JFK (1991)

1. President Eisenhower: BUT WE CAN NO LONGER RISK

2. EMERGENCY IMPROVISATIONS OF NATIONAL DEFENSE.

3. WE HAVE BEEN COMPELLED

4. TO CREATE A PERMANENT ARMAMENTS INDUSTRY

5. OF VAST PROPORTIONS.

6. ADDED TO THIS,

7. 31/2 MILLION MEN AND WOMEN

8. ARE DIRECTLY ENGAGED IN THE DEFENSE ESTABLISHMENT.

9. WE ANNUALLY SPEND, ON MILITARY SECURITY ALONE...

10. JANUARY 1961.

11. PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER'S

12. FAREWELL ADDRESS TO THE NATION.

13. NOW THIS CONJUNCTION,

14. OF AN IMMENSE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT

15. AND A LARGE ARMS INDUSTRY,

16. IS NEW IN THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.

17. THE TOTAL INFLUENCE—

18. ECONOMIC, POLITICAL,

19. EVEN SPIRITUAL—

20. IS FELT IN EVERY CITY, EVERY STATE HOUSE,

21. EVERY OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

22. WE MUST GUARD AGAINST

23. THE ACQUISITION OF UNWARRANTED INFLUENCE,

24. WHETHER SOUGHT OR UNSOUGHT,

25. BY THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.

26. WE MUST NEVER LET THE WEIGHT OF THIS COMBINATION

27. ENDANGER OUR LIBERTIES OR DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES.

28. NOVEMBER, 1960.

29. SENATOR JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY OF MASSACHUSETTS

30. WINS ONE OF THE NARROWEST ELECTION VICTORIES

31. IN AMERICAN HISTORY

32. OVER THE VICE-PRESIDENT, RICHARD NIXON,

33. BY A LITTLE MORE THAN 100,000 VOTES.

34. ALONGSIDE HIS BEAUTIFUL AND ELEGANT WIFE

35. JACQUELINE BOUVIER, KENNEDY IS THE SYMBOL

36. OF THE NEW FREEDOM OF THE 1960s,

37. SIGNIFYING CHANGE AND UPHEAVAL

38. TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.

39. THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.

40. EVERY DEGREE OF MIND AND SPIRIT

41. THAT I POSSESS

42. WILL BE DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM AROUND THE WORLD.

43. TODAY, THE PROUDEST BOAST IS, "ICH BIN EIN BERLINER!"

44. HE INHERITS A SECRET WAR

45. AGAINST THE COMMUNIST CASTRO DICTATORSHIP IN CUBA,

46. A WAR RUN BY THE CIA AND ANGRY CUBAN EXILES.

47. CASTRO IS A SUCCESSFUL REVOLUTIONARY,

48. FRIGHTENING TO AMERICAN BUSINESS INTERESTS

49. IN LATIN AMERICA.

50. THIS WAR CULMINATES

51. IN THE DISASTROUS BAY OF PIGS INVASION

52. IN APRIL 1961

53. WHEN KENNEDY REFUSES TO PROVIDE AIR COVER

54. FOR THE EXILED CUBAN BRIGADE.

55. KENNEDY, TAKING PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY

56. FOR THE FAILURE,

57. PRIVATELY CLAIMS THE CIA LIED TO HIM

58. AND TRIED THE MANIPULATE HIM

59. INTO ORDERING AN ALL-OUT AMERICAN INVASION OF CUBA.

60. EL PROBLEMA DE CUBA...

61. IN OCTOBER 1962,

62. THE WORLD COMES TO THE BRINK OF NUCLEAR WAR

63. WHEN KENNEDY QUARANTINES CUBA AFTER ANNOUNCING THE PRESENCE

64. OF OFFENSIVE SOVIET NUCLEAR MISSILES

65. 90 MILES OFF AMERICAN SHORES.

66. SOVIET SHIPS WITH MORE MISSILES SAIL TOWARDS THE ISLAND,

67. BUT AT THE LAST MOMENT, THEY TURN BACK.

68. THE WORLD BREATHES WITH RELIEF.

69. IN WASHINGTON, RUMORS ABOUND THAT JFK

70. HAS CUT A SECRET DEAL WITH RUSSIAN PREMIER KHRUSHCHEV

71. NOT TO INVADE CUBA

72. IN RETURN FOR A RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL OF MISSILES.

73. SUSPICIONS ABOUND THAT KENNEDY IS SOFT ON COMMUNISM.

74. KENNEDY ALSO FINDS HIMSELF EMBROILED

75. IN LAOS AND VIETNAM.

76. WE'VE GOT DIFFICULTIES THERE, QUITE OBVIOUSLY.

77. UNLESS A GREATER EFFORT

78. IS MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT

79. TO WIN POPULAR SUPPORT,

80. I DON'T THINK THAT THE WAR

81. CAN BE WON OUT THERE.

82. IN FINAL ANALYSIS,

83. IT'S THEIR WAR TO WIN OR LOSE.

84. EARLY THAT FATEFUL SUMMER,

85. KENNEDY SPEAKS OF HIS NEW VISION

86. AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON.

87. WHAT KIND OF A PEACE DO I MEAN?

88. AND WHAT KIND OF A PEACE DO WE SEEK?

89. NOT A PAX AMERICANA

90. ENFORCED ON THE WORLD BY AMERICAN WEAPONS OF WAR.

91. WE MUST RE-EXAMINE OUR OWN ATTITUDES

92. TOWARDS THE SOVIET UNION.

93. OUR MOST BASIC COMMON LINK

94. IS THAT WE ALL INHABIT THIS SMALL PLANET.

95. WE ALL BREATHE THE SAME AIR,

96. WE ALL CHERISH OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURES,

97. AND WE ARE ALL MORTAL.

98. YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!

99. YOU COME BACK HERE.

100. DON'T LEAVE ME HERE!

101. THEY'VE GONE UP TO DALLAS.

102. FRIDAY...

103. THEY'RE GONNA... KILL KENNEDY.

104. CALL SOMEBODY... AND STOP THEM.

105. THESE ARE SERIOUS FUCKING GUYS!

106. SHE'S HIGH ON SOMETHING.

107. BEEN THAT WAY SINCE THEY BROUGHT HER IN.

108. PLEASE HELP.

109. PLEASE.

110. AAH...

111. HERE IS A BULLETIN FROM CBS NEWS.

112. Walter Cronkite: IN DALLAS, TEXAS,

113. 3 SHOTS WERE FIRED AT PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S MOTORCADE

114. IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS.

115. THE FIRST REPORTS SAY

116. THAT PRESIDENT KENNEDY HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

117. BY THIS SHOOTING.

118. WHAT'S WRONG, LOU?

119. BOSS, THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN SHOT...

120. IN DALLAS, 5 MINUTES AGO.

121. OH, NO!

122. HOW BAD?

123. THERE'S NO WORD YET,

124. BUT THEY THINK IT'S IN THE HEAD.

125. COME ON.

126. NAPOLEON'S HAS A TV SET.

127. APPARENTLY, 3 BULLETS WERE FOUND.

128. GOVERNOR CONNALLY ALSO APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN HIT.

129. THE PRESIDENT WAS RUSHED BY SECRET SERVICE

130. TO PARKLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, 4 MILES FROM DEALEY PLAZA.

131. WE'RE TOLD THE BULLET ENTERED THE BASE OF THE THROAT

132. AND CAME OUT OF THE BACKSIDE,

133. BUT THERE IS NO CONFIRMATION.

134. BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS ARE BEING GIVEN.

135. A PRIEST HAS ADMINISTERED THE LAST RITES.

136. MANY ARRESTS MADE IN THE DAY...

137. THERE'S STILL A CHANCE, DAMN IT.

138. COME ON, JACK. PULL THROUGH.

139. FROM DALLAS, TEXAS,

140. THE FLASH APPARENTLY OFFICIAL—

141. PRESIDENT KENNEDY DIED

142. AT 1 P.M. CENTRAL STANDARD TIME,

143. 2:00 EASTERN STANDARD TIME,

144. SOME 38 MINUTES AGO.

145. VICE PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON

146. HAS LEFT THE HOSPITAL.

147. PRESUMABLY HE WILL BE TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE SHORTLY

148. AND BECOME, UH, THE 36th PRESIDENT

149. OF THE UNITED STATES.

150. HE DID SO MUCH FOR THIS COUNTRY,

151. FOR COLORED PEOPLE.

152. WHY? WHY?

153. HE'S DIRTY.

154. GOOD-BYE, YOU SORRY BASTARD!

155. DIE!

156. HEY, SHUT THE FUCK UP.

157. MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.

158. GOD, I'M ASHAMED TO BE AN AMERICAN TODAY.

159. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS DEAD.

160. I HAVE JUST TALKED TO FATHER OSCAR HUBERT

161. OF THE HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH.

162. HE AND ANOTHER PRIEST TELL ME THAT THE PAIR OF MEN

163. HAVE JUST ADMINISTERED THE LAST RITES

164. TO PRESIDENT KENNEDY.

165. SHORTLY AFTER 12:30,

166. AS THE PRESIDENT'S MOTORCADE

167. NEARED THE FREEWAY ENTRANCE

168. NEAR THE PARK ON THE WEST SIDE,

169. THOSE TERRIBLE SHOTS RANG OUT.

170. THE PRESIDENT IS DEAD.

171. BULLETS WERE COMING UP OVER OUR HEADS

172. FROM THAT FENCE UP ON THE KNOLL.

173. I SEEN HIS FACE WHEN IT HIT. HE JUST...

174. HIS EAR BLEW OFF...

175. AND HE TURNED JUST REAL WHITE.

176. HE, UH...

177. HE KIND OF FLOPPED OVER ON HIS STOMACH,

178. AND, UH, WITH HIS FOOT STICKING OUT.

179. HE—EXCUSE ME.

180. NONE OF US THOUGHT IT COULD HAPPEN IN AMERICA

181. OR ANYPLACE ELSE, AND YET...

182. ALL THIS BLUBBERING

183. OVER THAT NO-COUNT SON OF A BITCH!

184. THEY'RE BAWLING LIKE THEY KNEW THE MAN.

185. MAKES ME WANNA PUKE.

186. GOD'S SAKE, CHIEF, THE PRESIDENT WAS SHOT.

187. A BULLSHIT PRESIDENT.

188. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY CRYING

189. FOR ALL THOSE THOUSANDS OF CUBANS

190. THAT BASTARD CONDEMNED TO DEATH AND TORTURE

191. AT THE BAY OF PIGS.

192. GODDAMN PEACE TREATIES.

193. I HEARD SHOTS FROM OVER THERE.

194. WELL, I HEARD SOME SHOTS FROM RIGHT OVER THERE.

195. HOW MANY SHOTS?

196. I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE. THREE OR FOUR.

197. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LET THE NIGGERS VOTE.

198. THEY GET TOGETHER WITH THE JEWS AND CATHOLICS

199. AND ELECT AN IRISH BLEEDING HEART.

200. NOW, CHIEF, MAYBE YOU HAD

201. A LITTLE TOO MUCH TO DRINK.

202. BULLSHIT!

203. HERE'S TO THE NEW FRONTIER.

204. CAMELOT IN SMITHEREENS.

205. I'LL DRINK TO THAT.

206. A FLASH BULLETIN.

207. DALLAS POLICE HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY HAVE A SUSPECT

208. IN THE KILLING OF A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER,

209. J.D. TIPPIT, WHO WAS SHOT AT 1:15

210. IN OAK CLIFF, A SUBURB OF DALLAS.

211. POLICE SAY THIS COULD BE A TIE-IN

212. TO THE MURDER OF THE PRESIDENT.

213. THE SUSPECT, IDENTIFIED AS A LEE HARVEY OSWALD,

214. WAS ARRESTED BY MORE THAN A DOZEN POLICE OFFICERS

215. AFTER A SHORT SCUFFLE AT THE TEXAS MOVIE THEATER

216. IN OAK CLIFF.

217. OFFICER TIPPIT WAS KILLED APPARENTLY...

218. REVOLVER WHICH WAS FOUND ON OSWALD.

219. THERE IS APPARENTLY...

220. THEY OUGHT TO SHOOT THE BASTARD!

221. THEY SHOULD AWARD HIM

222. FOR SHOOTING KENNEDY.

223. OSWALD, DID YOU FIRE THAT RIFLE?

224. NO, SIR. I DIDN'T.

225. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M CHARGED WITH,

226. BUT I EMPHATICALLY DENY THESE CHARGES.

227. WELL, THE KID MUST HAVE GONE NUTS, RIGHT?

228. I SAID, OSWALD MUST'VE FLIPPED.

229. RIGHT?

230. YEAH.

231. JUST WENT AHEAD AND DID THIS CRAZY THING

232. BEFORE ANYBODY COULD STOP HIM.

233. I'LL GET OUT OF HERE.

234. I'VE GOT TO GET HOME, CHIEF.

235. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

236. YEAH, WHO'D EVER HAVE THOUGHT

237. THAT GOOFY OSWALD KID

238. WOULD PULL A STUNT LIKE AN ASSASSINATION?

239. JUST GOES TO SHOW,

240. YOU NEVER CAN KNOW ABOUT SOME PEOPLE.

241. AM I RIGHT, JACK?

242. YEAH.

243. WELL, BLESS MY SOUL.

244. HUH?

245. ALL THESE YEARS I THOUGHT YOU WERE ON MY TEAM.

246. SOMETIMES, I DON'T KNOW— ARE YOU KIDDING?

247. I COULDN'T BE MORE SERIOUS, JACK.

248. THOSE LITTLE RED EYES OF YOURS

249. HAVE ME WONDERING ABOUT YOUR LOYALTY.

250. YEAH, WELL...

251. LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT THAT, MARTIN.

252. WHO'S BEEN GOING THROUGH MY FILES?

253. HUH?

254. YOU BEEN LOOKING THROUGH MY FILES,

255. HAVEN'T YOU, YOU LITTLE WEASEL?

256. YOU'RE GETTING PARANOID, JIMMY.

257. YOU REALLY ARE!

258. YOU'RE GOING THROUGH ALL MY FILES.

259. YOU'RE A GODDAMN SPY!

260. WHY THE HELL WOULD I LOOK THROUGH YOUR FILES?

261. I'VE SEEN ENOUGH HERE THIS SUMMER

262. TO WRITE A BOOK.

263. I ALWAYS LOCK MY FILES!

264. YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE HERE TODAY.

265. WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU BASTARD?

266. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO WRITE A BOOK?

267. WHY, NO, I MEAN... YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

268. WE'D SEEN A LOT OF STRANGE THINGS HERE.

269. STRANGE PEOPLE.

270. YOU DIDN'T SEE A GODDAMN THING!

271. NO, DON'T!

272. SHUT UP!

273. GODDAMN YOU!

274. YOU DIDN'T SEE A GODDAMN THING.

275. YOU HEAR ME, YOU LITTLE WEASEL?

276. YOU DIDN'T SEE A GODDAMN THING!

277. FULL NAME IS LEE HARVEY OSWALD.

278. O-S-W-A-L-D.

279. DID YOU SHOOT THE PRESIDENT?

280. I DIDN'T SHOOT ANYBODY. NO, SIR.

281. THEY HAVE TAKEN ME IN

282. BECAUSE I HAVE LIVED IN THE SOVIET UNION.

283. I'M JUST A PATSY.

284. Liz Garrison: OH, GOD.

285. HE SURE LOOKS LIKE A CREEP.

286. I PROTESTED AT THAT TIME I WAS, UH,

287. NOT ALLOWED LEGAL REPRESENTATION

288. DURING THAT, UH, VERY SHORT AND SWEET HEARING.

289. I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS SITUATION IS ABOUT.

290. NOBODY HAS TOLD ME ANYTHING EXCEPT THAT I AM ACCUSED

291. OF MURDERING A POLICEMAN.

292. I KNOW NOTHING MORE THAN THAT,

293. AND I DO, UH, REQUEST SOMEONE TO COME FORWARD

294. TO GIVE ME, UH, LEGAL ASSISTANCE.

295. WERE YOU EVER IN THE FREE CUBA MOVEMENT,

296. OR WHATEVER THAT'S CALLED?

297. THAT'S THE FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE.

298. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR EYE?

299. HE SEEMS PRETTY COOL

300. FOR A MAN UNDER THAT PRESSURE.

301. A POLICEMAN HIT ME.

302. GIVES ME THE WILLIES.

303. OK, COME ON, SUGARPLUMS.

304. IT'S PAST YOUR BEDTIMES.

305. OH, MATTIE.

306. GET AHOLD OF YOURSELF.

307. WHY, MR. JIM?

308. A DISTURBED PORTRAIT IS EMERGING...

309. HE WAS A FINE MAN.

310. A FINE MAN.

311. AFTER A STINT IN THE MARINES,

312. HE APPARENTLY BECAME FASCINATED BY COMMUNISM.

313. HE IS STILL BELIEVED TO BE A DEDICATED MARXIST

314. AND A FANATICAL SUPPORTER OF FIDEL CASTRO

315. AND ULTRA LEFT-WING CAUSES.

316. HE SPENT LAST SUMMER IN NEW ORLEANS

317. AND WAS ARRESTED THERE IN A BRAWL

318. WITH ANTI-CASTRO CUBAN EXILES.

319. AND APPARENTLY OSWALD HAS BEEN PASSING OUT

320. PRO-CASTRO PAMPHLETS...

321. HELLO, LOU? SORRY TO DISTURB YOU.

322. I'M WATCHING IT, TOO.

323. MATTER OF ROUTINE, BUT WE BETTER GET ON

324. THIS OSWALD CONNECTION IN NEW ORLEANS.

325. CHECK OUT HIS RECORD,

326. FIND FRIENDS OR ASSOCIATES FROM LAST SUMMER.

327. LET'S MEET WITH THE SENIOR ASSISTANTS AND INVESTIGATORS

328. DAY AFTER TOMORROW, ALL RIGHT?

329. THAT BE ON SUNDAY?

330. SUNDAY, YEAH. AT 11:00.

331. ALL RIGHT.

332. THANKS, LOU.

333. MM-HMM.

334. I'D SAY, WITHOUT ANY DOUBT,

335. HE'S THE KILLER.

336. THE LAW SAYS BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT

337. AND TO A MORAL CERTAINTY.

338. I THOUGHT A MOTORCYCLE BACKFIRED,

339. AND I LOOKED OVER TO MY LEFT,

340. AND A SECOND SHOT HIT HIM IN THE FACE.

341. POLICE SAY THE RIFLE,

342. A CHEAP WORLD WAR II ITALIAN-MADE

343. MANNLICHER-CARCANO,

344. WAS ORDERED FROM A CHICAGO MAILING HOUSE

345. AND SHIPPED TO OSWALD'S ALIAS,

346. A. HIDELL,

347. POST OFFICE BOX IN MARCH OF 1963.

348. THIS IS THE SAME RIFLE THAT WAS USED

349. TO ASSASSINATE THE PRESIDENT.

350. THAT TIES IT UP.

351. HE DID WHAT?

352. JESUS CHRIST, ANYBODY CAN GET A RIFLE IN TEXAS.

353. AS FAR AS OSWALD'S ASSOCIATES, BOSS,

354. THE ONE NAME THAT KEEPS POPPING UP IS DAVID FERRIE.

355. OSWALD WAS SEEN WITH HIM SEVERAL TIMES LAST SUMMER.

356. I KNOW DAVID. STRANGE CHARACTER.

357. HE'S BEEN IN TROUBLE BEFORE.

358. USED TO BE A HOTSHOT PILOT

359. FOR EASTERN AIRLINES,

360. BUT GOT CANNED

361. AFTER AN ALLEGED HOMOSEXUAL INCIDENT...

362. THESE BACK YARD PHOTOS WERE FOUND YESTERDAY

363. AMONG OSWALD'S POSSESSIONS.

364. GET KOHLMAN.

365. HE TOLD SOMEBODY THE TEXAS TRIP.

366. YESTERDAY HE MENTIONED TO SOMEBODY ABOUT FERRIE?

367. FIND IT OUT.

368. WHAT DID HE TELL YOU?

369. HE NO SHOOT ANYONE.

370. HE GOOD, GOOD MAN. GOOD HUSBAND.

371. IT SEEMS DAVID FERRIE

372. DROVE OFF ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR TEXAS.

373. A SOURCE TOLD KOHLMAN

374. HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A GETAWAY PILOT FOR OSWALD.

375. WHAT GETAWAY PILOT?

376. HOLD YOUR HORSES.

377. WHAT KIND OF SOURCE?

378. THE ANONYMOUS KIND, CHIEF.

379. I THINK I REMEMBER THIS GUY FERRIE,

380. SPEAKING AT A MEETING

381. OF SOME VETERANS GROUP,

382. RANTING AGAINST CASTRO.

383. EXTREME SORT OF STUFF.

384. SUSIE, BACK UP.

385. THEY'RE BRINGING HIM OUT. NUMA, TURN IT UP.

386. HERE HE COMES!

387. HERE HE COMES. GET THAT STUFF.

388. COME ON, LET'S GO.

389. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY?

390. OSWALD!

391. WHAT HAPPENED?

392. HE SHOT HIM!

393. HE'S BEEN SHOT!

394. HE SHOT HIM ON TV!

395. HE SHOT OSWALD!

396. OH, MY GOD!

397. THERE'S A MAN WITH A GUN.

398. THERE'S ABSOLUTE PANIC.

399. THE GUY IN THE HAT.

400. THERE WERE 70 COPS THERE.

401. WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY DOING?

402. THERE'S NO TRIAL NOW.

403. LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY JUST SAVED THE DALLAS D.A.

404. A PILE OF WORK.

405. PANDEMONIUM HAS BROKEN LOOSE HERE

406. IN THE BASEMENT OF THE DALLAS POLICE.

407. LOU, LET'S GET DAVID FERRIE IN HERE ANYWAY.

408. IT'S WRONG.

409. THIS IS CRAZY!

410. YESTERDAY, IN THE MIDST OF SORROW,

411. THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT WENT ON.

412. THE PRESIDENT, MEETING WITH HENRY CABOT LODGE,

413. OUR AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM, AND MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET.

414. THE MAJOR SUBJECT WAS VIETNAM,

415. A CRISIS THAT DOES NOT PAUSE FOR BEREAVEMENT.

416. AND FROM THIS MEETING CAME AFFIRMATIONS

417. THAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD CONTINUE ITS POLICY

418. OF AIDING THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM

419. IN ITS WAR AGAINST THE COMMUNIST INSURGENTS.

420. CHIEF, DAVID FERRIE.

421. COME ON IN, DAVE.

422. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

423. YOU REMEMBER ME, MR. GARRISON?

424. I MET YOU ON CARONDELET STREET.

425. I CONGRATULATED YOU AFTER YOUR ELECTION.

426. HOW COULD I FORGET?

427. YOU MAKE QUITE A FIRST IMPRESSION.

428. I'VE HEARD YOU'RE QUITE A FIRST-RATE PILOT.

429. LEGEND HAS IT YOU CAN GET IN AND OUT OF ANY FIELD,

430. NO MATTER HOW SMALL.

431. I'M A BIT OF A PILOT, MYSELF—

432. FLEW GRASSHOPPERS FOR THE FIELD ARTILLERY

433. IN THE WAR.

434. HERE, HAVE A SEAT. MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE.

435. MIND IF I SMOKE, MR. GARRISON?

436. HOW COULD I?

437. DAVE, AS YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT KENNEDY

438. WAS ASSASSINATED ON FRIDAY.

439. A MAN NAMED LEE HARVEY OSWALD

440. WAS ARRESTED AS A SUSPECT.

441. HE WAS THEN MURDERED YESTERDAY

442. BY A MAN NAMED JACK RUBY.

443. REPORTS SAID THAT OSWALD SPENT THE SUMMER

444. HERE IN NEW ORLEANS.

445. WE'VE LEARNED THAT YOU KNEW OSWALD WELL.

446. I NEVER MET ANYBODY NAMED OSWALD.

447. ANYBODY TOLD YOU THAT HAS TO BE CRAZY.

448. YOU'RE AWARE HE SERVED

449. IN YOUR CIVIL AIR PATROL UNIT AS A TEENAGER?

450. NO. IF HE DID, I DON'T REMEMBER HIM.

451. LOTS OF BOYS WERE IN AND OUT.

452. I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THIS.

453. PERHAPS YOU KNEW THIS MAN UNDER ANOTHER NAME.

454. NO. I NEVER SAW HIM BEFORE IN MY LIFE.

455. THAT MUST HAVE BEEN MISTAKEN INFORMATION WE GOT, THEN.

456. THANKS FOR STRAIGHTENING IT OUT FOR US.

457. THERE'S ONE OTHER MATTER

458. THAT'S COME UP, DAVE.

459. WE WERE TOLD THAT YOU TOOK A TRIP TO TEXAS

460. SHORTLY AFTER THE ASSASSINATION ON FRIDAY.

461. NOW, THAT'S TRUE. I DROVE TO HOUSTON.

462. WHAT WAS APPEALING ABOUT HOUSTON?

463. I HADN'T BEEN THERE ICE-SKATING IN YEARS.

464. I WAS WITH SOME YOUNG FRIENDS.

465. WE DECIDED TO GO ICE-SKATING.

466. MAY I ASK WHY THE URGE

467. TO GO ICE-SKATING IN TEXAS STRUCK YOU

468. DURING A VIOLENT THUNDERSTORM?

469. UH...

470. SPUR-OF-THE-MOMENT THING.

471. STORM WASN'T THAT BAD.

472. I SEE.

473. WHERE DID YOU DRIVE?

474. WE WENT TO HOUSTON, AND SATURDAY NIGHT,

475. DROVE TO GALVESTON, STAYED OVER THERE.

476. AND SUNDAY?

477. IN THE MORNING WE WENT GOOSE HUNTING.

478. DID YOU BAG ANY GEESE?

479. I BELIEVE THE BOYS GOT A COUPLE.

480. BUT THE BOYS TOLD US THEY DIDN'T GET ANY.

481. COME TO THINK OF IT, THEY'RE RIGHT.

482. WE GOT OUT THERE WHERE THE GEESE WERE.

483. THERE WERE THOUSANDS ALL OVER.

484. BUT YOU COULDN'T APPROACH THEM.

485. WISE BUNCH OF BIRDS.

486. YOUR YOUNG FRIENDS ALSO TOLD US

487. YOU HAD NO WEAPONS IN THE CAR, DAVE.

488. ISN'T IT DIFFICULT TO HUNT FOR GEESE

489. WITHOUT A SHOTGUN?

490. YES. I REMEMBER NOW.

491. I'M SORRY, MR. GARRISON. I GOT CONFUSED.

492. WE GOT OUT NEAR THE GEESE,

493. AND ONLY THEN DID WE REALIZE

494. WE HAD FORGOTTEN OUR SHOTGUNS.

495. STUPID, RIGHT?

496. UH, SO OF COURSE WE DIDN'T GET ANY GEESE.

497. I SEE, DAVE.

498. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

499. I'M SORRY THAT THIS HAS TO END INCONVENIENTLY,

500. BUT I'M GOING TO DETAIN YOU FOR FURTHER QUESTIONING

501. BY THE FBI.

502. WHY? WHAT'S WRONG?

503. I FIND YOUR STORY SIMPLY NOT BELIEVABLE.

504. REALLY?

505. COME ON.

506. WHAT PART?

507. GENTLEMEN, THIS AFTERNOON THE FBI RELEASED

508. DAVID W. FERRIE OF NEW ORLEANS.

509. AFTER EXTENSIVE QUESTIONING,

510. A THOROUGH BACKGROUND CHECK,

511. THE BUREAU FOUND NO EVIDENCE THAT MR. FERRIE

512. KNEW LEE HARVEY OSWALD

513. OR HAS HAD ANY CONNECTION

514. WITH THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY.

515. THE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE CLEAR

516. THAT MR. FERRIE WAS BROUGHT IN FOR QUESTIONING

517. BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF ORLEANS PARISH,

518. NOT BY THE FBI...

519. I THOUGHT WE WERE ON THE SAME SIDE.

520. IS IT THEIR BUSINESS TO SAY THAT?

521. PRETTY FAST THE WAY THEY LET HIM GO.

522. THEY MUST KNOW SOMETHING WE DON'T.

523. SO LET'S GET ON WITH OUR LIVES, GENTLEMEN.

524. WE GOT PLENTY OF HOME-GROWN CRIMES TO PROSECUTE.

525. PRESIDENT JOHNSON HAS ANNOUNCED THE CREATION

526. OF A BLUE RIBBON PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION

527. TO PROBE THE EVENTS IN DALLAS.

528. THE COMMISSION WILL BE HEADED BY CHIEF JUSTICE

529. OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, EARL WARREN,

530. AND IS EXPECTED TO HEAD OFF SEVERAL CONGRESSIONAL

531. AND TEXAS INQUIRIES INTO THE ASSASSINATION.

532. ON THE PANEL ARE ALLEN DULLES, EX-CHIEF OF THE CIA,

533. REPRESENTATIVE GERALD FORD,

534. JOHN J. McCLOY, FORMER HEAD OF THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK...

535. IT'S FUCKING OUT OF CONTROL.

536. ALL THOSE HIPPIES RUNNING AROUND ON DRUGS.

537. YOU CAN'T TELL A BOY FROM A GIRL ANYMORE.

538. I SAW A GIRL THE OTHER DAY.

539. SHE WAS PREGNANT.

540. YOU COULD SEE HER WHOLE BELLY.

541. AND YOU KNOW WHAT SHE HAD PAINTED ON IT?

542. "LOVE CHILD."

