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Afterword:
The Continuing Cover-Up
Today, millions of Americans—and people from around the globe—are
convinced that there was indeed a conspiracy behind the assassination of the
thirty-fifth president of the United States and that the United States
government was a willing participant in the cover-up.
In the wake of the renewed public interest—much of it stimulated by
Oliver Stone's controversial film, JFK—growing demands for release of the
secret JFK files held by the government reached a fever pitch. Ultimately,
there was indeed a bill passed by Congress calling for the release of the
documents and many documents—though not all of them—were released.
As far as the legislation to open the files was concerned, there were
more than a few people who believed the legislation itself was suspect.
Here's why: First of all, the individual called in to lend his expertise as the
primary architect of the legislation was the controversial G. Robert Blakey,
the former director of the House Assassinations Committee.
In Chapter 10, of course, we reviewed Blakey's spurious findings which
essentially suggested that "The Mafia Killed JFK," and also examined
Blakey's close relationship with the CIA which led his critics to suspect that
perhaps the House investigation was being scuttled from within. What's
more, we also explored Blakey's enigmatic relationship with Morris Dalitz,
one of Meyer Lansky's closest long-term associates and a major backer of
the Israeli lobby in this country.
With all of this baggage—little known to the general public at least—
Blakey was an unusual choice, unless, of course, Congress (as many suspect)
didn't really want to get to the truth.
However, the legislation that Blakey drafted was equally controversial.
Under Blakey's proposal, the U.S. District Court of Appeals in Washington
would appoint a five member citizen board to review and decide on the
release of the assassination investigation documents.
The legislation did specify that any persons previously involved in any
investigation of the JFK assassination would not be eligible for appointment
to the board. In fact, it appears as though that proposed legislation itself was
yet a continuing part of the cover-up—a sop to the public—an effort to
make it appear as though "something is being done to solve the JFK
assassination puzzle."
Why Congress and Blakey decided upon the federal appeals court in
Washington, D.C. as the body which should select the "blue ribbon"
document review panel is not so much of a mystery—that is, if one believes
that the Establishment is still trying to keep the truth about the assassination
hidden and buried forever. It appears as though the proposed blue ribbon
panel would have been nothing less than a government-sponsored CIA