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Those who say #LBJ killed #JFK do a great disservice to both men.
Despite his youth, Kennedy was in frail health with an illness that could kill him. He chose his successor with care. Johnson was the man he selected, over many objections.
As he said himself, LBJ was HIS man.
Despite his youth, Kennedy was in frail health with an illness that could kill him. He chose his successor with care. Johnson was the man he selected, over many objections.
As he said himself, LBJ was HIS man.
Source: New York Times coverage of Kennedy’s announcement of VP nominee, Democratic National Convention. July 15, 1960.
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Sen. Kennedy said many times throughout the primary season of 1960 that because of LBJ’s many years as Senate Majority Leader, “Lyndon Johnson is the best qualified man to run the country of all the candidates in this race, including myself.”
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The Soviet #KGB and American #communists figured out the #JFKassassination a long time before the rest of us did…
Analysis of secret FBI documents declassified in 2017 under the #JFK Records Act: 🗂🗄 ⬇️
The Soviet #KGB and American #communists figured out the #JFKassassination a long time before the rest of us did…
Analysis of secret FBI documents declassified in 2017 under the #JFK Records Act: 🗂🗄 ⬇️
On Nov. 27, 1963 Nikolai Federenko, Permanent Representative to the United Nations for USSR stated that the Soviet Union “would have preferred to have #JFK at the helm of the American government… that he tried seriously to improve relations between the US & #Russia.” @Dpol_un
Lee Harvey Oswald “came to the attention of the KGB when he expressed a wish to defect to the Soviet Union.
However, the KGB, after inquiry, decided he was mentally unstable and informed him he had to return to the United States.”
However, the KGB, after inquiry, decided he was mentally unstable and informed him he had to return to the United States.”
On this #JFK Saturday, I’d like to share with you one of the weirdest pieces of Kennedy memorabilia in my collection:
The MORNING Extra edition of the Los Angeles Times for Friday, Nov. 22, 1963. 📰
Somebody goofed that headline!
The MORNING Extra edition of the Los Angeles Times for Friday, Nov. 22, 1963. 📰
Somebody goofed that headline!
Here’s the full front page:
This Master Thread 🧵 is a collection of my deep dives into 20th Century HIDDEN HISTORY, sourced from declassified documents 🗄 and films 🎥 in US government archives.
#WWI #WWII #FDR #ColdWar #JFK #RFK #MLK #LBJ #JFKFiles #ColdWar #CIA #FBI #USSR #SovietUnion #Ukraine #Nazis
#WWI #WWII #FDR #ColdWar #JFK #RFK #MLK #LBJ #JFKFiles #ColdWar #CIA #FBI #USSR #SovietUnion #Ukraine #Nazis
More on #OperationUnthinkable
FLASHBACK: Barbara Walters, who died today at 93, filed this woman-on-the-street report in the hours following the #JFKAssassination. 📺
Barbara documented the eerie quiet in bustling #NewYorkCity on the night of Nov. 22, 1963.
Barbara documented the eerie quiet in bustling #NewYorkCity on the night of Nov. 22, 1963.
And yes, that IS Barbara’s longtime ABC News 20/20 co-host Hugh Downs with her in this vintage 1963 clip.
Downs hosted the Today Show for NBC at the time. Barbara got her start as a writer at @TODAYshow before graduating to on-camera assignments like this one…
Downs hosted the Today Show for NBC at the time. Barbara got her start as a writer at @TODAYshow before graduating to on-camera assignments like this one…
Barbara Walters visited the Russian Embassy in Manhattan on the evening of Nov. 22, 1963 and reported the Embassy was flying the flag at half staff in President Kennedy’s honor. An attendant at the door was clearly stunned with grief.
Great C-SPAN interview here with journalist @jeffersonmorley, who has been trying to pry those #JFKFiles out of the government for many years now. 🗂🗄
Morley is also VP of the organization currently suing the #Biden administration & National Archives.
Morley is also VP of the organization currently suing the #Biden administration & National Archives.
