You can watch the video on YouTube. The date is marked March 15, 1967, but this is from a taped interview with Jim Kemp, February 24, 1967. Here is a transcript of this short video: Russo: Now, in late September or during October, the month right prior to the Kennedy assassination in November, Dave Ferrie had occasion to come over to the house on several instances and I went to his place, and just passing, and he made specific references that, in talking about Kennedy, he said, 'We will get him and it won't be very long.' Now, the last time I can remember him saying that was sometime in October, but he was obsessed with that idea. Q: Did he ever mention Lee Harvey Oswald's name? Russo: No. Q: No conversation at all about -- Russo: No. I had never heard of Oswald until the television of the assassination. Q: Why have you never said anything about this before? Didn't it strike you that it might have some connection? Russo: Well, when the assassination, of course, caught me by surprise and caught everyone else, I would guess, when it finally was over and the Warren Report -- Warren Commission was set up and they intended to go and examine all of the details and made claims that it was going to do everything extensively, and I left it to the professionals. And they were supposed to come out with the verdict. Then they came out with the verdict that Oswald was the only man. So I forgot it. Then Garrison began his probe and subsequently got in the newspapers in New Orleans. And then later on on television everywhere and in that probe, he said that there was a conspiracy and he could prove it. It still didn't ring a bell anywhere along the line. I just -- it was far from me that I would, you know, ever have met a person that would have been a conspirator to kill the President of the United States. Thereafter, when Dave Ferrie died, the name, I still doubted if it was the same guy. I just thought it was another Dave Ferrie. But when I saw his picture in the paper, then I knew it was the same man and I had just as well say something to someone. And I wrote the District Attorney the next day, and he should have gotten it Friday. Now, I saw the pictures this week. Q: You haven't talked with any federal agents or anybody from the Warren Commission about this? Russo: No, no one has contacted me. Actually, the first time I made a remark about this was today and -- to anyone in public.’’ This was probably filmed in Baton Rouge right after Russo came forward. It's interesting that the assassination caught him by surprise. He didn't even come forward when Garrison's probe was announced. He had no recollection of meeting Lee Harvey Oswald. Russo only came forward after David Ferrie died. There is no mention of Clay Shaw. Check out these three other posts about Perry Russo in New Orleans: Perry Russo Talks - in Baton Rouge, Part One Russo's initial story was different from the story in the courtroom. Perry Russo Talks - in Baton Rouge, Part Two James Phelan wrote a memo listing all the inconsistencies in Perry Russo's stories. Exclusive: Perry Russo Talks in Baton Rouge, Part Two A link to an audio recording of a Perry Russo interview It was only after Perry Russo was brought to New Orleans that his story began to change. He was administered sodium pentothal, and then he was hypnotized on three occasions. And then all the details of his recovered memory of a party in which they discussed the assassination came out. Previous Relevant Blog Posts on Perry Russo Perry Russo Describes his Session on Sodium Pentothal Russo tells Shaw's attorneys what it was like to be injected with sodium pentothal. A Tape Recording of Perry Russo's Third Hypnosis Session 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. Perry Russo Admits Clay Shaw had "nothing to do with anything." A transcript of an April 1971 interview of Perry Russo by Clay Shaw's attorneys. Perry Russo Pays a Visit to Shaw's Lawyer... In January 1971, Russo told Shaw's attorneys that Clay Shaw was not at the supposed conspiracy meeting at David Ferrie's apartment. Lt. Edward O'Donnell Testifies about Perry Russo's Lie Detector Test... Jim Garrison had Perry Russo take a lie detector test. It did not go well. Perry Russo's First Lie Detector Test... When asked about Russo's lie detector test, Jim Garrison lied.

Lee Harvey Oswald handed out handbills in New Orleans which were stamped either with his Post Office Box or his home address. It is widely believed that some of these handbills were stamped with 544 Camp Street. This blog post demonstrated that no such handbills existed, and that the handbills used in the film JFK, and in the documentary series JFK: Destiny Betrayed, were fakes. James DiEugenio and Oliver Stone owe us an explanation. But until they provide a reasonable response, I and my colleagues have decided to look into the origin of the fake flyer. So, where did it come from? Well, perhaps from self-declared Oswald girlfriend Judyth Vary Baker. Steve Roe noticed that on page 435 of her generally unreliable 2010 book, Me & Lee, she presents this handbill: Compare the bottom part of a real flyer, Warren Commission Exhibit 2966-A: With that of the flyer found in Baker’s book: You can see the exact same fold and paper marks running vertically through the stamp and the angled fold from the large “L.” These fold and paper marks are from that real flyer. You can also clearly see that on the flyer found in Baker's book, the size of the 544 Camp Street stamp is all wrong. The stamp takes up most of the space between "LOCATION" and "EVERYONE WELCOME." On the real flyer, the stamp is much smaller. Compare the size of "L. H. OSWALD" and "LOCATION" in each of the two flyers. In addition, the Oswald stamp on the fake flyer is identical to the stamp on the Oliver Stone fake from JFK: Screen shot from the film JFK From a collection of images from the film. So, someone took the stamp from the Stone film (the less distorted second image) and Photoshopped it into the real flyer from the Warren Commission volumes. I asked Judyth Vary Baker on Twitter where she got this handbill: Fred: On page 435 of your book, Me and Lee, you present an Oswald handbill stamped with 544 Camp Street. Can you tell me where you got this handbill from? It is not a legitimate handbill, since Oswald only stamped his handbills with his home address or his post office box. He only used the 544 Camp Street stamp on a few Corliss Lamont pamphlets. Judyth: Got it from Robert Groden. He had access to photos and materials the WC never knew about. I do not publish anything not documented. However, I did not write the biographies in Me & Lee: editors did. You wrote: "He only used the 544 Camp Street stamp on a few Corliss Lamont pamphlets." Lee left flyers at college campuses and at the USS Wasp that were not collected by the FBI for public view. Lee did NOT place his home address on any flyers. He stamped some with 4907 Magazine St. But 4905 was his actual home address, not 4907. FBI published both as his home address, but Eric Rogers & wife lived at 4907 from mid-July on, when Lee stamped them as 4907. I replied to Baker: Fred: Thank you very much. However, the handbill is your book is a fake. The background of the handbill is taken from a Warren Commission exhibit, and the 544 Camp Street stamp is taken from a fake Oliver Stone flyer. There is NO evidence that Oswald stamped handbills with the 544 Camp Street Address. Judyth: No, the 544 Camp Street stamp is asserted