Did David Ferrie Want to Kill Eisenhower?
- Fred Litwin
- 2 hours ago
- 2 min read
Money Quote:
Former Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos also was suggested as a possible target by one of the alleged conspirators in the assassination of President Kennedy, a key witness for New Orleans Dist. Atty. Jim Garrison said here Monday.
Perry Raymond Russo, star witness in the preliminary hearing of Clay L. Shaw on conspiracy charges, said the late David Ferrie mentioned former President Eisenhower as another potential target.
"You never knew when he was kidding and when he was serious," Russo said of Ferrie, speaking at a meeting of the Lakeshore Lions Club. [Emphasis added]
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Perry Russo sues Conde Nast and loses.
Russo went to the press before he was interviewed by Sciambra.
James Phelan wrote a memo about the contradictions in Perry Russo's story.
An interview with Perry Russo from 1971.
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Jim Garrison's hypocrisy is on display in this post.
A video interview of Perry Russo from February, 1967.
Russo was interviewed by Shaw's defense team.
The day before Russo was go on the witness stand in a three-day hearing to determine if Shaw's perjury charges should go forward, Russo stopped by to talk to Shaw's defense team.
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You can read Andrew Sciambra's memorandum after interviewing Perry Russo in Baton Rouge, and a link to a recording of Russo's third hypnosis session.
Jim Garrison had Perry Russo take a lie detector test. It did not go well.
When asked about Russo's lie detector test, Jim Garrison lied.