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– from Oswald himself to organized crime and the Soviets and Castro. These theories
mask the real culprits. According to Garrison, “What remains as the only likely sponsor
with both the motive and the capability of murdering the President si the covert action
arm of the Central Intelligence Agency.” 578 In short, it was a vast right-wing conspiracy.
Garrison uncovered a series of witnesses who claimed to have seen Oswald or
someone resembling him in the company of Shaw, Ferrie, and Bannister. One witness,
insurance agent Perry Russo, claimed he was at a party where he heard Ferrie, a man
called Bertrand who allegedly was Clay Shaw, and an individual identified as “Leon
Oswald.” Russo said Ferrie talked about how “they could get rid of Kennedy and blame
it on Castro. That then could be an excuse to invade Cuba.” Ferrie talked about setting
up a “’triangulation of crossfire’” to shot Kennedy from three directions. 579 To confirm
Russo’s story, Garrison admitted his staff used hypnosis and so-called truth serum –
strange tactics from any district attorney. Less dramatic but more believable testimony
came from a series of witnesses in the town of Clinton, Louisiana, who said they
observed a man who looked like Oswald arrive in a Cadillac with two other men who
looked like Ferrie and Shaw. Oswald stood in a long line of African-American waiting to
register to vote. Oswald also applied for a job
Garrison concluded that Oswald was undergoing “sheepdipping” – an intelligence
term for “manipulated behavior designed to create a desired image.” 580 This would help
set up Oswald to be the patsy in the assassination, creating a trail of evidence under the
578 Garrison, 339.
579 Garrison, 179.
580 Garrison, 70-71.
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