on p. 68 of Robert Groden's book, THE SEARCH FOR LEE HARVEY OSWALD. Groden advised Stone and supplied photocopies from the HSCA exhibits he photographed. Now please apply common sense, for a PHOTO on p 69 shows the Corliss LaMont [CIA-supplied] booklet, THE CRIME AGAINST CUBA, clearly stamped 544 Camp Street and handed out ONLY on Canal St. There would be no reason for Lee, who also handed out the FPCC flyers on that same day, to have changed the address on his stamp kit to a different address that same day. Furthermore, I am a living witness to the fact, seeing them with my own eyes. You can claim all day long that the photo is of a fake from Stone's movie, but not only Groden but I, as well, saw 544 stamped on the first batch of flyers and on the booklets. I was there on Canal St. that day and was fired the same day for being seen with Lee. you can quibble about it, but you were not there. I wonder how you make your claims, what motivates you. Use Occam's Razor. Lee would not have stamped two addresses on where to contact him on the same day. It is illogical and I have to conclude that you are not here to learn the truth, but to challenge my authority as a living witness, for surely you read my book and had to know how involved I was with those flyers. You are hostile and I'm sorry you have made up your mind. I know you won't change, so goodbye, and sorry you are hostile. Goodbye. And Judyth then blocked me on Twitter. Her insistence on the reality of a fake handbill is yet further proof that her story of a relationship with Lee Harvey Oswald is a fantasy. Of course, people like Oliver Stone believe her: If you check page 68 of Robert Groden's The Search for Lee Harvey Oswald, you will find this illustration: This stamp was almost certainly used only on a limited supply of Corliss Lamont pamphlets, including this Warren Commission exhibit: It seemed quite possible that Robert Groden created the fake handbill, based on his incomplete knowledge of the record. He has been known to publish modified autopsy photographs based on his interpretation of witness testimony. He has been credibly accused by Pat Speer of merging a photo of a wax dummy created for the JFK film with a real autopsy photo to move the fatal wound more towards the back of the head. Pat Speer notes: In his 10-17-13 appearance at the Wecht conference in Pittsburgh, Groden claimed that he'd now discussed Kennedy's head wounds with 88 witnesses, and that all of them had said the wound was on the rear of the head. He then warned the audience that he was about to show them some autopsy photos, which were pretty gruesome. The first of these was the so-called right profile photo, which is indeed pretty gruesome. The second of these was the photo on which Groden had added a wound in order to show how he believed Kennedy's head had actually appeared. Well, this would have been fine except...he showed this without comment, letting his audience believe it was the real deal. So, geez Louise. That's not kosher. One can only wonder, then, how many of those buying or even browsing through Groden's pamphlets and seeing this photoshop of horrors have walked away from Groden's table in Dealey Plaza thinking they'd seen the original autopsy photo without realizing that none of the Parkland witnesses Groden implies had verified this photo had actually done such a thing. I telephoned Robert and asked about the fake handbill. He denied both making the document and giving it to Judyth. He had no information whatsoever about the fake handbill. Most probably, someone with the requisite Photoshop skills made the document and provided it to Judyth. We might never learn its origins. The fake handbill is now widely used to insinuate a relationship between Lee Harvey Oswald and Guy Banister. For instance, NOLA Dave offers tours in New Orleans: And NOLA Dave uses the fake handbill in a writeup about his tour and elaborates on the importance of the 544 Camp Street address: The connections of New Orleans to the assassination of President Kennedy have never been fully investigated. Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin, spent almost 6 months in The Crescent City less than two months before Kennedy was killed in Dallas. What was he doing during all that time? With whom was he associating? Why does the address 544 Camp Street appear on the “HANDS OF CUBA” leaflets Oswald handed out. The building at that address also housed the offices of Guy Bannister, ex-FBI agent and virulent anti-Communist, segregationist and right wing agitator. 544 made for strange bedfellows.It was not the only strange and incongruous association. Another person who likes to use this fake handbill is James DiEugenio: Everything in the above PowerPoint slide is either false or misleading. But I am going to save the analysis for part three of our look at the fake handbill. Stay tuned to see how one of the leading conspiracy theorists turns fiction into fact. Previous Relevant Blog Posts "JFK: Destiny Betrayed" Misleads Viewers on Oswald's "Hands Off Cuba!" Handbills An analysis of the handbill used in Oliver Stone's so-called documentary, JFK: Destiny Betrayed. How about a "Hands Off Cuba" Coffee Mug? First-generation researcher Paul Hoch shows off the latest conspiracy tchotchke - a "Hands Off Cuba" coffee mug. Mancuso's Restaurant Some pictures of Camp and Lafayette streets. "JFK Revisited" Misleads on Guy Banister Oliver Stone's so-called documentary, JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass, makes the claim that Guy Banister gave Lee Harvey Oswald an office at 544 Camp Street in New Orleans. Did Delphine Roberts see Oswald in Banister's Office? Roberts was interviewed by Garrison's office in 1967 and she said nothing about seeing Oswald in Banister's office. Did Delphine Roberts See Lee Harvey Oswald in Banister's Office? (Part Two) Mary Brengel worked for Banister for a few months, and she also did not see Oswald in the office. Did David Ferrie Introduce Jack Martin to Lee Harvey Oswald in Banister's office? Jack Martin loved to tell stories. He said nothing about Oswald being in Banister's office when he blabbing to the FBI and the Secret Service in 1963 and 1964. Exclusive: Jim Garrison Talks to Jack Martin Jim Garrison interviewed Jack Martin in his office on December 14, 1966. Here is a link to a tape recording of that interview and a transcript. Martin talks about seeing Oswald in Banister's office with Sergio Arcacha Smith. But there are problems with his story. Don't miss the Viewer's Guide to JFK: Destiny Betrayed and JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass. Over the past several months, I have shown in multiple blog posts how Oliver Stone's documentary series, JFK Revisited and JFK: Destiny Betrayed, misleads viewers. In fact, despite months of work, there are still many more misleading segments that need to be addressed. It's no wonder that the fact checkers of Netflix nixed the airing of the films. There is a choice between four hours of tendentious nonsense (JFK: Destiny Betrayed) and two hours (JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass). As a handy guide for viewers, here are all those posts in order of their appearance in JFK: Destiny Betrayed and JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass, preceded by some general critiques The Viewer's Guide has now been updated to include the sources from my new book, Oliver Stone's Film-Flam: The Demagogue of Dealey Plaza.

