On March 3, 1969, just two days after Clay Shaw was acquitted of conspiring to kill JFK, Garrison indicted him on two counts of perjury -- for his statements that he had never met Lee Harvey Oswald or David Ferrie. New Orleans Times-Picayune, March 4, 1969 Jim Garrison had his work cut our for him. He now had to find new witnesses for an upcoming trial. His staff redoubled their efforts, and memos started flying in on some new, but mostly old leads, or more accurately rumors.

Here is a transcript from Jim Garrison's first media interview after the acquittal of Clay Shaw . The highlight of the interview is Garrison inability to explain how he first suspected Clay Shaw conspired to kill JFK: (page 7 of the interview). Money Quote : We were disappointed because such hard work had failed to communicate a point to an awful lot of people. On the other hand, I, as a prosecutor, one of my short-comings, I suppose, is I tend to put myself in the position o

San Francisco Examiner, August 11, 1969 Other Previous Relevant Blog Posts What Garrison Proved A good article from the New Republic after the acquittal of Clay Shaw Trial by District Attorney A good opinion piece on Garrison Jim Garrison's Wild Conspiracy Tale An editorial from the Sam Francisco Chronicle. Garrison's Investigation - "a smalltime circus sideshow" A matching cartoon and editorial

An article from the Los Angeles Times of September, 26, 1969: Unfortunately, Garrison did win re-election. Money Quote : "It's depressing to see big men -- stockbrokers and bankers -- tell you privately that nothing is more important than getting rid of Jim Garrison," said one widely respected news commentator. "Yet not a single one will come out publicly against him. They're plain frightened. A politically active businessman who declined to be identified said, "Garrison cou

Dr. Robert McClelland with his bloody shirt from November 22, 1963 which he donated to the Sixth Floor Museum. Here is a memo written by Harold Weisberg after meeting Dr. McClelland : Weisberg writes that "He [McClelland] volunteered at some length about Garrison's men, describing Garrison as a psychopath, and seem proud that he talked them out of calling him as a witness." Towards the end of the memo, Weisberg writes that "McC was quite bitter about Garrison and Lane, but he

A short clip of Garrison's appearance on the Tonight Show. The above clip was just uploaded to YouTube -- in fact, the video of the entire episode is still not available. This clip illustrates how Jim Garrison lied in his book, On the Trail of the Assassins. The relevant portion starts at about 1:28. Let's start with an excerpt from my book, On the Trail of Delusion -- Jim Garrison: The Great Accuser : (pages 27 -31) A staple of conspiracy theorists are pictures showing three

Sylvia Meagher put together these excerpts from Turner's article on Jim Garrison in the January 1968 issue of Ramparts : You can read Turner's article in Ramparts here . Previous Relevant Blog Posts regarding Sylvia Meagher and Jim Garrison The Salandria-Meagher Phone Calls The issue of Jim Garrison ruptured their frienship. Sylvia Meagher writes Bud Fensterwald Meagher turns down membership in Fensterwald's JFK group because of the presence of Jim Garrison. Sylvia Meagher's

Here is a very good Edward Jay Epstein article on Oliver Stone from The Atlantic in 1 993 : Money quote: Where Jim Garrison failed to build a plausible conspiracy case against Clay Shaw, how did Oliver Stone succeed? The answer is whereas Garrison attempted only to coax, intimidate, and hypnotize witnesses into providing him with incriminating evidence, Oliver Stone fabricated for his film the crucial evidence and witnesses that were missing in real life -- even when this li

Here is a book review of Edward Jay Epstein's 1969 book, Counterplot : (you can read his book here ) New York Magazine, February 10, 1969 Money quote: After reading Mr. Epstein's fascinating Counterplot (a chunk of it ran in the New Yorker ), I have evolved my own theory, to which I refuse to swear under oath. It is this: the "second Oswald" is really Jim Garrison. Both wanted a piece of the attention action in America. Both suffered from the strange new disease of media pe

Here is a very good case study in the duplicity of Jim Garrison's investigation. Somehow, a witness statement from 1967 is turned on its head in 1971. In 1971, Jim Garrison filed papers to dismiss Clay Shaw's attempt to stop his prosecution for perjury. His filing listed his prospective witnesses, and one witness was James Louviere, who worked for David Ferrie and Al Beauboeuf (they had gone into business together with a service station that was open for about ten months in 1

