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Oswald—managed to do some particularly remarkable ballistic gyrations
while passing through both John F. Kennedy and Governor John Connally
of Texas and then emerged pristine. Today Specter is not only a steadfast
enthusiast of the Warren Commission Report but is also one of the Israeli
lobby's chief legislative tacticians in Congress. Specter frequently travels at
U.S. taxpayer expense on "official business" to Israel where his Americanborn
sister has taken up residence.
(An interesting note: Prior to recognizing the full import of Specter's
outrageous behavior on the Warren Commission, this author—as a college
student—made a small contribution to Specter's successful 1980 Senate
campaign in Pennsylvania and later—much to my surprise—was invited
[without having first asked] to submit my resume for possible employment
on Specter's staff in Washington—an offer I rejected, and wisely so.)
David W. Belin. Until his recent demise, Belin remained perhaps
the most vocal former staff member defending the Warren Commission.
Described as a "respected Midwestern Republican lawyer who would add
geographical diversity to the staff," 847 A partner in a prestigious Des
Moines firm before he came to the commission, Belin popped up in 1975 as
staff director of the so-called "Rockefeller Commission" instituted by Belin's
former Warren Commission associate, President Gerald Ford. Ostensibly
charged with investigating CIA misdeeds, Belin proved himself a valuable
defender of CIA interests. In the 1975 inquiry one of Belin's major concerns,
according to JFK researcher James DiEugenio, was trying to refute the idea
that the CIA's E. Howard Hunt was connected to the events in Dallas. 848 By
so doing, Belin was effectively suppressing Hunt's involvement in Dallas
with Frank Sturgis, a known CIA and Mossad asset who claimed to have
actually played a part in the assassination.
Samuel A. Stern. As a former law clerk for Chief Justice Earl
Warren from 1955-1956, Stern was thus well-placed to influence the chief of
the commission on an intimate level. An attorney with the high-powered
Washington law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering and later with the firm of
Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Stern had "extensive international practice,
particularly in financing ventures in emerging countries." 849 As a
consequence Stern has almost necessarily had connections with the
intelligence community as part of his global ventures. (The Mossad, just for
the record, is also active in "emerging countries.")
Murray J. Laulicht. A lower-level staff member, this young
attorney came to the Warren Commission only hours after graduating first
in his class from Columbia University law school. He was recommended by a
childhood friend, attorney Nathan Lewin, who was then a special assistant in
the U.S. solicitor general's office. The two had "gone to camp
together." 850 In later years, Laulicht's sponsor, Lewin, emerged as a
Washington attorney known for his close association with the Israeli lobby.