Check out my latest podcast on Oliver Stone's Film-Flam: The Demagogue of Dealey Plaza. EPISODE 79 | Film Flam - JFK & Stone w/Fred Litwin Guest: Fred Litwin, author of Oliver Stone's Film-Flam: The Demagogue of Dealey Plaza. Former JFK conspiracy theorist turned JFK conspiracy debunker Fred Litwin has written a new book, this time taking aim at Oliver Stone's 1991 film "JFK" and his 2021 four-part TV series defending that movie, JFK: Destiny Betrayed. Don't forget to pick up a copy of Oliver Stone's Film-Flam: The Demagogue of Dealey Plaza.

A rare picture of Jack Martin Want to see some real research? Head over to Steve Roe's blog for an in-depth look at the man who became Jack Martin. Jack Martin was the weasel who tried to blame David Ferrie for the assassination and who funneled all sorts of information to Jim Garrison. None of it was reliable. You'll find Martin's rap sheet and his involvement with an illegal abortion in which a woman died. Oh, and Steve presents some new research that allows us to fully evaluate Martin's state of mind. Don't miss it. Previous Blog Posts on Jack Martin Exclusive: Jim Garrison Talks to Jack Martin Links to a audio recording, and a transcript, of a Jim Garrison interview with Jack Martin from December, 1966. Did John Dean Frame Jim Garrison? Jack Martin told the HSCA that John Dean, of Watergate fame, framed Jim Garrison. Jack Martin and David Lewis Talk to the Press An early interview with Martin and Lewis. Why did Guy Banister Pistol-Whip Jack Martin? Here's the real reason why Banister pistol-whipped Jack Martin Did David Ferrie Introduce Jack Martin to Lee Harvey Oswald in Banister's Office? A transcript of a Pershing Gervais interview with Jack Martin from December, 1966. Did Lee Harvey Oswald Have David Ferrie's Library Card? Jack Martin helped spread the rumor that Oswald had David Ferrie's library card. Did David Ferrie Speak to Clay Shaw on the Telephone from Guy Banister's Office? This never happened. This post includes Jack Martin's interview with the HSCA.

Dale Myers, author of the magisterial, With Malice: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Murder of Officer J. D. Tippit, has just published an excellent review of Oliver Stone's Film-Flam: The Demagogue of Dealey Plaza. Of course, Mr. Litwin has laid bare the considerable lies and falsehoods presented as fact in their documentary and the conspirati just can’t have that. It’s not enough, you see, to have convinced 80% of the public (at one time or another) that Lee Harvey Oswald was an innocent lamb led to the slaughter by forces unknown. No, the conspirati must have 100% saturation – nothing short of full compliance will suffice. Jawohl! And therein lies the rub. What are the conspirati so afraid of? Is it that the facts, when honestly presented, don’t align with their viewpoint? Mr. Litwin’s refreshing book is the anecdote to the conspiracy mindset that embraces fiction over fact and irrationality over logic. Please read the whole review. And, don't forget to pick up a copy of Oliver Stone's Film-Flam: The Demagogue of Dealey Plaza.

Did Lisa Pease learn the art of the insult from the master, James DiEugenio, or did she learn this on her own? Gerald Posner and I offered to debate Oliver Stone and James DiEugenio. We are still waiting for an answer. Previous Relevant Blog Post "Guilt by Orientation" - The CIA Strikes Again, Part Two A collection of Lisa Pease's tweets. James DiEugenio's Deflector Shields This post has a collection of insults from the master. Don't miss the Viewer's Guide to JFK: Destiny Betrayed and JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass.

The latest show on Black Op Radio (#1135) - the show the NSA doesn't want you to listen to - featured fellow Canadian Gerry Simone. They ended up talking about researchers who don't believe in a JFK conspiracy: {emphasis added in bold] (about 46 minutes into the broadcast) Osanic: Well, thank you for doing this review. It saves me of having to stumble across the article. And, and having my stomach turned. [Laughter} But ... Simone: Thanks for the opportunity, Len. This is my first podcast, and it takes some preparation and work, but it's well worth it. Osanic: Good. Now, just before we wrap up, is there anything else you wanted to bring up on this ... ? Or even any other topic? Is there anything that I didn't get to or that you actually want to talk about? Simone: Um, no, just that I'm, I'm still, I still look at other aspects of the assassination, you know, on social media, Facebook groups, people will ask questions, especially on Quora, they'll ask questions that some of them are obvious, there's obvious answers, and some of them, not so obvious. And you have to go into detail. So I, I just, I address, I don't specialize in any one area. So I, if I find something that's interesting, whether it involves the single bullet theory or other issues, you know, JFK's foreign policy, that's an important area that Jim DiEugenio has presented on, or other minutiae of the assassination. I write about it, as I address it, but it seems like there's something every week, that I'll see on social media, and there are still many who, who are Warren Commission defenders that are out there. So ... Osanic: Yeah, well, there's a payroll for them, so that. Simone: You know what? It's I, it just boggles the mind. It boggles the mind. Osanic: And when you hear the Twitter files that were released by, you know, Elon Musk, and he gave them to Matt Taibbi and find out there's a, there's a wing there that the FBI is funding $3.4 million for them to be censoring. I mean, the FBI has billions of dollars to throw into that. Well, you just know that there's other money and slush funds to keep these guys that you would think are ... ? Well, I'll just leave it alone. I'll leave it alone. [Laughter] Yeah, when I, these people that are Warren Commission supporters, you just laugh. I wonder how they had the logic to get a driver's license. And then, if you think there is no logic, then you think, you know, okay, there, they're on some agenda and they must be paid for their spending their time. It's limitless. Simone: Yeah. It makes me, especially if they've written a book on it, or two, like ... Osanic: Yeah, you don't even have to mention his name. [Laughter] Simone: [Laughter] But anyhow. Osanic: You know, you already said McAdams and that was my quota, one per show. Simone: Do you know what? He was, he was respectful with me. There was another guy there who was more harsh with me, but he was okay, because sometimes I came across things that would support his side. But then again, there's an interesting story, if you have ever had the time to look into and that's a story by the Canadian journalist who started the Toronto Sun, Peter Worthington. And Peter Worthington was there when Jack Ruby shot Oswald. He is there, there's a video, there's photos of him. And then he later covered the trial of Jack Ruby. And he would write about the assassination. He didn't believe in a conspiracy, but he always wondered, why are they holding