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Fred Litwin
- Nov 20
- 1 min
Clay Shaw Deserves an Apology
A very good article in Newsweek about Clay Shaw: "Shaw was forced to sell his house on Dauphine [Street] and move into smaller quarters....
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Fred Litwin
- Sep 20
- 6 min
Jim Garrison: The Uninquisitive District Attorney
Was Jim Garrison really after the truth in his JFK assassination probe? Here are three instances in which he was incredibly...
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Fred Litwin
- Sep 19
- 2 min
Clay Shaw Writes Rod McKuen, Part Two
Clay Shaw's cancer was unfortunately not "happily cured." He died on August 15, 1974. New Orleans States-Item, August 15, 1974 New...
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Fred Litwin
- Sep 18
- 1 min
Clay Shaw Writes Rod McKuen
Here is a letter that Clay Shaw wrote to poet Rod McKuen: The United States Supreme Court had decided not to hear an appeal from a lower...
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Fred Litwin
- Sep 5
- 1 min
Rod McKuen's Tribute to Clay Shaw
Rod McKuen Rod McKuen's tribute was read at Clay Shaw's funeral on August 16, 1974. He also had his tribute printed in Variety magazine....
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Fred Litwin
- Jul 30
- 2 min
Mark Lane on Clay Shaw
Lane and Garrison in March 1967 in New Orleans I just blogged about Mark Lane's appearance on the Joe Dolan Show on KNEW radio after...
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Fred Litwin
- Jun 30
- 1 min
Clay Shaw's Unjustly Damaged Reputation
Here is a letter that Clay Shaw sent his attorney, Edward Wegmann, in 1973 about an article which clearly upset him: Relevant Past Blog...
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Fred Litwin
- Jun 20
- 1 min
The Return of Clay Shaw
New Orleans Times-Picayune, December 15, 1971 Jim Garrison's prosecution of Clay Shaw for conspiracy to kill JFK and for perjury forced...
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Fred Litwin
- Jun 1
- 1 min
Sylvia Meagher Writes Clay Shaw with an Idea
Sylvia Meagher wrote a letter to Clay Shaw with a terrific point: Clay Shaw was in San Francisco at the St. Francis Hotel on the 22nd and...
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Fred Litwin
- Mar 29
- 2 min
Assume Nothing
Encounters with Assassins, Spies, Presidents, and Would-Be Masters of the Universe Edward Jay Epstein, author of Inquest and Counterplot,...
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Fred Litwin
- Feb 24
- 3 min
Comments on my Clay Shaw Post
Two days ago, I asked an important question about Oliver Stone and Clay Shaw: The responses from people on Facebook have been incredibly...
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Fred Litwin
- Feb 22
- 6 min
When will Oliver Stone Admit he was Wrong about Clay Shaw?
Clay Shaw outside the courtroom in New Orleans In my response to the Matt Douthit and James DiEugenio review of my book, Oliver Stone's...
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Fred Litwin
- Sep 19, 2022
- 11 min
Paul Bleau's Reign of Error
From left to right: Oliver Stone, Paul Bleau, and James DiEugenio Conspiracy theorist Paul Bleau just published an analysis of Jim...
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Fred Litwin
- Apr 12, 2022
- 2 min
The Wisdom Decision
Jim Garrison appealed the Christenberry decision which prohibited his perjury charges against Clay Shaw from proceeding. The United...
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Fred Litwin
- Apr 11, 2022
- 7 min
The Christenberry Decision
In January 1971, Judge Herbert Christenberry conducted three days of hearings on Garrison's prosecution of Clay Shaw for perjury. Here is...
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Fred Litwin
- Feb 7, 2022
- 1 min
Jim Garrison Hoped Clay Shaw Would Commit Suicide
New Orleans States-Item, February 25, 1967 Garrison actually thought that Shaw would commit suicide. Here is an excerpt from "Garrison...
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Fred Litwin
- Jan 30, 2022
- 2 min
Guilt by Orientation
Jamie Kirchick has just published an important article on Oliver Stone, his so-called documentary JFK Revisited, and "his three-decade...
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Fred Litwin
- Jan 4, 2022
- 1 min
Jim Garrison on Judge Haggerty's Guidelines
In April 1967, Judge Haggerty handed down strict "guidelines governing conduct" of the prosecution and the defense in the Clay Shaw case....
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Fred Litwin
- Dec 31, 2021
- 5 min
The Persecution of Clay Shaw
This article appears in the August 26, 1969, issue of Look Magazine and is a very good overview of the treatment of Clay Shaw. You can...
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Fred Litwin
- Dec 28, 2021
- 2 min
A Look Back at Clay Shaw's Trial
Clay Shaw outside the courtroom Baton Rouge Advocate, February 27, 1994 Some highlights: Dave Snyder, a reporter for the New Orleans...
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