Who really did kill Kennedy?

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Who really did kill Kennedy?

BROTHERS THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE KENNEDY YEARS BY DAVID TALBOT

Reviewed by Dan Cornford

THE AUTHOR WILL CONVINCE MANY NOT WEDDED TO THE WARREN COMMISSION FINDINGS THAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF A CONSPIRACY TO ASSASSINATE JFK (AND MAYBE RFK) IS SIGNIFICANT.

NOTWITHSTANDING THE DEFICIENCIES OF SOME SOURCES, TALBOT'S HIGHLY READABLE, AT TIMES GRIPPING BOOK MAKES THE CASE FOR RELEASING THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE JFK ASSASSINATION.

TALBOT SUMMARIZES MORE COMPELLING AND TROUBLING EVIDENCE. IN PARTICULAR, QUESTIONS REMAIN ABOUT THE ROLE CIA AGENT GEORGE JOANNIDES MAY HAVE PLAYED.

DECLASSIFIED JFK FILES REVEAL THAT IN 1963, JOANNIDES WAS THE AGENT IN CHARGE OF ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL CUBAN ANTI-CASTRO ORGANIZATIONS IN MIAMI, THE REVOLUTIONARY STUDENTS DIRECTORATE, OR DRE. A FEW MONTHS BEFORE JFK'S ASSASSINATION, THE DRE HAD SIGNIFICANT CONTACT WITH LEE HARVEY OSWALD, AND OSWALD ATTEMPTED TO INFILTRATE THE NEW ORLEANS BRANCH OF THE DRE.

IN THE COURSE OF FOUR INTENSIVE INVESTIGATIONS OF THE JFK ASSASSINATION, HOWEVER, THE CIA FAILED TO DIVULGE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CONNECTION, OR EVEN THAT JOANNIDES WAS THE CIA OFFICER ASSIGNED TO MANAGE THE DRE, AND REFUSED TO RELEASE IMPORTANT PARTS OF JOANNIDES' PERSONNEL FILE.

AMONG OTHER THINGS, TALBOT'S BOOK IS AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO A RECENT AND GROWING CHORUS OF KENNEDY AUTHORS AND RESEARCHERS, INCLUDING GERALD POSNER, THE MOST OFT-CITED AUTHORITY FOR THE "ONE GUNMAN/NO CONSPIRACY" THESIS, CALLING FOR A REOPENING OF INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE JFK ASSASSINATION OR, AT MINIMUM, FOR THE CIA TO RELEASE PERTINENT, IDENTIFIED DOCUMENTS THAT MIGHT SHED LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT.

IN SEPTEMBER, ON GROUNDS OF NATIONAL SECURITY, THE CIA SUCCESSFULLY THWARTED A REQUEST FOR SUCH INFORMATION.

UNTIL IT IS RELEASED, MANY AUTHORS OR CITIZENS WITH AN INTEREST IN THE ISSUE WILL REASONABLY SPECULATE THAT CRUCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE JFK ASSASSINATION IS BEING CONCEALED.

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