all these files secret still. And he, he claims that he just walked down that ramp. And he said to him, and he said, I must have looked like a G Man, you know, and it was by fluke that he went down that morning because Oswald was supposed to come out at four, four o'clock, but he wanted to check the lay of the land. And he beat the Toronto Star journalist who was still in bed, who slept in, and they suspended him without pay, the Toronto Star journalist for two weeks. And because Peter Worthington from the Toronto Telegram got the story, but that's another fascinating account. So I remember mentioning that to McAdams -- here's a guy who says he just walked down, walked down the ramp. But you know, Osanic: But, the thing is, these guys are disingenuous on the research. I mean, it's just ... Simone: Well, I could, you know, Peter Worthington, that's mainstream media. Osanic: No, no, no, I mean, McAdams. Simone: Oh, oh God, Osanic: You know ... Simone: I, you know, to put it mildly, I thought he was a very good spin artist, that's how I'll put it, but yeah. I guess Osanic thinks that non-conspiracy people should pay higher car insurance rates: Osanic: Yeah, when I, these people that are Warren Commission supporters, you just laugh. I wonder how they had the logic to get a driver's license. And then, if you think there is no logic, then you think, you know, okay, there, they're on some agenda and they must be paid for their spending their time. It's limitless. Simone: Yeah. It makes me, especially if they've written a book on it, or two, like ... Osanic: Yeah, you don't even have to mention his name. [Laughter] I think that Gerry Simone was referring to me - but like the love that dare not speak its name, I am the assassination researcher whose name they dare not speak. Mr. Osanic clearly thinks that logic is on his side. All of this underscores the problem of the JFK assassination as an intellectual discipline. Every year there are assassination conferences, but if you don't believe in conspiracy, you will not get invited to present. It wasn't always the case, but Cyril Wecht made the case back in the early 90s that people who believe there was no conspiracy should not be invited: Cyril Wecht followed me [James DiEugenio] as a speaker, and at the end of his comments made a ringing declaration against inviting "fence-sitters" to any more of these seminars. He specifically mentioned Vaughn [Todd Vaughan] who, on the medical panel, had argued for the single-bullet theory. That last night's panel was one of the most emotional I had ever seen at a JFK convention. John Judge, Wecht, and myself were all interrupted several times by sustained applause and Wecht's powerful peroration against equivocators brought the house down. Yup, brought the house down. Please read Gus Russo's response to James DiEugenio: DiEugenio’s next complete misrepresentation concerns the performance of Cyril Wecht at the conference, describing it as “a powerful peroration against equivocators.” The implication is that “equivocators” are people who attend the conference in search of the truth, whatever that might be, as opposed to the zealots who claim to know the truth, and only see these events as pep rallies. Funny, that description was not included on the ASK brochure sent to me. I can assure the reader that if it were, I would not have wasted my time there. That is why you won't see researchers like me (or many other researchers) at any of the JFK conferences held each year. So, audiences won't get to hear how Steve Roe found Elmer Todd's initials on CE 399 and they won't hear my possible solution to the Bolton Ford mystery. That would disturb the karma of these conferences. Peter Worthington story, discussed by Simone, is indeed interesting. But he didn't go down the ramp: It was around 9 a.m. on the Sunday, and I remember thinking of my army days and the admonition: "Time spent on reconnaissance is never wasted." An agitated conscience persuaded me to check out the police station before bedding down. I wanted to know the lay of the land for the 5 p.m. move. I'd still catch a couple of hours sleep. The police station was quiet, but stairs leading to the underground garage was [sic] alive with the babble of voices. I went down, prepared to show what credentials I had and to explain my dishevelled, unshaven presence if there was a security check. There was none. I found myself on the police side of the garage, TV cameras and journalists packed and hollering across the driveway. I began chatting with a plainclothes cop, hoping to discourage others from questioning my presence. I think local cops assumed I was FBI, while the FBI figured I was a local cop.

You can watch this video on YouTube. Here is a transcript of his testimony: Here is a link to highlights of his testimony. Raymond Broshears was a fabulist who talked his way into the Garrison investigation. He told a TV talk show that he had channeled Lee Harvey Oswald during a seance. A Garrison staffer heard the show and went to interview Broshears. He had all sorts of stories and he was flown to New Orleans. He told them he was a roommate of David Ferrie and that he had slept with Kerry Thornley. Among his many stories: Hale Boggs was part of the conspiracy, and Clay Shaw was responsible for keeping Boggs in office. Two men from Garrison's office threatened Ferrie in 1965. Ferrie was working for a group of people who wanted to take over the United States. Ferrie told Broshears that Lyndon Johnson killed JFK. The two assassins were killed in a plane crash in Corpus Christi - they were supposed to have been flown by Ferrie from Houston to South Africa. Broshears said that Ferrie said that Oswald was one of the best lays he ever had. Broshears said he threatened the life of Lyndon Johnson, and he was then detained in a VA psychiatric hospital in New Orleans. Perry Russo stole $2,300 from Clay Shaw. Broshears was threatened by Secret Service agents after appearing on the Bohrman TV show. Three people who worked in the TSBD were part of the cell that Oswald had infiltrated. Tippit was sent to kill Oswald because Oswald had infiltrated the cell for the FBI. Oswald had gone to Russia on work for the FBI. Ferrie met Jack Ruby in New Orleans. It didn't take them long to realize that Broshears was just making stuff up. He was not called as a witness in the Clay Shaw trial. Here are some of the wacky things he told the HSCA: He told the HSCA there were three assassins (he told Garrison there were two). Various people wanted to kill David Ferrie. He never met Clay Shaw (but he told Garrison he had). David Ferrie was murdered. Someone shot at him when he was in New Orleans. One of Garrison's assistant DA's killed Ferrie. You would think that no sane conspiracy theorist would take Mr. Broshears seriously. But you would be wrong. Have a look: On the Trail of the Assassins, Jim Garrison (page 154 - 156) Garrison swallows Broshears' stories, hook, line & sinker. But note he didn't dare use Broshears as a witness. Another individual we located who had met Clay Shaw through