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Probe Magazine (July-August, 1977), has made the claim that Jim Garrison s offices were wiretapped by the FBI. Before we get to dealing with the allegation, it is worth pointing out that Garrison long believed the FBI was listening in on his conversations.
In early 1967, journalist Hugh Aynesworth visited Garrison to discuss the case. Garrison, he said, would rush off periodically and shout a chess move into the handset of the phone. Aynesworth asked him what was happening and Garrison replied, That s the code. The Feebees [FBI} will never break it. He then told Aynesworth that he had to take out the kids to play before noon because, as he put it, There s a torpedo from Miami after me. Everybody knows they sleep till noon. Garrison s aides told the
Revisiting the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as the tragedy s fiftieth anniversary approaches, writer-director Peter Landesman provides an up-close-and-personal view of the events in Dallas by following the intertwined stories of several people swept up in the shooting and its aftermath. Taking its title from the hospital where both Kennedy and assassin Lee Harvey Oswald were pronounced dead, Parkland expends lots of energy and expertise on re-creating these infamous events, yet it is so lacking in narrative purpose that many viewers are likely to leave muttering, Okay…but so what?
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The reason for that has to do with the Kennedy assassination s place in the national imagination. Much of the event s lingering fascination stems from the perception of unsolved mystery that still surrounds it, and questions about the effects it had on the nation s subsequent history and character. Whether one agrees with it or not, Oliver Stone s seminal JFK was a huge
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Lee harvey oswald: and this, this is what your police force did to me. officer: sir? capt fritz: this is special agent james hosty of the fbi. lee harvey oswald: i know who you are. you re the man who s been accosting my wife. you leave her alone you son of a. capt fritz: hey, hey hold on. agent hosty: i asked her some questions is all. lee harvey oswald: you have any questions; you can ask me, understand? leave her alone. ask me. agent hosty: matter of fact i have a lot of questions for you. let s begin with mexico city. lee harvey oswald: i don t know what you re talking about and i m done talking to him. fbi s the reason i ve lost every job i ve ever had. god damn fbi was following me. capt fritz: hey, that s enough boy. your boss says you left the building without permission. lee harvey oswald: there was just so much excitement that