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Bill Coles's avatar

Great article Jim.In Bill Peppers book “The Plot to kill King he suggests it was Jessie Jackson who changed the room so the Assassin would have a better shot.What do you think?

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James Anthony DiEugenio's avatar

I have problems with that book. martin Hay reviewed it at Kennedys and King and you can look it up. His first book, Order to Kill, though flawed, was better.

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M.Parker's avatar

Uhm Jim, I know this series is about Rev Dr ML.King Jr's assassination, but I'm going to mention 2 related cases: 1} This past May 19 marked the 100 yr anniversary of Malcolm X's birth, & this past Feb 21, 2025 marked the 60th anniversary of Malcolm X's assassination. Not much has been said about that, just thought I'd mention it.

- 2} On Kennedys & King you posted a link to the recent Luna hearings re the JFK case. I admit I nearly 'slept on that' until I heard you on the recent 'Black Ops Radio' show mention that Mr Abraham Bolden was featured during that hearing, so I had to hear what Mr Bolden had to say, & IMO he dropped a 'bomb-shell'. Also of note was the doctor at Parkland Hospital who worked on JFK [Dr Curtis, one of the last of the remaining Parkland doctors], & to a lesser extent ex ARRB member Gerald Horne. - Not only did Dr Curtis confirm yet again that JFK had an entry wound to his right-temple & a big exit wound in the back of his head- which when one of Parkland's chief neurosurgeons saw it, he effectively declared JFK DOA... But Dr Curtis said he worked on JFK's wound to his throat before Dr Perry did the tracheostomy, by trying to insert a breathing tube thru the small throat wound but couldn't because it was blocked... Per Dr Curtis not only was JFK's throat-wound an entry-wound [ditto Dr Perry], but apparently that bullet lodged in JFK's airway so as to block it, thus it may well have killed JFK by blocking his breathing before Parkland's doctors could remove it, even without the head-shot(s). Then Dr Curtis says JFK also was also hit w another shot to his upper-right forehead / front-right top of his head [I've never heard that before].

- And then there's Mr Bolden... Per Mr Abraham Bolden on June 29, 1963 at 7pm, he was on duty at the Oval Office [where JFK & RFK were], when LBJ's limo pulled-up, & LBJ got out slamming the limo-door. LBJ then stormed into the Oval Office & got into a heated argument w RFK, apparently over an investigation into some of LBJ's 'shady-dealings' while he was a US senator from TX [it's unclear if JFK & RFK knew LBJ was coming, or if he just burst in on them uninvited]. When LBJ stormed out of the Oval office he told JFK & RFK 'You SOBs are gonna to get enough of 'f--king' w me!' - This incident was such that Mr Bolden felt compelled to report it to his SS shift-commander, who responded: 'I'd kill the 'MFer(s)' myself if I had the chance!' - WOW!! So Per Mr Bolden, just 5 months before Dallas [= LBJ's 'turf'] Nov 22, 1963, both LBJ & a top SS officer charged w protecting JFK, effectively threatened both JFK & RFK- WOW 2Xs!!

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PS: When will you do a review of James Douglass' new book 'Martyrs to the Unspeakable...', & Monika Wiesak's new book specifically on JFK's assassination: 'Echoes to a Lost America'..?

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James Anthony DiEugenio's avatar

I think that was Doug who said about the third bullet from the right front top. As per Bolden, he was not at the White House at that time in June 1963. Problematic. Curtis is a very important witness though.

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Chris Roberts's avatar

great work.it was clear how paranoid and ricist authorities were back them.blaming communists for anything they don't like.unfortuly echoes today with everything russia.MLK civil rights psuh wa snot why he was killed.opposing vietnam and plans for poor people march was.it is well known today the intelligence agencys including military had units to spy on and "Destroy" MLK.Raoul was almost certinly an intelligence operative.Mccullough idenited as years later working for CIA.CIA is more likely to me than FBI for being behind MLK assassination as they have more history killing people.FBI was hoover's thugs

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