David Ferrie was Raymond Broshears, a long-time friend of Ferrie’s who occasionally drifted into town from Long Beach, California. We caught up with Broshears, a talkative fellow, some time after Ferrie’s death. It was back in 1965, he told us, at Dixie’s Bar, sufficiently off the beaten path and deep enough in the Vieux Carré for Shaw to be comfortable, where Broshears first met Shaw. Later that evening, on one of the few occasions when Shaw publicly had dinner at a restaurant with Ferrie, Shaw went home and changed from his sport clothes into less casual attire, meeting the other two at the restaurant. Broshears described him as dressed in a “beautiful” gray suit. On another occasion, Broshears was with Ferrie at a sidewalk cafe on Bourbon Street when Shaw was driven up in a large black chauffeured car. Broshears recalled that Ferrie went over and had a brief conversation with Shaw before the latter was driven off. Broshears saw Ferrie and Shaw together another time on the corner of Dauphine Street and another French Quarter cross-street that Broshears could not remember. Ferrie brought him to the corner and indicated that they were waiting for Shaw to come by. Shaw drove up, again in an imposing black car, and handed Ferrie a large brown envelope. Then, glancing in Broshears’ direction, Shaw informed Ferrie that the F.B.I. was looking for Broshears. After Shaw drove off, Ferrie opened the envelope, which contained cash, and gave Broshears some of the money inside. Ferrie would never discuss his connection with President Kennedy’s assassination, Broshears said, except when he was intoxicated. When he became sufficiently drunk, however, he went to great pains to emphasize that his role had been marginal. He invariably added that providing a service connected with an assassination did not really constitute participation in the assassination. Over a period of months Ferrie got to know Broshears better and told him more. According to Broshears, Ferrie had driven to Houston, Texas, on the afternoon of the assassination. His assignment was to wait there until he was joined by two members of the assassination team from Dallas. These two men were scheduled to arrive in a single-engine plane piloted by one of the assassins, a man named Carlos, whom Ferrie knew well. Once out of the Dallas area, a twin-engine plane was regarded as more practical, and that was where Ferrie was to have come in. He had been assigned to pick up the two members of the team after the single-engine plane arrived in Houston, thereupon flying them on to a more distant location. Ferrie said that he had done everything he was supposed to, including going to the ice-skating rink in Houston and waiting for Carlos, but Carlos failed to show up. Broshears at first thought that Ferrie was making this up. In time, as Ferrie would get drunk and describe again his waiting for Carlos at the ice-skating rink in Houston, Broshears realized that Ferrie was not making it up. It developed that there had been a last-minute change in the departure plans for these two particular members of the assassination team. Ferrie never revealed to Broshears who gave him his orders. But he left no doubt that he did not consider Carlos qualified to fly any aircraft with a higher rating than single engine. He described Carlos as a Cuban exile, like the other member of the assassination team who had been assigned to arrive in Houston with him. Ferrie had met them both in New Orleans. They were convinced that President Kennedy had sold them out to the communists. Or so Broshears stated. I had been leery from the outset of details about the assassination volunteered by individuals. I was more interested in bringing into focus the forces involved. However, I could not ignore the detail about the Cubans Ferrie said he had met in New Orleans. Ferrie, I knew, had been the guerrilla instructor for Guy Banister and his mix of Americans and Cubans at the training camp north of Lake Pontchartrain. And so this contribution of Broshears’s fit the developing picture. I had three separate statements taken from Broshears. There was little variation in detail from one to the next. A Farewell to Justice, Joan Mellen: Raymond Broshears is mentioned 13 times in Mellen's book. (page 82) David Ferrie would tell his friend, Raymond Broshears, that the Dallas police were informed by their superiors that Jack “was going to kill the bastard and that they would be patriotic to turn the other way.” Broshears already knew Ferrie and Oswald were connected to the CIA, and Jack Martin, keeping a close rein on Beckham, had introduced Beckham to David Ferrie. (page 101) Despite his bravado, Ferrie began to deteriorate. He rarely bathed. The rifle in his car was now always loaded. He talked of killing himself. He telephoned the Reverend Raymond Broshears and said he feared that he was going to be killed. Depressed, he confided to Jimmy Johnson that Garrison had picked up his friend Mike (Crouchet), and had questioned him about Ferrie. (page 122 - 123) Lee Harvey Oswald and David Ferrie figured prominently in Shaw’s sexual pursuits. The Reverend Raymond Broshears of the Universal Life Church told Jim Garrison that one day Ferrie introduced Shaw to him as “Clara” at Dixie’s Bar of Music. Ferrie had confided that Oswald did not kill President Kennedy. His own assignment had been to fly two of the assassins from “south of Houston on down through Central and South America.” Shaw was close to Kent Courtney, Ferrie had told him, corroborating other witnesses. Shaw knew arms dealer, Richard Lauchli. Ferrie had also introduced Broshears to Kerry Thornley, with whom Broshears had sex. “I had sex with Thornley and I know his slender hips,” Broshears bragged. Back in California, Broshears sent back praise for the professionalism of Louis Ivon: “Mr. Ivon is one of the best cops I’ve ever met,” Broshears wrote, “in the South, that is.” Destiny Betrayed, James DiEugenio (page 209) The above is just one instance of Shaw being associated with Ferrie, a fact Shaw denied at his trial. As Jim Garrison revealed in his book, On the Trail of the Assassins, he had statements from a number of witnesses who had seen the two together. And this is besides the witnesses in Clinton and Jackson. These witnesses included Jules Kimble who took a plane trip with the two men; David Logan who, after being introduced to Shaw by Ferrie, had a homosexual tryst with Shaw; Nicholas and Mathilda Tadin, who saw Ferrie with Shaw at the New Orleans Airport where Ferrie was giving their son flying lessons; and Raymond Broshears who had a drink with Shaw and Ferrie, and later joined them for dinner. DiEugenio uses Broshears as a witness who saw Shaw and Ferrie together. Crossfire, Jim Marrs (page 472) Raymond Broshears, a longtime friend of Ferrie’s, had seen Ferrie and Shaw together on several occasions. Furthermore, Broshears told Garrison how Ferrie once became intoxicated and detailed how he had driven to Houston the day of Kennedy’s death to meet two members of the assassination team from Dallas. The pair was to have