrates on the Director's sorry performance for the Warren Commission.
Did the CIA deliberately dodge the intent of the JFK Act of 1992? And has NARA avoided its duty to confirm the completeness of the JFK collection? Perhaps because it’s not complete? And is this why there is no working index? Congresswoman Luna should call in the three men from the ARRB, plus the Chief Archivist, and ask: Why?
Jim DiEugenio updates the forlorn and pernicious coverage of the NY Times on the JFK case. Ranging from 1963 until today, it has been utterly hopeless.
In Part 1 of their examination of the effectiveness of the Review Board, Andrew and Mark remind us of the firestorm that broke out over Stone's JFK, which formed the backdrop for the ARRB formation.
We look back at a little-noticed, but credible and fair, biography of John Kennedy by journalist Peter McKenna. This review measures both its strengths and weaknesses.
Vince Palamara, the foremost authority on the Secret Service under President Kennedy, has now completed his last book on the subject. It is a valuable and fitting salute to his long--over 30 year--career in the field.
Jim DiEugenio traces the causes of the rise of the theocracy in Iran to the tragic mistake of the coup of 1953, and also JFK's policy against the Shah. Which are things that Donald Trump does not understand.
David Ratcliffe did a five-day interview with the late Fletcher Prouty in which he described his considerable experience with the CIA in the conduct of covert operations. He has packaged that interview with much other relevant, useful information into a valuable book.
Jim Douglass is interviewed by Pascal Lottaz about his new and important book Martyrs to the Unspeakable, about the murders of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, all in three years.
Author Joseph McBride reviews his two careers, one as a film historian and one studying the JFK assassination. He comments to interviewer Danny Peary about his two JFK books: Into the Nightmare and Political Truth.
Was Ruby acquaintance Tommy Rowe lurking in the shadows of the Texas Theater in wait of Lee Oswald's arrival? And was it Rowe who did the actual tip-off of the alleged assassin?
Noam Chomsky's relationships with Jeffrey Epstein, Steve Bannon and Ehud Barak are now fully exposed in the Justice Department files on the Epstein case. This should signal the death knell for his much-overrated position in the progressive community. Which was never merited in the first place.