Yesterday, I published some fact checking of James DiEugenio's rejoinder to Jamie Kirchick's excellent article, "Guilt by Orientation."...

It all started with a letter to Mike Karmazin, an Assistant District Attorney working for Jim Garrison: Some notes on this letter:...

The three tramps have been a favorite topic for conspiracy theorists for decades. Jim Garrison was no exception. And in September 1968 in a discussion with a few of his investigators and some buffs, the topics of the tramps came up . Here is a photo that conspiracy buff Richard E. Sprague found interesting: The escorting police officer, on the right, is Marvin Wise. Here is a close-up of his face: What exactly is in his ear? Richard Sprague printed that photograph (Exhibit 2)

The Girl on the Stairs blog has an interesting interview of Harold Weisberg by author Barry Ernest from 1999 : What about Garrison. What happened to him? I don’t know. I don’t know if he became crazy or just irresponsible. I think that as a district attorney he was a good district attorney. He was insensitive to what reflected on him personally. I can tell you stories about that. He got his start with what I wrote in Whitewash . He said it was Senator [Russell] Long who gave

At the New Orleans conference in September 1968, Jim Garrison and his investigators and some Warren Commission critics discussed the two Oswalds . Here is their discussion: (page 153+) F = Bernard Fensterwald G = Jim Garrison T = William Turner Box = Bill Boxley S = Richard E. Sprague Even amongst themselves, they seem to have a hard time explaining their theories. At one point, Bernard Fensterwald says, "Wait a minute, You all are losing me somewhere here now." There's the

Warren Hinckle was the editor of Ramparts Magazine, a fairly popular left-wing magazine from 1962 to 1969. He wrote a really fun book about the 1960s, called If You Have a Lemon, Make Lemonade. He devotes one chapter, "Give Us This Day Our Daily Paranoia," to the conspiracy theorists of the JFK assassination. His book is worth buying just for that chapter. Here is an excerpt about Jim Garrison: My last communication with Garrison was on November 5, 1968. It was not untypica

Yes, Jim Garrison suspected that Larry Crafard, a handyman who cleaned up Jack Ruby's nightclub every morning, was a grassy knoll gunman, and perhaps that Crafard also killed J. D. Tippit. Just who was Larry Crafard? Larry Crafard Crafard was a drifter and worked many jobs, usually for a few days or slightly more, before meeting Jack Ruby at a carnival in Dallas. Even though he was in his early 20s, he had so many jobs that he could barely keep track of where he had worked wh

Reinhard Gehlen was a Wehrmacht Major General and head of intelligence for the Nazis on the eastern front. Before Nazi Germany fell,...

Front Page, Miami News, March 5, 1968, story by Bill Barry That is a headline that will catch anybody's eye! This is the story of James...

Both Jack Martin and David Ferrie were clergy in the Orthodox Old Catholic Church of North America. It was an "odd sect" which drew the attention of Jim Garrison, thinking that perhaps there was some CIA connection. Making it all the more suspicious, there was a rumor that Oswald had tried to seek refuge in the Abundant Life Temple, after killing officer J.D. Tippit. He hadn't, but he probably ran through the alleyway next to the Temple. And so Garrison had investigator Bill

In the lawsuit to stop Garrison's perjury charges, Judge Herbert Christenberry held three days of hearings in January of 1971. Jim Garrison, still the District Attorney, was forced to take the stand and was examined by Clay Shaw's attorneys - Edward Wegmann and Irvin Dymond. John Volz and William Alford were the lawyers for Garrison. Here are some of the highlights of Garrison's testimony: Right off the bat, Garrison is confused about how many times he asked Clay Shaw in for