543. OH, IT'S A MESS DOWN THERE, JIM.

544. WE'VE BITTEN OFF MORE VIETNAM

545. THAN WE CAN POSSIBLY CHEW.

546. OF COURSE IT FIGURES

547. WITH THAT POLECAT LYNDON IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

548. I SOMETIMES THINK THINGS HAVE GONE DOWNHILL

549. SINCE JOHN KENNEDY DIED, SENATOR.

550. DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THAT.

551. THOSE WARREN COMMISSION FELLAS

552. WERE PICKIN' GNAT SHIT OUT OF PEPPER.

553. THAT KID DIDN'T DO THE SHOOTING JOB HE DID

554. FROM THAT DAMN BOOKSTORE.

555. HERE YOU GO, SENATOR LONG.

556. OH, THANK YOU, HONEY.

557. I THOUGHT THE FBI TEST-FIRED THE RIFLE

558. TO SEE IF IT COULD BE DONE.

559. SURE. 3 EXPERTS COULDN'T DO IT.

560. THEY'RE TELLING US OSWALD GOT OFF 3 SHOTS

561. WITH WORLD-CLASS PRECISION

562. FROM A MANUAL BOLT-ACTION RIFLE

563. IN LESS THAN 6 SECONDS.

564. AND ACCORDING TO HIS MARINE BUDDIES,

565. HE GOT MAGGIE'S DRAWERS.

566. KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? HE WASN'T ANY GOOD.

567. AVERAGE MAN WOULD BE LUCKY

568. TO GET 2 SHOTS OFF.

569. AND THE FIRST SHOT WOULD ALWAYS BE THE BEST.

570. HERE, THE THIRD SHOT'S PERFECT.

571. THEN THEY GOT THAT CRAZY BULLET

572. ZIGZAGGING ALL OVER THE PLACE

573. SO IT HIT KENNEDY AND CONNALLY 7 TIMES.

574. HA! ONE PRISTINE BULLET?

575. THAT DOG DON'T HUNT.

576. SOMETHING'S ALWAYS BOTHERED ME ABOUT THAT

577. FROM DAY ONE, TOO.

578. DO YOU THINK THERE WERE OTHER MEN INVOLVED, RUSSELL?

579. IF I WERE INVESTIGATING THE CASE,

580. I'D ROUND UP 100 OF THE WORLD'S BEST RIFLEMEN,

581. FIND OUT WHICH ONES WERE IN DALLAS THAT DAY.

582. YOU BEEN DUCK HUNTING.

583. I THINK OSWALD'S A GOOD OLD-FASHIONED DECOY.

584. WHAT'D HE SAY, "I'M JUST A PASTY."

585. YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT.

586. JIM.

587. HONEY.

588. DINNER'S JUST ABOUT READY.

589. GOT A SURPRISE FOR YOU TONIGHT.

590. TRIED SOMETHING NEW.

591. JIM?

592. JIM.

593. WHAT?

594. DINNER.

595. SMELLS GOOD. HONEY, DO YOU REALIZE

596. OSWALD WAS INTERROGATED FOR 12 HOURS

597. AFTER THE ASSASSINATION

598. WITH NO LAWYER PRESENT,

599. AND NOBODY RECORDED A WORD OF IT.

600. POLICE CAPTAIN WITH 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE

601. AND FEDERAL AGENTS PRESENT

602. HAD TO KNOW THAT WITH NO RECORD,

603. ANYTHING THAT OSWALD SAYS

604. WOULD BE INADMISSIBLE IN COURT.

605. LET'S TALK ABOUT IT AT THE DINNER TABLE.

606. JASPER, WHY ARE YOU IN HERE?

607. DADDY SAYS IT'S ALL RIGHT

608. IF I WAS REAL QUIET.

609. HONEY, IF I EVER HANDLED A MINOR FELON LIKE THAT,

610. IT WOULD BE ALL OVER THE PAPERS.

611. THIS IS THE ALLEGED MURDERER OF THE PRESIDENT.

612. DO YOU REALLY THINK SO, HONEY?

613. AGAIN AND AGAIN, CREDIBLE TESTIMONY IS IGNORED.

614. LEADS ARE NEVER FOLLOWED UP.

615. ITS CONCLUSIONS SELECTIVE.

616. AND THERE'S NO INDEX.

617. IT'S ONE OF THE SLOPPIEST INVESTIGATIONS

618. I'VE EVER SEEN.

619. AND DOZENS OF WITNESSES IN DEALEY PLAZA THAT DAY

620. SAY THEY HEARD SHOTS

621. COMING FROM THE GRASSY KNOLL IN FRONT OF KENNEDY,

622. NOT THE BOOK DEPOSITORY BEHIND HIM.

623. BUT IT'S ALL BROKEN DOWN AND SPREAD AROUND,

624. AND YOU READ IT, AND THE POINT GETS LOST.

625. I NEVER DID BELIEVE IT.

626. MATTIE, I'LL DO THE DISHES.

627. YOU TAKE EB UP.

628. ELIZABETH, HONEY, YOUR BEDTIME, TOO.

629. HONEY, THAT WAS 3 YEARS AGO.

630. WE'VE ALL TRIED SO HARD

631. TO PUT IT OUT OF OUR MINDS,

632. AND YOU JUST KEEP DIGGING IT UP AGAIN.

633. YOU'RE THE D.A. IN NEW ORLEANS.

634. THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION'S OUT OF YOUR DOMAIN.

635. IMPORTANT PEOPLE ALREADY STUDIED IT.

636. I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE

637. A MAN AS INTELLIGENT AS EARL WARREN

638. EVER READ WHAT WAS IN THOSE VOLUMES.

639. WELL, MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT.

640. I'LL GIVE YOU ONE HOUR TO SOLVE THE CASE,

641. UNTIL I CAN GET THESE KIDS IN BED.

642. AND THEN YOU'RE MINE.

643. MR. KENNEDY WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MORNING.

644. DADDY, LOOK WHAT I DREW.

645. WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING, JASPER.

646. WHAT IS IT?

647. IT'S A RHINO IN A CAGE.

648. CAN I STAY UP ANOTHER HOUR?

649. I DON'T THINK SO, SON.

650. PICKLE AND SNAPPER, MY TWO DANCING PARTNERS.

651. ALL RIGHT. GOOD NIGHT, DOODLEBUGS.

652. GOOD NIGHT.

653. ONE HOUR, YOU HEAR?

654. HMM?

655. SOME SATURDAY-NIGHT DATE YOU ARE.

656. MAMA WARNED ME THIS WOULD HAPPEN

657. IF I MARRIED SUCH A SERIOUS MAN.

658. OH, SHE DID, HUH?

659. WHEN I COME UP,

660. I'LL SHOW YOU HOW SATURDAY NIGHT GOT INVENTED.

661. I SEALED OFF THE AREA

662. AND I HELD OFF THE TRAINS

663. TILL THEY COULD BE EXAMINED.

664. THEY WERE SOME TRANSIENTS

665. TAKEN ON AT LEAST ONE TRAIN.

666. MR. BOWERS, I BELIEVE

667. YOU ALREADY TALKED TO US ABOUT THIS MATTER

668. BEFORE YOUR DEPOSITION.

669. CORRECT?

670. YES.

671. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU TOLD US

672. THAT I HAVEN'T ASKED YOU ABOUT

673. THAT YOU CAN THINK OF?

674. NOTHING THAT I CAN RECALL.

675. WITNESS IS EXCUSED.

676. A LONG FREIGHT WAS IN THERE.

677. WE PULLED SOME PEOPLE OFF THERE

678. AND TOOK THEM TO THE STATION.

679. GET OUT! GET OUT!

680. DO YOU MEAN SOME TRANSIENTS?

681. TRAMPS AND HOBOS.

682. WERE ALL THOSE QUESTIONED?

683. YES. TAKEN TO THE STATION AND QUESTIONED.

684. AND?

685. ASK THE QUESTION. ASK THE QUESTION.

686. LET'S GO BACK TO THAT AMOS EUINS MATTER.

687. UH, YES, SIR.

688. TRAFFIC HAD BEEN CUT OFF INTO THE AREA

689. SINCE ABOUT 10:00.

690. BUT THERE WERE THREE CARS

691. THAT CAME IN DURING THIS TIME,

692. FROM AROUND NOON

693. TILL THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING.

694. THEY CIRCLED THE LOT AND LEFT,

695. LIKE THEY WAS CHECKING THE AREA.

696. AND ONE OF THE DRIVERS SEEMED TO HAVE SOMETHING

697. HE WAS HOLDING UP TO HIS MOUTH.

698. THAT LAST CAR CAME IN ABOUT

699. 7-10 MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOOTING.

700. IT WAS A WHITE CHEVROLET,

701. FOUR-DOOR IMPALA.

702. IT WAS MUDDY UP TO THE WINDOWS.

703. UH, TOWARDS THE UNDERPASS,

704. I SAW TWO MEN.

705. THEY WERE STANDING BEHIND A PICKET FENCE.

706. THEY WERE LOOKING UP TOWARDS MAIN AND HOUSTON,

707. FOLLOWING THE CARAVAN AS IT CAME DOWN.

708. UH, ONE OF THEM WAS MIDDLE-AGED,

709. HEAVYSET.

710. THE OTHER MAN WAS YOUNGER.

711. THERE WERE TWO OTHER MEN

712. ON THE EASTERN END OF THE PARKING LOT,

713. AND THEY WORE UNIFORMS.

714. AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING,

715. THERE SEEMED TO BE SOME COMMOTION.

716. I JUST AM UNABLE

717. TO DESCRIBE— A FLASH OF LIGHT

718. OR SMOKE OR SOMETHING

719. WHICH CAUSED ME TO FEEL

720. THAT SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY

721. HAD OCCURRED THERE ON THE EMBANKMENT.

722. GOD DAMN.

723. AAH!

724. NO!

725. JIM?

726. YOU ALL RIGHT?

727. OH, HONEY, IT'S INCREDIBLE.

728. WHAT?

729. THE WHOLE THING.

730. A LIEUTENANT COLONEL TESTIFIES

731. THAT LEE OSWALD WAS GIVEN A RUSSIAN LANGUAGE EXAM

732. AS PART OF HIS MARINE TRAINING

733. ONLY A FEW MONTHS

734. BEFORE HE DEFECTS TO THE SOVIET UNION.

735. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

736. HONEY, IT'S 4:30 IN THE MORNING.

737. I HAVE 5 KIDS WHO WILL BE AWAKE SOON.

738. I NEVER KNEW A SINGLE MAN

739. WHO WAS GIVEN A RUSSIAN TEST.

740. OSWALD WAS A RADAR OPERATOR.

741. HE'D HAVE ABOUT AS MUCH USE FOR RUSSIAN

742. AS A CAT HAS FOR PAJAMAS.

743. THESE BOOKS HAVE GOTTEN TO YOUR MIND.

744. AND THEN THIS COLONEL MAKES IT SOUND LIKE NOTHING.

745. HE SAYS, "OSWALD DID BADLY ON HIS TEST.

746. HE GOT ONLY TWO MORE RUSSIAN WORDS RIGHT THAN WRONG."

747. THAT'S LIKE ME SAYING TOUCHDOWN ISN'T VERY INTELLIGENT

748. BECAUSE I BEAT HIM 3 GAMES OUT OF 5

749. THE LAST TIME WE PLAYED CHESS.

750. YOU'RE GOING TO STAY UP ALL NIGHT EVERY NIGHT?

751. SO YOU'LL BE THE ONLY MAN IN AMERICA

752. THAT'S READ ALL 27 VOLUMES OF THE WARREN REPORT?

753. DO I HAVE TO SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU?

754. LEE OSWALD WAS NO ORDINARY SOLDIER.

755. HE WAS PROBABLY IN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

756. THAT'S WHY HE WAS TRAINED IN RUSSIAN.

757. THERE'S NO ACCIDENT HE WAS IN RUSSIA.

758. LET'S GO BACK TO SLEEP.

759. DAMN IT, I'VE BEEN SLEEPING FOR 3 YEARS.

760. MORNING, BOYS.

761. READY FOR A WALKING TOUR?

762. 7:30 SUNDAY MORNING? IT'S NOT EXACTLY

763. FRESH BLOOD WE'RE SNIFFING HERE, BOSS.

764. OLD STAINS, BILL, BUT JUST AS TELLING.

765. 531 LAFAYETTE STREET.

766. REMEMBER WHOSE OFFICE THIS WAS IN '63?

767. SURE. GUY BANISTER.

768. EX-FBI MAN.

769. DIED COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

770. BANISTER HEADED THE CHICAGO OFFICE.

771. WHEN HE RETIRED,

772. HE BECAME A PRIVATE EYE HERE.

773. I USED TO HAVE LUNCH WITH HIM.

774. JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY, MINUTEMEN—

775. I REMEMBER HIM NOW.

776. HE USED TO RECRUIT COLLEGE STUDENTS

777. TO INFILTRATE RADICAL ORGANIZATIONS ON CAMPUS.

778. HEADED THE ANTI-COMMUNIST LEAGUE

779. OF THE CARIBBEAN.

780. ALL OUT OF THIS OFFICE.

781. COME AROUND HERE.

782. I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING.

783. SEE THAT?

784. NOW, TAKE A LOOK HERE.

785. 544 CAMP STREET.

786. 531 LAFAYETTE STREET.

787. SAME BUILDING, RIGHT?

788. BUT WITH DIFFERENT ADDRESSES

789. AND DIFFERENT ENTRANCES.

790. BOTH GOING TO THE SAME PLACE.

791. TO THE OFFICE UPSTAIRS.

792. GUESS WHO USED THIS ADDRESS.

793. LEE HARVEY OSWALD.

794. NOW, HOW DO WE KNOW HE WAS HERE?

795. 'CAUSE THIS OFFICE ADDRESS

796. WAS STAMPED ON THE PRO-CASTRO LEAFLETS

797. HE WAS HANDING OUT IN THE SUMMER OF '63

798. DOWN ON CANAL STREET—

799. THE SAME LEAFLETS FOUND IN HIS GARAGE IN DALLAS.

800. WHAT'S THIS DOING ON THIS PAPER?

801. AFTER THE ARREST, 544 CAMP STREET

802. NEVER APPEARED ON THE PAMPHLETS AGAIN.

803. ASSHOLE.

804. HE WAS ARRESTED THAT DAY

805. FOR FIGHTING WITH SOME ANTI-CASTRO CUBANS.

806. BUT ACTUALLY, HE HAD CONTACTED THEM EARLIER

807. AS AN EX-MARINE

808. TRYING TO JOIN THEIR ANTI-CASTRO CRUSADE.

809. WHEN THEY HEARD HE WAS NOW PRO-CASTRO,

810. THEY PAID HIM A VISIT.

811. WHAT IS THIS FIDEL SHIT?

812. YOU LIED TO ME, YOU HYPOCRITE.

813. SON OF A BITCH.

814. PEOPLE, DO NOT TAKE THIS PAPER.

815. THIS IS COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA.

816. IF YOU WANT TO HIT ME, HIT ME.

817. COME ON, YOU PINKO SHIT.

818. GO BACK TO MOSCOW, COMMUNIST PROVOCATEUR.

819. THERE WAS NO REAL FIGHT.

820. AND THE ARRESTING LIEUTENANT

821. LATER SAID HE FELT IT WAS A STAGED INCIDENT.

822. IN JAIL, OSWALD HAS A PRIVATE SESSION

823. WITH FBI SPECIAL AGENT JOHN QUIGLEY.

824. OSWALD IS RELEASED

825. AND QUIGLEY DESTROYS HIS NOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW.

826. THE ARREST GETS HIM A LOT OF PUBLICITY,

827. AND AS A RESULT,

828. OSWALD APPEARS ON A LOCAL TV DEBATE.

829. BUT YOU ARE A COMMUNIST.

830. NO, MR. BRINGUIER.

831. I AM NOT A COMMUNIST.

832. I'M MARXIST-LENINIST.

833. YOU'RE A MARXIST-LENINIST?

834. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?

835. HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.

836. LEE OSWALD WAS TRAINED IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

837. WHEN HE WAS A MARINE.

838. HE WAS PROBABLY GETTING

839. INTELLIGENCE TRAINING.

840. LOU, YOU WERE IN THE MARINES.

841. WHO'D BE RUNNING THAT TRAINING?

842. OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

843. TAKE A LOOK ACROSS THE STREET.

844. POST OFFICE.

845. UPSTAIRS, IN 1963,

846. THAT WAS THE OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

847. AND JUST BY COINCIDENCE,

848. BANISTER, BEFORE HE WAS FBI, WAS O.N.I.

849. WHAT'S THAT LITTLE SAYING THEY HAVE?

850. ONCE O.N.I., ALWAYS O.N.I.

851. WELL, HE LIKES WORKING NEAR HIS OLD PALS.

852. BILL.

853. LOU, WE ARE STANDING

854. IN THE HEART OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT'S

855. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, HERE IN NEW ORLEANS.

856. THAT'S THE FBI THERE. THAT'S THE CIA.

857. THAT'S THE SECRET SERVICE.

858. THAT'S THE O.N.I.

859. DOESN'T THIS SEEM TO YOU A RATHER STRANGE PLACE

860. FOR A COMMUNIST TO SPEND HIS SPARE TIME?

861. WHAT YOU DRIVING AT, BOSS?

862. WE'RE GOING BACK INTO THE CASE, LOU.

863. MURDER OF THE PRESIDENT.

864. GOOD LORD, WAKE ME UP. I MUST BE DREAMING.

865. YOU'RE AWAKE, AND I'M DEADLY SERIOUS.

866. WE'LL TRACK DOWN YOUR ANONYMOUS SOURCE

867. FROM 3 YEARS AGO.

868. NOW, HOW DID YOU FIND OUT

869. DAVID FERRIE DROVE TO TEXAS THAT DAY?

870. HELL, I CAN'T REMEMBER LAST NIGHT,

871. LET ALONE 3 YEARS AGO, BOSS.

872. YOU'RE NOT UNDER CROSS-EXAMINATION, JACK.

873. WHAT I NEED IS A LITTLE CLARIFICATION

874. ABOUT THE NIGHT GUY BANISTER BEAT YOU OVER THE HEAD.

875. NOW, DON'T TELL ME YOU DON'T REMEMBER THAT.

876. YOU CALLED OUR OFFICE FROM YOUR HOSPITAL BED.

877. YOU WERE HOPPING MAD ABOUT IT.

878. NOW, HERE'S MY PROBLEM.

879. YOU TOLD ME YOU AND GUY WERE GOOD FRIENDS

880. FOR A LONG TIME.

881. MORE THAN 10 YEARS.

882. AND HE NEVER HIT YOU BEFORE.

883. NAH, HE NEVER TOUCHED ME.

884. YET, ON NOVEMBER 22, 1963,

885. THE DAY OF THE PRESIDENT'S MURDER,

886. THE POLICE REPORT SAYS...

887. IT SAYS HE PISTOL-WHIPPED YOU

888. WITH A.357 MAGNUM.

889. IT ALSO SAYS YOU HAD AN ARGUMENT

890. ABOUT THE PHONE BILL. TAKE A LOOK.

891. DOES A SIMPLE ARGUMENT OVER A PHONE BILL

892. SOUND LIKE A BELIEVABLE EXPLANATION TO YOU?

893. THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN THAT.

894. HOW MUCH MORE?

895. I DON'T THINK I SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT.

896. WELL, I'D ASK GUY.

897. WE WERE FRIENDLY.

898. HEART ATTACK, WASN'T IT?

899. IF YOU BUY WHAT YOU READ.

900. YOU HAVE OTHER INFORMATION?

901. I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

902. ALL I KNOW IS THAT HE DIED SUDDENLY,

903. JUST BEFORE THE WARREN REPORT CAME OUT.

904. WHY DID GUY BEAT YOU, JACK?

905. YOU DIDN'T SEE A GODDAMN...

906. YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE IN THE PLACE.

907. YOU DIDN'T SEE A GODDAMN THING!

908. GUY'S DEAD. IT DON'T MATTER NO MORE.

909. IT WAS ABOUT ALL THOSE PEOPLE

910. THAT WAS HANGING AROUND THE OFFICE THAT SUMMER.

911. I WAS NEVER PART OF THE OPERATION.

912. I WAS JUST THERE

913. TAKING CARE OF THEIR PRIVATE EYE WORK

914. AS IT CAME IN, FOR GUY.

915. THAT'S WHY I WAS THERE.

916. IT WAS A NUTHOUSE.

917. OH, CUBANS COMING, GOING.

918. AND, CHRIST, THEY ALL LOOKED THE SAME TO ME.

919. YOU GOING TO PLAY WITH THIS RIFLE

920. OR YOU GOING TO PACK IT?

921. DAVE FERRIE.

922. YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM?

923. WE KNOW DAVE. WAS HE THERE?

924. CHRIST, HE PRACTICALLY LIVED THERE.

925. DON'T FUCK THIS ONE UP.

926. SEE, THE WHOLE THING, IT WAS...

927. ALL CLOAK AND DAGGER STUFF, YOU KNOW.

928. THEY CALLED IT OPERATION MONGOOSE.

929. WHOLE IDEA WAS

930. THEY WERE GOING TO TRAIN THESE CUBAN EXILES

931. FOR ANOTHER INVASION OF CUBA.

932. BANISTER'S OFFICE WAS

933. FROM DALLAS THROUGH NEW ORLEANS TO MIAMI.

934. THEY WERE STOCK-PILING ARMS, EXPLOSIVES.

935. RIGHT UNDER THE NOSES

936. OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IN LAFAYETTE SQUARE?

937. YEAH. EVERYBODY KNEW EVERYBODY.

938. THEY WERE ALL PART OF THE NETWORK.

939. THEY WERE ALL WORKING FOR THE CIA.

940. THERE WERE PILOTS

941. AND THEM BLACK OPERATORS

942. AND THE CIVILIANS AND THE MILITARY.

943. EVERYBODY IN THOSE DAYS

944. WAS RUNNING GUNS SOMEWHERE.

945. FORT JEFFERSON, BAYOU BLUFF, MORGAN CITY, YOU NAME IT.

946. OH. McALLEN, TEXAS?

947. BIG GUN RUN OPERATION.

948. M1-A1, SELECTOR SWITCH,

949. FULLY AUTOMATIC, LIKE A MACHINE GUN.

950. BANISTER. WHERE DOES HE FIT INTO ALL OF THIS?

951. HE WAS RUNNING HIS CAMP

952. UP NORTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.

953. FERRIE WAS DOING LOTS OF THE TRAINING.

954. LOTS OF TROPICAL TERRITORY, LIKE IN CUBA.

955. SOME AMERICANS WERE TRAINED THERE, TOO.

956. A FEW. NAZI-TYPE, MERCENARIES.

957. THAT FERRIE, THOUGH—

958. JESUS, HE WAS THE CRAZIEST. HE...

959. ANYWAY, LATE SUMMER, THE WHOLE...

960. THE PARTY WAS OVER

961. 'CAUSE KENNEDY DIDN'T WANT ANOTHER BAY OF PIGS.

962. SO HE TOLD THE FBI, SHUT UP THE CAMPS

963. AND CONFISCATE THE NAPALM, C-4,

964. ALL THE STUFF LIKE THAT.

965. I THINK THE G-MEN WERE JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS.

966. THEIR HEARTS WERE STILL WITH

967. THEIR OLD FBI BUDDY, BANISTER.

968. OSWALD?

969. YEAH.

970. YEAH, WHAT?

971. HE WAS THERE, TOO.

972. SOMETIMES MEETING WITH BANISTER.

973. YOU MUST REALLY GIVE ME AN ALLOWANCE HERE

974. BECAUSE I GOT EXPENSES.

975. I GOT A $12...

976. WITH THE DOOR SHUT.

977. OTHER TIMES,

978. SHOOTING THE BULL WITH FERRIE.

979. BUT HE WAS THERE.

980. WAS ANYONE ELSE INVOLVED AT BANISTER'S LEVEL?

981. OH, YEAH. ONE GUY, I DON'T KNOW...

982. UH... BIG, WHITE HAIR.

983. I SAW HIM COME INTO THE OFFICE ONCE.

984. BUT HE LOOKED OUT OF PLACE,

985. YOU KNOW, LIKE A SOCIETY GUY.

986. AND I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME,

987. BUT OSWALD WAS WITH HIM.

988. BUT HE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH MONEY

989. 'CAUSE BANISTER'D NEVER KISS ANYBODY'S ASS.

990. OOH, HE KISSED HIS.

991. OH.

992. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

993. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

994. I DON'T KNOW...

995. CLAY SOMETHING.

996. YEAH. THAT WAS HIS NAME. CLAY.

997. BERTRAND?

998. BERTRAND. YEAH.

999. WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

1000. I DON'T KNOW.

1001. NO. THAT'S RIGHT. CLAY BERTRAND.

1002. I GOT TO GO.

1003. HE WAS IN THE WARREN REPORT.

1004. HE GOT OSWALD A LAWYER.

1005. WAS KENNEDY EVER DISCUSSED?

1006. I DON'T KNOW.

1007. THE ASSASSINATION, JACK?

1008. NO. NEVER. NOT WITH ME.

1009. THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY.

1010. JACK, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

1011. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

1012. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

1013. DO I HAVE TO SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU?

1014. NOBODY KNOWS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

1015. OH, YOU ARE SO NAIVE.

1016. WHEN DID YOU FIRST DO BUSINESS WITH BERTRAND?

1017. PIPE THE BIMBO IN RED. MMM-MMM.

1018. YEAH, SHE'S CUTE,

1019. BUT NOT HALF AS CUTE AS YOU, DEANO.

1020. THANK YOU.

1021. SHOULD TRY A LEGITIMATE LINE OF BUSINESS.

1022. WHY YOU DANCING ON MY HEAD?

1023. WE'VE BEEN THICK AS MOLASSES PIE SINCE LAW SCHOOL.

1024. I READ YOUR TESTIMONY

1025. TO THE WARREN COMMISSION.

1026. THERE YOU GO AGAIN.

1027. THE DAY AFTER THE ASSASSINATION,

1028. CLAY BERTRAND ASKS YOU TO FLY TO DALLAS

1029. AND BE OSWALD'S LAWYER.

1030. RIGHT.

1031. THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT, DEAN.

1032. YOU ALSO TOLD THE FBI

1033. THAT WHEN YOU MET HIM HE'S 6'2".

1034. YOU TELL THE COMMISSION HE'S 5'8".

1035. HOW DOES A MAN SHRINK LIKE THAT?

1036. THEY PUT THE HEAT ON MY MAN.

1037. I SAID ANYTHING THAT POPPED IN MY CABEZA.

1038. TRUTH IS, I NEVER MET THE DUDE.

1039. WONDERFUL.

1040. ONE LIKES FRIENDS THAT HAVE FRIENDS.

1041. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CAT LOOKS LIKE

1042. OR WHERE HE'S AT.

1043. ALL IS KNOW IS,

1044. SOMETIMES HE SENDS ME SOME CASES.

1045. SO ONE DAY HE TALKED TO ME ABOUT REPPIN' OSWALD.

1046. YOU EVER SPEAK TO OSWALD IN DALLAS?

1047. NO. LIKE I TOLD BERTRAND...

1048. CASHEW PIECE?

1049. THIS AIN'T MY SCENE.

1050. I DEAL IN MUNI COURT.

1051. THEN WHY'S YOUR NAME IN THE WARREN COMMISSION?

1052. LIKE I TOLD TO THE WASHINGTON BOYS,

1053. BERTRAND ASKED ME

1054. TO HELP THE KID UPGRADE HIS MARINE DISCHARGE.

1055. WELL, MR. BERTRAND SAID

1056. THAT HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE—

1057. THAT'S FINE.

1058. HELLO. TO WHOM AM I SPEAKING?

1059. I'M CLAY BERTRAND.

1060. WHATEVER THEY OWE, I'LL GUARANTEE.

1061. IF THERE WAS A CONSPIRACY,

1062. WHY DIDN'T BOBBY KENNEDY PROSECUTE IT

1063. AS ATTORNEY GENERAL?

1064. HE WAS HIS BROTHER.

1065. ALL THOSE PEOPLE COULDN'T KEEP A SECRET LIKE THAT.

1066. IT WAS OSWALD.

1067. WE'RE HAVING A COMMUNICATION PROBLEM.

1068. YOU KNOW WHO CLAY BERTRAND IS.

1069. STOP EATING THAT DAMN CRABMEAT AND LISTEN.

1070. I'M AWARE OF OUR FRIENDSHIP.

1071. BUT I'LL CALL YOU IN FRONT OF THE GRAND JURY.

1072. AND YOU LIE TO THEM,

1073. I'LL CHARGE YOU WITH PERJURY.

1074. I TOOK 9 JUDGES ON HERE IN NEW ORLEANS,

1075. AND I BEAT THEM.

1076. SO AM I COMMUNICATING WITH YOU?

1077. IS THIS OFF THE RECORD, DADDY-O?

1078. GOOD.

1079. IN THAT CASE, I'LL SUM IT UP FOR YOU.

1080. IF I ANSWER THAT QUESTION YOU KEEP ASKING,

1081. IF I GIVE YOU THE NAME OF THE BIG ENCHILADA,

1082. THEN IT'S BON VOYAGE DEANO,

1083. LIKE A BULLET IN MY HEAD.

1084. YOU'RE A MOUSE FIGHTING A GORILLA.

1085. KENNEDY'S AS DEAD AS THAT CRABMEAT.

1086. YOU WANT TO LINE UP WITH A DEAD MAN?

1087. EITHER TELL THE GRAND JURY WHO CLAY BERTRAND IS,

1088. OR YOU'RE GOING TO THE SLAMMER.

1089. NOW YOU DIG ME?

1090. YOU'RE AS CRAZY AS YOUR MAMA.

1091. GOES TO SHOW IT'S IN THE GENES.

1092. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING YOURSELF INTO.

1093. THE GOVERNMENT'S GOING TO JUMP ALL OVER YOUR HEAD

1094. AND GO COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO.

1095. GOOD DAY TO YOU, SIR.

1096. DISTRICT ATTORNEY GARRISON TO SEE PRISONER 5388,

1097. WARD BLOCK 237 B.

1098. WE DON'T NEED NO GATES OUT THERE WITH THAT SWAMP.

1099. MANY OF THEM GONE IN THERE.

1100. AIN'T NONE OF THEM COME OUT.

1101. HEY, WILLIE!

1102. O'KEEFE!

1103. YOUR LUCKY DAY!

1104. YOU GOT VISITORS HERE.

1105. YOU DON'T GIVE THEM NO TROUBLE,

1106. YOU HEAR ME, BOY?

1107. HOW YOU DOING, MR. BROUSSARD?

1108. HOW'S IT GOING, WILLIE?

1109. KEEP IT GOING, BOYS. NO SLOW BUCKET.

1110. GRAB THE GOOD BACK OVER HERE.

1111. THANK YOU, MR. O'KEEFE, FOR THIS TIME.

1112. YEAH, I GOT NOTHING BUT TIME, MR. GARRISON.

1113. MINUTES, HOURS, DAYS, YEARS OF 'EM.

1114. TIME JUST STANDS STILL HERE,

1115. LIKE A SNAKE SUNNING ITSELF ON THE ROAD.

1116. CLAY BERTRAND, WILLIE.

1117. YEAH, CLAY.

1118. I MET HIM SOMETIME IN JUNE OF '62...

1119. THE MASQUERADE BAR.

1120. DAVE FERRIE TOOK ME THERE

1121. FOR THE EXPRESS REASON TO MEET HIM.

1122. SEXUAL PURPOSES?

1123. WELL, YEAH.

1124. DID HE PAY YOU FOR THIS?

1125. $20. HELL, IT AIN'T NO SECRET.

1126. THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR.

1127. ANYTHING ELSE UNUSUAL ABOUT HIM

1128. YOU'D BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE IN A COURT OF LAW?

1129. HE HAD SOMETHING WRONG WITH HIS LEG, A LIMP.

1130. HE'S NOT ONE OF THOSE LIMP WRISTS.

1131. HE'S A BUTCH JOHN.

1132. YOU COULD PLAY POKER WITH HIM,

1133. GO FISHING WITH THE MAN.

1134. YOU'D NEVER SNAP IN A MILLION YEARS.

1135. ONE NIGHT WE WAS OVER AT DAVE FERRIE'S PLACE

1136. HAVING A PARTY.

1137. THAT WAS SOMETIME LATE IN THE SUMMER OF '63.

1138. THERE WAS ABOUT 9 OR 10 PEOPLE THERE.

1139. CUBAN. YOU KNOW, FRIENDS OF DAVE'S

1140. BEEN DOING SOME STUFF IN THE BUSH WITH HIM.

1141. DAVE'S MIND WAS A MESS. HE HAS THESE MICE CAGES

1142. 'CAUSE HE'S WORKING ON THIS CANCER CURE.

1143. iVIVA CUBA LIBRE!