At 12 min, 40 seconds: “After the #JFKAssassination, Jackie Kennedy and #RFK sent a personal message to Soviet leaders that they did NOT think #Oswald was a #Communist.
Jackie Kennedy believed her husband was murdered by his domestic enemies. She held that belief all her life.”
Jackie Kennedy believed her husband was murdered by his domestic enemies. She held that belief all her life.”
“Bobby Kennedy also held this belief until the end of his life.”
(#RFK was assassinated while campaigning for president on June 5, 1968.)
(#RFK was assassinated while campaigning for president on June 5, 1968.)
1/It is always positive when greater transparency occurs so citizenry can learn more abt our govt & history. I have worked to secure release of #JFKAssassination docs for 30+ yrs.
Reading these records is truly fascinating window into past. But no one should expect "smoking gun"
Reading these records is truly fascinating window into past. But no one should expect "smoking gun"
2/What was released today provides researchers & historians fodder to conduct countless months of analysis. While nothing will move needle on what transpired on Nov 22, 1963, small nuggets will emerge to help put pieces of puzzle together so that time period is better understood.
3/@USNatArchives release also reveals problems that plague declassification: inconsistency. For example, record #104-10065-10359 contains list of @CIA officers who served in Moscow 1959-1963:
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Name of officer who served from 26 Jun - 14 Dec 62 is redacted.
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Name of officer who served from 26 Jun - 14 Dec 62 is redacted.
1/I am saddened to learn of the death of my friend #DavidLifton (1939-2022) whose #JFKassassination book "Best Evidence" caused quite the stir when it was published in 1981.
2/David was the 1st JFK author I got to know almost 40 years ago when I called him out of the blue while still in HS. While I do not subscribe to David's theories, I always found him to be friendly and easy to get along with and we stayed in contact throughout all these years.
3/I even once went to the @USNatArchives on his behalf to view the original journal of #LeeHarveyOswald which he kept while in the Soviet Union. It was quite an experience to handle the document in person and it required wearing white gloves!
In a 93-tweet thread I made the case there NEVER was an "Operation Northwoods" back in 1962. In this continuation thread I argue "Operation Northwoods" was PROPAGANDA designed in 2001 to divert attention from ISRAELI complicity in both JFK & 9/11
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In the previous thread, I showed how Oliver Stone's JFK (1991) popularized idea JFK was assassinated by "the military-industrial complex" (MIC) b/c he refused to invade Cuba in 1962, was set to withdraw from Vietnam & wanted to end the Cold War. LBJ gave MIC what it wanted!
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James Bamford's Body of Secrets came out in April 2001 - five months BEFORE 9/11 - introducing the world to “Operation Northwoods” that Bamford claimed “may be the most corrupt plan ever created by the U.S. government"
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The "Operation Northwoods" LIE that has been repeatedly used to PROVE that both JFK assassination & 9/11 were INSIDE JOBS executed by the "Military-Industrial Complex" or "Deep State" is #disinfo designed to divert attention from ISRAELI complicity in both JFK & 9/11
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In March 2001 - just six months BEFORE 9/11 - the pilot episode of The Lone Gunmen aired on Fox TV with a dramatic scene in which a Boeing 727 is remotely hijacked by "terrorists" - actually a secret cabal in US govt - & flown into the WTC.
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As I have shown in an Oct 2019 thread, there are a lot of serious questions we could ask about the timing of this pilot, including what possible role Rupert Murdoch played in its production. Was this deliberate Zionist "predictive programming"?
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Today marks the 59th anniversary of JFK’s assassination. Here are a few articles that dive deeper into the conspiracies and details surrounding the #JFKassassination :
JFK wasn’t the only person to die on November 22, 1963. Three other towering figures of the 20th century died that day. #JFKassassination
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Though these documents may not reconfigure the assassination in the American imagination, here are some of the juiciest bits from the once-hidden cables. #JFKassassination
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Public Interest Declassification Board sent letter to @POTUS to encourage maximum release of all #JFKassassination records.