arrived in Houston in an airplane piloted by one of them, a Cuban exile known only as “Carlos.” Ferrie was to have taken Carlos and his fellow assassin out of Houston. Ferrie told Broshears that something had gone wrong. The two men never showed up The Kennedy Conspiracy, Paris Flammonde (page 39 - 40) The most startling posthumous "revelation" regarding David Ferrie came to public attention in mid-August, 1968, when the Rev. Raymond Broshears, who had roomed with the late pilot some three years earlier, stated on a Los Angeles television program: "David admitted being involved with the assassins. There's no questions about that." Broshears said Ferrie "was in Houston at the time Mr. Garrison has him in Houston, with an airplane waiting." According to the minister the alleged conspirator was supposed to pilot two of the actual assassins on the second stage of an escape flight which would eventually carry them, by way of South America, to South Africa, with which the United States had no extradition treaty (and to which the CIA front operation Permindex moved when it was asked to leave Europe.) Ferrie, recalls Rev. Broshears, was in readiness at the Houston airport the afternoon of the murder, but the assassins, flying a light plane, panicked and attempted to make it all the way to some point in Mexico non-stop. They crashed off the coast of Corpus Christi, Texas, and perished, according to the minister's recounting of the Ferrie confession. Like Gordon Novel, the minister holds that the purported escape pilot was murdered. "No matter what happens I will never commit suicide," Broshears remembers him saying. Rev. Broshears, an admitted homosexual, tells of having been subjected to almost constant threats and harassments since his brief relationship with David Ferrie; however, in at least one instance, he somewhat aggravated the situation. In his words, "I said that Mr. Johnson, who was responsible, directly or indirectly, for the assassination of President Kennedy, should be put to death." The Man Who Knew Too Much, Dick Russell (page 366 - 367) If you want some fantasy, here it is: Raymond Broshears was the "Judyth" of his time. Previous Relevant Blog Posts on Raymond Broshears Exclusive: Raymond Broshears on the Stan Bohrman Show, July 1968 An audio recording of Broshears on the Bohrman Show. First Garrison Interview with Reverend Raymond Broshears Bill Turner sent a memo to Stephen Burton saying that he should find and interview Raymond Broshears. Here is Burton's memo. David Ferrie's Roommate Reveals the Assassination Plot! Broshears revealed the plot to the LA Free Press Reverend Raymond Broshears Tells All to Stephen Jaffe and Mark Lane! Lane and Jaffe pay the good Reverend a visit. Reverend Raymond Broshears Reveals the Shaw-Ferrie Link! Broshears even identified the three tramps. Reverend Raymond Broshears Tells Even More in New Orleans! Of course, they had to fly Broshears to New Orleans to tell more stories. Reverend Raymond Broshears Makes a Startling Revelation! Broshears outs a Garrison suspect. The good Reverend writes about Jim Garrison Broshears' newsletter discusses his trip to New Orleans Reverend Raymond Broshears Talks to the HSCA Hard to believe but the HSCA actually interviewed Broshears. What do JFK conspiracy books say about Raymond Broshears? For some reason, conspiracy theorists believe Broshears is credible. Who was Leon Oswald? James DiEugenio believes that Raymond Broshears corroborates the existence of a Leon Oswald.

Two days ago, I asked an important question about Oliver Stone and Clay Shaw: The responses from people on Facebook have been incredibly disappointing. The slandering of an innocent man, in my opinion, deserves intelligent debate and perhaps some honest reflection. Instead, most of the comments are just partisan insults. Have a look: James Meerschaert is a Judyth supporter. I can always count on him for bringing a smile to my face. I don't know if I am a lackey or a shill for the CIA, but this comes up on a regular basis. Nothing like good logic. My 'attack' on Jim Garrison confirms Mr. Loftus' suspicions. No one can tell me what evidence there is that Clay Shaw conspired to kill JFK. Paul Hoch asked Jim Garrison that exact question, and I then followed up. So far, nothing. People are happy to repeat conspiracy claims, but are seldom able to back them up. In this case, the discussion even morphed to the three tramps and E. Howard Hunt and Frank Sturgis. Now. what books does this person read? Some people believe that posting an article from the internet will convince me. In this case, it's an article from the Future of Freedom Foundation who pushes all sorts of JFK conspiracy nonsense -- particularly on the medical evidence. In this case, they are just repeating an allegation that I have debunked. Typically when I ask about Clay Shaw's involvement in the conspiracy, people just tell me he was CIA. Oh, Clay Shaw had ties to the "money men who run the world." Well, that convinces me. The amount of nonsense spewed about Permindex is staggering. Permindex was an attempt to start a permanent commercial exhibition in Rome but failed because of a lack of tenants. Clay Shaw was on the board, but he never even attended a meeting. People just don't know the case: Here is a decent comment: Some Facebook groups are better than others. Here are some good comments: But, back to the insults: Michael Rinella, author of a good book on Willem Oltmans, the Dutch JFK assassination researcher, added to the discussion: I don't know Mr. Mule, but he gets it: Mr. Molloy is only willing to admit one error by Oliver Stone: Mr. Hales knows when Oliver Stone should apologize: Doug O'Brien frequently insults me on Facebook: Thomas Herbert, who has written two conspiracy books, clearly, did not read my post. He thinks I was only talking about Stone's film JFK: His answer to a good comment by James Smith is ridiculous: Mr. Lee knows what happened: Brian Doyle leaves silly comments on a variety of forums. Nothing in this comment is true: Mr. Houckham has a lot to learn: And, finally, a good comment from Mr. Tindell: Don't miss the Viewer's Guide to JFK: Destiny Betrayed and JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass. Over the past several months, I have shown in multiple blog posts how Oliver Stone's documentary series, JFK Revisited and JFK: Destiny Betrayed, misleads viewers. In fact, despite months of work, there are still many more misleading segments that need to be addressed. It's no wonder that the fact checkers of Netflix nixed the airing of the films. There is a choice between four hours of tendentious nonsense (JFK: Destiny Betrayed) and two hours (JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass). As a handy guide for viewers, here are all those posts in order of their appearance in JFK: Destiny Betrayed and JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass, preceded by some general critiques. The Viewer's Guide has now been updated to include the sources from my new book, Oliver Stone's Film-Flam: The Demagogue of Dealey Plaza.

