As I noted in a blog post from April 2021, James DiEugenio is the Protector and Defender of the Garrison Faith : DiEugenio’s official title should be Protector and Defender of the Garrison Faith , and as such he must answer anybody who deviates, even if just slightly, from his conspiracy dogma. My heresy of writing an entire book critical of Jim Garrison gets me special treatment, and so the Protector and Defender of the Garrison Faith has also reviewed my other two books. I

Here is a story that appeared in the April 10, 1996 edition of the New Orleans Times-Picayune . The papers of Edward Wegmann had just been made public and reporter David Snyder wrote this front page story. Jim Garrison's son Lyon responded to the article: New Orleans Times-Picayune, April 18, 1996 And, William Gurvich's brother Leonard responded to Lyon Garrison: New Orleans Times-Picayune, April 28, 1996 Money quotes: "There is no major prosecutor or investigator, save one,

His investigation was a circus. Everybody rationalized his craziness by thinking "he must have something." But, in the end, he had nothing.

Was Jim Garrison an incredible District Attorney? In 1961, Garrison was elected as the city's district attorney. He developed a good reputation and in his first two years he never lost a case. Jim Garrison wrote about his success: (page 26 of the Kindle version of On the Trail of the Assassins ) NEARLY THREE YEARS PASSED. These were years of great satisfaction for me. We had rebuilt a bucolic D.A.’s office into a crackerjack operation. The office had gone three years without

Screen shot from CAPA presentation In a recent presentation at the Citizens Against Political Assassination (CAPA ) conference , James DiEugenio mentioned that he wanted Jeremy Gunn, Executive Director and General Counsel for the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB), to be in his so-called documentary series JFK: Destiny Betrayed : (15:26) James DiEugenio : And then, this is this was really a bad experience for me and I changed my opinion of Jeremy Gunn a lot. Okay, off

Journalist Jefferson Morley published the first of several articles reviewing JFK assassination news in 2022 . Unfortunately, he includes this: In November 2021, the Washington Post published a piece attributing the enduring skepticism about the Warren Commission to, yes, homophobia. Morley is referring to Professor Alecia Long's article in the Washington Post last November, "Behind Americans’ continued fascination with John F. Kennedy’s assassination." His assertion about L

Here is a YouTube video of an interview with Jim Garrison from September 26, 1967: You can download a transcript below in .PDF format. You can download a transcript below in Word format. There is no shortage of Garrison craziness in the interview. Here are some quotations: on Marina Oswald: Marina Oswald had long since been taken over and controlled literally by elements of the white Russian community in Dallas. And there are our individuals in the white Russian community in

One of the few known pictures of Jack Martin Jim Garrison interviewed Jack Martin in his office on December 14, 1966. Here is a recording of that meeting: The quality of the recording is not good. I have worked months to produce a transcript. Please feel free to email me with improvements -- I realize that my 66-year-old ears might have easily missed something. Here is the transcript in word format: Here is the transcript in PDF format: This was not the first interview that G

Relevant Past Blog Posts The New York Times on Clay Shaw's Acquittal An editorial from the March 2, 1969 edition of the New York Times . Washington Post Editorial on the Acquittal of Clay Shaw Their editorial from March 4, 1969. Garrison vs. the people An editorial from the Chicago Daily News right after the acquittal of Clay Shaw. Sylvia Meagher Congratulates Clay Shaw On His Acquittal A nice letter from Sylvia Meagher. Clay Shaw's Acquittal Reactions from the newspape

Jim Garrison was so focused on his fraudulent JFK assassination investigation that he ignored his basic duties as District Attorney. New Orleans States-Item, April 10, 1967 Judge Bagert commented on the problem to Aaron Kohn, head of the Metropolitan Crime Commission of New Orleans. Here is an excerpt from a memo dated June 1, 1967:

A few days ago, I posted a telephone message that was left for Jim Garrison with a lead involving people who were homosexuals. Here is another letter: Here is a transcript of the letter: Dear Mr. Garrison, The below named man checked into a hotel where I work as night cashier. He talked in the coffee bar for perhaps an hour about what a rotten deal you gave Mr. Ferrie, verbally berated you and your attempt to shed some light on the Kennedy killing, and said several times, qu