By law deadline is Oct 26, 2021 for President to do so unless specific exemptions exist.
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By law deadline is Oct 26, 2021 for President to do so unless specific exemptions exist.
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Very positive #PIDB meeting. Especially helpful to hear that both PIDB & @USNatArchives (via remarks by Archivist @dferriero) are committed to ensuring greatest degree of transparency in releasing #JFKAssassination records.
1/THREAD ON #JFKAssassination RECORDS
On Apr 26, 2021, I sent letter - w/some notable signatories - to Public Interest Declassification Board (#PIDB) to ensure compliance w/laws surrounding release of #Kennedy assassination docs.
You can read blog here:
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On Apr 26, 2021, I sent letter - w/some notable signatories - to Public Interest Declassification Board (#PIDB) to ensure compliance w/laws surrounding release of #Kennedy assassination docs.
You can read blog here:
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2/Congress created #PIDB as advisory committee with official mandate of promoting fullest possible public access to thorough, accurate, and reliable documentary record of significant U.S. national security decisions and activities.
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3/In a prior Twitter thread I outlined important legal deadlines that exist w/r/t release of additional #JFKAssassination records under President John F. Kennedy Records Collection Act of 1992.
1/JFK ASSASSINATION THREAD:
Today is impt deadline for USGOVT in ensuring release of #JFKassassination records. Fed agencies had to identify to @USNatArchives specific basis for postponing release of records beyond Oct 26, 2021.
Here is some history on releasing all records.
Today is impt deadline for USGOVT in ensuring release of #JFKassassination records. Fed agencies had to identify to @USNatArchives specific basis for postponing release of records beyond Oct 26, 2021.
Here is some history on releasing all records.
2/In 1992, Congress passed President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Act, 44 U.S.C. § 2107 (Supp. V. 1994), which required all government agencies to search for records in their possession concerning assassination & place them in #NationalArchives.
3/A Review Board was established to identify & retrieve all "assassination records". I co-authored law review article in 1993 defining that term & identifying most important assassination records to obtain.
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November 22, 1963: Riding in his motorcade through the streets of Dallas, Texas, John F. Kennedy is shot and ultimately killed by an assassin’s bullet. The president and first lady were visiting Texas to rally for JFK’s re-election in 1964. #JFKassassination
The short film “The Last Two Days” by White House photographers Tom Atkins and Robert Knudsen encompasses clips and details about the last two days of John F. Kennedy’s life. The rest of this thread will include short videos about the president’s final days in Texas. (1/8)
November 21, 1963: President Kennedy speaks to the League of United Latin American Citizens. Jackie translates his speech to the crowd afterwards. (2/8)
#OTD in 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Like all Navy veterans, #JFK was extremely proud of his service. He famously commanded PT 109 during WWII and was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his heroics in the rescue of the crew. #JFKassassination
After being honorably discharged, JFK worked as a journalist for Hearst Newspapers and traveled with Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal to Germany to cover the Potsdam Conference. JFK is in the back of this photo (wearing sunglasses).
While in Berlin, Forrestal and JFK took the opportunity to tour Hitler's Reich Chancellery. Like JFK's assassination, Forrestal death from a fall at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in 1949 would lead to conspiracy theories about a cover-up.
'AS THE WORLD TURNS' #JFKassassination
1. JFK: As The World Turns - YouTube … As The World Turns interrupted by JFK shooting announcement
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In 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated during a motorcade in Dallas. He was 46. #todayinhistory
CBS journalist Walter Cronkite recalled the intensity of that day.
“Those whose jobs often involve great emotional stress develop an amazing, stoic power to defer emotion, a power that momentarily eluded me,” he said in his special report for NPR. #JFKAssassination
“Those whose jobs often involve great emotional stress develop an amazing, stoic power to defer emotion, a power that momentarily eluded me,” he said in his special report for NPR. #JFKAssassination
Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, Indian politician Indira Gandhi and jazz musician Duke Ellington were among those who sent condolences to the White House.