You can listen on YouTube. Leander D'Avy was born in 1924 and had served in the U.S. Air Force. He was employed as a doorman at the Court of Two Sisters (a restaurant/bar) from 1959 to 1963. But he was also a fabulist who loved to tell stories. He told the HSCA that he had seen David Ferrie, Lee Harvey Oswald, and the three tramps together in a back room of the Court. He also said that he had been slapped by Jack Ruby outside of the restaurant. Here is an audio recording of Leander D'Avy's testimony before the HSCA. You can download a transcript of his testimony: Check out this earlier post on Leander D'Avy, which has many Garrison and FBI documents as well as an analysis of his HSCA interview and subsequent testimony: Did Leander D'Avy see Oswald with the Three Tramps? Leander D'Avy is discussed in several conspiracy books: The Assassinations, Edited by James DiEugenio and Lisa Pease D'Avy is mentioned in an article by John Armstrong, "Harvey and Lee: The Case for Two Oswalds, Part II." Of course, Oswald was not in New Orleans during the summer of 1962. Armstrong does not mention that the "three unidentified men" were identified by D'Avy as the three tramps. I guess that would have ruined the story. Destiny Betrayed by James DiEugenio James DiEugenio believes that the HSCA interview of D'Avy was "utterly fascinating." (page 387) DiEugenio says nothing about D'Avy's HSCA testimony about the three tramps. A Farewell to Justice by Joan Mellen Mellen also accepts D'Avy's testimony: Mellen mentions the discussion in the "upstairs apartment" but says nothing about the three tramps. She added Clay Shaw into the mix although D'Avy did not say he was part of the conversation. Leander D'Avy died in 1986 Clarion-Ledger, February 13, 1986 Previous Relevant Blog Posts Paul Bleau and the Three Tramps Paul Bleau uses D'Avy as a witness without realizing he has severe credibility problems. Did Leander D'Avy see Oswald with the Three Tramps? FBI, Garrison, and HSCA documents on D'Avy. Link Tracy Parnell also has a good discussion of Leander D'Avy on his website.

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 Film-Flam: The Demagogue of Dealey Plaza, I asked several questions of Oliver Stone, and a couple of them were about Clay Shaw: When will Oliver Stone and James DiEugenio admit they are wrong about Clay Shaw? When will they apologize for their continued smearing of a good man? Jim Garrison ruined Clay Shaw's life. He had retired in 1965 to write plays and restore properties in the French Quarter in New Orleans. He had a nice apartment on Dauphine Street, many friends in the Quarter, and enough money to have a happy life. All of that came to crashing end in March of 1967 when Jim Garrison charged him with conspiring to kill JFK. The only evidence against him was from a Perry Russo recovered memory -- he had been hypnotized three times and was also interviewed after being injected with sodium pentothal. The case took two years to go to trial at which he was quickly acquitted. The jury took about 50 minutes to reach their decision -- it would have been quicker, but some of the jurors had to pee. Two days later, Jim Garrison charged Clay Shaw with two counts of perjury and that took another two years to quash. Shaw then filed a $5 million damages lawsuit against Jim Garrison, Perry Russo, and the financiers who were backing the investigation. Before the case could be heard, Shaw died of lung cancer, and the lawsuit had to be ultimately abandoned because he had no heirs. Three first-generation researchers (David Lifton, Paul Hoch, and Sylvia Meagher) realized that Jim Garrison was a charlatan. Meagher wrote a letter to the editor of Look Magazine after they ran "The Persecution of Clay Shaw": The t in gentle in the second line doesn't show. Meagher also split with some of the other critics over Jim Garrison. Here is an excerpt of a note she wrote about a phone call with Penn Jones: In the late 1980s, Meagher was asked to act as a referee for Jim Garrison's manuscript. She found his chapter on the characters in New Orleans to be ridiculous: I strongly recommend that people read some of my other blog posts about Sylvia Meagher and Jim Garrison: Sylvia Meagher on the Clay Shaw Case Meagher's amazing comment on Garrison's book. Penn Jones' Phone Call with Sylvia Meagher This phone call broke their relationship. Sylvia Meagher's Letter to Look Magazine Sylvia Meagher's reply to Look Magazine's article "The Persecution of Clay Shaw." Mark Lane vs. Sylvia Meagher An exchange of letters between Lane and Meagher. Sylvia Meagher and Jim Garrison, Part One Sylvia Meagher writes Clay Shaw, and he replies. Sylvia Meagher and Jim Garrison, Part Two An unpublished Meagher memo on the trial of Clay Shaw. Sylvia Meagher and Jim Garrison, Part Three - a never before published article by Meagher Another unpublished Meagher memo on the Garrison investigation and Warren Report critics. Garrison's Playboy Interview - What Couldn't Be Printed Sylvia Meagher's letter to the Editor regarding Garrison's interview in Playboy Magazine. Sylvia Meagher's Reaction to the Verdict in the Shaw Trial Meagher writes Harold Weisberg with her comments on the verdict. Two Letters to Jim Garrison about "A Heritage of Stone" James Phelan and Sylvia Meagher write Garrison letters about his book. Kerry Thornley writes Sylvia Meagher An exchange of letters between Thornley and Meagher. Did RFK Tell Garrison that there were guns between him and the White House? Meagher writes Thornley about Lane's comment on RFK. Sylvia Meagher Congratulates Clay Shaw On His Acquittal Meagher writes Clay Shaw. Was Jim Garrison Napoleon or Rasputin? Meagher writes Thornley with an opinion. M. S. Arnoni and Sylvia Meagher Take On Jim Garrison... Exchange of letters between Meagher, Arnoni and Garrison. Jim Garrison Blows His Top Meagher writes Weisberg about the damage Garrison is doing to critics of the Warren Report. James Phelan Writes to Richard Popkin Meagher replies to the New York Review of Books regarding Popkin's article on Garrison. Sylvia Meagher Replies to Richard Popkin An exchange of letters between Popkin and Meagher. Jim Garrison's treatment of Clay Shaw was horrific. And then along came Oliver Stone. He could easily have made a JFK conspiracy film without Jim Garrison. Unfortunately, he believed that Garrison's book, On the Trail of the Assassins, was non-fiction. What does that tell you about his critical faculties? And look at how Tommy Lee Jones was told to portray Clay Shaw. He interviewed Garrison on three different occasions so that he could "come to a detailed understanding of Jim Garrison's point of view." Q: What kind of inner life did you create? Jones: He was a dedicated sadomasochist These guys, especially Ferrie [Joe Pesci], were also fascists, in love