Brinkley: Kerry Faces Questions About Senate Hit Plot

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What did Sen. John Kerry know and when did he know it about a plot to assassinate pro-Vietnam War U.S. senators hatched at a November 1971 Kansas City meeting of the group Vietnam Veterans Against America?

According to presidential biographer Douglas Brinkley, that's the question Sen. Kerry needs to answer. If it turns out that the likely Democratic presidential nominee knew of the treasonous plan, Brinkley says he had an obligation to go to the authorities.

"The question is: did Kerry quit [VVAW] before Kansas City or did he quit after Kansas City," Brinkley told WABC Radio's Steve Malzberg. "If he quit after Kansas City, that means he clearly knew about this assassination plot against the senators and never went to the authorities."

Kerry says he submitted his official letter of resignation to the VVAW just days before the critical Kansas City confab. But two Vietnam veterans who attended the session told the New York Sun on Friday that they remember Kerry being there.

Meanwhile, copies of Kerry's resignation letter are nowhere to be found.

Brinkley, whose book "Tour of Duty" chronicles Kerry's Vietnam War exploits, said that the former Navy lieutenant had an obligation to warn authorities about the frightening plan, telling Malzberg, "Clearly his critics would say, if he had known about it why didn't he report it."

Once put to a vote, the death plot went down to defeat, with Kerry voting in the majority, according to the two witnesses who say he was there.

However, Kerry officials in Florida have recently invited the assassination plan's author, Scott Camil, to join the senator's campaign, the Sun report claimed.

Brinkley described Camil as "a hothead Vietnam vet who wanted to bring down the U.S. government."

"I'm a little shocked that the Kerry campaign would want him actively working with them in Florida," he told Malzberg.

[BikePacker]

This needs to be explored.

[TomGuy]

It is.

It's been on FR for a week.

Tom Lipscomb, who broke the story, has been on several talk radio programs since last week.

Most of the conservative talk radio programs have covered/are covering it.

The main media has it shelved, hoping it doesn't get legs.

[Izzy Dunne]

Question 1: Do you, Mr. Kerry, currently support the assassination of U.S. Senators?

Question 2: Would you mind standing over there?

[FlipWilson]

I think this one is going to get legs. It will not go away. There won't be any mystery woman issuing denials from Africa here. Instead, there are people who actually say Kerry was there.

[BikePacker]

Most of the conservative talk radio programs have covered/are covering it.

Ya well... March Madness has me listening to a different format.

I didn't realize the alarm had been sounded... Does Katie Couric know? /sarc

[John Thornton]

Brinkley described Camil as "a hothead Vietnam vet who wanted to bring down the U.S. government." "I'm a little shocked that the Kerry campaign would want him actively working with them in Florida," he told Malzberg.

I wonder if Kerry has hired Camil to practice his specialty against George W. Bush?

[StriperSniper]

It is.

SCOTT CAMILL ARCHIVE -- (John Kerry's would-be assassin colleague from the VVAW)

[kabar]

What's with Brinkley? He wrote an adoring biography of Kerry and made just a passing mention of his antiwar activities. Book sales must be slow. Maybe Brinkley is trying to boost sales or hoping that he can regain his credentials as a serious historian after being seen as a Kerry sycophant.

[fella]

Instead, there are people who actually say Kerry was there.

However, after the demonrats goons get to them they may suddenly develope a memory loss. Especially after a pet or two disappears or children have threatening strangers talk to them etc.. Tammany Hall may be gone but its' spirit lives on within the party.

[John Thornton]

Good point. But, remember, the Kerry campaign has confirmed that Kerry WAS there. The campaign sent an email to the New York Sun last week saying that Kerry doesn't remember being there, but he doesn't deny it either.

[lainde]

Legs...This story needs legs!!! FreeRepublic is keeping it on life support!

[Lib-Lickers 2]

why isn't Woodward and Bernstein all over this?,,lol,, why not slashed all over every main stream big city newspaper in the country?,, Can you imagine if Bush had been a member of the KKK when he was 27 years old,, attended meetings where the murder of leftwing Senators had been openly discussed and as of a week or two ago still said he was proud to have been a leader of that group?