1144. DAVE'S SMART, THOUGH. HE'S SHARP.

1145. HE SPEAKS 5 LANGUAGES.

1146. HE KNOWS PHILOSOPHY,

1147. MEDICINE, MILITARY HISTORY,

1148. POLITICS.

1149. HE WANTED TO BE A PRIEST,

1150. BUT THEY DEFROCKED HIM 'CAUSE HE WAS QUEER.

1151. THAT'S WHERE YOU MET OSWALD FOR THE FIRST TIME?

1152. YEAH. STRANGE GUY.

1153. DAVE INTRODUCED HIM AS, UH...

1154. SAY HELLO TO LEON OSWALD.

1155. HOW ARE YOU DOING, MAN?

1156. WHAT THE FUCK IS HE DOING HERE?

1157. FUCK YOU, MOTHERFUCKER.

1158. COME ON, COME ON.

1159. LEON'S IN A BAD MOOD.

1160. DON'T GET EXCITED. HE'S ALL RIGHT.

1161. YOU SAID LEON WAS LEE HARVEY OSWALD?

1162. FUCK, YEAH.

1163. I GOT NO REASON TO LIE TO YOU.

1164. I'M ALREADY IN JAIL.

1165. GO ON, WILLIE.

1166. FINALLY, THEY GOT OUT OF THERE,

1167. AND I FOUND MYSELF ALONE WITH DAVE AND LEON,

1168. TWO OF THE CUBANS, AND THIS GUY BERTRAND.

1169. DAVE PULLED OUT THESE CLIPPINGS

1170. HE'D BEEN CARRYING AROUND.

1171. HE'D BEEN OBSESSED

1172. WITH CASTRO AND KENNEDY FOR MONTHS.

1173. HE STARTED IN AGAIN.

1174. FUCKING LITTLE ASS-WIPE CLOSED THE CAMPS,

1175. TOOK ALL OUR C-4, TOOK 10,000 FUCKING ROUNDS.

1176. 3,000 POUNDS OF GUNPOWDER. ALL OUR FUCKING WEAPONS!

1177. I TELL YOU. YOU WANT TO FREE CUBA?

1178. WHACK OUT THE FUCKING BEARD.

1179. THAT FAGGOT KENNEDY WON'T LET US.

1180. OUR HANDS ARE EMPTY. HOW CAN WE KILL HIM?

1181. CASTRO HAS INFORMERS ON EVERY BLOCK.

1182. BULLSHIT. THEY GOT NEW STUFF.

1183. I COULD SHOW YOU DOZENS OF FUCKING POISONS.

1184. STICK IT IN HIS FOOD. HE'D DIE IN 3 DAYS.

1185. WE COULD MAKE HIS BEARD FALL OUT.

1186. HE'D LOOK FUCKING RIDICULOUS WITHOUT HIS BEARD.

1187. THE REAL PROBLEM IS THAT FUCKING KENNEDY.

1188. HE'S DOING DEALS...

1189. LA GRAN PUTA DE KHRUSHCHEV.

1190. LICKING HIS ASS.

1191. LAMBIANDOLE EL CULO, COÑO.

1192. AN INSPIRED ACT OF GOD SHOULD HAPPEN, OK?

1193. AND PUT A TEXAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE!

1194. iHA SIDO COMUNISTA, MIRA!

1195. THEN THE CUBANS LEFT.

1196. DAVE WAS DRUNK NOW. REALLY DRUNK.

1197. HE STARTED IN ON KENNEDY AGAIN.

1198. I'LL KILL HIM IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

1199. I'LL STAB HIM IN HIS FUCKING HEART.

1200. SOMEBODY GOT TO GET RID OF THIS FUCKER.

1201. YOU'LL NEVER GET THAT SON OF A BITCH.

1202. NO? IT WON'T BE LONG. MARK MY WORDS.

1203. THAT FUCKER'LL GET WHAT'S COMING TO HIM.

1204. CASTRO COULD BE BLAMED.

1205. THE COUNTRY'LL WANT TO INVADE CUBA.

1206. WE GOT TO GET KENNEDY IN THE OPEN.

1207. DAVID, ALWAYS SOME HAREBRAINED SCHEME OR ANOTHER.

1208. OH! WHAT HAVE WE HERE?

1209. LET'S HAVE SOME MORE CHAMPAGNE...

1210. SHALL WE?

1211. WHAT ABOUT THE SECRET SERVICE?

1212. IF IT'S PLANNED RIGHT, IT'S NO PROBLEM.

1213. LOOK HOW CLOSE THEY GOT TO DE GAULLE.

1214. EISENHOWER RODE AROUND IN OPEN TOP.

1215. WE NEED THREE MECHANICS

1216. IN THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

1217. AN OFFICE BUILDING WITH A HIGH-POWERED RIFLE.

1218. TRIANGULATION OF CROSS FIRE, THAT'S THE KEY.

1219. A DIVERSIONARY SHOT

1220. GETS THE SECRET SERVICE LOOKING THE OTHER WAY.

1221. BOOM! GET THE KILL SHOT.

1222. CRUCIAL THING IS ONE MAN HAS TO BE SACRIFICED.

1223. THEN, IN THE COMMOTION, THE JOB GETS DONE.

1224. THE OTHERS FLY TO SOME PLACE WITH NO EXTRADITION.

1225. WHY DON'T WE DROP THIS SUBJECT?

1226. IT'S ONE THING TO ENGAGE IN BADINAGE

1227. WITH THESE YOUNGSTERS,

1228. BUT THIS SORT OF THING

1229. COULD BE EASILY MISUNDERSTOOD.

1230. OH! AH!

1231. I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT AT THE TIME.

1232. IT'S BULLSHIT, YOU KNOW?

1233. EVERYBODY LIKES TO MAKE THEMSELVES OUT

1234. TO BE SOMETHING MORE THAN THEY ARE,

1235. ESPECIALLY IN THE HOMOSEXUAL UNDERWORLD.

1236. WHEN THEY GOT HIM, MAN,

1237. I GOT SCARED...

1238. REAL SCARED,

1239. AND THAT'S WHEN I GOT POPPED.

1240. YOU REALIZE THE THINGS YOU'RE SAYING

1241. WILL BE ATTACKED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE.

1242. BRING ALL THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS ON, MAN.

1243. BRING THEIR COLLEGE DEGREES IN HERE.

1244. I GOT NOTHING TO HIDE. YOU CAN'T BUY ME.

1245. I DON'T NEED THIS DAMN PAROLE.

1246. THIS IS ABOUT THE TRUTH COMING OUT.

1247. YOU A GODDAMN LIBERAL, MR. GARRISON.

1248. YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT

1249. 'CAUSE YOU NEVER BEEN FUCKED IN THE ASS.

1250. THIS AIN'T ABOUT JUSTICE.

1251. THIS IS ABOUT ORDER... WHO RULES,

1252. 'CAUSE, SEE, FASCISM IS COMING BACK.

1253. NOBODY WANTS TO BUY YOU. NO ONE'S PROMISING PAROLE.

1254. I WANT TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR.

1255. WHAT I NEED TO KNOW IS WHY ARE YOU TELLING US THIS?

1256. 'CAUSE THAT MOTHERFUCKER KENNEDY

1257. STOLE THAT MOTHERFUCKING ELECTION,

1258. THAT'S WHY.

1259. NIXON WAS GOING TO BE A GREAT PRESIDENT

1260. TILL KENNEDY WRECKED THIS COUNTRY.

1261. NIGGERS ASKING FOR THEIR DAMN RIGHTS.

1262. WHY DO YOU THINK WE GOT THIS CRIME?

1263. HE PROMISED THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS TOO MUCH.

1264. REVOLUTION'S COMING— BULLSHIT, MAN.

1265. FASCISM IS COMING BACK.

1266. I'LL TELL YOU THIS.

1267. THE DAY THAT COMMUNIST SON OF A BITCH DIED

1268. WAS A GREAT DAY FOR THIS COUNTRY.

1269. I HATE TO THINK THEY BLAME IT ON

1270. SOME SILLY FUCKING OSWALD.

1271. DIDN'T KNOW SHIT, ANYWAY.

1272. PEOPLE GOT TO KNOW.

1273. PEOPLE GOT TO KNOW WHY HE WAS KILLED.

1274. BECAUSE HE WAS...

1275. A COMMUNIST.

1276. GO AHEAD, MAN. YOU PUT ME ON THE STAND.

1277. I'LL TELL THE SAME GODDAMN STORY.

1278. DON'T MATTER FUCK ALL TO ME.

1279. ALL RIGHT, WILLIE.

1280. THANK YOU.

1281. WE'LL BE IN TOUCH.

1282. ALL RIGHT.

1283. HEY, YOU KNOW,

1284. YOU'RE NOT A BAD-LOOKING MAN, MR. GARRISON.

1285. NOT BAD-LOOKING AT ALL.

1286. WHEN I GET OUT, I'LL COME SEE YOU.

1287. WE'LL HAVE SOME FUN.

1288. THEIR TESTIMONY WON'T HOLD UP IN COURT.

1289. ALL THREE HAVE REPUTATIONS LOWER THAN CROCODILE PISS.

1290. DOES THAT BOTHER YOU, BILL?

1291. I ALWAYS WONDERED IN COURT WHY IT IS

1292. BECAUSE A WOMAN'S A PROSTITUTE,

1293. SHE HAS TO HAVE BAD EYESIGHT.

1294. GO FIND CLAY BERTRAND.

1295. START BY CHECKING AROUND THE QUARTER.

1296. THE SIX OF US ARE GOING TO SOLVE A CASE

1297. THE WARREN COMMISSION COULDN'T SOLVE?

1298. I DIDN'T PICK YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR LEGAL SKILL.

1299. THANKS, BOSS.

1300. BUT BECAUSE YOU'RE A FIGHTER.

1301. I LIKE A MAN WHO'S NOT AFRAID OF BAD ODDS.

1302. MR. GARRISON, REMEMBER ME?

1303. I CERTAINLY DO. DID YOU VOTE FOR ME?

1304. I CERTAINLY DID, SIR.

1305. WE SANG TOGETHER AT THE ROYAL ORLEANS.

1306. YEAH, WE SANG YOU'RE THE CREAM IN MY COFFEE.

1307. MR. GARRISON, WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU LATELY.

1308. BEEN TOO BUSY, PAUL.

1309. ELECTED MEN CAN'T HAVE AS MUCH FUN AS THEY USED TO.

1310. IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE YOU.

1311. PLEASURE TO SERVE YOU ALWAYS.

1312. FIGHTER, AMEN.

1313. HEY, JIM.

1314. HOW ARE YOU? NICE TO SEE YOU.

1315. HEY, JIM.

1316. WELCOME BACK, LOU.

1317. PAUL, YOU THINK I COULD GET A MARTINI?

1318. BEEN WAITING FOR YOU, SIR.

1319. PERFECT.

1320. KEEP THAT TABLE OPEN, WILL YOU?

1321. YES, SIR.

1322. DID YOU FIND OUT ANYTHING ON THOSE HOBOES?

1323. PHOTOGRAPHER FROM THE DALLAS TIMES HERALD

1324. GOT SOME GREAT SHOTS OF THEM.

1325. NEVER PUBLISHED.

1326. CAN'T SAY THAT COMES AS A SURPRISE ANYMORE.

1327. THEY TOOK THEM TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE,

1328. AND THEY LET THEM GO.

1329. NO RECORD OF THEM BEING QUESTIONED.

1330. TAKE A GOOD LOOK, CHIEF.

1331. ANY LOOK LIKE THE HOBOS YOU REMEMBER?

1332. THESE TWO LOOK PRETTY YOUNG.

1333. NOT A SINGLE FRAYED COLLAR OR CUFF,

1334. NEW HAIRCUTS, FRESH SHAVE,

1335. CLEAN HANDS, NEW SHOE LEATHER?

1336. WELL, WHO THE HELL ARE THEY, THEN?

1337. HI, SUSIE.

1338. HELLO. I'M SORRY I'M LATE.

1339. SIT DOWN.

1340. THIS COULD BE IT.

1341. LET'S START LOOKING FOR THEM.

1342. WHAT ABOUT THAT RAILROAD MAN, LEE BOWERS?

1343. SAW THOSE MEN AT THE PICKET FENCE.

1344. GRAVEYARD DEAD.

1345. AUGUST THIS YEAR.

1346. SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT ON AN EMPTY ROAD

1347. IN MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS.

1348. THE DOCTOR SAID

1349. HE WAS IN SOME KIND OF STRANGE SHOCK.

1350. WE NEED TO FIND MORE WITNESSES, LOU.

1351. THERE WAS ROSE CHERAMIE, A WHORE.

1352. SHE SAID SHE WAS A DOPE RUNNER

1353. FOR JACK RUBY,

1354. AND SHE SAID THAT RUBY KNEW OSWALD

1355. FOR YEARS.

1356. CAN WE TALK TO HER?

1357. SHE'S DEAD, TOO.

1358. HIT AND RUN.

1359. WHY DON'T WE GO RIGHT TO THE HORSE'S MOUTH?

1360. JACK RUBY'S BEEN ROTTING IN JAIL FOR 3 YEARS.

1361. MAYBE HE'S READY TO CRACK.

1362. IF WE GO TO HIM,

1363. OUR INVESTIGATION WILL HIT THE FRONT PAGES BY SUNRISE.

1364. IT'D BLOW UP IN OUR FACE.

1365. SUSIE, WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT ON OSWALD?

1366. NEGATIVE ON HIS TAX RECORDS. CLASSIFIED.

1367. FIRST TIME I KNOW A D.A. CAN'T GET A TAX RECORD.

1368. I PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF CIA FILES ON OSWALD

1369. THAT WERE PART OF THE WARREN REPORT.

1370. THERE ARE ABOUT 1,200 DOCUMENTS

1371. AND CAN'T GET ONE OF THEM.

1372. ALL CLASSIFIED AS SECRET

1373. ON NATIONAL SECURITY GROUNDS.

1374. THEY GAVE ME HIS GRAMMAR SCHOOL RECORDS.

1375. IT'S A STUDY OF HIS PUBIC HAIRS.

1376. LONELY KID, NO FATHER.

1377. JOINS THE MARINES AT 17.

1378. HE LEARNS RUSSIAN. HE ACTS OVERTLY MARXIST,

1379. BUT HE'S STATIONED

1380. AT A TOP-SECRET AIR BASE IN JAPAN

1381. WHERE U2 SPY FLIGHTS OVER RUSSIA ORIGINATE.

1382. HE'S DISCHARGED FROM THE MARINES

1383. SUPPOSEDLY BECAUSE HIS MOTHER'S SICK.

1384. STAYS HOME THREE DAYS,

1385. AND THEN WITH A $1,500 TICKET

1386. FROM A $203 BANK ACCOUNT,

1387. HE GOES TO MOSCOW.

1388. MR. OSWALD,

1389. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE SEVERITY

1390. OF THE ACTION YOU'RE ABOUT TO TAKE?

1391. I DO, AND I'M ALSO FAMILIAR WITH THE ARGUMENTS.

1392. I WISH TO RENOUNCE MY CITIZENSHIP

1393. AND BECOME A SOVIET CITIZEN.

1394. I'M GOING TO, UH, MAKE KNOWN TO THEM

1395. ALL INFORMATION I HAVE CONCERNING THE MARINE CORPS...

1396. AND HE DISAPPEARS FOR 6 WEEKS,

1397. PRESUMABLY WITH THE KGB.

1398. THEY SHUTTLE HIM TO A RADIO FACTORY IN MINSK

1399. WHERE HE LIVES AS HIGH ON THE HOG AS HE EVER HAS.

1400. HE'S GIVEN 5,000 RUBLES,

1401. A ROOMY APARTMENT WITH A BALCONY,

1402. HAS AFFAIRS WITH LOCAL GIRLS.

1403. MAKES SENSE. HE'S A SPOKESMAN.

1404. BUT HE NEVER WRITES, SPEAKS,

1405. OR DOES PROPAGANDA FOR THE RUSSIANS.

1406. HE MEETS MARINA,

1407. WHOSE UNCLE IS A COLONEL IN SOVIET INTELLIGENCE,

1408. AT A TRADE UNION DANCE.

1409. SHE THINKS HE'S RUSSIAN BY THE WAY HE SPEAKS.

1410. THEY MARRY, HAVE A DAUGHTER.

1411. THE ONLY EXPLANATION FOR THE ROYAL TREATMENT

1412. CAN BE THAT HE GAVE THEM RADAR SECRETS,

1413. OR FAKE SECRETS.

1414. 6 MONTHS AFTER HIS RUSSIAN ARRIVAL,

1415. FRANCIS GARY POWERS' U2 SPY FLIGHT

1416. GOES DOWN IN RUSSIA.

1417. THAT PLANE WAS UNTOUCHABLE.

1418. POWERS HINTED

1419. THAT OSWALD COULD'VE GIVEN THE RUSSIANS

1420. ENOUGH DATA TO HIT IT.

1421. AS A DIRECT RESULT, THE PEACE SUMMIT

1422. BETWEEN KHRUSHCHEV AND EISENHOWER FAILED.

1423. MAYBE SOMEONE IN OUR MILITARY

1424. DIDN'T WANT THE PEACE CONFERENCE TO HAPPEN.

1425. COME ON.

1426. MAYBE OSWALD WAS PART OF THAT.

1427. IT GETS WEIRDER.

1428. YOU'RE AN ASSISTANT D.A. STICK TO WHAT YOU CAN PROVE.

1429. YOU WANT FACTS?

1430. DON'T GET SIDETRACKED.

1431. HOW DOES HE GET BACK TO THE STATES?

1432. DOES HE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH UNCLE SAM?

1433. THE STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES A NEW PASSPORT

1434. WITHIN 48 HOURS AND LOANS HIM TRAVEL MONEY.

1435. HE'S NEVER INVESTIGATED OR CHARGED BY THE NAVY

1436. FOR REVEALING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

1437. OR, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, DEBRIEFED BY THE CIA.

1438. SON OF A BITCH SHOULD'VE BEEN PROSECUTED AS TRAITOR

1439. THE MINUTE HE STEPPED OFF THE BOAT.

1440. WHAT ABOUT MARINA?

1441. SHE HAVE PROBLEMS GETTING OUT?

1442. NONE EITHER.

1443. IT'S BIZARRE. IT'S NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE

1444. TO GET RUSSIAN SWEETHEARTS OUT.

1445. THIS IS A MAN WHO HAS DEFECTED ONCE ALREADY.

1446. IT'S CRAZY.

1447. ORDINARY PEOPLE GET BLACKLISTED

1448. FOR HAVING LEFTIST AFFILIATIONS.

1449. DOESN'T ADD UP, DOES IT?

1450. NEXT, HE'S LIVING IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH,

1451. OCTOBER '62,

1452. WORKING 6 MONTHS AT JAGGARS-CHILES-STOVALL,

1453. A PHOTOGRAPHIC FIRM THAT CONTRACTS TO MAKE MAPS

1454. FOR THE U.S. ARMY.

1455. OSWALD BECOMES CHUMMY

1456. WITH THE WHITE RUSSIAN COMMUNITY OF DALLAS,

1457. ALL RABID ANTI-COMMUNISTS.

1458. IT'S ODD.

1459. THE OSWALDS ARE INTRODUCED

1460. TO JANET AND BILL WILLIAMS.

1461. IT'S THROUGH JANET WILLIAMS

1462. IN OCTOBER '63

1463. THAT LEE GETS THE JOB AT THE WAREHOUSE

1464. RIGHT SMACK ON ELM STREET

1465. AT THE BOOK DEPOSITORY.

1466. PRESUMABLY SO HE CAN NOW EXERCISE HIS INTELLECT,

1467. STACKING SCHOOL TEXTS AT $1.25 AN HOUR.

1468. MARINA FIGHTS OFTEN WITH LEE

1469. ABOUT MANY THINGS.

1470. YOU TALK TO THEM!

1471. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND!

1472. HIS SECRECY, THEIR LACK OF MONEY.

1473. SHE SAYS THAT LEE IS NOT SEXUALLY ADEQUATE.

1474. LEE! YOU'LL HURT HER! YOU'LL HURT HER!

1475. LEE HITS HER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

1476. NOW, AT THE AGE OF 24,

1477. HE RENTS A ROOM IN DALLAS

1478. UNDER THE ALIAS OF O.H. LEE.

1479. DO YOU WANT TO WATCH TELEVISION?

1480. ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, MR. LEE?

1481. NO, THANK YOU. I'M FINE.

1482. ALL I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE WILLIAMS

1483. IS THEIR TAX RETURNS ARE CLASSIFIED.

1484. BILL WILLIAMS HAS CIA LINKS THROUGH HIS FAMILY

1485. AND DOES CLASSIFIED WORK FOR BELL HELICOPTER.

1486. BILL'S CONVENIENT SEPARATION FROM JANET

1487. ALLOWS MARINA TO MOVE INTO HER HOUSE

1488. WHERE SHE SUDDENLY BECOMES MARINA'S BEST FRIEND.

1489. THERE, MARINA AND LEE HAVE A SECOND DAUGHTER.

1490. I HAVE TO GO AWAY

1491. JUST FOR A SHORT WHILE.

1492. WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THIS FAMILY?

1493. I LOVE LEE, AND I SORRY HIM.

1494. YOU'RE SORRY FOR HIM?

1495. YES.

1496. WHEN HE'S ARRESTED,

1497. MARINA BURIES HIM WITH THE PUBLIC.

1498. HER DESCRIPTION OF HIM

1499. WAS THAT OF A PSYCHOTIC AND VIOLENT MAN.

1500. I HAVE TOO MUCH FACTS,

1501. AND FACTS TELL ME THAT LEE SHOT KENNEDY.

1502. AFTER THEY KEPT HER LOCKED AWAY FOR 2 MONTHS

1503. SURROUNDED BY FEDERAL PEOPLE

1504. AND FEARING DEPORTATION BACK TO RUSSIA.

1505. THE POOR WOMAN WAS PROBABLY SUFFERING

1506. FROM NERVOUS EXHAUSTION.

1507. THEY TAUGHT HER HOW TO ANSWER.

1508. WHEN THEY THINK SHE'S READY,

1509. THEY BUY NEW DRESSES,

1510. POLISH HER APPEARANCE, AND WHEEL HER OUT ON CUE.

1511. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE WARREN COMMISSION...

1512. OSWALD WAS NO ANGEL, BUT WHO WAS HE?

1513. I'M LOST, BOSS.

1514. WHAT ARE WE SAYING HERE?

1515. WE'RE SAYING THAT WHEN OSWALD WENT TO RUSSIA,

1516. HE WAS NOT A REAL DEFECTOR.

1517. HE WAS AN AGENT ON SOME MISSION FOR OUR GOVERNMENT

1518. AND REMAINED ONE TILL THE DAY HE DIED.

1519. THEREFORE, BECAUSE OSWALD PULLED THE TRIGGER,

1520. THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MURDERED

1521. THEIR OWN COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF?

1522. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?

1523. I'LL GO ONE BETTER.

1524. MAYBE OSWALD DIDN'T PULL THE TRIGGER.

1525. NITRATE TESTS INDICATE HE HADN'T EVEN FIRED A RIFLE

1526. ON NOVEMBER 22nd.

1527. THEY DIDN'T BOTHER TO SEE

1528. IF THE RIFLE HAD BEEN FIRED THAT DAY.

1529. HE HAD HIS PALM PRINT ON THE WEAPON.

1530. IT WENT TO THE FBI.

1531. THE FBI DIDN'T FIND A GODDAMN THING.

1532. IT COMES BACK A WEEK LATER,

1533. AND ONE GUY IN THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT

1534. SUDDENLY FINDS A PALM PRINT.

1535. IT COULD'VE BEEN TAKEN OFF OSWALD IN THE MORGUE.

1536. THERE'S NO CHAIN OF EVIDENCE.

1537. I NEVER COULD FIGURE

1538. WHY THIS GUY ORDERS A TRACEABLE WEAPON

1539. TO THIS POST OFFICE BOX

1540. WHEN HE CAN GO INTO ANY TEXAS STORE,

1541. GIVE A PHONY NAME,

1542. AND WALK OUT WITH AN UNTRACEABLE RIFLE.

1543. TO FRAME HIM, OBVIOUSLY.

1544. THERE'S A LOT OF SMOKE, BUT THERE'S SOME FIRE.

1545. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR GOVERNMENT HERE.

1546. NO. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A CRIME, PURE AND SIMPLE.

1547. Y'ALL GOT TO START THINKING ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL

1548. LIKE THE CIA DOES.

1549. WE'RE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, PEOPLE.

1550. WHITE IS BLACK...

1551. AND BLACK IS WHITE.

1552. MAYBE OSWALD IS EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID HE WAS...

1553. A PATSY.

1554. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. YOU WERE HERE?

1555. YES, SIR.

1556. THIS IS WHERE I WAS SITTING.

1557. SHOTS CAME FROM NEAR THAT WOODEN FENCE OVER THERE,

1558. NEAR THE OVERPASS,

1559. AND I SAW A MAN RUN FROM THE FENCE

1560. TOWARD THOSE RAILROAD CARS.

1561. I MADE IT CLEAR TO THE WARREN PEOPLE

1562. ONE OF THE SHOTS

1563. CAME FROM BEHIND THAT PICKET FENCE.

1564. I HEARD THE REPORTS,

1565. SAW THE SMOKE COME OUT 6 OR 8 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND,

1566. RIGHT OUT FROM UNDER THOSE TREES.

1567. ALL FOUR OF US, ALL RAILROAD MEN,

1568. SEEN ABOUT THE SAME THING.

1569. THE SMOKE CAME FROM BEHIND THE HEDGE.

1570. I WAS STANDING NEXT TO MARY MOORMAN

1571. WHO TOOK THE PHOTOGRAPH WHEN HE WAS KILLED.

1572. I STEPPED DOWN TO THE CURB AND YELLED,

1573. "HEY, MR. PRESIDENT!

1574. LOOK OVER HERE!"

1575. AND THEN SHOTS RANG OUT.

1576. MARY FELL TO THE GROUND RIGHT AWAY.

1577. SHE WAS YELLING, "THEY'RE SHOOTING!

1578. THEY'RE SHOOTING! GET DOWN!"

1579. I JUST STOOD THERE WATCHING.

1580. THE DRIVER HAD STOPPED.

1581. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THAT DRIVER.

1582. THEN OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE,

1583. I SAW A FLASH OF LIGHT IN THE BUSHES

1584. AND THAT LAST SHOT.

1585. JUST RIPPED HIS HEAD OFF.

1586. I LOOKED UP,

1587. AND I SAW SMOKE COMING FROM OVER THERE,

1588. ON THE KNOLL.

1589. WE CAME TO LOOK FOR TRACKS.

1590. IT RAINED THAT MORNING,

1591. AND WE FOUND A BUNCH.

1592. CIGARETTE BUTTS...

1593. AND SOMEONE HAD STOOD ABOUT HERE.

1594. THAT'S A GOOD SPOT, CHIEF,

1595. FOR THE HEAD SHOT.

1596. EVERYTHING WAS JUST FROZEN.

1597. IT SEEMED LIKE PEOPLE WEREN'T EVEN BREATHING,

1598. LIKE YOU WERE LOOKING AT A PICTURE...

1599. EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE MAN.

1600. I SAW THIS ONE MAN RUNNING FROM THE CORNER

1601. OF THE BOOK DEPOSITORY TOWARDS THE PARKING LOT.

1602. IT WAS 11 A.M.

1603. I WAS DRIVING WEST ON ELM STREET

1604. TOWARD THE TRIPLE UNDERPASS IN A RENTED CAR.

1605. A LIGHT BLUE VALIANT.

1606. I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT DAY.

1607. THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF TRAFFIC.

1608. I STOPPED ALONGSIDE THIS GREEN PICKUP TRUCK.

1609. IT WAS VERY NOTICEABLE

1610. BECAUSE IT HAD ONE OF ITS WHEELS ON THE CURB.

1611. WHEN I SAW THE GUN, I THOUGHT,

1612. "WELL, THE SECRET SERVICE IS NOT VERY SECRET."

1613. THE NEXT MORNING ON SATURDAY,

1614. I WENT TO THE FBI OFFICE,

1615. AND THEY SHOWED ME SOME PHOTOGRAPHS,

1616. AND I PICKED OUT 3 PICTURES

1617. THAT LOOKED GENERALLY LIKE THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK.

1618. THAT'S THE MAN.

1619. YOU IDENTIFIED JACK RUBY ON SATURDAY?

1620. THAT'S RIGHT.

1621. THE DAY BEFORE HE SHOT OSWALD?

1622. THAT'S RIGHT.

1623. WHEN I SAW HIM ON TV, I WAS SHOCKED.

1624. I TURNED TO MY FAMILY, AND I SAID,

1625. "THAT'S THE MAN IN THE TRUCK."

1626. YOU DIDN'T SEEM NEARLY SO SURE

1627. IN YOUR STATEMENT TO THE WARREN COMMISSION.

1628. WHAT ABOUT THESE OTHERS?

1629. YOU SAID ONE OF THEM MIGHT BE HIM?

1630. THEY LOOK A LITTLE LIKE HIM,

1631. BUT I'M SURE THIS IS THE MAN.

1632. IT WAS HIM I WAS CHASING UP THE GRASSY KNOLL.

1633. I THOUGHT OUR GUYS HAD SHOT BACK

1634. AND WE'D GOT ONE OF THEM.

1635. WHEN I GOT TO THE PARKING LOT,

1636. ALL I SAW WERE RAILROAD WORKERS

1637. AND DALLAS' FINEST.

1638. SECRET SERVICE, MA'AM. YOU'RE COMING WITH US.

1639. I AM NOT! I DON'T KNOW YOU!

1640. YOU'RE COMING WITH US!

1641. I WANT THOSE PICTURES IN YOUR POCKET.

1642. HE PUT A HURT ON ME BUT GOOD.

1643. THEY MUST'VE WATCHED THE WHOLE THING

1644. BECAUSE THEY KNEW EVERYTHING MARY AND I HAD DONE ALL DAY.

1645. I GUESS I WASN'T HARD TO FIND,

1646. WEARING THAT RED RAINCOAT.

1647. HOW MANY SHOTS DID YOU HEAR?

1648. 4 TO 6.