with the idea of fascism, which in those days to those guys was like a fad, part of a netherworld, and it was tied up with sadomasochism and gay life in the Quarter. Flirtations with fascism had more to do with styles and ways of decorating a private, separate life than they did with believing in fascism as a political alternative. Then, Jones says that "Garrison's idea was that his whole life was a sham, and that all of his aloofness, snobbishness, and elegance was utter pretense. I had no idea whether it was true or not. The movie was from Jim's point of view. So, I'm playing Jim Garrison's Clay Shaw via Oliver Stone's Jim Garrison." Let that sink in - "Jim Garrison's Clay Shaw via Oliver Stone's Jim Garrison." Jones added that Shaw was a "deeply corrupt guy, according to Jim....so he's led a dishonest life, and I imagine toward the end of it it started to catch up with him." This is deeply offensive. While Clay Shaw was in the closet, he led his life with grace and dignity. Oliver Stone has had many years to admit he was wrong on Clay Shaw. Instead, he doubled down on the nonsense in JFK: Destiny Betrayed. The so-called documentary series mentions Clay Shaw’s arrest “on charges that he was part of the conspiracy to kill President Kennedy …” Nowhere in the series does it even say that Clay Shaw was tried and was acquitted of conspiracy. This is an astounding error of omission, because Stone makes a big deal out of the fact that Lee Harvey Oswald never had his day in court. Nor does the film mention what Judge Herbert Christenberry said in 1971 after three days of hearings regarding the perjury charges. He found that Garrison “undertook his baseless investigation with the specific intent to deprive Shaw of his rights under the First, Fifth and Fourteenth amendments ... the only conclusion that can be drawn from Garrison’s actions is that he intentionally used the arrest for his own purposes, with complete disregard for the rights of Clay Shaw.” Stone also alleges that Clay Shaw was a CIA agent. For conspiracy theorists like Oliver Stone, this is consorting with the enemy, and certainly enough to suggest participation in an assassination conspiracy. And on this he falls flat on his face. Shaw did have an association with the CIA, but he was just a source for the Domestic Contact Service from 1948 to 1956. Shaw’s career was in international trade and the CIA took an interest in his trips to the Caribbean, Central America and South America in 1949 and another trip to South America is 1951. When Shaw curtailed his international travel in 1956, his association with the CIA ended. Clay Shaw was an outstanding citizen of New Orleans. There is a reason why a plaque celebrating his life hangs outside one of the many properties he refurbished during his life. When conspiracy theorists discuss the assassination, they rarely talk about Clay Shaw. You won't find long strings on Shaw on the Facebook JFK groups and the people on other internet forums never really talk about him. Might that be because they all know that there is nothing to talk about? And why is Don Carpenter's magisterial biography of Clay Shaw ignored? You would think that if conspiracy theorists really believed that Shaw was involved in the JFK assassination, that they would be continually trying to debunk Carpenter's book. I think it's because there is absolutely no connection between Clay Shaw and the JFK assassination. Mr. Stone, you were wrong about Clay Shaw. Isn't it time for you to apologize? Don't miss the Viewer's Guide to JFK: Destiny Betrayed and JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass. Over the past several months, I have shown in multiple blog posts how Oliver Stone's documentary series, JFK Revisited and JFK: Destiny Betrayed, misleads viewers. In fact, despite months of work, there are still many more misleading segments that need to be addressed. It's no wonder that the fact checkers of Netflix nixed the airing of the films. There is a choice between four hours of tendentious nonsense (JFK: Destiny Betrayed) and two hours (JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass). As a handy guide for viewers, here are all those posts in order of their appearance in JFK: Destiny Betrayed and JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass, preceded by some general critiques. The Viewer's Guide has now been updated to include the sources from my new book, Oliver Stone's Film-Flam: The Demagogue of Dealey Plaza.

Tim Nickerson has just written a very nice review of my new book, Oliver Stone's Film-Flam: The Demagogue of Dealey Plaza." I have read quite a few books on the assassination. Written both from a conspiracy perspective and of that adhering closely to the "official" narrative. I have a paperback copy of one that is extremely dogeared and a book on the Tippit murder that would be if it wasn't in digital form. This book by Fred Litwin will most assuredly get virtually dogeared, and in relatively short order. I don't know what to make of Oliver Stone. His "JFK" is a masterpiece. A very enjoyable film to watch. One of those that can be watched over and over again. Of course, it's largely fiction, but a masterpiece nevertheless. While it upset some people who saw it as a big lie, it cannot be denied that it resulted in some positives. Namely the creation of the ARRB and the subsequent release of millions of pages from documents that had been sealed. Stone was able to assuage criticism of "JFK" by admitting that he employed artistic license in the making of it. He cannot do the same with this Film Flam. In believing the writer of his JFK: Destiny Betrayed film, he has produced an epic film of misinformation, falsehoods, and flapdoodle. Fred Litwin is having none of it, and after reading this book neither will you. I can't recommend this book highly enough. Don't miss the Viewer's Guide to JFK: Destiny Betrayed and JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass. Over the past several months, I have shown in multiple blog posts how Oliver Stone's documentary series, JFK Revisited and JFK: Destiny Betrayed, misleads viewers. In fact, despite months of work, there are still many more misleading segments that need to be addressed. It's no wonder that the fact checkers of Netflix nixed the airing of the films. There is a choice between four hours of tendentious nonsense (JFK: Destiny Betrayed) and two hours (JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass). As a handy guide for viewers, here are all those posts in order of their appearance in JFK: Destiny Betrayed and JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass, preceded by some general critiques. The Viewer's Guide has now been updated to include the sources from my new book, Oliver Stone's Film-Flam: The Demagogue of Dealey Plaza.