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complete at the time the Commission’s report was going to press, the panel used the
information in part to discredit Odio’s story. However, after publication of the report,
Hall retracted his story.
Noyes noted that Oswald “depicted himself as a member of the far left,” but he
asked “was this an accurate profile of the man who killed John Kennedy?” 407 In fact,
Noyes suggested that perhaps Oswald himself was a Minutemen since he seemed to
know ultra-right-wingers such as Guy Bannister. Oswald had defected to the Soviet
Union but Noyes pointed out he had returned apparently unhappy with the way of life
there. Noyes suggested that Oswald re-defected and became a right-wing activist. He
did not consider whether Oswald had intelligence connections.
In concluding his book, Noyes outlined a series of questions and called for a
congressional investigation into the assassination. He declared that he “cannot for one
moment accept the proposition that [Kennedy] was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald acting
as a solitary killer.” 408 He wrote that “Two groups are closely interwoven in this
investigation: the organized underworld and paramilitary extremists. Both groups hated
the Kennedy family.” 409 Noyes even suggested that mystery man Brading and organized
crime played a role in the assassination of another Kennedy, Robert, in Los Angles on
June 5, 1968. The journalist deplored the Jim Garrison prosecution in New Orleans as a
sham that was apparently designed to divert attention away from Carlos Marcello’s
involvement in the assassination.
407 Noyes, 185.
408 Noyes, 229.
409 Noyes, 228.
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