1649. THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

1650. YOU HEARD ECHOES.

1651. ECHOES!

1652. WE HAVE 3 BULLETS AND 3 SHOTS

1653. THAT CAME FROM THE BOOK DEPOSITORY.

1654. THAT'S ALL WE'RE WILLING TO SAY.

1655. NO, SIR.

1656. I SAW A MAN SHOOTING FROM BEHIND THAT FENCE.

1657. WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THAT?

1658. YOU GOT TO GET HIM.

1659. WE HAVE THAT TAKEN CARE OF.

1660. YOU ONLY HEARD 3 SHOTS.

1661. YOU'RE NOT TO TALK ABOUT THIS WITH ANYBODY.

1662. NO ONE.

1663. WHICH IS STRANGE, BECAUSE IT'S LESS

1664. THAN 20 MINUTES AFTER THE ASSASSINATION.

1665. GET HER OUT.

1666. I KNEW SOMETHING WAS CROOKED AS A DOG'S HIND LEG.

1667. SURE ENOUGH, WHEN I READ MY TESTIMONY

1668. AS PUBLISHED BY THE WARREN COMMISSION,

1669. IT WAS A FABRICATION FROM START TO FINISH.

1670. THAT'S WHAT BOTHERS ME, MR. GARRISON.

1671. THEY'VE BEEN ALTERED. MY STATEMENTS.

1672. SEE. THIS ONE HERE SAYS,

1673. "MERCER COULD NOT IDENTIFY ANY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

1674. "AS BEING IDENTICAL WITH THE PERSON SHE'D OBSERVED

1675. SLOUCHED OVER THE WHEEL OF THE GREEN FORD TRUCK."

1676. I NEVER SAID ANY SUCH THING.

1677. I RECOGNIZED HIM AND TOLD THEM SO.

1678. TAKE YOUR TIME.

1679. I'M SURE.

1680. THEN HERE ON THE DALLAS SHERIFF'S REPORT,

1681. THIS IS REALLY STRANGE.

1682. THAT NOTARIZED SIGNATURE AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH PAGE,

1683. THAT IS NOT MY SIGNATURE.

1684. THERE NEVER WAS ANY NOTARY PRESENT

1685. DURING ANY OF MY QUESTIONING.

1686. MRS. MERCER, AS A FORMER FBI MAN,

1687. IT'S DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT THIS.

1688. BEVERLY, TELL MR. GARRISON ABOUT THE CAROUSEL CLUB.

1689. OK.

1690. I USED TO GO OVER THERE TO SEE JACK,

1691. AND ESPECIALLY MY FRIEND JATTA,

1692. WHO DANCED THERE.

1693. IT WAS THE REAL SWINGING SPOT IN TOWN.

1694. BUSINESSMEN, POLITICIANS FROM AUSTIN,

1695. L.B.J.'s FRIENDS.

1696. DALLAS WAS A SLOW-POKING TOWN BACK THEN.

1697. YOU CHEWED TOOTHPICKS, PLAYED DOMINOES,

1698. SPIT, DATE A POLICEMAN.

1699. BUT JACK'S, THAT WAS EXCITING.

1700. THERE WERE ALWAYS COPS THERE.

1701. JACK LIKED THEM AROUND,

1702. EVEN THOUGH HE THREW OUT THE DRUNKS HIMSELF.

1703. HE WAS KIND OF A VIOLENT-TEMPERED MAN.

1704. HEY, HOW ARE YOU?

1705. EVERYBODY IN THOSE DAYS KNEW JACK WAS IN THE MOB.

1706. HEY, SWEETHEART.

1707. COPS BACK THEN, THEY WERE BAD.

1708. THEY'D SHAKE YOU DOWN FOR THE MONEY IN YOUR POCKET.

1709. THERE WAS ONE CASE I'LL NEVER FORGET—

1710. WHAT ABOUT LEE?

1711. WELL, ONE TIME I CAME IN,

1712. AND JACK INTRODUCED ME TO THESE TWO GUYS.

1713. HE SAYS, "I'D LIKE YOU TO MEET MY FRIEND LEE."

1714. MEET MY FRIEND LEE OSWALD.

1715. I DON'T REMEMBER THE OTHER GUY'S NAME.

1716. HE WAS A WEIRD-LOOKING GUY.

1717. HE HAD THESE EYEBROWS,

1718. AND HE KIND OF LOOKED LIKE A BUZZARD.

1719. HI, HOW ARE YOU?

1720. LEE DIDN'T MAKE MUCH OF AN IMPRESSION.

1721. HE WAS, UM...

1722. HE REALLY WASN'T VERY GOOD-LOOKING,

1723. AND HE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE HAD ANY MONEY.

1724. AND HE WAS IN A BAD MOOD,

1725. SO I DIDN'T PAY HIM MUCH MIND.

1726. I MAY NOT REMEMBER A NAME,

1727. BUT I ALWAYS REMEMBER A FACE.

1728. A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER

1729. WHEN I SAW HIM ON THE TELEVISION,

1730. I SCREAMED, "MY GOD, THAT'S HIM!

1731. THAT'S JACK'S FRIEND!"

1732. WILL YOU TESTIFY, BEVERLY?

1733. I DON'T THINK SO.

1734. I THOUGHT WHEN WE CAME HERE, WE HAD AN AGREEMENT.

1735. I DON'T WANT TO BECOME ANOTHER STATISTIC.

1736. WE COULD CALL YOU IN, BEVERLY.

1737. IF THEY CAN KILL

1738. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,

1739. DO YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING TO THINK TWICE

1740. ABOUT A TWO-BIT SHOW GIRL LIKE ME?

1741. I UNDERSTAND

1742. THE PRESSURE YOU'RE UNDER, BEVERLY.

1743. DON'T THINK FOR A MINUTE I DON'T.

1744. WE BOTH DO.

1745. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE,

1746. DO YOU UNDERSTAND I CANNOT TELL THE TRUTH

1747. HERE IN DALLAS?

1748. THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE

1749. WHO DO NOT WANT ME TO TELL THE TRUTH,

1750. WHO DON'T WANT ME TO HAVE A RETRIAL.

1751. MR. RUBY, WHY DON'T YOU TELL US NOW?

1752. MY LIFE IS IN DANGER.

1753. IF YOU REQUEST THAT I GO BACK TO WASHINGTON,

1754. IF YOU WANT TO HEAR FURTHER TESTIMONY FROM ME,

1755. CAN YOU TAKE ME WITH YOU?

1756. NO. THAT COULDN'T BE DONE.

1757. THERE WOULD BE NO SAFE PLACE FOR YOU.

1758. WE'RE NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

1759. MR. RUBY, THERE'S A GREAT DEAL AT STAKE

1760. IN THIS MATTER.

1761. SEE, IF I AM ELIMINATED,

1762. THERE WON'T BE ANY WAY OF KNOWING

1763. ANY BIT OF THE TRUTH PERTAINING TO MY SITUATION,

1764. AND CONSEQUENTLY,

1765. A WHOLE NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT

1766. IS GOING TO TAKE OVER THIS COUNTRY.

1767. YEAH! AND I KNOW THAT I WON'T LIVE

1768. TO SEE YOU SOME OTHER TIME.

1769. 'CAUSE I WANT TO TELL THE TRUTH,

1770. AND THEN I WANT TO LEAVE THIS WORLD.

1771. THE ZAPRUDER FILM ESTABLISHES 3 SHOTS

1772. IN 5.6 SECONDS.

1773. HERE.

1774. I'M OSWALD.

1775. TIME ME.

1776. GO.

1777. TIME?

1778. BETWEEN 6, 7 SECONDS.

1779. AND THAT'S WITHOUT REALLY AIMING.

1780. THE SECOND AND THIRD SHOTS

1781. CAME ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

1782. IT TAKES A MINIMUM 2.3 SECONDS

1783. TO RECYCLE THIS THING.

1784. THE OTHER PROBLEM IS,

1785. THERE WAS A TREE THERE

1786. BLOCKING THE FIRST TWO SHOTS

1787. WHEN THEY OCCUR IN THE ZAPRUDER FILM.

1788. DIDN'T J. EDGAR HOOVER MENTION THAT?

1789. LEAVES ARE FALLING OFF IN NOVEMBER.

1790. IT'S A TEXAS LIVE OAK, CHIEF.

1791. IT SHEDS ITS LEAVES THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH.

1792. YOU TAKE THIS CARCANO,

1793. WORLD'S WORST SHOULDER WEAPON,

1794. AND YOU TRY TO HIT A MOVING TARGET AT 88 YARDS

1795. THROUGH HEAVY FOLIAGE. NO WAY.

1796. HERE.

1797. FBI TRIED 2 SETS OF TESTS.

1798. NOT ONE OF THEIR SHARPSHOOTERS

1799. COULD MATCH OSWALD'S PERFORMANCE.

1800. NOT ONE,

1801. AND OSWALD WAS AT BEST A MEDIUM SHOT.

1802. THE SCOPE WAS DEFECTIVE ON IT, TOO.

1803. THAT'S THE WHOLE ESSENCE OF THE CASE TO ME.

1804. THE GUY COULDN'T DO THE SHOOTING.

1805. NOBODY COULD, AND THEY SOLD THIS LEMON

1806. TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.

1807. THE ZAPRUDER FILM WAS THE PROOF

1808. THEY DIDN'T COUNT ON, LOU.

1809. WE GOT TO GET OUR HANDS ON IT.

1810. THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO SUBPOENA TIME-LIFE.

1811. LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING, LOU.

1812. WHY NOT SHOOT KENNEDY COMING UP HOUSTON?

1813. THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME.

1814. HE'S OUT IN THE OPEN.

1815. I WONDER THE SAME THING.

1816. IT'S A FRONTAL SHOT.

1817. EVEN IF YOU MISS HIM FOR THE FIRST SHOT,

1818. YOU GOT HIM FOR THE SECOND SHOT.

1819. ONLY REASON FOR WAITING TO GET HIM ON ELM

1820. IS YOU GOT HIM IN A TRIANGULATED CROSS FIRE.

1821. YOU PUT A TEAM DOWN AT THE FENCE

1822. FOR A FRONTAL SHOT— FLAT, LOW TRAJECTORY—

1823. PUT A THIRD TEAM DOWN IN THIS BUILDING

1824. ON A LOW FLOOR.

1825. KENNEDY GETS TO THE KILL ZONE THERE,

1826. IT'S A TURKEY SHOOT.

1827. HOW MANY MEN?

1828. OK. YOU GOT ONE SHOOTER.

1829. SAY, ONE SPOTTER ON A RADIO.

1830. MAYBE 3 TEAMS.

1831. I'D SAY THESE ARE PROFESSIONAL RIFLEMEN, TOO, CHIEF.

1832. THEY'RE SERIOUS PEOPLE.

1833. HUNTERS.

1834. PATIENT.

1835. IT TAKES SKILL TO KILL WITH A RIFLE, CHIEF.

1836. YOU GOT TO FIGURE THAT'S WHY

1837. THERE'S BEEN NO EXECUTION

1838. OF A CHIEF EXECUTIVE WITH ONE IN 200 YEARS.

1839. 3...

1840. 2...

1841. 1...

1842. AAH!

1843. CLAY BERTRAND? SURE I KNOW HIM.

1844. COMES AROUND THE QUARTER.

1845. WHO IS HE, JOE?

1846. I BEEN TO ALL THE BARS.

1847. NOBODY WANTS TO TALK.

1848. WHY SHOULD THEY TALK TO YOU?

1849. I TOLD YOUR UNCLE

1850. I NEVER MET A LAWMAN WHO WASN'T A BUM.

1851. A BIG SHOT BUSINESSMAN.

1852. I SEEN HIM ON THE TV NEWS A LOT

1853. WITH ALL THE OTHER BIG SHOTS.

1854. THE GUY'S A FAG, YOU KNOW?

1855. GOES BY ANOTHER NAME.

1856. WHAT'S THE OTHER NAME?

1857. SHAW. CLAY SHAW.

1858. CLAY BERTRAND IS CLAY SHAW?

1859. HA HA HA HA!

1860. THE GUY WHO RAN

1861. THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE MART?

1862. YEAH. WHAT'S THE MYSTERY?

1863. EVERYBODY DOWN HERE KNOWS THE GUY.

1864. THEN WHY DOES HE CALL HIMSELF BERTRAND?

1865. WHO GIVES A SHIT WHAT HE CALLS HIMSELF?

1866. WHAT ABOUT THAT GRAND JURY THING?

1867. YOU GIVING US HELP?

1868. I HOPE SO. WE COULD USE IT.

1869. YOUR HUNCH WAS RIGHT, BOSS.

1870. IN JANUARY 1961 IN NEW ORLEANS

1871. AT THE BOLTON FORD DEALERSHIP,

1872. WHEN THE OSWALD WE KNOW IS IN RUSSIA,

1873. THERE'S A MAN USING THE NAME OSWALD

1874. TO BUY TRUCKS FOR THE FRIENDS OF DEMOCRATIC CUBA.

1875. MR. OSWALD,

1876. YOU CAN DRIVE OUT OF HERE WITH IT.

1877. SALESMAN NEVER SEES HIM AGAIN.

1878. BUT GUESS WHO'S ON THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

1879. OF THE FRIENDS FOR DEMOCRATIC CUBA?

1880. WHO?

1881. GUY BANISTER.

1882. WHOA!

1883. BANISTER HAS SOMEONE USING THE NAME OSWALD

1884. TO BUY THE TRUCKS.

1885. HOOVER AT THE FBI HAS A MEMO DATED JUNE 1960

1886. THAT SOMEONE MAY BE TRYING

1887. TO USE OSWALD'S PASSPORT AND IDENTITY.

1888. OTHER WITNESSES SEE HIM ON SEPARATE DAYS

1889. AT DIFFERENT FIRING RANGES.

1890. ONE TIME, NOVEMBER 9th,

1891. HE DECIDES HE NEEDS PRACTICE

1892. ON THE GUY'S TARGET NEXT TO HIM.

1893. I DIDN'T PAY FOR A TARGET

1894. TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE SHOOT AT IT.

1895. HEY, I'M SORRY, BUDDY.

1896. I THOUGHT I WAS, UH, SHOOTING

1897. AT THAT SON OF A BITCH KENNEDY.

1898. SUBTLE AS A COCKROACH ON WHITE RUG.

1899. THEN HE SHOWS UP AT SYLVIA ODIO'S,

1900. A CUBAN LADY IN DALLAS

1901. WORKING IN THE ANTI-CASTRO UNDERGROUND.

1902. THE TWO CUBANS INTRODUCE HIM AS LEON OSWALD.

1903. HE'S A FRIEND OF OURS.

1904. BUT THE WARREN COMMISSION

1905. SAYS THAT SYLVIA HAS BAD EYESIGHT

1906. BECAUSE THEY HAVE OSWALD IN MEXICO AT THIS TIME

1907. TRYING TO GET BACK INTO CUBA.

1908. THE CIA HAS A CAMERA OUTSIDE THE CUBAN EMBASSY,

1909. AND THEY SAY THAT THIS IS OSWALD IN MEXICO NOW.

1910. IF THIS IS OSWALD,

1911. IT MUST BE OUR THIRD OSWALD.

1912. IT'S INTERESTING THE EXTENT TO WHICH

1913. THE WARREN COMMISSION WENT TO MAKE HIM A COMMUNIST.

1914. I THINK THE POINT OF THE MEXICAN EPISODE

1915. WAS TO BLAME FIDEL CASTRO.

1916. IF SOMEONE PURPORTING TO BE OSWALD

1917. HAD GOTTEN INTO CUBA,

1918. COME BACK, THEN KILLED THE PRESIDENT,

1919. THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, ONCE AGAIN,

1920. WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED A CUBAN INVASION.

1921. I EVEN HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT THIS PHOTO, BOSS.

1922. THIS PRETTY MUCH CONVICTED OSWALD IN THE PUBLIC'S MIND,

1923. BUT OSWALD TOLD CAPTAIN FRITZ

1924. DURING HIS INTERROGATION THAT THE PHOTO WAS A FAKE.

1925. THIS IS NOT ME.

1926. THAT'S FROM JANET WILLIAMS' GARAGE.

1927. I NEVER SAW THIS PICTURE.

1928. MY FACE WAS SUPERIMPOSED.

1929. THE REST OF THE PICTURE ISN'T ME.

1930. I'VE DONE PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK.

1931. THAT PICTURE WAS MADE BY SOMEONE ELSE.

1932. I TOOK THIS PICTURE TO TWO EXPERTS.

1933. THE SHADOWS ON THE NOSE FALL IN A STRAIGHT LINE

1934. LIKE IT'S HIGH NOON.

1935. THE SHADOW ON THE GROUND READS LATE AFTERNOON.

1936. IT'S NOT THE SAME TIME.

1937. ALSO THE CROP MARKS ACROSS THE CHIN.

1938. THIS HEAD'S PASTED ON TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S BODY

1939. IMPLICATING HIM WITH THE RIFLE AND GUN.

1940. WHO THE HELL ARE YOU,

1941. ALEX HIDELL OR LEE OSWALD?

1942. YOU'RE THE POLICEMAN. YOU WORK IT OUT.

1943. GODDAMN, THEY PUT OSWALD TOGETHER FROM DAY ONE,

1944. LIKE SOME DUMMY CORPORATION IN THE BAHAMAS.

1945. MOVE HIM AROUND A BOARD.

1946. ANYBODY WANT TO QUIT?

1947. ALL RIGHT. DUMB QUESTION. PUT YOUR HANDS DOWN.

1948. HEY, BILL, I FOUND CLAY BERTRAND.

1949. WHO?

1950. GRAB YOUR SOCKS AND HOSE AND PULL.

1951. CLAY BERTRAND IS CLAY SHAW.

1952. SHAW? DIRECTOR OF THE TRADE MART?

1953. FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE TRADE MART.

1954. THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

1955. CAN YOU GET SOME SWORN STATEMENTS?

1956. THAT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH. NOBODY'S TALKING.

1957. I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE HIM IN

1958. FOR A LITTLE CHAT.

1959. HONEY, I HATE TO DRAG HIM INTO THIS.

1960. HE'S DONE SO MUCH FOR THE CITY WITH THAT RESTORATION.

1961. REMEMBER WE SAW HIM AT THE BALI-HAI FUND-RAISER?

1962. IT'LL BE OFF THE RECORD.

1963. I'LL BRING HIM IN ON A SUNDAY.

1964. QUIET LITTLE CHAT BETWEEN GENTLEMEN.

1965. IN HEAVY FIGHTING IN VIETNAM TODAY,

1966. SEVEN MORE AMERICAN SOLDIERS DIED

1967. AND 23 WERE WOUNDED.

1968. THE BODY COUNT FOR THIS WEEK

1969. STANDS AT 67 AMERICANS

1970. AND 626 ENEMY SOLDIERS KILLED IN ACTION.

1971. LIZ?

1972. PRESIDENT JOHNSON SAID HE REGRETTED

1973. THERE IS NO END IN SIGHT TO THE WAR IN VIETNAM.

1974. OUT HERE.

1975. WE FACE MORE COST,

1976. MORE LOSS...

1977. AND MORE AGONY.

1978. HELP THE KIDS HUNT EASTER EGGS.

1979. HONEY, THAT'S THE KIDS' JOB.

1980. YOU KNOW I DON'T LIKE TRIBAL RITUALS ANYWAY.

1981. BESIDES, I TOLD YOU I'M TALKING TO CLAY SHAW.

1982. WE'RE GOING TO ANTOINE'S WITH THE KIDS.

1983. I TOLD YOU I WAS TALKING TO SHAW.

1984. WHY ON EASTER SUNDAY?

1985. I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS A HOLIDAY.

1986. LOOK AT THE CALENDAR.

1987. YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

1988. YOU SAID A SUNDAY, NOT EASTER SUNDAY.

1989. CLAY SHAW IS IMPORTANT.

1990. AND WE'RE NOT.

1991. I DIDN'T SAY THAT, LIZ.

1992. I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

1993. YOU'RE MISSING MOST OF YOUR LIFE,

1994. AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IT.

1995. THE KIDS ARE MISSING OUT, TOO.

1996. YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE MAKING SACRIFICES.

1997. I'LL BE THERE BY 2:00.

1998. YOU GO AHEAD WITHOUT ME.

1999. MR. GARRISON,

2000. WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU ON EASTER SUNDAY?

2001. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT THIS HOLIDAY.

2002. BUT IT'S A CONVERSATION WE MIGHT BETTER HAVE

2003. OUT OF THE EVERYDAY BUSTLE IN THIS OFFICE.

2004. I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND.

2005. IN AN INVESTIGATION WE'RE CONDUCTING,

2006. YOUR NAME'S COME UP A NUMBER OF TIMES.

2007. WOULDN'T IMAGINE WHERE.

2008. WE'VE TALKED TO NUMEROUS MEN WHO CLAIM TO KNOW YOU.

2009. DO YOU KNOW A DAVID LOGAN?

2010. NO. NEVER HEARD OF HIM.

2011. A PERRY RUSSO?

2012. NO.

2013. A WILLIE O'KEEFE?

2014. I DON'T BELIEVE I KNOW ANYONE BY THAT NAME.

2015. MR. O'KEEFE TOLD US HE MET YOU

2016. AT THE MASQUERADE BAR IN THE QUARTER.

2017. SEVERAL EVENINGS LATER,

2018. YOU HAD HIM OVER FOR DINNER AT YOUR APARTMENT.

2019. REMEMBER THAT?

2020. 'COURSE NOT. I DON'T KNOW THIS MAN.

2021. BE STILL, MY HEART.

2022. OBVIOUSLY THEN,

2023. I WOULDN'T HAVE HIM OVER FOR DINNER.

2024. HOPE YOU LIKE SQUAB.

2025. USE CHAMPAGNE?

2026. YEAH.

2027. PERHAPS A FEW MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE EVENING

2028. WILL REFRESH YOUR MEMORY.

2029. MR. O'KEEFE TOLD US

2030. DINNER WAS SERVED BY A UNIFORMED WAITER,

2031. A COLORED MAN.

2032. HE REMEMBERED YOU SAT AT ONE END

2033. AND HE AT THE OTHER,

2034. WHICH HE FOUND RATHER UNUSUAL

2035. BECAUSE THE TABLE WAS LONG.

2036. HOW WAS YOUR MOUSSE?

2037. THAT BRING BACK MEMORIES OF WILLIE O'KEEFE?

2038. NOT AT ALL. ON THE OTHER HAND,

2039. I DO HAVE A LOVELY CHIPPENDALE DINING TABLE,

2040. AND I OFTEN HAVE A FRIEND SITTING AT ONE END

2041. WHILE I'M AT THE OTHER.

2042. IT'S PRECISELY THE POINT

2043. OF A LONG DINING TABLE.

2044. THE SPLENDOR OF THE MEAL ADDS TO THE ENJOYMENT.

2045. I WOULD IMAGINE A UNIFORMED WAITER HELPS.

2046. IT ADDS A TASTE TO THE ELEGANCE

2047. FOR WHICH I MUST CONFESS A WEAKNESS.

2048. I CALL HIM SMEDLEY.

2049. HIS REAL NAME'S FRANKIE JENKINS,

2050. BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYTHING MORE UNCOUTH

2051. DURING DINNER THAN MY TURNING TOWARD THE KITCHEN

2052. HOLLERING, "FRANKIE!"

2053. WHERE IS ALL THIS LEADING TO, MR. GARRISON?

2054. AFTER DINNER, YOU PAID HIM TO HAVE SEX.

2055. THAT IS ABSOLUTE NONSENSE.

2056. THE QUARTER IS FILLED WITH VIVID IMAGINATIONS,

2057. MY DEAR MR. GARRISON,

2058. GRIMY YOUNG HOODLUMS WHO WILL SAY AND DO ANYTHING.

2059. MR. O'KEEFE TOLD US

2060. THAT A MAN NAMED DAVID FERRIE

2061. STOPPED BY THE HOUSE WITH ANOTHER YOUNG MAN.

2062. WHO?

2063. DAVID FERRIE.

2064. NO, I DON'T BELIEVE

2065. I KNOW ANYONE BY THAT NAME.

2066. OF COURSE, NEVER HAVING MET MR. O'KEEFE,

2067. I CAN'T REMEMBER MR. FERRIE.

2068. SUCK! SUCK!

2069. ALL RIGHT. HERE YOU GO.

2070. YOU'RE MINE, MARY. MINE.

2071. THE FOUR OF YOU PARTIED EARLY INTO THE MORNING.

2072. LOOK AT THIS PICTURE.

2073. I'M SURE I NEVER MET ANYONE

2074. WITH SUCH A BIZARRE APPEARANCE.

2075. COME HERE, BITCH.

2076. COME HERE, BITCH.

2077. COME HERE.

2078. YOU DO EXACTLY WHAT I SAY.

2079. I'M THE MAN. DON'T EVER FORGET IT.

2080. AAH!

2081. DOES THE NAME CLAY BERTRAND

2082. MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU?

2083. CLAY BERTRAND.

2084. I BELIEVE THERE WAS A MAN WITH A SIMILAR NAME

2085. WORKED AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

2086. IS THAT HIM?

2087. NO, IT'S NOT.

2088. MR. SHAW, CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS MAN?

2089. NATURALLY. ARE YOU CLAIMING MR. OSWALD

2090. ALSO HAD DINNER WITH ME?

2091. MR. SHAW, HAVE YOU EVER MET LEE HARVEY OSWALD?

2092. YOU HAVE ME CONSORTING

2093. WITH A SORDID CAST OF CHARACTERS.

2094. PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION.

2095. OF COURSE NOT.

2096. SUCH A PITY, THAT ASSASSINATION.

2097. IN FACT, I ADMIRED PRESIDENT KENNEDY.

2098. A MAN OF TRUE PANACHE,

2099. WIFE OF IMPECCABLE TASTE.

2100. WHY DON'T WE ORDER WITHOUT YOUR DADDY?

2101. I WANT A SHIRLEY TEMPLE.

2102. OH, KIDS, PUT YOUR WATER GUNS AWAY.

2103. ME, TOO.

2104. WHEN'S DADDY COMING, MAMA?

2105. SOON. HE'S COMING SOON.

2106. HE'S SORRY HE COULDN'T START WITH US,

2107. BUT HE PROMISED HE'D COME.

2108. DADDY NEVER KEEPS HIS PROMISES.

2109. WAAH!

2110. MR. SHAW, THIS ITALIAN NEWSPAPER ARTICLE SAYING

2111. THAT YOU WERE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD

2112. OF CENTRO MONDO COMMERCIALE IN ITALY,

2113. THAT THIS COMPANY

2114. WAS A CREATURE OF THE CIA

2115. FOR THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS IN ITALY

2116. FOR ILLEGAL POLITICAL ESPIONAGE ACTIVITY.

2117. IT SAYS THIS COMPANY WAS EXPELLED FROM ITALY

2118. FOR THOSE ACTIVITIES.

2119. I'M WELL AWARE OF THAT ASININE ARTICLE.

2120. I'M THINKING SERIOUSLY OF SUING THAT RAG.

2121. IT ALSO SAYS THAT THIS COMPANY IS LINKED

2122. TO THE SCHLUMBERGER TOOL COMPANY

2123. HERE IN HOUMA, LOUISIANA,

2124. WHICH PROVIDED ARMS

2125. TO DAVID FERRIE AND HIS CUBANS.

2126. MR. GARRISON, YOU'RE REACHING.

2127. AM I?

2128. I'M AN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSMAN.

2129. THE TRADE MART WHICH I FOUNDED

2130. IS AMERICA'S COMMERCIAL PIPELINE TO LATIN AMERICA.

2131. I TRADE EVERYWHERE.

2132. I AM ACCUSED, AS ARE ALL BUSINESSMEN,

2133. OF ALL THINGS.

2134. I SOMEHOW GO ABOUT MY BUSINESS,

2135. MAKE MONEY, HELP SOCIETY THE BEST I CAN,

2136. AND TRY TO PROMOTE FREE TRADE.

2137. MR. SHAW, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN A CONTRACT AGENT

2138. FOR THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY?

2139. AND IF I WERE, MR. GARRISON,

2140. DO YOU BELIEVE I WOULD BE HERE TODAY

2141. TALKING TO SOMEBODY LIKE YOU?

2142. NO. PEOPLE LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE TO, I GUESS.

2143. MAY I GO?

2144. PEOPLE LIKE YOU WALK BETWEEN THE RAINDROPS.

2145. MAY I GO?

2146. YES.

2147. REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU MAY THINK OF ME, MR. GARRISON,

2148. I AM A PATRIOT FIRST AND FOREMOST.

2149. I'VE SPENT HALF MY LIFE IN THE MILITARY

2150. SERVING THIS GREAT COUNTRY.

2151. YOU'RE THE FIRST I'VE MET

2152. WHO CONSIDERS IT AN ACT OF PATRIOTISM

2153. TO MURDER HIS OWN PRESIDENT.

2154. SIR, YOU ARE WAY OUT OF LINE.

2155. I'M SORRY, MR. SHAW,

2156. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE.

2157. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HONESTY TODAY.

2158. I ENJOYED MEETING WITH YOU GENTLEMEN.

2159. AND YOU, MISS COX.

2160. IT WAS MOST PLEASANT.

2161. I WISH TO EXTEND TO EACH OF YOU

2162. AND TO EACH OF YOUR FAMILIES

2163. MY BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY EASTER.

2164. ONE MAY SMILE AND SMILE

2165. AND BE A VILLAIN.

2166. GODDAMN IT, WE GOT ONE OF THEM.

2167. DID YOU SEE THAT?

2168. HI, HONEY.

2169. HI.

2170. TOUGH DAY.

2171. DADDY, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

2172. MY SYMPATHIES.

2173. I'M REALLY SORRY, BUT THE MEETING

2174. TOOK MUCH LONGER THAN EXPECTED.

2175. JUST A SECOND, JASPER.

2176. WE WAITED FOR HOURS, JIM.

2177. HONEY, YOU COULD'VE TELEPHONED.

2178. I KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY

2179. EXCEPT I'M SORRY. ALL RIGHT?

2180. I JUST DON'T HAVE RABBITS ON MY MIND.

2181. YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK?

2182. YOU CARE MORE ABOUT JOHN KENNEDY

2183. THAN YOUR OWN FAMILY.

2184. ALL DAY THE KIDS ARE ASKING, "WHERE'S DADDY?"

2185. WHAT SHOULD I TELL YOUR KIDS?

2186. POP.

2187. HOW ABOUT THE TRUTH?

2188. I'M DOING MY JOB, SO THEY GROW UP IN A COUNTRY

2189. WHERE JUSTICE WON'T BE A VANISHED IDEA

2190. LIKE THE DINOSAURS.

2191. IT DOESN'T REPLACE A HUSBAND OR A FATHER

2192. ON EASTER SUNDAY.

2193. WELL, IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE, LIZ.

2194. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE ME A RAISE.

2195. WHO YOU GOING TO BRAG TO ABOUT BEATING ME?

2196. DO YOU KNOW WHO KILLED PRESIDENT KENNEDY?

2197. WAS THERE A CONSPIRACY IN NEW ORLEANS?

2198. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.

2199. CLEAR THE DOOR. WATCH OUT!

2200. I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY.

2201. JUST GIVE US A STATEMENT.

2202. CONGRATULATIONS, BOSS, YOU'RE PAGE ONE.

2203. IT SAYS WE'VE SPENT OVER $8,000

2204. ON UNEXPLAINED TRAVEL AND INVESTIGATIVE EXPENSES

2205. IN THE PERIOD SINCE NOVEMBER 1966.

2206. SHAW MUST'VE GOTTEN THEM ON OUR TAIL.

2207. HAS RAISED SOME INTERESTING QUESTIONS.

2208. WITH TAXPAYER MONEY,

2209. HAS HE UNCOVERED SOME VALUABLE NEW EVIDENCE

2210. OR IS HE SAVING THE INFORMATION

2211. WHICH WILL GAIN FOR HIM EXPOSURE

2212. AT A NATIONAL LEVEL?

2213. YEAH.

2214. DID YOUR OFFICE PLANT THAT GARBAGE

2215. IN THE FUCKING PAPER?

2216. WHO'S THIS? DAVE?

2217. YEAH. YOU GOT IT.

2218. SINCE YOU'RE THE ONLY STRAIGHT-SHOOTER IN THAT OFFICE,

2219. I'D LIKE AN FUCKING ANSWER.

2220. DAVE, YOU THINK WE'RE CRAZY?

2221. WHOLE BUILDING'S A ZOO SINCE THAT BROKE.

2222. REPORTERS ARE CRAWLING EVERYWHERE.

2223. SOMEBODY PLANTED THAT FUCKING STORY.

2224. I'M ONE OF FUCKING GARRISON'S SUSPECTS.

2225. I CAN'T— I CAN'T GO HOME.

2226. THE FUCKING MAGGOTS ARE EVERYWHERE.

2227. KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME?

2228. CALM DOWN. WHAT?

2229. FROM HERE ON, I'M A FUCKING DEAD MAN.

2230. DAVE, YOU WEREN'T EVEN MENTIONED IN THE STORY.

2231. MEET ME IN THE LOBBY OF THE FOUNTAINBLEAU

2232. IN 20 MINUTES.

2233. I GUARANTEE THE BOSS WILL PROTECT YOU.

2234. HE LIKES YOU. HE LIKES YOUR MIND.

2235. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHO TO TRUST ANYMORE.

