-Caveat Lector- -----Original Message----- From: Martin Shackelford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy.jfk Date: Saturday, January 16, 1999 10:48 PM Subject: Re: L.B.J.; What did he know and when did he know it? >Tonight, I watched the video "LBJ: A Closer Look," which is an >interesting collection of interviews and documentation on the crimes of >LBJ and his circle. There is a very little bit of the Loy Factor video >interview, bits of an interview with Billie Sol Estes, interviews with >Madeleine Brown, etc., as well as some rare footage and photos. There is >mention that Bell Helicopter (Michael Paine's employer) was in financial >trouble until Viet Nam War contracts turned its fortunes around. It is a >bit too quick to accept the "Mac Wallace fingerprint in the TSBD" claim, >and relies too often on references to evidence which the viewer isn't >actually shown, including some that (it turns out later in the tape) the >video's makers haven't actually had access to. The video is sometimes >careless with checkable facts, as in its treatment of the death of >Dorothy Kilgallen (which it describes as happening only days, rather >than years, after her interview with Ruby). > Another falsehood, and a very disturbing one, is the statement >that the FBI sought exemption from the 1992 JFK Records Act, and >President Clinton granted it. First of all, Clinton had no authority to >grant blanket exemptions from the Act. Secondly, the FBI released a >large volume of records under the Act. Thirdly, when the FBI at one >point DID attempt to get President Clinton to overturn a decision of the >Assassination Records Review Board, he refused, and sent them back to >negotiate a solution with the Board. > This is a very interesting video, but one which needs to be >approached with considerable caution. > >Martin > >-- >Martin Shackelford > >"You're going to find that many of the truths we > cling to depend greatly on our own point of view." > -Obi-Wan Kenobi > >"You must unlearn what you have learned." --Yoda > > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
