Final_Judgment

288 Double Cross in Dallas? [227]
ANGLETON, HUNT & THE JFK ASSASSINATION
What we can glean from all of that which we have considered thus far is
this:
That it was James Jesus Angleton, Israel's ally at the CIA, who was
particularly interested—from the very beginning—in overseeing any
investigation of the CIA's links to the JFK assassination.
That Angleton's interest in the furor over the JFK assassination was
long-standing and continued well into the years beyond the Warren
Commission investigation.
That Hunt was, in some way, connected to events linked to the
assassination and that he was, in fact, in Dallas—if not on the day of the
murder, at least one day prior.
That when public attention began focusing on the CIA's presumed
complicity in the president's murder (during the period of the House Select
Committee on Assassinations investigation), a memo (written by Angleton
and linking Hunt to the JFK murder) was leaked by Angleton to the House
Assassinations Committee.
That Angleton's relationship with Hunt was murky, to say the least,
and subject to some suspicion.
That Victor Marchetti's disputed article (subject of E. Howard Hunt's
libel suit) was acknowledged by Hunt himself to have some apparent
plausibility.
That despite his admission that Marchetti's article might have a basis
in truth, Hunt did not choose to challenge his former colleagues in the CIA
who may have been intent on implicating him in the assassination
conspiracy.
That Joe Trento's similar article shed unusual light on internal CIA
intrigue involving Lee Harvey Oswald, E. Howard Hunt and the
circumstances surrounding the JFK assassination.
That Hunt insisted that he was not guilty of complicity in the
president's murder and chose to use a libel suit against The Spotlight to
prove his innocence, however unsuccessful he may have been.
That when Hunt prepared his case against The Spotlight he turned to
the CIA for help, which kindly supplied no less than Newton Miler,
Angleton's longtime deputy, generally characterized as an "Angleton
loyalist," 607 as the chief witness called in Hunt's defense. 608
This final point is interesting, especially in light of Hunt's initial
suspicion that the CIA intended to frame him as he admitted in testimony.
Could it be that somehow Hunt and his CIA colleagues reached a
private accord following the publication of The Spotlight article by Victor
Marchetti—the publication of which, in effect, frustrated the until-then
secret, internal CIA plot against Hunt?
Could it be that both Hunt and the CIA determined that, whatever really
happened in Dallas involving Hunt, Oswald and any other CIA-connected
figures, was better left alone?