2236. I SUPPOSE I COULD USE A POT OF HOT COFFEE

2237. AND A FEW PACKS OF LUCKYS.

2238. ANYTHING NEW ON THE INVESTIGATION?

2239. WHO YOU SCARED OF, DAVE?

2240. ME? EVERYBODY.

2241. AGENCY. MOB. CUBANS.

2242. THAT'S IT. FOLLOW THE CUBANS.

2243. CHECK 'EM OUT.

2244. HERE. MIAMI. DALLAS.

2245. CHECK OUT ELADIO DEL VALLE.

2246. HE USED TO BE MY PAYMASTER

2247. WHEN I FLEW MISSIONS INTO CUBA.

2248. YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

2249. HEY, DON'T BE WRITING THIS DOWN.

2250. I AIN'T COOPERATING HERE WITH NO ONE.

2251. THERE'S A DEATH WARRANT FOR ME.

2252. DON'T YOU GET IT?

2253. DAMN! WAIT. YOU AIN'T BUGGED, ARE YOU?

2254. SON OF A BITCH, LOU, ARE YOU?

2255. DAVE, I ALWAYS PLAY SQUARE. NO BUGS.

2256. I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU GO ON THE RECORD,

2257. BUT I'M IN NO HURRY.

2258. I HAVEN'T SLEPT SINCE THAT ARTICLE COME OUT.

2259. WHY DID YOU GUYS GET ME INVOLVED?

2260. DID WE OR CLAY SHAW?

2261. COCKSUCKING FAGGOT.

2262. HE GOT ME BY THE BALLS.

2263. WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

2264. PHOTOGRAPHS. COMPROMISING STUFF.

2265. HE'LL USE THEM, TOO.

2266. AGENCY PLAYS FOR KEEPS.

2267. I KNEW OSWALD.

2268. HE WAS IN MY CIVIL AIR PATROL UNIT.

2269. HE WAS A WANNABE.

2270. EVERYBODY THOUGHT HE WAS A SNITCH.

2271. I TREATED HIM GOOD. HE TALKED ABOUT HIS KID.

2272. WANTED HER TO HAVE A CHANCE.

2273. WHAT'S THIS?

2274. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

2275. AIN'T NOBODY COMING IN HERE.

2276. JUST ROOM SERVICE.

2277. THANK YOU.

2278. THANK YOU.

2279. BLACK. JUST GIVE IT TO ME.

2280. SHIT. MY NECK IS KILLING ME.

2281. I GOT CANCER.

2282. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MICE TO FIND A CURE.

2283. DID YOU EVER WORK FOR THE CIA?

2284. YOU MAKE IT SOUND LIKE ANCIENT HISTORY.

2285. YOU DON'T LEAVE THE AGENCY.

2286. ONCE YOU'RE IN, YOU'RE IN FOR LIFE.

2287. AND SHAW?

2288. SHAW'S AN UNTOUCHABLE.

2289. HIGHEST CLEARANCE.

2290. ALL AGENCY.

2291. WHAT ABOUT RUBY?

2292. JACK WAS A PIMP.

2293. HE WAS A BAGMAN FOR THE DALLAS MOB.

2294. HE USED TO RUN GUNS TO CASTRO.

2295. WE ALMOST HAD CASTRO WITH US.

2296. EVERYBODY'S FLIPPING SIDES ALL THE TIME.

2297. IT'S FUN AND GAMES.

2298. WHAT ABOUT THE MOB? HOW DO THEY FIGURE IN?

2299. SHIT, THEY'RE AGENCY, TOO.

2300. THE CIA AND MAFIA WORKING TOGETHER.

2301. THEY BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS.

2302. THERE'S MORE TO THIS THAN YOU COULD DREAM.

2303. CHECK OUT MONGOOSE— OPERATION MONGOOSE.

2304. MONGOOSE?

2305. GOVERNMENT. PENTAGON STUFF.

2306. THEY'RE IN CHARGE, BUT WHO PULLS WHOSE CHAIN?

2307. WHO THE FUCK KNOWS?

2308. WHAT A DEADLY WEB WE WEAVE WHEN WE PRACTICE TO DECEIVE.

2309. WHO KILLED THE PRESIDENT?

2310. MAN, WHY DON'T YOU FUCKING STOP IT?

2311. SHIT, THIS IS TOO FUCKING BIG FOR YOU.

2312. YOU KNOW THAT?

2313. WHO DID THE PRESIDENT?

2314. WHO KILLED KEN— FUCK, IT'S A MYSTERY.

2315. IT'S A MYSTERY WRAPPED IN A RIDDLE INSIDE AN ENIGMA.

2316. THE FUCKING SHOOTERS DON'T EVEN KNOW.

2317. DON'T YOU GET IT? FUCK!

2318. I CAN'T KEEP TALKING LIKE THIS.

2319. THEY'RE GOING TO FUCKING KILL ME.

2320. I'M GONNA FUCKING DIE.

2321. SON OF A BITCH.

2322. IT'S ALL RIGHT.

2323. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

2324. FUCK!

2325. ALL I WANTED...

2326. IN THE WORLD...

2327. WAS TO BE A CATHOLIC PRIEST,

2328. LIVE IN A MONASTERY,

2329. PRAY, SERVE GOD.

2330. I HAD ONE FUCKING—

2331. ONE—ONE TERRIBLE FUCKING WEAKNESS,

2332. AND THEY DEFROCKED ME!

2333. AND THEN I STARTED TO LOSE EVERYTHING.

2334. IT'S GOING TO BE OK, DAVE.

2335. YOU JUST TALK TO US ON THE RECORD.

2336. WE'LL PROTECT YOU. I GUARANTEE IT.

2337. THEY'LL GET TO YOU, TOO.

2338. THEY'LL DESTROY YOU.

2339. THEY'RE UNTOUCHABLE, MAN.

2340. I'M SO FUCKING EXHAUSTED I CAN'T SEE STRAIGHT.

2341. SINCE THE NEW STORY BROKE ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION

2342. INTO THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY...

2343. I'M SORRY. WE'RE BUSY HERE.

2344. CAN'T YOU SEE WE'RE BUSY?

2345. YEAH?

2346. OH, LORD.

2347. A LITTLE EARLY FOR MARDI GRAS, ISN'T IT?

2348. PARIS MATCH, THE LARGEST MAGAZINE IN FRANCE.

2349. MY NAME IS BULGARINOV,

2350. LITERATURNAYA GAZETA FOR MOSCOW.

2351. VICTORIA TAYLOR, BRITISH PRIVATE EYE.

2352. DO YOU KNOW WHO SHOT THE PRESIDENT?

2353. BOSS, SOMETHING OR SOMEBODY'S

2354. PUTTING TREMENDOUS HEAT ON FERRIE.

2355. IF WE SIT ON OUR BEHINDS THE GUY WON'T HOLD ON.

2356. BULLSHIT! HE KEEPS CHANGING WHAT HE SAYS.

2357. WE CAN'T CALL HIM TO A GRAND JURY.

2358. WATCH THE LANGUAGE, PLEASE.

2359. IF FERRIE KEEPS ON DETERIORATING,

2360. WE'LL GET MORE FROM HIM WHEN HE CRACKS.

2361. BULLSHIT!

2362. CALL HIM IN NOW, HE MIGHT FREEZE UP.

2363. HE CAN'T GO DOWN ANY FURTHER.

2364. WE GOT TO PROTECT HIM FULL-TIME.

2365. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS.

2366. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH WITH FERRIE.

2367. WE'LL TALK TOMORROW.

2368. I GOT A PLANE TO CATCH TO WASHINGTON.

2369. WASHINGTON?

2370. INTERESTING LEAD SAYS

2371. HE'S CLOSELY CONNECTED TO THESE EVENTS.

2372. HE WON'T COME DOWN HERE.

2373. I'M ONTO FERRIE'S CUBAN PAYMASTER,

2374. ELADIO DEL VALLE, IN MIAMI.

2375. I NEED MORE MEN. I GOT TO GET HIM IN.

2376. I CAN'T PULL THE TEAMS TO WATCH FERRIE.

2377. THIS IS OUR CASE.

2378. THINGS WILL LOOK DIFFERENT TO—

2379. HOLD IT, CHIEF. HOLD IT, PLEASE!

2380. I GOT SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU.

2381. I THINK YOU'LL FIND IT VERY INTERESTING.

2382. NUMA, WHAT'S THAT THING?

2383. HAROLD WILLIAMS FOUND THIS IN YOUR OFFICE.

2384. WE THINK THE CONFERENCE ROOM'S ALSO BUGGED,

2385. MAYBE THE PHONES.

2386. WE'LL HAVE TO DEBUG THE WHOLE PLACE.

2387. BUGGING THE D.A.'s OFFICE.

2388. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!

2389. MR. IVON. IT'S FOR YOU. URGENT.

2390. WE'LL HAVE TO BE MORE CAREFUL.

2391. ANY ONE OF THESE NEW VOLUNTEERS COULD—

2392. OK. NUMA, YOU HANDLE IT.

2393. I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS NONSENSE.

2394. WELL, WE...

2395. WE OBVIOUSLY GOT THE BASTARDS WORRIED NOW.

2396. I'M COMING TO WASHINGTON.

2397. DAVID FERRIE'S DEAD.

2398. THEY FOUND HIS BODY IN HIS APARTMENT

2399. A COUPLE HOURS AGO.

2400. WHAT'S IT LOOK LIKE, NICK?

2401. I DON'T SEE ANY VIOLENCE, JIM.

2402. HEART ATTACK, MAYBE AN ANEURYSM.

2403. LOOKS LIKE NATURAL CAUSES.

2404. THIS IS ADDRESSED TO NO ONE AND NO SIGNATURE.

2405. "TO LEAVE THIS LIFE IS FOR ME A SWEET PROSPECT.

2406. "I FIND NOTHING IN IT THAT IS DESIRABLE

2407. "AND, ON THE OTHER HAND,

2408. EVERYTHING THAT IS LOATHSOME."

2409. IT GOES ON AND ON.

2410. "DAILY WE ARE PROPAGANDIZED MORE AND MORE

2411. "BY THE RISING CRIME WAVE,

2412. BUT HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT'S TRUE?"

2413. PRETTY FLOWERY FOR DAVE FERRIE.

2414. "WE DON'T, FOR WE AMERICANS HAVE LITTLE OR NO ACCESS..."

2415. SWALLOW IT!

2416. PROLOID?

2417. YEAH. I TOOK IT ONCE

2418. FOR A LOW THYROID CONDITION.

2419. RAISES THE METABOLISM, LOU.

2420. DAVID FERRIE STRIKE YOU AS THE KIND OF PERSON

2421. WITH A LOW METABOLISM?

2422. HARDLY. I'D SAY THE OPPOSITE.

2423. HYPERTENSION.

2424. YOU KNOW, FERRIE WAS THE ONLY ONE

2425. TO EXPRESS ANY KIND OF REMORSE ABOUT THE WHOLE THING.

2426. I THINK IT GOT HIM KILLED.

2427. LOU, BOSS! MORE BAD NEWS FROM MIAMI.

2428. THEY FOUND FERRIE'S CUBAN FRIEND

2429. ELADIO DEL VALLE TODAY

2430. HACKED TO DEATH WITH A MACHETE IN HIS CAR.

2431. HE WAS TORTURED, SHOT IN THE HEART

2432. AT POINT BLANK RANGE,

2433. AND HIS SKULL SPLIT OPEN WITH AN AX.

2434. AIN'T THAT THE DEVIL'S PISS?

2435. FOUND ANOTHER NOTE. SAME THING.

2436. NO NAME, NO SIGNATURE.

2437. "WHEN YOU RECEIVE THIS, I WILL BE QUITE DEAD,

2438. "SO NO ANSWER WILL BE POSSIBLE.

2439. I OFFERED YOU LOVE."

2440. HE MUST'VE BEEN HARD-PRESSED

2441. TO COME UP WITH THAT.

2442. CAN I HAVE A WORD?

2443. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF A MAN SUFFERING FROM HYPERTENSION

2444. TOOK AN ENTIRE BOTTLE OF PROLOID?

2445. HE'D DIE PRETTY QUICK—

2446. EITHER A HEART STORM

2447. OR RUPTURED BLOOD VESSEL IN THE BRAIN.

2448. CAN YOU ASCERTAIN IF THERE'S PROLOID IN HIS SYSTEM?

2449. NOT IN A ROUTINE AUTOPSY,

2450. BUT IF WE LOOKED AT THE SPINAL FLUID,

2451. THERE MIGHT BE A HIGH IODINE LEVEL.

2452. DIFFICULT TO KNOW. WHAT YOU THINKING?

2453. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

2454. THE MAN'S AFRAID OF DYING,

2455. BUT KILLS HIMSELF IN A WAY THAT LEAVES NO TRACE?

2456. BUT HE LEAVES TWO UNSIGNED SUICIDE NOTES?

2457. IF IT'S A SUICIDE, I'VE SEEN WEIRDER, JIM.

2458. THE FACT IS, HE'S GONE, CHIEF,

2459. AND SO IS OUR CASE.

2460. UNLESS WE GO FOR SHAW NOW.

2461. WITH WHOSE TESTIMONY?

2462. WILLIE O'KEEFE, A MALE PROSTITUTE?

2463. JACK MARTIN, A DRUNK?

2464. VERNON BUNDY, A DOPE FIEND?

2465. SHAW'S GOT RESPECT, LOU.

2466. NEWSPAPER EDITORS, AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION.

2467. I AGREE WITH BILL.

2468. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE GOODS YET!

2469. WE WAIT, SHAW'S GOING TO GET WHACKED.

2470. HOW MANY CORPSES BEFORE YOU LAWYERS

2471. FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON?

2472. WATCH YOUR MOUTH! FERRIE DID THIS TO HIMSELF.

2473. WHERE YOU GOING, BOSS?

2474. I DON'T KNOW, BILL. I JUST DON'T KNOW.

2475. HEY, JIM!

2476. DOES FERRIE'S DEATH HAVE ANYTHING...

2477. HEY, WHERE'RE YOU AT, FRANK?

2478. YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME HERE.

2479. JIM GAVE STRICT ORDERS. NO FBI ALLOWED.

2480. IT'S YOU I WANT TO TALK TO.

2481. NO, NO. BOSS WOULD FRY ME IN HOG FAT.

2482. BOSS GOT A SERIOUS PROBLEM. REAL SERIOUS.

2483. WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT YOUR OFFICE.

2484. YEAH, I GUESS YOU DO.

2485. YOU GOT NOTHING. I'M TALKING AS A FRIEND.

2486. YOU'RE RIDING ON THE TITANIC.

2487. JUMP BEFORE YOU'RE DESTROYED WITH GARRISON.

2488. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS.

2489. WE'RE TALKING YOUR CAREER, YOUR LIFE.

2490. YOU'RE YOUNG.

2491. WE KNOW YOU'RE WORKING THAT CASTRO THING.

2492. NO, I'M NOT.

2493. YES, YOU ARE.

2494. WE KNOW OSWALD DIDN'T PULL THAT TRIGGER. CASTRO DID.

2495. BUT IF THAT COMES OUT, THERE'LL BE WAR.

2496. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WILL DIE.

2497. THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN JIM GARRISON.

2498. DAMN IT, LOOK AT ME WHEN I TALK!

2499. I—I CAN'T.

2500. SHUT UP! SHUT UP!

2501. IF YOU'VE GOT A BRAIN IN THAT THICK SKULL,

2502. LISTEN TO ME. YOU LISTEN REAL HARD.

2503. NOW, GET IN THE CAR.

2504. JIM GARRISON?

2505. YES?

2506. I'M GLAD YOU CAME.

2507. SORRY ABOUT THE PRECAUTIONS.

2508. I JUST HOPE IT WAS WORTH MY WHILE, MR...

2509. I COULD GIVE YOU A FALSE NAME, BUT I WON'T.

2510. JUST CALL ME "X."

2511. I'VE ALREADY BEEN WARNED BY THE AGENCY,

2512. MR. WHOEVER, SO IF THIS ANOTHER TYPE OF THREAT...

2513. I'M NOT WITH THE AGENCY, MR. GARRISON.

2514. I ASSUME IF YOU'VE COME THIS FAR,

2515. WHAT I HAVE TO SAY INTERESTS YOU.

2516. I'M NOT GOING TO NAME NAMES

2517. OR TELL YOU WHO OR WHAT I REPRESENT,

2518. EXCEPT TO SAY YOU'RE CLOSE.

2519. YOU'RE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK.

2520. OK?

2521. EVERYTHING I'M GOING TO TELL YOU

2522. IS CLASSIFIED TOP SECRET.

2523. I WAS A SOLDIER, MR. GARRISON.

2524. TWO WARS.

2525. I WAS ONE OF THOSE SECRET GUYS IN THE PENTAGON

2526. THAT SUPPLIES THE MILITARY HARDWARE—

2527. PLANES, BULLETS, RIFLES.

2528. THEY'RE WHAT WE CALL BLACK OPERATIONS—BLACK OPS.

2529. ASSASSINATIONS, COUP D'ETATS,

2530. RIGGING ELECTIONS, PROPAGANDA,

2531. PSYCH WARFARE, AND SO FORTH.

2532. IN WORLD WAR II,

2533. I WAS IN RUMANIA, GREECE, YUGOSLAVIA.

2534. I HELPED EVACUATE

2535. PART OF THE NAZI INTELLIGENCE APPARATUS

2536. JUST BEFORE THE END OF THE WAR.

2537. WE USED THOSE GUYS

2538. IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE COMMUNISTS.

2539. IN ITALY, '48, WE STOLE THE ELECTIONS.

2540. FRANCE, '49, BROKE THE STRIKES.

2541. OVERTHREW QUIRINO IN THE PHILIPPINES,

2542. ARBENZ IN GUATEMALA,

2543. MOSSADEGH IN IRAN.

2544. WE WERE IN VIETNAM IN '54,

2545. INDONESIA, '58, TIBET, '59.

2546. GOT THE DALAI LAMA OUT.

2547. WE WERE GOOD.

2548. VERY GOOD.

2549. THEN WE GOT INTO THE CUBAN THING.

2550. NOT SO GOOD.

2551. SET UP ALL THE BASES FOR THE INVASION,

2552. SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE IN OCTOBER '62.

2553. KHRUSHCHEV SENT MISSILES TO RESIST INVASION.

2554. KENNEDY DIDN'T INVADE. WE WERE STANDING THERE

2555. WITH OUR DICKS IN THE WIND.

2556. A LOT OF PISSED OFF PEOPLE, MR. GARRISON.

2557. YOU UNDERSTAND?

2558. I'LL COME TO THAT LATER.

2559. SO, 1963.

2560. I SPENT MUCH OF SEPTEMBER '63

2561. WORKING ON THE KENNEDY PLAN

2562. FOR GETTING ALL U.S. PERSONNEL

2563. OUT OF VIETNAM BY THE END OF 1965.

2564. THIS PLAN WAS ONE OF THE STRONGEST,

2565. MOST IMPORTANT PAPERS ISSUED

2566. FROM THE KENNEDY WHITE HOUSE.

2567. HIS NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMO 263

2568. ORDERED HOME THE FIRST 1,000 TROOPS FOR CHRISTMAS.

2569. BUT THEN IN NOVEMBER,

2570. ONE WEEK AFTER THE MURDER

2571. OF VIETNAMESE PRESIDENT DIEM IN SAIGON

2572. AND TWO WEEKS

2573. BEFORE THE ASSASSINATION OF OUR PRESIDENT,

2574. A STRANGE THING HAPPENED TO ME.

2575. THE PANAMA SHIPMENT...

2576. SARAH, IS ED IN THERE?

2577. YEAH. GO IN.

2578. WEAPONS NEED TO BE WHERE TROOPS ARE—

2579. COLONEL.

2580. EXCUSE ME.

2581. I GOT A NOTE SAYING YOU WANTED TO SEE ME.

2582. I DO, INDEED.

2583. YOU'RE GOING TO THE SOUTH POLE.

2584. I AM?

2585. YOU ARE. DR. MOONEY'S GOT ALL THE DETAILS.

2586. CHECK WITH HIM.

2587. HAVE YOURSELF A NICE VACATION.

2588. I WAS SENT BY MY SUPERIOR OFFICER—

2589. WE'LL CALL HIM "Y"--

2590. I WAS SENT BY GENERAL Y TO THE SOUTH POLE

2591. AS THE MILITARY ESCORT

2592. FOR A GROUP OF INTERNATIONAL VIPs.

2593. I WAS ON MY WAY BACK, IN NEW ZEALAND,

2594. WHEN THE PRESIDENT WAS KILLED.

2595. NOW, OSWALD WAS CHARGED AT 7 P.M., DALLAS TIME,

2596. WITH TIPPIT'S MURDER.

2597. THAT'S 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON

2598. OF THE NEXT DAY, NEW ZEALAND TIME.

2599. BUT THEIR PAPERS HAD THE ENTIRE HISTORY

2600. OF THIS UNKNOWN 24-YEAR-OLD MAN OSWALD—

2601. STUDIO PICTURE, DETAILED BIOGRAPHICAL DATA,

2602. RUSSIAN INFORMATION—

2603. AND WERE PRETTY SURE

2604. HE KILLED THE PRESIDENT ALONE,

2605. ALTHOUGH IT TOOK THEM 4 MORE HOURS

2606. BEFORE THEY EVEN CHARGED HIM

2607. WITH THAT CRIME IN DALLAS.

2608. IT FELT TO ME AS IF...

2609. WELL, A COVER STORY WAS BEING PUT OUT,

2610. LIKE WE WOULD IN A BLACK OP.

2611. ANYWAY, AFTER I CAME BACK,

2612. I ASKED MYSELF WHY WAS I,

2613. THE CHIEF OF SPECIAL OPS,

2614. SELECTED TO TRAVEL TO THE SOUTH POLE THEN

2615. TO DO A JOB ANY NUMBER OF OTHERS COULD HAVE.

2616. WAS IT BECAUSE ONE OF MY ROUTINE DUTIES,

2617. HAD I BEEN IN WASHINGTON,

2618. WOULD'VE BEEN TO ARRANGE SECURITY IN TEXAS?

2619. I CHECKED, AND SURE ENOUGH,

2620. SOMEONE HAD TOLD

2621. THE 112th MILITARY INTELLIGENCE GROUP

2622. AT 4th ARMY HEADQUARTERS

2623. AT FORT SAM HOUSTON TO STAND DOWN THAT DAY,

2624. OVER THE PROTEST

2625. OF THE UNIT COMMANDER COLONEL REICH.

2626. THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT IS

2627. STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE,

2628. ESPECIALLY IN A KNOWN HOSTILE CITY LIKE DALLAS,

2629. TO SUPPLEMENT THE SECRET SERVICE.

2630. EVEN IF WE HADN'T ALLOWED THE BUBBLE TOP

2631. TO BE REMOVED FROM THE LIMOUSINE,

2632. WE WOULD'VE PLACED AT LEAST 100 TO 200 AGENTS

2633. ON THE SIDEWALK WITHOUT QUESTION.

2634. ONLY A MONTH BEFORE IN DALLAS,

2635. U.N. AMBASSADOR ADLAI STEVENSON

2636. WAS SPIT ON AND HIT.

2637. THERE'D BEEN ATTEMPTS ON DE GAULLE'S LIFE.

2638. WE WOULD'VE ARRIVED DAYS AHEAD,

2639. STUDIED THE ROUTE, CHECKED ALL BUILDINGS,

2640. NEVER ALLOWED OPEN EMPTY WINDOWS

2641. OVERLOOKING DEALEY.

2642. WE'D HAVE HAD OUR SNIPERS COVERING THE AREA.

2643. MINUTE A WINDOW WENT UP, THEY'D BE ON THE RADIO.

2644. WE'D WATCH THE CROWD—

2645. PACKAGES, ROLLED PAPERS, COATS.

2646. WE'D NEVER LET A MAN OPEN AN UMBRELLA,

2647. NEVER ALLOWED THAT LIMOUSINE

2648. SLOW TO 10 MPH OR TAKE THAT UNUSUAL CURVE

2649. AT HOUSTON AND ELM.

2650. YOU'D HAVE FELT AN ARMY PRESENCE

2651. IN THE STREETS THAT DAY.

2652. NONE OF THIS HAPPENED.

2653. IT WAS A VIOLATION

2654. OF OUR MOST BASIC PROTECTION CODES.

2655. IT IS THE BEST INDICATION

2656. OF A MASSIVE PLOT IN DALLAS.

2657. NOW, WHO COULD'VE BEST DONE THIS?

2658. BLACK OPS. PEOPLE IN MY BUSINESS.

2659. PEOPLE LIKE MY SUPERIOR OFFICER

2660. COULD'VE CALLED COLONEL REICH AND SAID,

2661. "WE HAVE ANOTHER UNIT FROM SO AND SO

2662. PROVIDING SECURITY. YOU'LL STAND DOWN."

2663. THAT DAY THERE WERE

2664. INDIVIDUAL ARMY INTELLIGENCE PEOPLE

2665. IN DALLAS.

2666. I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO AND WHY.

2667. THEY WEREN'T PROTECTING THE CLIENT.

2668. AND, OF COURSE, OSWALD.

2669. ARMY INTEL HAD A HARVEY LEE OSWALD ON FILE.

2670. BUT ALL THOSE FILES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.

2671. MANY STRANGE THINGS WERE HAPPENING.

2672. YOUR OSWALD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM.

2673. WE HAD THE ENTIRE CABINET

2674. ON A TRIP TO THE FAR EAST.

2675. 1/3 OF A COMBAT DIVISION RETURNING FROM GERMANY

2676. AIRBORNE ABOVE THE U.S.

2677. AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING.

2678. AT 12:34 P.M., THE ENTIRE TELEPHONE SYSTEM

2679. WENT OUT IN WASHINGTON FOR A SOLID HOUR.

2680. AND ON THE PLANE BACK TO WASHINGTON,

2681. LYNDON JOHNSON WAS RADIOED FROM

2682. THE WHITE HOUSE SITUATIONS ROOM

2683. THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL PERFORMED THE ASSASSINATION.

2684. DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A BUNCH OF COINCIDENCES?

2685. NOT FOR ONE MOMENT.

2686. THE CABINET WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY

2687. TO REMOVE THEIR PERCEPTIONS.

2688. AIRBORNE TROOPS FOR POSSIBLE RIOT CONTROL.

2689. TELEPHONES DIDN'T WORK

2690. TO KEEP WRONG STORIES FROM SPREADING

2691. IF ANYTHING WENT WRONG.

2692. NOTHING WAS LEFT TO CHANCE.

2693. HE COULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO ESCAPE ALIVE.

2694. WELL, I NEVER THOUGHT THINGS WERE THE SAME

2695. AFTER THAT.

2696. VIETNAM STARTED FOR REAL.

2697. THERE WAS AN AIR OF... MAKE-BELIEVE

2698. IN THE PENTAGON AND CIA.

2699. THOSE OF US WHO'D BEEN IN SECRET OPS

2700. SINCE THE BEGINNING

2701. KNEW THE WARREN COMMISSION WAS FICTION.

2702. BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING...

2703. SOMETHING DEEPER.

2704. UGLIER.

2705. I KNEW ALLEN DULLES VERY WELL.

2706. I BRIEFED HIM MANY TIMES IN HIS HOUSE.

2707. BUT I STILL CAN'T FIGURE HIS APPOINTMENT

2708. TO INVESTIGATE KENNEDY'S DEATH,

2709. THE MAN WHO HAD FIRED HIM.

2710. DULLES, BY THE WAY, WAS GENERAL Y's BENEFACTOR.

2711. I GOT OUT IN '64.

2712. RESIGNED MY COMMISSION.

2713. I NEVER REALIZED KENNEDY WAS SO DANGEROUS

2714. TO THE ESTABLISHMENT.

2715. IS THAT WHY?

2716. THAT'S THE REAL QUESTION, ISN'T IT?

2717. WHY?

2718. THE HOW AND THE WHO IS JUST SCENERY FOR THE PUBLIC—

2719. OSWALD, RUBY, CUBA, THE MAFIA.

2720. IT KEEPS THEM GUESSING,

2721. LIKE SOME KIND OF PARLOR GAME.

2722. PREVENTS THEM FROM ASKING

2723. THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION—WHY?

2724. WHY WAS KENNEDY KILLED?

2725. WHO BENEFITED?

2726. WHO HAS THE POWER TO COVER IT UP?

2727. WHO?

2728. IN 1961...

2729. RIGHT AFTER THE BAY OF PIGS—

2730. VERY, VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS—

2731. I PARTICIPATED IN DRAWING UP

2732. NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMOS 55, 56, 57.

2733. THESE ARE CRUCIAL DOCUMENTS,

2734. CLASSIFIED TOP SECRET.

2735. BUT BASICALLY, IN THEM,

2736. KENNEDY INSTRUCTED GENERAL LEMNITZER,

2737. CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS,

2738. THAT FROM HERE ON FORWARD

2739. THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF

2740. WOULD BE WHOLLY RESPONSIBLE

2741. FOR ALL COVERT PARAMILITARY ACTION

2742. IN PEACETIME.

2743. THIS BASICALLY ENDED THE CIA's REIGN,

2744. SPLINTERED IT, AS JFK PROMISED HE WOULD,

2745. INTO A THOUSAND PIECES.

2746. NOW HE WAS ORDERING THE MILITARY TO HELP.

2747. THIS WAS UNPRECEDENTED.

2748. I CAN'T TELL YOU THE SHOCK WAVES

2749. THIS SENT ALONG CORRIDORS OF POWER IN WASHINGTON.

2750. THIS AND THE FIRING

2751. OF ALLEN DULLES, RICHARD BISSELL,

2752. AND GENERAL CHARLES CABELL—

2753. ALL SACRED COWS IN INTEL

2754. SINCE WORLD WAR II.

2755. THEY GOT SOME VERY UPSET PEOPLE HERE.

2756. KENNEDY'S DIRECTIVES WERE NEVER REALLY IMPLEMENTED

2757. BECAUSE OF BUREAUCRATIC RESISTANCE.

2758. BUT ONE OF THE RESULTS WAS, THE CUBAN OPERATION

2759. WAS TURNED OVER TO MY DEPARTMENT

2760. AS OPERATION MONGOOSE.

2761. MONGOOSE WAS PURE BLACK OPS.

2762. IT WAS SECRETLY BASED

2763. ON THE SOUTH CAMPUS OF MIAMI'S UNIVERSITY,

2764. WHICH WAS THE LARGEST DOMESTIC CIA STATION,

2765. BUDGETED ANNUALLY

2766. OVER HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

2767. 300 AGENTS,

2768. 7,000 SELECT CUBANS,

2769. 50 FAKE BUSINESS FRONTS FOR LAUNDERING MONEY.