The January 1992 issue of GQ featured an article by Nicholas Lemann titled "The Case Against Jim Garrison." Here is the text of the article: I know life is supposed to be full of surprises, but sometimes one comes along that exceeds the limits of what you should have to put up with. I never thought I’d see someone make an all-out effort to rehabilitate Jim Garrison, the six-foot-seven, booming-voiced district attorney of New Orleans during the years I was growing up there, a

This is an excerpt from an interview of Perry Russo by Clay Shaw's attorneys: The Robertson in the story is Willard Robertson, one of the founders of Truth and Consequences, the private organization that funded Jim Garrison's investigation. The story sounds familiar, no? Sioux Center, Iowa CNN — Donald Trump boasted Saturday that support for his presidential campaign would not decline even if he shot someone in the middle of a crowded street. “I could stand in the middle of

I am not aware if Mr. Shockley ever made a statement. Previous Relevant Blog Posts Five Wacky Garrison Memos Five crazy memos. Another Wacky Garrison Investigative Memo A memo on propinquity with notations from Jim Garrison. Another Wacky Garrison Investigative Memo - Was Oswald Impersonated? A crazy memo on the height of Lee Harvey Oswald. Five Crazy Garrison Investigative Memos! Another five crazy memos. Garrison's Weird Investigative Technique - The Theory of Propinqui

I previously posted an article about Fred Crisman , who was one of Garrison's favorite suspects. Ray Palmer popularized the UFO craze in the United States , and he shared an interest about Crisman with Jim Garrison. They corresponded in 1968. I don't have Garrison's letter to Palmer, but here is Palmer's letter to Garrison: (you can see Garrison's underlines and notations) This is all madness, no? Fred Crisman testified before the New Orleans Grand Jury on November 21, 1968

Was Jim Garrison really after the truth in his JFK assassination probe? Here are three instances in which he was incredibly uninquisitive. 1. The Black Cadillac in Clinton, Louisiana. Let's start with Clinton, Louisiana where several witnesses claimed to have seen Lee Harvey Oswald, Clay Shaw, and David Ferrie together in late August or early September. John Manchester, the Town Marshall of Clinton, said in his statement to Jim Garrison that the black Cadillac seen in Clinton

Jefferson Morley thought it was newsworthy that RFK Jr. quoted Jim Garrison . Here is RFK Jr.'s tweet : RFK Jr. decided to quote a man who was responsible for "one of the most disgraceful chapters in the history of American jurisprudence." Jim Garrison ruined the life of an innocent gay man for absolutely no good reason. Garrison also cynically exploited Vietnam war protests, and legitimate criticism of the war, to further his conspiratorial view of the assassination. Now we

Baton Rouge Advocate, March 4, 1992 Money Quote 1: Garrison himself was not without mental delusions. One of his postulates, which goes unmentioned in "He Must Have Something," was that other JFK assassins hid in the storm drains of Elm Street and shot the president from below the asphalt. These sewers were only three feet high, which would have required the CIA to recruit midget hit men to carry off the job. I've written about the ridiculous sewer shot here , here , here ,

Here is a very good article from The New Republic after the acquittal of Clay Shaw: The New Republic, March 15, 1969 Money Quote: When one adds to this shambles the fact that not a single elected official in Louisiana, from governor and senators down, has yet dared to utter a single critical word about the D.A.'s action, what Garrison has proved is that Louisiana -- a state with an unenviable record for political chicanery, corruption, incompetence and negligence -- may now h

Previous Relevant Blog Posts David Lifton's Memo on Jim Garrison and Kerry Thornley A memo Lifton sent to other Warren Report critics. David Lifton's Camouflage Theory Lifton's early theory is just plain ridiculous. David Lifton (1939-2022), R.I.P. My obituary for David Lifton includes a letter that he wrote to Mark Lane about Kerry Thornley. David Lifton Writes to Oliver Stone Lifton writes to Oliver Stone about Jim Garrison.

Sauvage was the New York City correspondent for Le Figaro , a French newspaper. He wrote the book, The Oswald Affair.