Some conspiracy theorists claim that Jim Garrison never brought up Clay Shaw's sexuality. Well, here's an interesting letter sent to Garrison with a lead. You can see Garrison's notation on the first page: NOTE: This was an anonymous call-in for the police recording phone. However, the details are quite specific. Subjects mentioned may have info re SHAW or FERRIE -- or re their relationship. Should be checked out. JG On the top of the page he writes "CONFIRMED LEAD - for foll

Like the child star gone bad in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? , Jim Garrison was the reformist District Attorney gone kooky, and Oliver Stone is the famous director who went down the rabbit hole. Modern day Baby Janes, they are irredeemably linked, although it does look like Oliver Stone is trying to break free. His so-called documentary series, JFK: Destiny Betrayed , has three scenes from the film JFK. All of them showcase actor Kevin Costner without telling the audience

Patricia Lambert is the author of the indispensable False Witness: The Real Story of Jim Garrison's Investigation and Oliver Stone's Film JFK . I have been fortunate to have been allowed on two occasions to examine her papers at the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas. Here is a paragraph from a memo she wrote to herself on Oliver Stone: These words just ring true. I see it every single day on Facebook where I am routinely insulted by people who have no interest in reading my posts.

Washington Evening Star, February 23, 1969 Money quote: As Edward Jay Epstein puts it: "A demagogue who demonstrates a willingness to alter elements of a story when it serves his purpose may temporarily excite public opinion, but he can never establish his version of the event as the truth." Previous Relevant Blog Posts Sylvia Meagher's Reaction to the Verdict in the Shaw Trial This blog post has Sylvia Meagher's review of Paris Flammonde's The Kennedy Conspiracy .

Pittsburgh Press, February 6, 1969 Money quote: At least a dozen witnesses -- none of whom came forward in the first three years after the assassination -- have placed Shaw with Ferrie, Oswald with Shaw or all three. Why Didn't Garrison's Witnesses Come Forward Before 1967? Stephen Roy, in his unpublished biography of David Ferrie, Perfect Villain: David Ferrie and the JFK Mystery , wrote: "The 1963 Ferrie investigation was as notable for what did emerge as for what did not

Money quote: On and on it went. Aides and newsmen close to the investigation wondered aloud how Garrison could tell the mental cases from the sincere witnesses, the truthful from the imaginative. You can see this in the leads that Garrison sent to the House Selection Committee on Assassinations. They were an amalgam of rumor, gossip and imagination. None of Garrison's leads amounted to anything. Here is a link to part two of this series. Here is a link to part one of this s

Money quote: The final irony of Shaw's two-year ordeal is that he will probably lose the jury trial now in progress and be convicted of conspiracy. It won't be because the Garrison case is any better than it ever was, but because of the spectacularly vague definition of conspiracy in Louisiana. Fortunately, Clay Shaw was not convicted. The point was the unfair fight that Clay Shaw faced in this trial. Here is a terrific memo written by Irvin Dymond, his trial attorney, on all

Part one of five-part series in the Pittsburgh Press , February 2, 1969 Previous Relevant Blog Posts Did the FBI Bug Garrison's Offices? Hugh Aynesworth debunks William Walters. Was Jim Garrison Napoleon or Rasputin? A terrific cover of Westward with a story by Hugh Aynesworth Why do Conspiracy Theorists Still Believe Julia Ann Mercer? Hugh Aynesworth saw Jack Ruby at the offices of the Dallas Morning News on the morning of November 22, 1963. Jim Garrison Hoped Clay Shaw

New Orleans States-Item, February 25, 1967 Garrison actually thought that Shaw would commit suicide. Here is an excerpt from "Garrison vs. Shaw: The Big Melodrama in New Orleans" by Hugh Aynesworth from the second of five articles written for The Pittsburgh Press, February 3 , 1969: Previous Relevant Blog Posts When Shaw was Arrested, What Serious Evidence did Garrison have that he Conspired to Kill JFK? Please take the challenge. In June 1970, Clay Shaw and Others Look Back