2770. THEY WAGED NONSTOP WAR AGAINST CASTRO.

2771. INDUSTRIAL SABOTAGE, CROP BURNING, THE WORKS.

2772. AND ALL THIS CAME UNDER THE CONTROL

2773. OF GENERAL Y.

2774. ALL HE DID WAS TAKE THE RULES OF COVERT WARFARE

2775. HE'D USED ABROAD AND BROUGHT THEM INTO THIS COUNTRY.

2776. NOW HE HAD THE PEOPLE, EQUIPMENT, BASES,

2777. AND THE MOTIVATION.

2778. DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE BUDGET CUTS

2779. KENNEDY CALLED FOR IN MARCH OF '63—

2780. NEARLY 52 MILITARY INSTALLATIONS

2781. IN 25 STATES, 21 OVERSEAS BASES.

2782. YOU'RE TALKING BIG MONEY.

2783. KNOW HOW MANY HELICOPTERS HAVE BEEN LOST IN VIETNAM?

2784. HMM?

2785. NEARLY 3,000 SO FAR.

2786. WHO MAKES THEM?

2787. BELL HELICOPTER. WHO OWNS BELL?

2788. WELL, BELL WAS NEARLY BANKRUPT

2789. WHEN THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON

2790. APPROACHED THE CIA ABOUT DEVELOPING

2791. THE HELICOPTER FOR INDOCHINA USAGE.

2792. HOW ABOUT THE F-111 FIGHTER?

2793. GENERAL DYNAMICS, FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

2794. WHO OWNS THAT?

2795. FIND OUT THE DEFENSE BUDGET SINCE THE WAR BEGAN.

2796. 75, GOING ON 100 BILLION.

2797. NEARLY 200 BILLION WILL BE SPENT

2798. BEFORE IT'S OVER.

2799. IN 1949 IT WAS 10 BILLION.

2800. NO WAR, NO MONEY.

2801. THE ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE OF ANY SOCIETY, MR. GARRISON,

2802. IS FOR WAR.

2803. THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE

2804. OVER ITS PEOPLE RESIDES IN ITS WAR POWERS.

2805. KENNEDY WANTED TO END THE COLD WAR

2806. IN HIS SECOND TERM.

2807. HE WANTED TO CALL OFF THE MOON RACE

2808. IN FAVOR OF COOPERATION WITH THE SOVIETS.

2809. HE SIGNED A TREATY WITH THE SOVIETS

2810. TO BAN NUCLEAR TESTING.

2811. HE REFUSED TO INVADE CUBA IN 1962

2812. AND SET OUT TO WITHDRAW FROM VIETNAM.

2813. BUT ALL OF THAT ENDED ON NOVEMBER 22, 1963.

2814. AS EARLY AS 1961,

2815. WE KNEW KENNEDY WAS NOT GOING TO GO TO WAR

2816. IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.

2817. LIKE CAESAR, HE'S SURROUNDED BY ENEMIES

2818. AND SOMETHING'S UNDERWAY.

2819. BUT IT HAS NO FACE, YET EVERYBODY KNOWS.

2820. FORGET ABOUT YOUR COMBAT TROOPS.

2821. HE TOLD MacNAMARA HE'S GOING TO PULL OUT

2822. THE GODDAMN ADVISORS!

2823. HE FUCKED US IN LAOS.

2824. NOW HE IS GOING TO FUCK US IN GODDAMN VIETNAM!

2825. HE WON'T IMPLEMENT IT BEFORE THE ELECTION.

2826. HE CAN'T AFFORD TO.

2827. I HEAR THE NSC MEETING WAS A REAL BARN-BURNER.

2828. I WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED IT FOR THE WORLD.

2829. HEADS ARE GOING TO ROLL EVERYWHERE.

2830. YOU HEAR WHAT LEMNITZER DID?

2831. KENNEDY TRIED TO RUB LEM'S NOSE IN SHIT,

2832. SAYING IF WE DIDN'T GO INTO CUBA,

2833. WHICH IS SO CLOSE,

2834. WHY GO INTO VIETNAM, SO FAR AWAY?

2835. AGAIN HE'S GOT HIS HANDS ON THE CHICKEN SWITCH.

2836. LEM SAID THE CHIEFS

2837. STILL THINK WE OUGHT TO GO INTO CUBA.

2838. MONEY'S AT STAKE. BIG MONEY.

2839. $100 BILLION.

2840. KENNEDY BRED HIS TARGET VOTING DISTRICTS

2841. FOR THOSE DEFENSE DOLLARS.

2842. THEY GIVE TFX FIGHTER CONTRACTS

2843. ONLY TO THOSE COUNTIES

2844. THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN '64.

2845. THE PEOPLE IN THE LOOP FIGHT BACK—THEIR WAY.

2846. WE HAVE TO CONTROL SAIGON INTELLIGENCE.

2847. DON'T LET MacNAMARA

2848. START STICKING HIS DAMN NOSE IN THIS.

2849. EVERY TIME HE GOES TO SAIGON

2850. ON SOME FUCKING FACT-FINDING MISSION,

2851. HE JUST SCARES THE SHIT OUT OF THE PRESIDENT.

2852. I WANT MAX TAYLOR ON HIM NIGHT AND DAY

2853. LIKE A FLY ON SHIT.

2854. NOW, YOU CONTROL MacNAMARA,

2855. AND YOU CONTROL KENNEDY.

2856. I THINK IT STARTED LIKE THAT—

2857. IN THE WIND.

2858. DEFENSE CONTRACTORS, BIG OIL BANKERS.

2859. JUST CONVERSATIONS, NOTHING MORE.

2860. THEN A CALL IS MADE.

2861. MAYBE TO SOMEONE

2862. LIKE MY SUPERIOR OFFICER GENERAL Y.

2863. YEAH.

2864. WE'RE GOING. WE NEED YOUR HELP.

2865. WHEN?

2866. IN THE FALL. PROBABLY IN THE SOUTH.

2867. WE WANT YOU TO COME UP WITH A PLAN.

2868. I CAN DO THAT.

2869. Mr. X: EVERYTHING IS CELLULARIZED.

2870. NO ONE'S SAID "HE MUST DIE."

2871. THERE'S BEEN NO VOTE. NOTHING'S ON PAPER.

2872. THERE'S NO ONE TO BLAME.

2873. IT'S AS OLD AS THE CRUCIFIXION.

2874. A MILITARY FIRING SQUAD.

2875. 5 BULLETS, ONE BLANK. NO ONE'S GUILTY,

2876. BECAUSE EVERYONE ON THE POWER STRUCTURE

2877. WHO KNOWS ANYTHING HAS PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY.

2878. THERE ARE NO COMPROMISING CONNECTIONS

2879. EXCEPT AT THE MOST SECRET POINT.

2880. BUT WHAT'S PARAMOUNT IS THAT IT MUST SUCCEED.

2881. NO MATTER HOW MANY DIE, NO MATTER THE COST,

2882. THE PERPETRATORS MUST BE ON THE WINNING SIDE

2883. AND NEVER SUBJECT TO PROSECUTION

2884. FOR ANYTHING BY ANYONE.

2885. THAT IS A COUP D'ETAT.

2886. Y: CHURN ENOUGH ACTION, OTHERWISE WE CAN'T DO THIS.

2887. KENNEDY ANNOUNCES THE TEXAS TRIP

2888. IN SEPTEMBER.

2889. AT THAT MOMENT,

2890. SECOND OSWALDS START POPPING UP ALL OVER DALLAS,

2891. WHERE THEY OWN THE MAYOR AND COPS.

2892. GENERAL Y FLIES IN THE ASSASSINS,

2893. MAYBE FROM A SPECIAL CAMP WE KEEP

2894. OUTSIDE ATHENS, GREECE— PROS.

2895. MAYBE LOCALS, CUBANS—MAFIA HIRE.

2896. SEPARATE TEAMS.

2897. DOES IT REALLY MATTER

2898. WHO SHOT FROM WHAT ROOFTOP?

2899. PART OF THE SCENERY, RIGHT?

2900. I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THAT DAY—

2901. TUESDAY, THE 26th OF NOVEMBER,

2902. THE DAY AFTER THEY BURIED KENNEDY.

2903. GENTLEMEN, I WANT YOU TO KNOW

2904. I'M NOT GOING TO LET VIETNAM

2905. GO LIKE CHINA DID.

2906. I'M PERSONALLY COMMITTED.

2907. AND I WON'T TAKE ONE SOLDIER OUT

2908. TILL THEY KNOW WE MEAN BUSINESS IN ASIA.

2909. X: LYNDON JOHNSON SIGNS NATIONAL SECURITY MEMO 273,

2910. ESSENTIALLY REVERSING KENNEDY'S WITHDRAWAL POLICY

2911. AND GIVING A GREEN LIGHT

2912. TO COVERT ACTION AGAINST NORTH VIETNAM,

2913. PROVOKING THE GULF OF TONKIN INCIDENT.

2914. JUST GET ME ELECTED.

2915. I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR DAMN WAR.

2916. IN THAT DOCUMENT...

2917. LAY THE VIETNAM WAR.

2918. I DON'T— I CAN'T—

2919. I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY KILLED HIM

2920. BECAUSE HE WANTED TO CHANGE THINGS...

2921. IN OUR TIME. IN OUR COUNTRY.

2922. THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT ALL THROUGH HISTORY.

2923. KINGS ARE KILLED, MR. GARRISON.

2924. POLITICS IS POWER, NOTHING MORE.

2925. DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.

2926. DON'T BELIEVE ME.

2927. DO YOUR OWN WORK, YOUR OWN THINKING.

2928. THE SIZE OF THIS IS...

2929. BEYOND ME.

2930. TESTIFY?

2931. ME?

2932. TESTIFY.

2933. NO CHANCE IN HELL.

2934. NO, I'D BE ARRESTED AND GAGGED,

2935. MAYBE SENT TO AN INSTITUTION.

2936. MAYBE WORSE, YOU, TOO.

2937. I CAN GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND.

2938. YOU HAVE TO FIND THE FOREGROUND,

2939. THE LITTLE THINGS. KEEP DIGGING.

2940. YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON TO BRING A TRIAL

2941. IN THE MURDER OF JOHN KENNEDY.

2942. THAT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S HISTORIC.

2943. I HAVEN'T YET.

2944. I DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A CASE.

2945. YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE ANYMORE.

2946. YOU'VE BECOME A SIGNIFICANT THREAT

2947. TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY STRUCTURE.

2948. THEY WOULD'VE KILLED YOU ALREADY,

2949. BUT YOU'VE GOT LIGHT ON YOU.

2950. INSTEAD, THEY'RE TRYING TO DESTROY

2951. YOUR CREDIBILITY.

2952. ALREADY HAVE IN MANY CIRCLES IN THIS TOWN.

2953. BE HONEST.

2954. YOUR ONLY CHANCE IS TO COME UP WITH A CASE.

2955. SOMETHING. ANYTHING. MAKE ARRESTS.

2956. STIR THE SHIT STORM.

2957. HOPE TO REACH A POINT OF CRITICAL MASS

2958. THAT'LL START A CHAIN REACTION

2959. OF PEOPLE COMING FORWARD.

2960. THEN THE GOVERNMENT WILL CRACK.

2961. REMEMBER, FUNDAMENTALLY,

2962. PEOPLE ARE SUCKERS FOR THE TRUTH,

2963. AND THE TRUTH IS ON YOUR SIDE, BUBBA.

2964. I JUST HOPE YOU GET A BREAK.

2965. MR. SHAW,

2966. SIR, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST,

2967. CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY

2968. AND ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH OTHER PERSONS

2969. FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMMITTING THE MURDER

2970. OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY.

2971. WE HAVE A WARRANT TO SEARCH THE PREMISES.

2972. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT,

2973. AND TO AN ATTORNEY.

2974. NAME—FIRST, MIDDLE, AND LAST?

2975. CLAY LAVERNE SHAW.

2976. ADDRESS?

2977. 1313 DAUPHINE STREET, NEW ORLEANS.

2978. MR. SHAW! MR. SHAW!

2979. EVER USE ANY ALIASES?

2980. CLAY BERTRAND.

2981. MR. SHAW, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY?

2982. MR. CLARK,

2983. ARE YOU AWARE OF THE CHARGES FILED

2984. BY DISTRICT ATTORNEY GARRISON?

2985. YES. MR. SHAW WAS INCLUDED IN OUR INVESTIGATION,

2986. AND THERE WAS NO CONNECTION FOUND... AT ALL.

2987. WHY, IF THEY DID,

2988. IS HIS NAME NOT MENTIONED ONCE

2989. IN THE ENTIRE 26 VOLUMES OF THE WARREN REPORT,

2990. EVEN IF IT IS TO CLEAR HIS NAME?

2991. I DOUBT THIS ATTORNEY GENERAL

2992. WOULD QUALIFY FOR MY STAFF.

2993. MR. GARRISON HAS PRESENTED

2994. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING PUBLICLY

2995. WHICH WOULD CONTRADICT OUR FINDINGS.

2996. I KNOW OF NO FACT WHICH WOULD REFUTE

2997. THE COMMISSION'S CONCLUSION

2998. THAT LEE OSWALD WAS THE LONE KILLER.

2999. WHAT'S YOUR REACTION TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE'S STATEMENT?

3000. I CONGRATULATE MR. SHAW.

3001. MOST DEFENDANTS HAVE TO WAIT FOR TRIAL

3002. BEFORE THEY'RE ALLOWED TO PRODUCE SACRED COWS

3003. LIKE THE CHIEF JUSTICE AS A CHARACTER WITNESS,

3004. WHO IS NOT UNDER OATH AND FREE FROM PERJURY LAWS.

3005. DO YOU REALIZE YOU'RE DAMAGING

3006. THE CREDIBILITY OF THE COUNTRY—

3007. POSSIBLY DESTROYING IT?

3008. LET ME ASK YOU—

3009. IS A GOVERNMENT WORTH PRESERVING

3010. WHEN IT LIES TO THE PEOPLE?

3011. IT'S BECOME A DANGEROUS COUNTRY, SIR,

3012. WHEN YOU CANNOT TRUST ANYONE ANYMORE,

3013. WHEN YOU CANNOT TELL THE TRUTH.

3014. I SAY, LET JUSTICE BE DONE THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL.

3015. COME ON, JIM!

3016. THE CASE OF JIM GARRISON.

3017. THIS IS ALL ABOUT YOU.

3018. AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS OF INVESTIGATION IN NEW ORLEANS,

3019. REPORTERS HAVE LEARNED

3020. THAT DISTRICT ATTORNEY JIM GARRISON AND HIS STAFF

3021. HAVE INTIMIDATED, BRIBED, AND EVEN DRUGGED WITNESSES

3022. IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO PROVE A CONSPIRACY

3023. INVOLVING NEW ORLEANS BUSINESSMAN CLAY SHAW

3024. IN THE MURDER OF JOHN F. KENNEDY.

3025. JOHN CHANCLER

3026. WAS WILLIE O'KEEFE'S CELL MATE AT ANGOLA.

3027. HE SAID HE'D BE CUT LOOSE

3028. IF HE COPPED TO THE D.A.'s OFFICE.

3029. I SENT HIM UP FOR BURGLARY.

3030. THERE'S HIS OLD BUDDY MIGUEL TORRES.

3031. WE SENT HIM UP, TOO.

3032. THEY WANTED ME TO SAY SHAW WAS BERTRAND.

3033. THEY SAID THEY'D GET ME A PARDON.

3034. JANET WILLIAMS COMMENTS

3035. ON WILLIE O'KEEFE'S DESCRIPTIONS

3036. OF HAVING MET OSWALD.

3037. DID OSWALD HAVE A BEARD?

3038. WAS HE A HOMOSEXUAL?

3039. ABSOLUTELY NOT.

3040. MR. O'KEEFE MUST HAVE SEEN

3041. SOMEONE HE THOUGHT WAS LEE OSWALD.

3042. I DIDN'T TALK TO NOBODY AFTER THE ASSASSINATION.

3043. I WAS ON DRUGS AT THE HOSPITAL.

3044. I TOLD THE FBI THAT CALL WAS A FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION.

3045. PERSONALLY, I THINK HE'S QUITE ILL MENTALLY.

3046. WITH ONE HALF OF HIS MIND, HE FABRICATES EVIDENCE,

3047. THEN BY SOME OSMOSIS HE CONVINCES THE OTHER HALF

3048. THAT THE FABRICATION IS THE TRUTH.

3049. DON'T WORRY, LIZ. THERE'S ONLY ABOUT

3050. 20, 30 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHING THIS TONIGHT.

3051. MY REPUTATION'S OK WITH THE PEOPLE WATCHING LAUGH-IN.

3052. IS MR. GARRISON IGNORING MAFIA CONNECTIONS

3053. BECAUSE HE IS INDEBTED AND TIED TO THE MOB?

3054. THE MORE ONE LOOKS AT JIM GARRISON,

3055. THE MORE ONE FINDS HE HAS DESTROYED REPUTATIONS,

3056. SPREAD FEAR AND SUSPICION, AND WORST OF ALL,

3057. EXPLOITED THIS NATION'S SORROW AND DOUBT.

3058. JIM GARRISON HAS SAID, QUOTE—

3059. "LET JUSTICE BE DONE THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL."

3060. HE SEEKS THE TRUTH.

3061. SO DO WE.

3062. WHAT DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING

3063. CALLED HIS BEAUTIFUL DREAM,

3064. EXPRESSED DURING THE 1963 MARCH ON WASHINGTON,

3065. WAS SHATTERED TONIGHT IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE,

3066. BY AN ASSASSIN'S BULLET.

3067. POLICE THINK THE SINGLE SHOT

3068. CAME FROM ACROSS THE STREET.

3069. THEY'VE FOUND A BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE...

3070. FITTED WITH A SCOPE ON A SIDEWALK.

3071. I'LL GET IT.

3072. HELLO?

3073. IS THIS JIM GARRISON'S DAUGHTER?

3074. YES.

3075. VIRGINIA OR ELIZABETH?

3076. VIRGINIA.

3077. VIRGINIA, YOU'RE A LUCKY GIRL.

3078. YOUR DADDY'S ENTERED YOU IN A BEAUTY CONTEST.

3079. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IN A BEAUTY CONTEST?

3080. I DON'T KNOW.

3081. MY GOD! WHAT HAVE THEY DONE?

3082. IT'S LYNCHING TIME.

3083. UH-HUH.

3084. IT'S LYNCHING TIME.

3085. THAT SOUNDS FUN.

3086. CAN YOU GET OFF FROM SCHOOL?

3087. WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO?

3088. OK, THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW.

3089. I'M GOING TO BE IN A BEAUTY CONTEST.

3090. WHO IS THIS? WHO IS THIS!

3091. HELLO?

3092. JIM, DID YOU ENTER VIRGINIA IN A BEAUTY CONTEST?

3093. A MAN JUST CALLED WANTING TO KNOW EVERYTHING—

3094. SOME CRACKPOT.

3095. MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS KILLED—

3096. YOUR DAUGHTER'S LIFE'S JUST BEEN THREATENED.

3097. IT'S JUST A CRANK. HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.

3098. OUR HOME, JIM!

3099. A KIDNAPPER, WHO KNOWS WHAT?

3100. ONLY COWARDS MAKE CRANK CALLS.

3101. HOW DO YOU KNOW?

3102. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT GOES ON HERE ANYMORE?

3103. YOU'RE TOO BUSY MAKING SPEECHES,

3104. GETTING EVERY CRAZED KLANSMAN AFTER US!

3105. I'M TAKING THE KIDS, AND I'M LEAVING.

3106. I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE.

3107. THE GOVERNMENT WANTS YOU TO BE SCARED.

3108. THEY WANT EVERYBODY SCARED TO SPEAK OUT.

3109. THERE'S NOTHING TO BE SCARED OF.

3110. DON'T YOU HAVE ANY FEELINGS?

3111. YOUR OWN DAUGHTER.

3112. WHAT KIND OF MAN ARE YOU?

3113. I'LL TAKE THEM UP TO MY MOTHER'S.

3114. YOU SPEND A WEEK.

3115. WHAT'S A WEEK GOING TO DO?

3116. I'LL GET A BODYGUARD. GET AHOLD OF YOURSELF.

3117. HONEY, BEFORE THIS KENNEDY THING,

3118. NOTHING MATTERED MORE THAN YOUR CHILDREN.

3119. THE OTHER NIGHT JASPER TRIED TALKING TO YOU.

3120. YOU DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE HE WAS THERE.

3121. I PROMISE...

3122. HE'S SENSITIVE. HE NEEDS—

3123. I'LL MAKE MORE TIME FOR JASPER.

3124. IS IT SUCH A CHORE?

3125. I SAID I'LL SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIM!

3126. I CANNOT FIGHT YOU AND THE WHOLE WORLD, TOO!

3127. I'M TRYING TO REACH YOU.

3128. YOU'VE CHANGED!

3129. OF COURSE I'VE CHANGED!

3130. MY EYES HAVE OPENED!

3131. AND ONCE THEY'RE OPEN,

3132. WHAT USED TO LOOK NORMAL SEEMS INSANE.

3133. AND NOW KING.

3134. DON'T YOU THINK THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT?

3135. CAN'T YOU SEE?

3136. I DON'T WANT TO!

3137. I'M TIRED! I'VE HAD ENOUGH!

3138. YOU'RE RUINING SHAW'S LIFE,

3139. ATTACKING HIM BECAUSE HE'S A HOMOSEXUAL.

3140. THAT'S NOT WHY I'M ATTACKING HIM.

3141. DID YOU EVER STOP TO CONSIDER WHAT HE WAS FEELING?

3142. YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME?

3143. I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE.

3144. YOU NEVER BELIEVED ME?

3145. I JUST WANT TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN

3146. AND LIVE A NORMAL LIFE.

3147. I WANT MY LIFE BACK!

3148. SO DO I, GOD DAMN IT!

3149. I HAVE A LIFE, TOO, YOU KNOW!

3150. YOU JUST CAN'T BURY YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND

3151. LIKE SOME GODDAMN OSTRICH!

3152. IT'S NOT ABOUT OUR WELL-BEING.

3153. IT'S NOT ABOUT OUR TWO CARS, OUR TVs,

3154. AND YOUR KITCHEN.

3155. IT'S ABOUT OUR KIDS

3156. GROWING UP IN A SHITHOLE OF LIES.

3157. I'M ANGRY ABOUT IT.

3158. MY LIFE IS FUCKED BECAUSE OF IT.

3159. YOUR LIFE IS FUCKED, TOO.

3160. YOU NEVER TALKED TO ME THIS WAY BEFORE.

3161. I UNDERSTAND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT ME,

3162. BUT DON'T MAKE THREATS ABOUT TAKING THE CHILDREN.

3163. I'M NOT MAKING THREATS. I'M LEAVING YOU!

3164. GO ON, THEN. FINE. GET OUT!

3165. GO JOIN THE REST OF THEM. THEY'LL TELL YOU I'M CRAZY.

3166. I AM!

3167. PLENTY OF PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU I'M CRAZY.

3168. YOU WON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS

3169. FILLING OUT YOUR DIVORCE PAPERS.

3170. BUT SOMEBODY'S GOT TO TRY, GOD DAMN IT!

3171. SOMEBODY.

3172. ARE WE GOING AWAY, DADDY?

3173. I DON'T KNOW, JASPER.

3174. BECAUSE OF KENNEDY?

3175. ARE THE SAME PEOPLE GOING TO KILL US?

3176. NO, JASPER.

3177. NOBODY'S GOING TO KILL US.

3178. I'M SCARED.

3179. I DON'T LIKE IT

3180. WHEN YOU AND MOMMY FIGHT.

3181. I KNOW. I DON'T LIKE IT EITHER, HONEY.

3182. WHY DO WE HAVE TO LEAVE?

3183. DON'T YOU LOVE US ANYMORE?

3184. IT'S OK. DADDY...

3185. DADDY LOVES BOTH OF YOU, OK?

3186. AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH FEELING SCARED, JASPER.

3187. TELLING THE TRUTH CAN BE A SCARY THING SOMETIMES.

3188. IT SCARED PRESIDENT KENNEDY, AND HE WAS A BRAVE MAN.

3189. BUT IF YOU LET YOURSELF BE TOO SCARED,

3190. THEN YOU LET THE BAD GUYS

3191. TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY, DON'T YOU?

3192. YEAH. YEAH.

3193. THEN EVERYBODY GETS SCARED.

3194. STAY WITH MOM, PAPA.

3195. PLEASE? PLEASE?

3196. OH, SH—

3197. OH, BOY.

3198. DAMN! HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.

3199. THE U.S. ATTORNEY IN WASHINGTON

3200. DECLINED TO SERVE OUR SUBPOENA ON ALLEN DULLES,

3201. CHARLES CABELL, CIA DIRECTOR RICHARD HELMS,

3202. ANY FBI AGENT WE NAME.

3203. WHAT'D YOU EXPECT FROM A PIG BUT A GRUNT?

3204. WITHOUT THEM, IT'LL BE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE

3205. PROVING SHAW'S CONNECTION TO THE CIA.

3206. WHAT'S HAPPENING? NEVER BEFORE

3207. HAVE OUR EXTRADITION REQUESTS BEEN REFUSED.

3208. WE HAVEN'T TRIED

3209. GETTING JULIA ANN MERCER IN HERE.

3210. NO. SHE COULD GET HURT.

3211. AFTER WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE OTHERS—NO.

3212. SHE'S THE BEST WITNESS WE HAVE.

3213. I JUST DON'T WANT TO DO IT.

3214. NOW, WHAT ELSE?

3215. YOU GOT YOUR HATE MAIL HERE

3216. AND YOUR FAN MAIL HERE.

3217. THE BAD NEWS IS THAT THE IRS REQUESTED

3218. AN AUDIT OF YOUR INCOME FROM THIS OFFICE.

3219. I EXPECTED THAT 2 MONTHS AGO.

3220. THEY'RE WASTING THEIR TIME.

3221. THE BAD NEWS IS THE NATIONAL GUARD

3222. JUST ASKED ME TO RESIGN AFTER 18 YEARS.

3223. MAYBE THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.

3224. NEVER WAS AS GOOD AS COMBAT ANYWAY.

3225. BUT THIS IS.

3226. WHAT ELSE?

3227. OSWALD WENT TO SEE THE FBI

3228. 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE ASSASSINATION.

3229. CAN I SEE SPECIAL AGENT HOSTY?

3230. HE'S NOT IN. CAN SOMEONE ELSE HELP?

3231. SPECIAL AGENT HOSTY

3232. MADE THREE VISITS TO JANET WILLIAMS' HOUSE,

3233. SUPPOSEDLY TO KEEP AN EYE ON MARINA.

3234. HE LEFT A NOTE.

3235. HOSTY TOLD A DALLAS NEWSPAPERMAN

3236. IT WAS A WARNING TO STOP QUESTIONING MARINA AT HOME

3237. WHEN OSWALD WASN'T PRESENT.

3238. SHE WASN'T A CITIZEN,

3239. SO POSSIBLY HE WAS THREATENING

3240. TO DEPORT HER BACK TO RUSSIA.

3241. WHAT THE NOTE REALLY SAID, NO ONE KNOWS.

3242. THERE'S NO TRIAL. GET RID OF IT.

3243. HOSTY FLUSHED IT DOWN THE TOILET.

3244. THIS IS JUST SPECULATION,

3245. BUT WHAT IF THE NOTE DESCRIBED

3246. THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON JFK?

3247. COME ON, PEOPLE, THINK!

3248. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON TO DESTROY IT.

3249. BECAUSE IF IT WAS ANY KIND OF THREAT LIKE HOSTY SAID,

3250. THEY WOULD HAVE KEPT IT.

3251. BECAUSE IT MAKES THEIR CASE AGAINST THE ANGRY, LONE NUT

3252. THAT MUCH STRONGER.

3253. REMEMBER THE NEW ORLEANS MEETING WITH AGENT QUIGLEY

3254. THE DAY HE GOT ARRESTED?

3255. QUIGLEY DESTROYED THE NOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW.

3256. I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THAT OSWALD

3257. NOT ONLY WAS AN INFORMANT,

3258. BUT HE MAY HAVE BEEN THE ORIGINAL SOURCE WE HAVE

3259. FOR THE TELEX DATED NOVEMBER 17th

3260. WARNING OF KENNEDY'S ASSASSINATION IN DALLAS

3261. ON NOVEMBER 22nd.

3262. WELL...

3263. WILLIAM WALTER,

3264. THE NIGHT CLERK IN THE FBI OFFICE

3265. GAVE ME A COPY OF THIS,

3266. SAID IT WENT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

3267. NOTHING WAS DONE.

3268. THE MOTORCADE WENT AHEAD ON SCHEDULE.

3269. THIS WASN'T EVEN MENTIONED IN THE WARREN REPORT.

3270. "DETERMINED THAT A MILITANT REVOLUTIONARY GROUP

3271. "MAY ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT KENNEDY

3272. ON HIS PROPOSED TRIP TO DALLAS, TEXAS."

3273. SHORTLY AFTER THE ASSASSINATION,

3274. WALTER SAYS THE TELEX WAS REMOVED FROM ALL FILES

3275. AS AN OBVIOUS EMBARRASSMENT TO THE BUREAU.

3276. I BELIEVE OSWALD WAS SENDING INFORMATION THROUGH HOSTY.

3277. FROM THE GET-GO, OSWALD HAD INFILTRATED THIS GROUP,

3278. PROBABLY CUBANS, RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS.

3279. HE WAS TOLD TO BE AT THE BOOK DEPOSITORY

3280. TO EITHER PREVENT THE ASSASSINATION

3281. OR TAKE PART IN IT.

3282. THEY COULD HAVE TOLD HIM ANYTHING—

3283. EITHER THEY WERE GOING TO CLOSE DOWN THE PLOTTERS,

3284. OR SIMULATE AN ATTACK ON KENNEDY

3285. TO WHIP UP PUBLIC OPINION SO THAT KENNEDY

3286. WOULD HAVE TO REVERSE HIS POLICIES ON COMMUNISM.

3287. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEY TOLD HIM.

3288. HE WAS UNDER ORDERS. HE WAS A FOOT SOLDIER.

3289. AND, UH, YOU CAN'T MISS.

3290. HE IS A— A DEAD DUCK.

3291. I DON'T BUY IT, CHIEF.

3292. WHY WOULD THE FBI COVER IT UP?

3293. A TELEX THAT DISAPPEARS

3294. FROM EVERY SINGLE FBI OFFICE IN THIS COUNTRY?

3295. THERE'S A WORD, BILL. ORDERS.

3296. OR A COVER-UP. JESUS, BILL,

3297. DON'T YOU HAVE ENOUGH PROOF OF THE FBI's COMPLICITY—

3298. MAYBE I GOT MORE RESPECT

3299. FOR THIS COUNTRY'S INSTITUTIONS—

3300. MY GOD!

3301. YOU TELL ME HOW YOU'RE GOING

3302. TO KEEP A CONSPIRACY GOING

3303. BETWEEN THE MOB, THE CIA, FBI, AND ARMY INTELLIGENCE,

3304. AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE WHEN YOU CAN'T KEEP

3305. A SECRET IN THIS ROOM BETWEEN 12 PEOPLE?

3306. WE GOT LEAKS EVERYWHERE.

3307. WE'RE GOING TO TRIAL HERE, Y'ALL.

3308. WHAT THE HELL DO WE REALLY GOT?

3309. OSWALD, RUBY, BANISTER, FERRIE ARE DEAD.

3310. MAYBE SHAW'S AN AGENT. I DON'T KNOW.

3311. BUT AS A COVERT OPERATOR,

3312. HE'S WIDE OPEN FOR BLACKMAIL

3313. 'CAUSE OF HIS HOMOSEXUALITY.

