New Evidence in JFK Assassination Compels LBJ Attorney Barr McClellan To Demand Release of Documents

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Press Release

Source: Hannover House

New Evidence in J.F.K. Assassination Compels L.B.J. Attorney, Barr McClellan, To Demand Release of Documents

Monday November 17, 3:35 pm ET

McClellan, Former Attorney for Lyndon Baines Johnson, Petitions Support Of Senate Judiciary Committee and Department of Justice to Investigate New Evidence and to Release All Documents in J.F.K. Assassination Case

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Barr McClellan, an attorney who worked closely with former President Lyndon Baines Johnson, has asked for the support of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Department of Justice to investigate new evidence of L.B.J.'s involvement in the J.F.K. assassination. McClellan has also asked for the release of hundreds of documents that were withheld by the C.I.A. and F.B.I. from a 1998 investigation conducted by the Assassination Records Review Board.

"The American public has waited forty years to hear the truth about the J.F.K. assassination," said McClellan. "For government agencies to withhold critical evidence and not cooperate with the AARB investigation is a form of obstruction of justice. Under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act, the public should be granted access to these documents."

According to McClellan and former AARB investigator Doug Horne, hundreds of relevant documents were withheld from the 1998 investigation into the J.F.K. Assassination. They believe that these materials are now in the possession of the National Archives, relocated from sealed files previously controlled by the C.I.A. and F.B.I. Additionally, McClellan has suggested a formal review of the evidence in his book, "Blood, Money & Power: How L.B.J. Killed J.F.K." which clearly shows a direct connection between L.B.J. and the individual involved with the assassination and cover-up.

"At this time we need to see what else is missing and what else would be helpful to presenting the entire truth," McClellan continued. "The Senate Judiciary Committee and the Department of Justice could make the request of the National Archives and should do so."

A press conference is scheduled for Tuesday, November 18, at which time McClellan will make a more specific request for document production, and will detail support for this cause from diverse and highly placed sources. The public and media are invited to attend this special conference at the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C. at 3:00 p.m. EST. "Blood, Money & Power: How L.B.J. Killed J.F.K." by Barr McClellan was released last month by Hannover House. 464 pages, $24.95 sugg. retail, ISBN 0-9637846-2-5. NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20045

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[PhilDragoo]

You have NO idea what Johnson did.

Craig I. Zirbel, The Texas Connection, Warner, 1991, presents the qui bono case against LBJ.

Mark North, Act of Treason, Carroll & Graf, 1991, assembles a day-by-day account of J. Edgar Hoover's correspondence, calls, and memoranda. Hoover was instrumental in preventing the Billy Sol Estes and Bobby Baker scandals from harming LBJ.

John Newman, Oswald and the CIA, Carroll & Graff, 1995, is a 600-page examination of CIA and FBI files on Oswald released by the JFK Records Act of 1992. Gerry Patrick Hemming said Oswald seemed another penetration agent. The record shows Oswald served the interests of both agencies from 1959 through 1963.

Harold Weisberg, Case Open, Carroll & Graf, 1994, deflates Gerald Posner who spent two days with Weisberg's sixty file cabinets of FBI, CIA and Department of Justice files.

Two days for the three hundred thousand plus pages is to be expected from Posner who claimed to have conducted 200 interviews and read and indexed the ten-million-word Warren volumes.

JFK's National Security Action Memorandum 263 of October 1963 called for the removal of U.S. advisors from Vietnam, all 15,000 to be out by the 1964 election.

LBJ's National Security Action Memorandum 273 of November 26, 1963, the first business day after JFK's funeral, reversed that action.

LBJ's NSAM was drafted before JFK's assassination.

It was LBJ who instructed Warren to give the country proof of Oswald's sole responsibility, LBJ who made the FBI the only investigator and source of information for the Commission.

And Hoover who directed the course of the FBI investigation.

While LBJ placed Dulles on the Commission, when JFK had fired Dulles--along with Cabell, brother of the mayor of Dallas where the description of Oswald was provided quickly and anonymously.

Oswald who was drinking a Coke when approached by the Dallas officer and the Depository manager seconds after the assassination.

Oswald of "Maggie's drawers" fame--

Craig Roberts, Kill Zone: A Sniper Looks at Dealey Plaza, Consolidated Press International, 1997 ed., pp. 89-90:

According to my friend, Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock, the former senior instructor for the U.S.Marine Corps Sniper Instructor School at Quantico, Virginia, it could not be done as described by the FBI investigators. Gunny Hathcock, now retired [deceased 2003], is the most famous American military sniper in history. In Vietnam he was credited with 93 confirmed kills--and a total of over 300 actual kills counting those unconfirmed. He now conducts police SWAT team sniper schools across the country. When I called him to ask if he had seen the Zaptruder film, he chuckled and cut me off. "Let me tell you what we did at Quantico," he began. "We reconstructed the whole thing: the angle, the range, the moving target, the time limit, the obstacles, everything. I don't know how many times we tried it, but we couldn't duplicate what the Warren Commission said Oswald did. Now if I can't do it, how in the world could a guy who was a non-qual on the rifle range and later only qualified 'marksman' do it?"