3314. SHAW'S OUR TOEHOLD.

3315. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE IS OR WHERE HE FITS.

3316. HE'S LYING THROUGH HIS TEETH,

3317. AND I'M NOT LETTING GO OF HIM.

3318. AND FOR THOSE REASONS,

3319. YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO TRIAL AGAINST CLAY SHAW.

3320. YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE.

3321. LET'S INVESTIGATE OUR MAFIA LEADS HERE.

3322. I CAN BUY THAT EASIER THAN I CAN THE GOVERNMENT.

3323. RUBY IS ALL MOB, KNOWS OSWALD, SETS HIM UP.

3324. HOFFA, TRAFFICANTE, MARCELLO,

3325. THEY HIRE SOME GUNS TO DO KENNEDY.

3326. AND THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WANT TO OPEN UP A CAN OF WORMS

3327. BECAUSE IT USED THE MOB TO TRY TO GET TO CASTRO.

3328. CASTRO BEING ASSASSINATED BY THE MOB, BY US—

3329. IT SOUNDS PRETTY WILD TO JOHN Q. CITIZEN,

3330. SO THEY CLOSE THE BOOK ON JFK.

3331. MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO ME.

3332. I DON'T DOUBT THEIR INVOLVEMENT,

3333. BUT AT A LOWER LEVEL.

3334. COULD THE MOB CHANGE THE PARADE ROUTE

3335. OR ELIMINATE THE PROTECTION FOR THE PRESIDENT?

3336. COULD THE MOB SEND OSWALD TO RUSSIA

3337. AND GET HIM BACK?

3338. COULD THE MOB GET THE FBI, THE CIA,

3339. AND THE DALLAS POLICE TO MESS UP THE INVESTIGATION?

3340. COULD THEY GET THE WARREN COMMISSION APPOINTED

3341. TO COVER IT UP?

3342. COULD THE MOB WRECK THE AUTOPSY?

3343. COULD THE MOB INFLUENCE THE MEDIA TO GO TO SLEEP?

3344. SINCE WHEN HAS THE MOB USED ANYTHING BUT.38s

3345. FOR HITS UP CLOSE?

3346. THE MOB WOULDN'T HAVE THE GUTS OR THE POWER

3347. FOR SOMETHING OF THIS MAGNITUDE.

3348. ASSASSINS NEED PAYROLLS,

3349. SCHEDULES, TIMES, ORDERS.

3350. THIS WAS A MILITARY-STYLE AMBUSH FROM START TO FINISH,

3351. A COUP D'ETAT,

3352. WITH LYNDON JOHNSON WAITING IN THE WINGS.

3353. SO NOW YOU'RE SAYING LYNDON JOHNSON WAS INVOLVED?

3354. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?

3355. LYNDON JOHNSON GOT $1 BILLION

3356. FOR HIS TEXAS FRIENDS BROWN AND ROOT

3357. TO DREDGE CAM RANH BAY FOR THE MILITARY IN VIETNAM.

3358. ARE YOU CALLING THE PRESIDENT A MURDERER?

3359. IF I'M SO FAR FROM THE TRUTH,

3360. WHY IS THE FBI BUGGING OUR OFFICES?

3361. WHY ARE WITNESSES BEING BOUGHT OFF AND MURDERED?

3362. WHY ARE FEDERAL AGENCIES BLOCKING OUR EXTRADITIONS

3363. AND SUBPOENAS AS NEVER BEFORE?

3364. MAYBE THERE'S SOME ROGUE ELEMENT IN THE GOVERNMENT.

3365. WITH A FULL-BLOWN CONSPIRACY TO COVER IT UP?

3366. YOU EVER READ YOUR SHAKESPEARE, BILL?

3367. YEAH. I DO.

3368. JULIUS CAESAR?

3369. BRUTUS AND CASSIUS.

3370. THEY, TOO, ARE HONORABLE MEN.

3371. WHO KILLED CAESAR?

3372. 10, 12 SENATORS.

3373. ALL IT TAKES IS ONE JUDAS, BILL.

3374. A FEW PEOPLE ON THE INSIDE.

3375. PENTAGON, CIA.

3376. THIS IS LOUISIANA, CHIEF.

3377. HOW THE HELL DO YOU KNOW WHO YOUR DADDY IS?

3378. 'CAUSE YOUR MAMA TOLD YOU SO.

3379. YOU'RE TAKING A CRAP IN THE WIND, BOSS,

3380. AND I'M NOT GOING ALONG ON THIS ONE.

3381. I'VE HAD MY DOUBTS ALL ALONG ABOUT BILL.

3382. HE'S BEEN FIGHTING US ALL ALONG.

3383. WELL, WE NEED HIM BACK.

3384. BROUSSARD WASTED A WHOLE MONTH TRYING TO PROVE

3385. THAT MOB BOYS LIKE JACK RUBY AND BRADING

3386. ARE HOOKED UP WITH HUNT OIL.

3387. I DON'T TRUST THE GUY.

3388. I WON'T HEAR THIS.

3389. I VALUE BILL AS MUCH AS ANY PERSON HERE.

3390. IT'S TIME WE MADE ROOM FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S IDEAS...

3391. INCLUDING ME.

3392. MAYBE OSWALD'S WHAT EVERYONE SAYS HE IS

3393. AND I'M JUST PLAIN DUMB ABOUT IT.

3394. I'VE SEEN HIM COPYING FILES,

3395. LEAVING LATE AT NIGHT.

3396. MAYBE YOU DIDN'T HEAR WHAT I SAID.

3397. I WILL NOT TOLERATE INFIGHTING AMONG THE STAFF.

3398. I CANNOT WORK WITH BILL BROUSSARD ANYMORE.

3399. ARE YOU GIVING ME AN ULTIMATUM, LOU?

3400. WHAT?

3401. ARE YOU GIVING ME AN ULTIMATUM?

3402. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

3403. I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD COME TO THIS.

3404. I GUESS I AM.

3405. I WON'T HAVE ANY ULTIMATUMS PUT TO ME, LOU.

3406. I'LL ACCEPT YOUR RESIGNATION.

3407. WELL, YOU SURE GOT IT.

3408. YOU ARE ONE STUBBORN SON OF A BITCH.

3409. AND YOU'RE MAKING A HELL OF A MISTAKE.

3410. BOSS, AREN'T YOU BEING A LITTLE HARD?

3411. NO. I DON'T THINK I AM, SUSIE.

3412. ANYONE ELSE?

3413. WITH 53% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING,

3414. SENATOR KENNEDY CONTINUES TO HOLD A LEAD

3415. OF 48 TO 41% OVER SENATOR McCARTHY.

3416. CBS NEWS HAS PROJECTED SENATOR KENNEDY

3417. THE WINNER OF THE CRUCIAL CALIFORNIA PRIMARY.

3418. Robert Kennedy: AND WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON

3419. WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS—

3420. THE DIVISION, THE VIOLENCE,

3421. THE DISENCHANTMENT WITH OUR SOCIETY.

3422. THE DIVISIONS,

3423. WHETHER IT'S BETWEEN BLACKS AND WHITES,

3424. BETWEEN THE POOR AND THE MORE AFFLUENT,

3425. OR BETWEEN AGE GROUPS OR ON THE WAR IN VIETNAM,

3426. WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.

3427. WE'RE A GREAT COUNTRY,

3428. UNSELFISH AND COMPASSIONATE.

3429. I INTEND MAKING THAT MY BASIS FOR RUNNING

3430. OVER THE PERIOD...

3431. MY THANKS TO ALL OF YOU.

3432. NOW IT'S ON TO CHICAGO—

3433. SENATOR KENNEDY HAS BEEN SHOT.

3434. WE DON'T KNOW HOW SERIOUS IT IS,

3435. BUT WE DO KNOW HE'S BEEN SHOT.

3436. BE VERY CAREFUL.

3437. GET THE GUN! GET THE GUN!

3438. STAY AWAY FROM THE GUN.

3439. THEY KILLED HIM, HONEY.

3440. HMM?

3441. HE WON,

3442. AND THEY KILLED ROBERT KENNEDY.

3443. NO.

3444. THEY SHOT HIM DOWN.

3445. OH!

3446. OH, MY GOD!

3447. OH!

3448. BOTH OF THEM?

3449. BOTH BROTHERS?

3450. YOU WERE RIGHT.

3451. IT HASN'T ENDED.

3452. FOR THE FIRST TIME,

3453. I FEEL REALLY SCARED.

3454. I WISHED I COULD HAVE LOVED YOU MORE.

3455. SOMETIMES I— I FEEL LIKE I DIDN'T

3456. EVER LOVE YOU...

3457. OR THE CHILDREN ENOUGH.

3458. I'M SORRY.

3459. PLEASE RISE.

3460. OYEZ, OYEZ, OYEZ!

3461. THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT, ORLEANS PARISH,

3462. SECTION H, IS NOW IN SESSION,

3463. HONORABLE JUDGE EDWARD A. HAGGERTY JR. PRESIDING.

3464. PLEASE BE SEATED.

3465. THAT'S CLAY BERTRAND,

3466. THE MAN I SAW AT DAVID FERRIE'S.

3467. THAT'S WHO YOU SAY YOU SAW.

3468. A CONFESSED HOMOSEXUAL.

3469. CONVICTED OF PANDERING AND SOLICITATION.

3470. A MAN WHO HAS LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING

3471. AND NOW WANTS TO BE TAKEN AT HIS WORD.

3472. THAT MAN, RIGHT THERE.

3473. YES, SIR.

3474. HE WAS AT THE PONTCHARTRAIN WALL

3475. WITH THE MAN WHO SHOT THE PRESIDENT.

3476. I REMEMBER HIM BECAUSE OF HIS LIMP.

3477. A HEROIN ADDICT INJECTED HIMSELF AT THE WALL,

3478. BARELY CONSCIOUS OF HIS SURROUNDINGS.

3479. IT'S FAIR TO SAY YOU COULD BE MISTAKEN?

3480. IT'S JUST A FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION.

3481. THE CAT'S STEWING YOU. THE OYSTER'S SHUCKING YOU.

3482. THE RIGHT TA-TA BUT THE WRONG HO-HO.

3483. BERTRAND IS NOT SHAW.

3484. SCOUT'S HONOR. TELL HIM I SAID SO.

3485. OBJECTION.

3486. THIS OFFICE HAS WON A PERJURY CONVICTION

3487. AGAINST DEAN ANDREWS ON THIS MATTER.

3488. EXCEPTION TAKEN. THAT CASE IS ON APPEAL.

3489. YOUR HONOR, WE CALL POLICE OFFICER

3490. ALOYSIUS HABIGHORST TO THE STAND.

3491. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK THE JURY

3492. TO LEAVE THE COURTROOM.

3493. PLEASE RISE AND FOLLOW ME.

3494. NAME—FIRST, MIDDLE, AND LAST.

3495. CLAY LAVERNE SHAW.

3496. THE DEFENDANT'S LAWYER WASN'T PRESENT.

3497. IT'S STANDARD BOOKING PROCEDURE TO ASK AN ALIAS.

3498. I CALL THEM AS I SEE THEM!

3499. EVER USE ANY ALIASES?

3500. CLAY BERTRAND.

3501. NO CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENT SAYS

3502. A LAWYER HAS TO BE PRESENT—

3503. I'M RULING IT INADMISSIBLE!

3504. HELL, ED, THAT'S OUR CASE!

3505. IF THAT'S YOUR CASE, YOU DIDN'T HAVE A CASE.

3506. I WOULDN'T BELIEVE ANYTHING HABIGHORST SAID ANYWAY.

3507. I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE SAYING THIS IN THE COURTROOM.

3508. I'M SAYING IT. BRING IN THE JURY!

3509. OSWALD?

3510. NO, I DID NOT.

3511. EVER CALL DEAN ANDREWS?

3512. NO, I DID NOT.

3513. AND HAVE YOU EVER MET DAVID FERRIE?

3514. NO. WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE

3515. IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE PICTURES I'VE BEEN SHOWN.

3516. DID YOU EVER USE THE ALIAS CLAY BERTRAND?

3517. NO. I DID NOT.

3518. THANK YOU, MR. SHAW.

3519. WELL, A VERY GREAT ACTOR

3520. HAS JUST GIVEN US A GREAT PERFORMANCE,

3521. BUT WE ARE NOWHERE CLOSER TO THE TRUTH.

3522. LET IT BE NOTED THAT MY OFFICE IS CHARGING CLAY SHAW

3523. WITH OUTRIGHT PERJURY ON 15 ANSWERS HE'S GIVEN TODAY,

3524. NOT ONE WORD OF TRUTH HAVING ESCAPED HIS LIP.

3525. YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER! NOW SIT DOWN!

3526. THAT'S THE MAN.

3527. SLIDE RIGHT OFF OF IT.

3528. INTERNATIONAL TRADE MART...

3529. HE'S TOTALLY SANE.

3530. OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.

3531. YOU'VE BEEN SAYING IN COURT...

3532. TO PROVE THERE WAS A CONSPIRACY INVOLVING CLAY SHAW,

3533. WE MUST FIRST PROVE THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE MAN

3534. INVOLVED IN THE ASSASSINATION.

3535. TO DO THAT, WE MUST LOOK AT THE ZAPRUDER FILM,

3536. WHICH MY OFFICE HAS SUBPOENAED.

3537. THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HAS NOT SEEN THAT—

3538. THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HAS NOT SEEN THAT FILM

3539. BECAUSE IT'S BEEN LOCKED AWAY IN A VAULT

3540. FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS

3541. IN THE TIME-LIFE BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY.

3542. THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.

3543. WATCH.

3544. A PICTURE SPEAKS A THOUSAND WORDS, DOESN'T IT?

3545. THE WARREN COMMISSION THOUGHT THEY HAD

3546. AN OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE.

3547. 3 BULLETS, ONE ASSASSIN.

3548. BUT TWO UNPREDICTABLE THINGS HAPPENED THAT DAY

3549. THAT MADE IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE.

3550. 1—THE 8mm HOME MOVIE TAKEN BY ABRAHAM ZAPRUDER

3551. WHILE STANDING NEAR THE GRASSY KNOLL,

3552. AND 2—THE THIRD WOUNDED MAN JAMES TAGUE,

3553. WHO WAS NICKED BY A FRAGMENT

3554. WHILE STANDING NEAR THE TRIPLE UNDERPASS.

3555. THE TIME FRAME 5.6 SECONDS

3556. ESTABLISHED BY THE ZAPRUDER FILM

3557. LEFT NO POSSIBILITY OF A FOURTH SHOT.

3558. SO THE SHOT OR FRAGMENT

3559. THAT LEFT A SUPERFICIAL WOUND ON TAGUE'S CHEEK

3560. HAD TO COME FROM ONE OF THE 3 BULLETS

3561. FIRED FROM THE SIXTH FLOOR OF THE DEPOSITORY.

3562. THAT LEAVES JUST TWO BULLETS.

3563. AND WE KNOW ONE

3564. WAS THE FATAL HEAD SHOT THAT KILLED KENNEDY.

3565. SO NOW A SINGLE BULLET REMAINS.

3566. A SINGLE BULLET HAS TO ACCOUNT

3567. FOR THE REMAINING 7 WOUNDS

3568. IN KENNEDY AND CONNALLY.

3569. RATHER THAN ADMIT TO A CONSPIRACY

3570. OR INVESTIGATE FURTHER,

3571. THE WARREN COMMISSION CHOSE TO ENDORSE

3572. THE THEORY PUT FORTH

3573. BY AN AMBITIOUS JUNIOR COUNSELOR, ARLEN SPECTER,

3574. ONE OF THE GROSSEST LIES

3575. EVER FORCED ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

3576. WE'VE COME TO KNOW IT AS THE MAGIC BULLET THEORY.

3577. THE MAGIC BULLET ENTERS THE PRESIDENT'S BACK,

3578. HEADED DOWNWARD AT AN ANGLE OF 17 DEGREES.

3579. IT THEN MOVES UPWARD

3580. IN ORDER TO LEAVE KENNEDY'S BODY

3581. FROM THE FRONT OF HIS NECK,

3582. WOUND NUMBER TWO,

3583. WHERE IT WAITS 1.6 SECONDS,

3584. PRESUMABLY IN MIDAIR,

3585. WHERE IT TURNS RIGHT,

3586. THEN LEFT,

3587. RIGHT,

3588. THEN LEFT,

3589. AND CONTINUES INTO CONNALLY'S BODY,

3590. AT THE REAR OF HIS RIGHT ARMPIT,

3591. WOUND NUMBER THREE.

3592. THE BULLET THEN HEADS DOWNWARD

3593. AT AN ANGLE OF 27 DEGREES,

3594. SHATTERING CONNALLY'S FIFTH RIB

3595. AND EXITING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS CHEST,

3596. WOUND NUMBER FOUR.

3597. THE BULLET THEN TURNS RIGHT

3598. AND RE-ENTERS CONNALLY'S BODY AT HIS RIGHT WRIST,

3599. WOUND NUMBER 5,

3600. SHATTERING THE RADIUS BONE.

3601. THE BULLET EXITS CONNALLY'S WRIST, WOUND NUMBER 6,

3602. MAKES A DRAMATIC U-TURN

3603. AND BURIES ITSELF INTO CONNALLY'S LEFT THIGH,

3604. WOUND NUMBER 7,

3605. FROM WHICH IT LATER FALLS OUT

3606. AND IS FOUND IN ALMOST PRISTINE CONDITION

3607. ON A STRETCHER IN A CORRIDOR OF PARKLAND HOSPITAL.

3608. THAT'S SOME BULLET.

3609. ANYONE WHO'S BEEN IN COMBAT WILL TELL YOU

3610. NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF GUNFIRE

3611. HAS THERE BEEN A BULLET THIS RIDICULOUS.

3612. YET THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT CAN PROVE IT

3613. WITH SOME FANCY PHYSICS IN A NUCLEAR LABORATORY.

3614. OF COURSE THEY CAN.

3615. THEORETICAL PHYSICS CAN PROVE

3616. THAT AN ELEPHANT CAN HANG FROM A CLIFF

3617. WITH HIS TAIL TIED TO A DAISY.

3618. BUT USE YOUR EYES, YOUR COMMON SENSE.

3619. THE ARMY WOUND BALLISTICS EXPERTS AT EDWARD ARSENAL

3620. FIRED SOME COMPARISON BULLETS.

3621. NOT ONE OF THEM LOOKED ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

3622. TAKE A LOOK AT CE-856,

3623. AN IDENTICAL BULLET

3624. FIRED THROUGH THE WRIST OF A HUMAN CADAVER.

3625. JUST ONE OF THE BONES SMASHED BY THE MAGIC BULLET.

3626. 7 WOUNDS, GENTLEMEN.

3627. TOUGH SKIN.

3628. DENSE BONES.

3629. THIS SINGLE BULLET EXPLANATION

3630. IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE WARREN COMMISSION'S CLAIM

3631. OF A LONE ASSASSIN.

3632. ONCE YOU CONCLUDE THE MAGIC BULLET

3633. COULD NOT CREATE ALL 7 OF THOSE WOUNDS,

3634. YOU HAVE TO CONCLUDE THAT THERE WAS A FOURTH SHOT

3635. AND A SECOND RIFLEMAN.

3636. AND IF THERE WAS A SECOND RIFLEMAN,

3637. BY DEFINITION, THERE HAD TO BE A CONSPIRACY,

3638. WHICH WE BELIEVE INVOLVES THE ACCUSED, CLAY SHAW.

3639. 51 WITNESSES, GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY,

3640. THOUGHT THEY HEARD SHOTS

3641. COMING FROM THE GRASSY KNOLL,

3642. WHICH IS TO THE RIGHT AND FRONT OF THE PRESIDENT.

3643. KEY WITNESSES THAT DAY—

3644. CHARLES BREHM, A COMBAT VET.

3645. RIGHT BEHIND, JEAN HILL AND MARY MOORMAN.

3646. S.M. HOLLAND, RICHARD DODD, JAMES SIMMONS

3647. STANDING ON THE OVERPASS.

3648. J.C. PRICE OVERLOOKING THE WHOLE PLAZA.

3649. WILLIAM NEWMAN, FATHER OF TWO CHILDREN,

3650. WHO HIT THE DECK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ELM.

3651. ABRAHAM ZAPRUDER.

3652. EACH OF THESE KEY WITNESSES HAS NO DOUBT WHATSOEVER

3653. ONE OR MORE SHOTS CAME FROM BEHIND THE PICKET FENCE.

3654. 26 TRAINED MEDICAL PERSONNEL AT PARKLAND HOSPITAL

3655. SAW WITH THEIR OWN EYES

3656. THE BACK OF THE PRESIDENT'S HEAD BLASTED OUT.

3657. DR. PETERS.

3658. THERE WAS A LARGE 7-CENTIMETER OPENING

3659. IN THE RIGHT OCCIPITAL PARIETAL AREA.

3660. A CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF THE BRAIN

3661. WAS MISSING THERE.

3662. ALMOST A FIFTH,

3663. OR POSSIBLY A QUARTER, OF THE BACK OF THE HEAD

3664. WAS BLASTED OUT ALONG WITH THE UNDERLYING BRAIN TISSUE.

3665. SHOULD WE DECLARE HIM DEAD FOR LAST RITES?

3666. THERE WAS ALSO SOME SKULL ATTACHED

3667. TO A FLAP OF SCALP.

3668. THE EXIT HOLE IN THE REAR

3669. MEASURED ABOUT 120mm,

3670. OR 5 INCHES ACROSS.

3671. NOT ONE CIVILIAN DOCTOR

3672. WHO EXAMINED THE PRESIDENT AT PARKLAND HOSPITAL

3673. REGARDED HIS THROAT WOUND

3674. AS ANYTHING BUT AN ENTRY WOUND.

3675. BUT THEN THE BODY WAS ILLEGALLY MOVED TO WASHINGTON

3676. FOR THE AUTOPSY.

3677. BECAUSE WHEN A COUP D'ETAT HAS OCCURRED,

3678. THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE

3679. BETWEEN AN AUTOPSY PERFORMED BY CIVILIAN DOCTORS

3680. AND ONE PERFORMED BY MILITARY DOCTORS

3681. UNDER ORDERS.

3682. DEPARTURE OF AIR FORCE ONE FROM LOVE FIELD

3683. WASN'T SO MUCH A TAKEOFF AS IT WAS A GETAWAY,

3684. WITH THE NEWLY SWORN-IN PRESIDENT.

3685. OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.

3686. SUSTAINED.

3687. ON THE PLANE, OSWALD'S GUILT WAS ANNOUNCED

3688. BY THE WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM

3689. TO ALL PASSENGERS

3690. BEFORE ANY INVESTIGATION HAD STARTED.

3691. THE ANGRY LONE NUT SOLUTION BEGINNING TO TAKE ITS SHAPE.

3692. OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.

3693. SUSTAINED.

3694. MR. GARRISON, WILL YOU PLEASE BOTTLE THE ACT?

3695. THE THREE BETHESDA NAVAL HOSPITAL DOCTORS

3696. PICKED BY THE MILITARY

3697. LEFT SOMETHING TO BE DESIRED,

3698. INSOMUCH AS NONE OF THEM HAD ANY EXPERIENCE

3699. WITH COMBAT GUNFIRE WOUNDS.

3700. THROUGH THEIR AUTOPSY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO JUSTIFY

3701. EIGHT WOUNDS FROM JUST TWO BULLETS—

3702. THREE TO KENNEDY, FIVE TO CONNALLY,

3703. ONE OF THEM BEING THE MAGIC BULLET.

3704. FBI?

3705. HERE.

3706. COLONEL FINCK, SOMEONE TOLD YOU

3707. NOT TO DISSECT THE NECK?

3708. I WAS TOLD THE FAMILY WANTED THE HEAD EXAMINED.

3709. OH, CHRIST.

3710. LOOKS LIKE HALF HIS BRAIN'S GONE.

3711. LET'S WEIGH IT.

3712. 653 GRAMS.

3713. AS A PATHOLOGIST, IT'S YOUR OBLIGATION

3714. TO EXPLORE ALL POSSIBLE CAUSES OF DEATH.

3715. I HAD THE CAUSE OF DEATH.

3716. YOUR HONOR, PLEASE DIRECT THE WITNESS

3717. TO ANSWER MY QUESTION.

3718. WHY NOT DISSECT THE TRACK OF THE BULLET WOUND?

3719. I HEARD DR. HUMES STATING THAT...

3720. THAT'S ENOUGH.

3721. THAT'S ENOUGH.

3722. IT'S DULY NOTED.

3723. LET'S CHECK THE BACK, GENTLEMEN.

3724. ALL RIGHT, LET'S LIFT HIM.

3725. THERE'S SPINAL FLUID COMING OUT OF HIS RIGHT EAR.

3726. I CAN FEEL THE END OF THE WOUND

3727. WITH MY FINGER.

3728. THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY, COMMANDER.

3729. WATCH THE EAR.

3730. YES, SIR.

3731. SHOT IN THE BACK.

3732. CHEAP CRIME.

3733. HE SAID...

3734. WHO'S IN CHARGE HERE?

3735. I AM.

3736. I DON'T REMEMBER HIS NAME.

3737. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND, IT WAS QUITE CROWDED.

3738. IN CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE THAT,

3739. LOOKING AT THE WOUND OF THE DEAD PRESIDENT,

3740. YOU DON'T ASK FOR NAMES AND WHO THEY ARE.

3741. YOU WERE A QUALIFIED PATHOLOGIST.

3742. WAS THIS ARMY GENERAL A QUALIFIED PATHOLOGIST?

3743. NO.

3744. NO, BUT YOU TOOK HIS ORDERS.

3745. YES.

3746. SO HE WAS DIRECTING THE AUTOPSY.

3747. NO.

3748. NO.

3749. NO, BECAUSE THERE WERE OTHERS.

3750. THERE WERE OTHERS. THERE WERE ADMIRALS.

3751. ADMIRALS?

3752. YES, AND WHEN YOU'RE A LIEUTENANT COLONEL

3753. IN THE ARMY, YOU JUST FOLLOW ORDERS.

3754. IT'S NOT OUR BUSINESS TO DISCUSS THIS

3755. WITH ANYONE OUTSIDE THIS ROOM.

3756. IT WAS ADMIRAL KENNEY,

3757. THE SURGEON GENERAL OF THE NAVY.

3758. WE WERE SPECIFICALLY TOLD NOT TO DISCUSS THE CASE.

3759. A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DAY

3760. WERE DECIDING WHAT WAS PRIVATE,

3761. NONE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S BUSINESS.

3762. THE CHIEF PATHOLOGIST, COMMANDER HUGHES,

3763. BY HIS OWN ADMISSION

3764. VOLUNTARILY BURNED HIS AUTOPSY NOTES.

3765. PRESIDENT JOHNSON ORDERS THE BLOOD-SOAKED LIMOUSINE

3766. FILLED WITH BULLET HOLES AND CLUES

3767. TO BE IMMEDIATELY WASHED AND REBUILT.

3768. HE SENDS CONNALLY'S BLOODY SUIT

3769. RIGHT TO THE CLEANERS.

3770. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DENIED THIS OFFICE ACCESS

3771. TO THE AUTOPSY PHOTOS.

3772. AND WHEN WE FINALLY GET A COURT ORDER

3773. TO EXAMINE PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S BRAIN

3774. IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES,

3775. HOPING TO FIND WHICH DIRECTION THE BULLET CAME FROM,

3776. WE'RE TOLD BY THE GOVERNMENT—

3777. YOUR GOVERNMENT—

3778. THAT THE PRESIDENT'S BRAIN HAS DISAPPEARED.

3779. THAT'S NOT ALL THAT'S DISAPPEARED, GENTLEMEN.

3780. WITH IT, I THINK, THE CONCEPT OF JUSTICE.

3781. OBJECTION!

3782. NOT ONLY IS MR. GARRISON INSULTING THE GOVERNMENT,

3783. BUT HE IS ALSO—

3784. OVERRULED, OVERRULED.

3785. SO WHAT REALLY HAPPENED THAT DAY?

3786. LET'S JUST FOR A MOMENT SPECULATE, SHALL WE?

3787. WE HAVE THE EPILEPTIC SEIZURE

3788. AROUND 12:15 P.M., DISTRACTING THE POLICE,

3789. MAKING IT EASIER FOR THE SHOOTERS

3790. TO MOVE INTO PLACE.

3791. THE EPILEPTIC LATER VANISHED,

3792. NEVER CHECKING INTO THE HOSPITAL.

3793. THE A-TEAM GETS ON THE SIXTH FLOOR

3794. OF THE DEPOSITORY.

3795. THEY WERE REFURBISHING THE FLOORS THAT WEEK,

3796. WHICH ALLOWED UNKNOWN WORKMEN

3797. IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDING.

3798. THEY MOVED QUICKLY INTO POSITION,

3799. JUST MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOOTING.

3800. THE SECOND SPOTTER ON THE RADIO

3801. TALKING TO THE OTHER TWO TEAMS

3802. HAS THE BEST OVERALL VIEW— THE GOD SPOT.

3803. B-TEAM—ONE RIFLEMAN AND ONE SPOTTER

3804. WITH A HEADSET AND ACCESS TO THE BUILDING

3805. MOVES INTO THE LOW FLOOR OF THE DAL-TEX BUILDING.

3806. THE THIRD TEAM, THE C-TEAM,

3807. MOVES BEHIND THE PICKET FENCE ABOVE THE GRASSY KNOLL

3808. WHERE THE SHOOTER AND THE SPOTTER ARE FIRST SEEN

3809. BY THE LATE LEE BOWERS

3810. IN THE WATCHTOWER OF THE RAIL YARD.

3811. THEY HAVE THE BEST POSITION.

3812. KENNEDY IS CLOSE AND ON A FLAT, LOW TRAJECTORY.

3813. PART OF THIS TEAM IS A COORDINATOR

3814. WHO'S FLASHED SECURITY CREDENTIALS,

3815. CHASING SEVERAL PEOPLE OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AREA.

3816. PROBABLY 2-3 MORE MEN ARE IN THE CROWD ON ELM.

3817. 10-12 MEN. 3 TEAMS. 3 SHOOTERS.

3818. THE TRIANGULATION OF FIRE

3819. CLAY SHAW AND DAVID FERRIE DISCUSSED 2 MONTHS BEFORE.

3820. THEY'VE WALKED THE PLAZA.

3821. THEY KNOW EVERY INCH.

3822. THEY'VE CALIBRATED THEIR SIGHTS.

3823. THEY'VE PRACTICED ON MOVING TARGETS.

3824. THEY'RE READY.

3825. KENNEDY'S MOTORCADE MAKES A TURN

3826. FROM MAIN ONTO HOUSTON.

3827. IT'S GOING TO BE A TURKEY SHOOT.

3828. THEY DON'T SHOOT HIM COMING UP HOUSTON,

3829. WHICH IS THE EASIEST SHOT FROM THE BOOK DEPOSITORY.

3830. THEY WAIT TILL HE GETS TO THE KILLING ZONE

3831. BETWEEN 3 RIFLES.

3832. KENNEDY MAKES A FINAL TURN FROM HOUSTON ONTO ELM,

3833. SLOWING DOWN TO SOME 11 MILES AN HOUR.

3834. THE SHOOTERS ACROSS DEALEY PLAZA TIGHTEN,

3835. TAKING THEIR AIM...

3836. WAITING FOR THE RADIO TO SAY, "GREEN! GREEN!"

3837. OR "ABORT. ABORT."

3838. THE FIRST SHOT RINGS OUT,

3839. SOUNDING LIKE A BACKFIRE.

3840. IT MISSES THE CAR COMPLETELY.

3841. FRAME 161, KENNEDY STOPS WAVING

3842. AS HE HEARS SOMETHING.

3843. CONNALLY'S HEAD TURNS SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT.

3844. FRAME 193, THE SECOND SHOT

3845. HITS KENNEDY IN THE THROAT FROM THE FRONT.

3846. FRAME 225,

3847. THE PRESIDENT EMERGING FROM BEHIND THE ROAD SIGN.

3848. YOU SEE HE'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN HIT,

3849. RAISING HIS ARMS TO HIS THROAT.

3850. THE THIRD SHOT, FRAME 232,

3851. HITS KENNEDY IN THE BACK,

3852. PULLING HIM DOWNWARD AND FORWARD.

3853. CONNALLY, YOU'LL NOTICE, SHOWS NO SIGNS OF BEING HIT.

3854. HE IS VISIBLY HOLDING HIS STETSON,

3855. WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE IF HIS WRIST IS SHATTERED.

3856. CONNALLY IS TURNING HERE NOW,

3857. FRAME 238, THE FOURTH SHOT.

3858. IT MISSES KENNEDY

3859. AND TAKES CONNALLY IN THE BACK.

3860. THIS SHOT PROVES THERE WERE TWO RIFLES.

3861. CONNALLY YELLS OUT,

3862. "MY GOD! THEY'RE GOING TO KILL US ALL!"

3863. AROUND THIS TIME, ANOTHER SHOT MISSES THE CAR,

3864. STRIKES JAMES TAGUE DOWN BY THE UNDERPASS.

3865. THE CAR BRAKES.

3866. THE SIXTH AND FATAL SHOT, FRAME 313,

3867. TAKES KENNEDY IN THE HEAD FROM THE FRONT.

3868. THIS IS THE KEY SHOT.

3869. THE PRESIDENT GOING BACK AND TO HIS LEFT,

3870. SHOT FROM THE FRONT AND RIGHT,

3871. TOTALLY INCONSISTENT

3872. WITH THE SHOT FROM THE DEPOSITORY.

3873. AGAIN.

3874. BACK...

3875. AND TO THE LEFT.

3876. BACK AND TO THE LEFT.

3877. BACK AND TO THE LEFT.

3878. BACK AND TO THE LEFT.

3879. SO, WHAT HAPPENS THEN?

3880. PANDEMONIUM.

3881. LET'S GO. WE GOT HIM, BUDDY.

3882. THE SHOOTERS DISASSEMBLE THEIR VARIOUS WEAPONS,

3883. ALL EXCEPT THE OSWALD RIFLE.

3884. PATROLMAN JOE SMITH RUSHES INTO THE PARKING LOT

3885. BEHIND THE PICKET FENCE.

3886. HE SMELLS GUNPOWDER.

3887. THE CHARACTER PRODUCED CREDENTIALS FROM HIS POCKET

3888. THAT SHOWED HIM TO BE SECRET SERVICE.

3889. LET'S SEE YOUR I.D.

3890. SEE ANYBODY ELSE UP HERE?

3891. NO. KEEP LOOKING.

3892. I LET HIM GO AND CONTINUED TO SEARCH.

3893. I REGRETTED IT,

3894. 'CAUSE HE LOOKED LIKE AN AUTO MECHANIC.

3895. HE HAD ON A SPORT SHIRT AND PANTS,

3896. BUT HE HAD DIRTY FINGERNAILS.

3897. AFTERWARD, IT DIDN'T RING TRUE.

3898. BUT AT THE TIME,

3899. WE WERE SO PRESSED FOR TIME.

3900. YET ALL SECRET SERVICE MEN IN DALLAS THAT DAY

3901. ARE ACCOUNTED FOR.

3902. NONE WERE ON FOOT IN DEALEY PLAZA

3903. TILL DALLAS SECRET SERVICE CHIEF FORREST SORRELS

3904. RETURNED AT 12:55.

3905. 12 OTHER INDIVIDUALS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY

3906. BY DALLAS POLICE.

3907. NO RECORD OF THEIR ARREST.

3908. MEN ACTING LIKE HOBOS

3909. WERE BEING PULLED OFF TRAINS,

3910. MARCHED THROUGH DEALEY PLAZA, PHOTOGRAPHED,

3911. AND YET THERE'S NO RECORDS OF THEIR ARRESTS.

3912. MEN IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES AS SECRET SERVICE AGENTS

3913. ALL OVER THE PLACE.

3914. BUT WHO WAS IMPERSONATING THEM?

3915. AND WHERE WAS LEE HARVEY OSWALD?

3916. AROUND 12:15, ON HER WAY OUT TO SEE THE MOTORCADE,

3917. SECRETARY CAROLYN ARNOLD SEES OSWALD

3918. IN THE SECOND-FLOOR SNACK ROOM,

3919. WHERE HE SAID HE WENT FOR A COKE.

3920. HE WAS IN A BOOTH ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

3921. HE WAS BY HIMSELF AS USUAL,

3922. APPEARED TO BE HAVING HIS LUNCH.

3923. I DIDN'T SPEAK TO HIM, BUT I RECOGNIZED HIM.

3924. AT THE SAME TIME, BONNIE RAY WILLIAMS

3925. IS EATING HIS CHICKEN LUNCH IN THE SIXTH FLOOR.

3926. HE'S THERE UNTIL 12:15, MAYBE 12:20.

3927. HE SEES NOBODY.

3928. ARNOLD ROWLAND'S DOWN ON THE STREET.

3929. HE SEES TWO MEN IN THE SIXTH-FLOOR WINDOW.

3930. PRESUMABLY, AFTER BONNIE RAY WILLIAMS

3931. HAD FINISHED HIS LUNCH AND LEFT.

3932. JOHN POWELL,

3933. A PRISONER IN THE DALLAS COUNTY JAIL, SEES THEM.

3934. LOTS OF US GUYS SAW THEM.

3935. EVERYBODY WAS HOLLERING AND YELLING.

3936. WE THOUGHT THEY WERE SECURITY GUYS.

3937. IF OSWALD WAS THE ASSASSIN, HE WAS CERTAINLY NONCHALANT

3938. ABOUT MOVING HIMSELF INTO POSITION.

3939. LATER, HE TOLD DALLAS POLICE

3940. HE WAS IN THE SECOND-FLOOR SNACK ROOM,

3941. PROBABLY TOLD TO WAIT THERE BY HIS HANDLER

3942. FOR A PHONE CALL.

3943. BUT THE PHONE CALL NEVER CAME.

3944. A MAXIMUM 90 SECONDS AFTER KENNEDY IS SHOT,

3945. PATROLMAN MARION BAKER RUNS INTO OSWALD

3946. IN THAT SECOND-FLOOR LUNCHROOM.

3947. HEY, YOU!

3948. YOU KNOW THIS MAN? IS HE AN EMPLOYEE?

3949. YES, HE IS.

3950. THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN SHOT.

3951. THE WARREN COMMISSION WANTS US TO BELIEVE

3952. IS THAT AFTER FIRING 3 BOLT-ACTION SHOTS

3953. IN 5.6 SECONDS,

3954. OSWALD THEN LEAVES 3 CARTRIDGES

3955. NEATLY SIDE-BY-SIDE IN THE FIRING NEST,

3956. WIPES THE RIFLE CLEAR OF FINGERPRINTS,

3957. STASHES THE RIFLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LOFT,

3958. SPRINTS DOWN 5 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS,

3959. PAST WITNESSES WHO NEVER SEE HIM,

3960. THEN SHOWS UP COOL AND CALM ON THE SECOND FLOOR

3961. IN FRONT OF PATROLMAN BAKER.

3962. ALL THIS WITHIN 90 SECONDS OF THE SHOOTING.

3963. HEY, YOU!

3964. YOU KNOW THIS MAN? IS HE AN EMPLOYEE?

3965. YES, HE IS.

3966. THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN SHOT.

3967. IS HE OUT OF BREATH?

3968. ACCORDING TO BAKER, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

3969. ASSUMING HE IS THE SOLE ASSASSIN,

3970. OSWALD IS NOW FREE TO ESCAPE FROM THE BUILDING.

3971. THE LONGER HE DELAYS,

3972. THE MORE CHANCE THE BUILDING WILL BE SEALED BY POLICE.

3973. IS HE GUILTY?

3974. DOES HE WALK OUT THE NEAREST STAIRCASE?

3975. NO.

3976. HE BUYS A COKE.

3977. AND AT A SLOW PACE,

3978. SPOTTED BY MRS. REED ON THE SECOND FLOOR,

3979. HE STROLLS OUT THE MORE DISTANT FRONT EXIT,

3980. WHERE THE COPS HAVE GATHERED.

3981. ODDLY, CONSIDERING THAT 3 SHOTS WERE FIRED FROM THERE,

3982. NOBODY SEALS THE BOOK DEPOSITORY FOR 10 MORE MINUTES.

3983. OSWALD SLIPS OUT, AS DO SEVERAL OTHER EMPLOYEES.

3984. OF COURSE, WHEN HE REALIZED SOMETHING HAD GONE WRONG

3985. AND THE PRESIDENT HAD BEEN KILLED,

3986. HE KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM.

3987. HE MAY HAVE EVEN KNOWN HE WAS THE PATSY.

3988. AN INTUITION, MAYBE.

3989. THE PRESIDENT KILLED IN SPITE OF HIS WARNING.

3990. THE PHONE CALL THAT NEVER CAME.

3991. PERHAPS FEAR CAME TO OSWALD FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.

3992. SO OSWALD RETURNS TO HIS ROOMING HOUSE

3993. AROUND 1:00 P.M.,

3994. A HALF-HOUR AFTER THE ASSASSINATION.

3995. LEE, A MAN SHOT THE PRESIDENT.

3996. HE PUTS ON HIS JACKET, GRABS HIS.38 REVOLVER,

3997. AND LEAVES AT 1:04.

3998. EARLENE ROBERTS, THE HOUSEKEEPER,

3999. HEARD TWO BEEPS ON A CAR HORN,

4000. AND TWO UNIFORMED COPS PULLED UP

4001. LIKE IT WAS A SIGNAL OR SOMETHING.

4002. OFFICER TIPPIT IS SHOT BETWEEN 1:10 AND 1:15,

4003. ABOUT A MILE AWAY.

4004. THOUGH NO ONE SAW HIM WALKING OR JOGGING,

4005. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS OSWALD COVERED THAT DISTANCE.

4006. GIVING THE GOVERNMENT THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT,

4007. OSWALD HAD TO JOG A MILE IN 6-11 MINUTES,

4008. COMMIT THE MURDER, REVERSE HIS DIRECTION,

4009. AND WALK 3/5 MILE TO THE TEXAS THEATER

4010. AND ARRIVE SOMETIME BEFORE 1:30.

4011. IT'S ALSO A USEFUL CONCLUSION AFTER ALL.

4012. WHY WOULD OSWALD KILL TIPPIT,

4013. UNLESS HE'D SHOT THE PRESIDENT

4014. AND FEARED ARREST?

4015. DOMINGO BENIVIDES...

4016. THE CLOSEST WITNESS TO THE SHOOTING,

4017. REFUSED TO IDENTIFY OSWALD AS THE KILLER

4018. AND WAS NEVER TAKEN TO A LINEUP.

4019. ACQUILLA CLEMONS SAW THE KILLER WITH ANOTHER MAN

4020. AND SAYS THEY WENT OFF IN SEPARATE DIRECTIONS.

4021. MRS. CLEMONS NEVER WENT TO A LINEUP

4022. OR TO THE WARREN COMMISSION.

4023. AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME,

4024. OFFICER J.M. POE MARKS THE SHELLS WITH HIS INITIALS.

4025. THOSE INITIALS ARE NOT ON THE 3 CARTRIDGE CASES

4026. WHICH THE WARREN COMMISSION PRESENT TO HIM.

4027. AS EARLY AS 12:44,

4028. ONLY 14 MINUTES AFTER THE ASSASSINATION,

4029. THE POLICE PUT OUT A DESCRIPTION

4030. MATCHING OSWALD'S SIZE AND BUILD.

4031. OSWALD IS NEXT SEEN BY SHOE SALESMAN JOHNNY BREWER

4032. LURKING ALONG JEFFERSON AVENUE.

4033. OSWALD IS SCARED.

4034. HE BEGINS TO REALIZE

4035. THE FULL IMPLICATIONS OF THIS THING.

4036. HE GOES INTO THE TEXAS THEATER,

4037. POSSIBLY HIS PREARRANGED MEETING POINT.

4038. BUT THOUGH HE HAS $14 WITH HIM,

4039. HE DOES NOT BUY THE 75-CENT TICKET,

4040. AND BREWER HAS THE CASHIER CALL THE POLICE.

4041. IN RESPONSE TO THE CASHIER'S CALL,

4042. AT LEAST 30 OFFICERS AND A FLEET OF PATROL CARS

4043. DESCEND ON THE MOVIE THEATER.

4044. THIS HAS TO BE THE MOST REMARKABLE EXAMPLE

4045. OF POLICE INTUITION SINCE THE REICHSTAG FIRE.

4046. AND I DON'T BUY IT.

4047. THEY KNEW.

4048. SOMEONE KNEW OSWALD WAS GOING TO BE THERE.

4049. BREWER HELPFULLY LEADS THE COPS INTO THE THEATER

4050. AND, FROM THE STAGE, POINTS OSWALD OUT.

4051. SIR, COULD I GET YOU TO STAND UP?

4052. THIS IS IT.

4053. KILL THE PRESIDENT, WILL YOU?

4054. I AM NOT RESISTING ARREST!

4055. I AM NOT RESISTING ARREST!

4056. THE POLICE HAVE THEIR MAN.

4057. IT'S ALREADY BEEN DECIDED IN WASHINGTON.

4058. BY THE TIME HE WAS BROUGHT OUT FROM THE THEATER,

4059. A LARGE CROWD IS WAITING TO SCREAM AT HIM.

4060. LEE OSWALD MUST HAVE FELT LIKE JOSEF K.

4061. IN KAFKA'S THE TRIAL.

4062. HE'S NEVER TOLD THE REASONS FOR HIS ARREST.

4063. HE DOESN'T KNOW

4064. THE UNSEEN FORCES RANGING AGAINST HIM.

4065. BY THE TIME HE REACHED POLICE HEADQUARTERS,

4066. HE'S BOOKED FOR MURDERING TIPPIT.

4067. NO LEGAL COUNSEL IS PROVIDED,

4068. NO RECORD MADE OF THE LONG QUESTIONING.

4069. BY THE TIME THE SUN RISES THE NEXT MORNING,

4070. HE IS BOOKED FOR MURDERING THE PRESIDENT.

4071. THE WHOLE COUNTRY, FUELED BY THE MEDIA,

4072. ASSUMES HE'S GUILTY.

4073. UNDER THE GUISE OF A PATRIOTIC NIGHT CLUB OWNER

4074. OUT TO SPARE JACKIE KENNEDY

4075. FROM HAVING TO TESTIFY AT A TRIAL,

4076. JACK RUBY IS SHOWN INTO AN UNDERGROUND GARAGE

4077. BY ONE OF HIS INSIDE MEN ON THE DALLAS POLICE FORCE.

4078. WHEN HE IS READY,

4079. LEE HARVEY OSWALD IS BROUGHT OUT

4080. LIKE THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB

4081. AND NICELY DISPOSED OF AS AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE.

4082. OSWALD!

4083. WHO GRIEVES FOR LEE HARVEY OSWALD,

4084. BURIED IN A CHEAP GRAVE UNDER THE NAME OSWALD?

4085. NOBODY.

4086. WITHIN MINUTES,

4087. FALSE STATEMENTS AND PRESS LEAKS ABOUT OSWALD

4088. CIRCULATE THE GLOBE.

4089. THE OFFICIAL LEGEND IS CREATED,

4090. AND THE MEDIA TAKES IT FROM THERE.

4091. THE GLITTER OF OFFICIAL LIES

4092. AND THE EPIC SPLENDOR

4093. OF THE THOUGHT-NUMBING FUNERAL OF JFK

4094. CONFUSE THE EYE AND CONFOUND THE UNDERSTANDING.

4095. HITLER ALWAYS SAID,

4096. "THE BIGGER THE LIE,

4097. THE MORE PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE IT."

4098. LEE HARVEY OSWALD, A CRAZED, LONELY MAN

4099. WHO WANTED ATTENTION

4100. AND GOT IT BY KILLING A PRESIDENT

4101. WAS ONLY THE FIRST IN A LINE OF PATSIES.

4102. IN LATER YEARS,

4103. BOBBY KENNEDY, MARTIN LUTHER KING—

4104. MEN WHOSE COMMITMENT TO CHANGE AND PEACE

4105. WOULD MAKE THEM DANGEROUS TO MEN COMMITTED TO WAR—

4106. WOULD FOLLOW,

4107. ALSO KILLED BY SUCH LONELY, CRAZED MEN—

4108. MEN WHO REMOVE OUR GUILT

4109. BY MAKING MURDER A MEANINGLESS ACT OF A LONER.

4110. WE'VE ALL BECOME HAMLETS IN OUR COUNTRY—

4111. CHILDREN OF A SLAIN FATHER-LEADER

4112. WHOSE KILLERS STILL POSSESS THE THRONE.

4113. THE GHOST OF JOHN F. KENNEDY CONFRONTS US

4114. WITH THE SECRET MURDER

4115. AT THE HEART OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.

4116. HE FORCES ON US THE APPALLING QUESTIONS—

4117. OF WHAT IS OUR CONSTITUTION MADE?

4118. WHAT IS OUR CITIZENSHIP AND, MORE, OUR LIVES WORTH?

4119. WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF A DEMOCRACY

4120. WHERE A PRESIDENT CAN BE ASSASSINATED

4121. UNDER CONSPICUOUSLY SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

4122. WHILE THE MACHINERY OF LEGAL ACTION SCARCELY TREMBLES?

4123. HOW MANY MORE POLITICAL MURDERS

4124. DISGUISED AS HEART ATTACKS, SUICIDES,

4125. CANCERS, DRUG OVERDOSES?

4126. HOW MANY AIRPLANE AND CAR CRASHES WILL OCCUR

4127. BEFORE THEY ARE EXPOSED FOR WHAT THEY ARE?

4128. "TREASON DOTH NEVER PROSPER,"

4129. WROTE AN ENGLISH POET.

4130. WHAT'S THE REASON?

4131. FOR IF IT PROSPER, NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON.

4132. THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HAS YET TO SEE THE ZAPRUDER FILM.

4133. WHY?

4134. THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HAS YET TO SEE

4135. THE REAL X-RAYS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AUTOPSY.

4136. WHY?

4137. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF DOCUMENTS

4138. THAT COULD HELP PROVE THIS CONSPIRACY.

4139. WHY ARE THEY BEING WITHHELD OR BURNED BY THE GOVERNMENT?

4140. EACH TIME OUR OFFICE OR YOU THE PEOPLE

4141. HAVE ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS, DEMANDED CRUCIAL EVIDENCE,

4142. THE ANSWER FROM ON HIGH

4143. HAS ALWAYS BEEN NATIONAL SECURITY.

4144. WHAT KIND OF NATIONAL SECURITY DO WE HAVE

4145. WHEN WE'VE BEEN ROBBED OF OUR LEADERS?

4146. WHAT NATIONAL SECURITY PERMITS THE REMOVAL

4147. OF FUNDAMENTAL POWER

4148. FROM THE HANDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

4149. AND VALIDATES THE ASCENDANCY OF INVISIBLE GOVERNMENT

4150. IN THE UNITED STATES?

4151. THAT KIND OF NATIONAL SECURITY

4152. IS WHEN IT SMELLS LIKE IT,

4153. FEELS LIKE IT, AND LOOKS LIKE IT,

4154. YOU CALL IT WHAT IT IS—

4155. FASCISM.

4156. I SUBMIT TO YOU

4157. THAT WHAT TOOK PLACE ON NOVEMBER 22, 1963

4158. WAS A COUP D'ETAT.

4159. ITS MOST DIRECT AND TRAGIC RESULT

4160. WAS THE REVERSAL OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S COMMITMENT

4161. TO WITHDRAW FROM VIETNAM.

4162. THE WAR IS THE BIGGEST BUSINESS IN AMERICA,

4163. WORTH $80 BILLION A YEAR.

4164. PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS MURDERED BY A CONSPIRACY

4165. THAT WAS PLANNED IN ADVANCE

4166. AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF OUR GOVERNMENT,

4167. AND IT WAS CARRIED OUT

4168. BY FANATICAL AND DISCIPLINED COLD WARRIORS

4169. IN THE PENTAGON AND CIA's COVERT OPERATION APPARATUS—

4170. AMONG THEM, CLAY SHAW HERE BEFORE YOU.

4171. IT WAS A PUBLIC EXECUTION,

4172. AND IT WAS COVERED UP BY LIKE-MINDED INDIVIDUALS

4173. IN THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT,

4174. THE SECRET SERVICE, THE FBI,

4175. AND THE WHITE HOUSE,

4176. ALL THE WAY UP TO,

4177. INCLUDING J. EDGAR HOOVER AND LYNDON JOHNSON,

4178. WHOM I CONSIDER ACCOMPLICES AFTER THE FACT.

4179. THE ASSASSINATION REDUCED THE PRESIDENT

4180. TO A TRANSIENT OFFICIAL.

4181. HIS JOB, HIS ASSIGNMENT,

4182. IS TO SPEAK AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE

4183. OF THIS NATION'S DESIRE FOR PEACE

4184. WHILE HE ACTS AS A BUSINESS AGENT

4185. IN THE CONGRESS

4186. FOR THE MILITARY AND THEIR HARDWARE MANUFACTURERS.

4187. NOW, SOME PEOPLE SAY I'M CRAZY.

4188. A SOUTHERN CARICATURE SEEKING HIGHER OFFICE.

4189. WELL, THERE IS A SIMPLE WAY

4190. TO DETERMINE IF I AM PARANOID.

4191. LET'S ASK THE TWO MEN

4192. WHO PROFITED MOST FROM THE ASSASSINATION—

4193. YOUR FORMER PRESIDENT LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON

4194. AND YOUR NEW PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON—

4195. TO RELEASE THE 51 CIA DOCUMENTS

4196. PERTAINING TO LEE HARVEY OSWALD AND JACK RUBY

4197. OR THE SECRET CIA MEMO

4198. ON OSWALD'S ACTIVITIES IN RUSSIA

4199. THAT WAS DESTROYED WHILE BEING PHOTOCOPIED.

4200. ALL THESE DOCUMENTS ARE YOURS,

4201. THE PEOPLE'S PROPERTY.

4202. YOU PAY FOR IT.

4203. BUT BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS YOU CHILDREN

4204. WHO MIGHT BE TOO DISTURBED OR DISTRESSED

4205. TO FACE THIS REALITY

4206. OR BECAUSE YOU MIGHT POSSIBLY LYNCH THOSE INVOLVED,

4207. YOU CANNOT SEE THESE DOCUMENTS

4208. FOR ANOTHER 75 YEARS.

4209. I'M IN MY EARLY 40s,

4210. SO I'LL HAVE SHUFFLED OFF THIS MORTAL COIL BY THEN,

4211. BUT I'M ALREADY TELLING MY 8-YEAR-OLD SON

4212. TO KEEP HIMSELF PHYSICALLY FIT

4213. SO THAT ONE GLORIOUS SEPTEMBER MORNING

4214. IN THE YEAR 2038,

4215. HE CAN WALK INTO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

4216. AND FIND OUT WHAT THE CIA AND THE FBI KNEW.

4217. THEY MAY EVEN PUSH IT BACK THEN.

4218. IT MAY BECOME A GENERATIONAL AFFAIR

4219. WITH QUESTIONS PASSED DOWN FATHER TO SON,

4220. MOTHER TO DAUGHTER.

4221. BUT SOMEDAY, SOMEWHERE,

4222. SOMEONE MAY FIND OUT THE DAMN TRUTH.

4223. WE BETTER.

4224. WE BETTER OR WE MIGHT JUST AS WELL

4225. BUILD OURSELVES ANOTHER GOVERNMENT

4226. LIKE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SAYS TO

4227. WHEN THE OLD ONE AIN'T WORKING,

4228. JUST—JUST A LITTLE FARTHER OUT WEST.

4229. AN AMERICAN NATURALIST WROTE,

4230. "A PATRIOT MUST ALWAYS BE READY

4231. TO DEFEND HIS COUNTRY AGAINST ITS GOVERNMENT."

4232. I'D HATE TO BE IN YOUR SHOES TODAY.

4233. YOU HAVE A LOT TO THINK ABOUT.

4234. YOU'VE SEEN MUCH HIDDEN EVIDENCE

4235. THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HAS NEVER SEEN.

4236. YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO WHEN WE WERE CHILDREN,

4237. I THINK MOST OF US IN THIS COURT ROOM

4238. THOUGHT THAT JUSTICE CAME INTO BEING AUTOMATICALLY,

4239. THAT VIRTUE WAS ITS OWN REWARD,

4240. THAT—THAT GOOD WOULD TRIUMPH OVER EVIL.

4241. BUT AS WE GET OLDER,

4242. WE KNOW THIS JUST ISN'T TRUE.

4243. INDIVIDUAL HUMAN BEINGS HAVE TO CREATE JUSTICE,

4244. AND THIS IS NOT EASY...

4245. BECAUSE THE TRUTH OFTEN POSES A THREAT TO POWER,

4246. AND ONE OFTEN HAS TO FIGHT POWER

4247. AT GREAT RISK TO THEMSELVES.

4248. PEOPLE LIKE S.M. HOLLAND, LEE BOWERS,

4249. JEAN HILL, WILLIE O'KEEFE—

4250. THEY'VE ALL TAKEN THAT RISK.

4251. THEY'VE ALL COME FORWARD.

4252. I HAVE HERE SOME $8,000 IN THESE LETTERS

4253. SENT—SENT TO MY OFFICE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

4254. QUARTERS, DIMES, DOLLAR BILLS

4255. FROM HOUSEWIVES, PLUMBERS, CAR SALESMEN,

4256. TEACHERS, INVALIDS.

4257. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO SEND MONEY BUT DO.

4258. THESE ARE THE ONES WHO DRIVE THE CABS,

4259. WHO NURSE IN THE HOSPITALS,

4260. WHO SEE THEIR KIDS GO TO VIETNAM.

4261. WHY?

4262. BECAUSE THEY CARE.

4263. BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH.

4264. BECAUSE THEY WANT THEIR COUNTRY BACK.

4265. BECAUSE IT STILL BELONGS TO US

4266. AS LONG AS THE PEOPLE HAVE THE GUTS

4267. TO FIGHT FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN.

4268. THE TRUTH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT VALUE WE HAVE

4269. BECAUSE IF THE TRUTH DOES NOT ENDURE,

4270. IF THE GOVERNMENT MURDERS TRUTH,

4271. IF WE CANNOT RESPECT THE HEARTS OF THESE PEOPLE,

4272. THIS ISN'T THE COUNTRY IN WHICH I WAS BORN,

4273. AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE COUNTRY

4274. I WANT TO DIE IN.

4275. TENNYSON WROTE, "AUTHORITY FORGETS A DYING KING."

4276. THIS WAS NEVER MORE TRUE THAN FOR JOHN F. KENNEDY,

4277. WHOSE MURDER WAS PROBABLY

4278. ONE OF THE MOST TERRIBLE MOMENTS

4279. IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.

4280. YOU THE PEOPLE, THE JURY SYSTEM

4281. SITTING IN JUDGMENT ON CLAY SHAW...

4282. REPRESENT THE HOPE OF HUMANITY

4283. AGAINST GOVERNMENT POWER.

4284. IN DISCHARGING YOUR DUTY

4285. AND BRINGING THE FIRST CONVICTION

4286. IN THIS HOUSE OF CARDS AGAINST CLAY SHAW,

4287. ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU

4288. BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY.

4289. DO NOT FORGET... YOUR DYING KING.

4290. SHOW THIS WORLD

4291. THAT THIS IS STILL A GOVERNMENT

4292. OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, AND BY THE PEOPLE.

4293. NOTHING AS LONG AS YOU LIVE

4294. WILL EVER BE MORE IMPORTANT.

4295. IT'S UP TO YOU.

4296. HAS THE JURY REACHED A VERDICT?

4297. YES, WE HAVE, YOUR HONOR.

4298. PLEASE HAND THE VERDICT TO THE CLERK.

4299. WILL THE DEFENDANT PLEASE RISE?

4300. THE CLERK WILL NOW READ THE VERDICT.

4301. "NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. MARCH 1, 1969.

4302. "WE THE JURY FIND THE DEFENDANT CLAY SHAW

4303. NOT GUILTY."

4304. YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.

4305. CONGRATULATIONS.

4306. HELLO, LEANDER.

4307. WE'RE GOING TO GO FISHING TOMORROW.

4308. WE BELIEVE IT WAS A CONSPIRACY,

4309. BUT WHETHER CLAY SHAW WAS INVOLVED

4310. IS ANOTHER KETTLE OF FISH.

4311. THERE'S JIM!

4312. THERE'S JIM!

4313. MR. GARRISON!

4314. THE AMERICAN MEDIA IS REPORTING THIS

4315. AS A FULL VINDICATION OF THE WARREN COMMISSION.

4316. DO YOU AGREE?

4317. ALL I THINK IT PROVES

4318. IS YOU CANNOT RUN AN INVESTIGATION

4319. IN THE LIGHT OF DAY

4320. EVEN QUESTIONING THE INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS

4321. OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.

4322. WE UNDERSTAND THE MORNING PAPER

4323. WILL CALL FOR YOUR RESIGNATION,

4324. THAT YOU'RE UNFIT TO HOLD OFFICE,

4325. THAT YOU RUINED CLAY SHAW'S REPUTATION.

4326. MR. GARRISON, WILL YOU RESIGN?

4327. HELL, NO. I'M GOING TO RUN AGAIN,

4328. AND I'M GOING TO WIN.

4329. WHO DO YOU PLAN TO PERSECUTE NEXT?

4330. IF IT TAKES ME 30 YEARS TO NAIL EVERY ASSASSIN,

4331. THEN I'LL CONTINUE THIS INVESTIGATION FOR 30 YEARS.

4332. I OWE THAT TO JACK KENNEDY AND THE COUNTRY.

4333. HEY! THERE'S CLAY! THERE'S CLAY SHAW!

4334. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE ACQUITTED?

4335. A BIT EXHAUSTING, I MUST SAY.

4336. WHAT WILL YOU DO NOW?

4337. GO HOME AND COOK SOME ETOUFFE.

4338. WERE YOU CONFIDENT ABOUT THE OUTCOME?

4339. MR. SHAW!

4340. DO YOU THINK GARRISON WILL BE BACK

4341. FOR A SECOND ROUND?

4342. I'M SURE HE WILL.

4343. CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY WARNER BROS.

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