[LaurieB]

Thank God thoughts of Bush gaining from 911 are in the minority. I would be very scarey if there were too many others thinking like that in this country. Some people have trouble dealing with logic.

[LaurieB]

Thank you much for the info, Phil! This book looks like a must read. I especially enjoyed the following:


Harold Weisberg, Case Open, Carroll & Graf, 1994, deflates Gerald Posner who spent two days with Weisberg's sixty file cabinets of FBI, CIA and Department of Justice files.

Two days for the three hundred thousand plus pages is to be expected from Posner who claimed to have conducted 200 interviews and read and indexed the ten-million-word Warren volumes.


Don't know how long it took Posner to index the Warren volumes - but it was sure a waste of time. Looks like his book was too.

[#3Fan]

Good post. How could anyone not be suspicious of LBJ?! Especially after looking at the Marshall murder.

[leadpenny]

Yes, thank you for that compiled list. I've already made a copy to carry with me as reference for future library rummages.

LBJ's NSAM was drafted before JFK's assassination.

It seems as though LBJ was a busy fellow prior to Nov 22nd. . .

It was LBJ who instructed Warren to give the country proof of Oswald's sole responsibility, LBJ who made the FBI the only investigator and source of information for the Commission.

. . . and after.

I've always been confused by Earl Warren's conduct in doing LBJ's and Hoover's bidding. We're talking about the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, no less. Do ya think someone had some dirty pictures or something?

[LaurieB]

I remember reading about the Walker incident (probably from more then one book in my library). Until your post, I hadn't given Walker a second thought. It's amazing the things that present themselves as being connected through these threads and they spark new interest in me every time I see them. Thank you for that info.

[Ann Archy]

Thanks for that info...I was aswering Sinkspur who said that LBJ could NOT have killed JFK....that's why I said he has n idea what LBJ has done. Those books sure tilt in my way of thinking.

[BnBlFlag]

What reasoning can justify keeping the archives closed after so many years? For that matter what could justify them being closed in the first place?

[LaurieB]

I have the book, "Case Closed" by Gerald Posner - I can't hardly bring myself to even want to open it. This book was released way back in 1997. Now that I hear that this book was written, using the research of others - I want even less to open it and read it. I did get it at my local thrift store for a few bucks. Hmmmmmmmm, wonder what that means? Perhaps the original owner of this book felt it had no merit and decided to discard it? My guess is that this person wanted to get in tune with the times.

[sinkspur]

I no longer care about the Kennedy assassination, especially since the discussion here seems to be more about "getting back" at those who disagree with the latest, far-out theory.

I regularly take books I've already read to used book stores, so the fact that you found a second-hand book doesn't mean jack.

[tpaine]

sinkspur wrote:

"I no longer care about the Kennedy assassination, --- "

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Belied by your many posts on this thread, wherein your compulsion to defend the governments version of events is obvious..
You're fooling only yourself sinky..

[sinkspur]

Your a real granny, paine.

[tpaine]

sinkspur wrote:
"I no longer care about the Kennedy assassination, --- "

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Belied by your many posts on this thread, wherein your compulsion to defend the governments version of events is obvious.. You're fooling only yourself sinky..
211 tpaine

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Your a real granny, paine.
212 -Sspur-

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What's so 'granny'-like about commenting on your compulsive hypocrisy sinky?


And why do you insist that the government is always right?

[LaurieB]

Oh, but it does mean jack. I wouldn't get rid of any book that meant something. Did you give your Gerald Posner book away?

[sinkspur]

Yes. The only books I keep are The Bible, two commentaries on the Bible, a collection of Shakespeare, and the Librettos to all Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas.

I think about the Kennedy assassination once a year.

[LaurieB]

The rest of us CONSISTENTLY follow it - not just when NBC announces that it's the anniversary of the JFK assassination. That's what I mean - you need to update yourself. Lots of stuff has been released since the last time you've read anything on the subject in 1997.

[sinkspur]

Lots of stuff has been released since the last time you've read anything on the subject in 1997.

And it's all the same: some guy suddenly "discovers" who killed Kennedy, writes a book, and sucks all the conspiracy theorists in.

He gets rich, and you guys have a new assassin to occupy your time until the next guy who suddenly "discovers who killed Kennedy comes along......

...you get the picture.

[LaurieB]

Lyndon B. Johnson is not just a new assassin. People have seen the possibility of his involvement since 1963. It is not anything new. People don't have to get sucked in when it's the truth.

[Dodgeboyz]

What Barr is telling in his book is the truth,I am sure of it,or as close as he can get to the truth.Our government is still covering this up,it needs to be brought out into the open so the american people can finally put this mess behind them.I know for me it would be great to finally get the truth.
LBJ was a terrible man,my great grandfather had many dealings with him.
I have read many books and I believe Barr is the closest to the truth than any others investigators in this matter.

[wvbushman]

most of the witnesses had "untimely" deaths. I have been a critic of warren commission for 30 years .I first became one one in 1974 after watching the movie Executive Action. I have also read this book by lbj's lawyer and found it guiet compelling.
Last week many people cited Posner's book Cased Closed as convincing of Oswald acting alone. Didn't Congress's investigation disagree. If Oswald acted alone why won't they release all of the documents?