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Octafish

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50. Yeh. One thing: Dulles didn't ask, he FORGED a retraction for Truman.
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 03:48 PM
Jul 2014
Truman’s True Warning on the CIA

Exclusive: National security secrecy and a benighted sense of “what’s good for the country” can be a dangerous mix for democracy, empowering self-interested or misguided officials to supplant the people’s will, as President Truman warned and ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern explains.

By Ray McGovern
ConsortiumNews, December 22, 2013

EXCERPT...

Dulles and Dallas

Dulles could hardly have expected to get Truman to recant publicly. So why was it so important for Dulles to place in CIA files a fabricated retraction? I believe the answer lies in the fact that in early 1964 Dulles was feeling a lot of heat from many who were suggesting the CIA might have been involved somehow in the Kennedy assassination. Columnists were asking how the truth could ever be reached, with Allen Dulles as de facto head of the Warren Commission.

Dulles had good reason to fear that Truman’s limited-edition Washington Post op-ed of Dec. 22, 1963, might garner unwanted attention and raise troublesome questions about covert action, including assassination. He would have wanted to be in position to dig out of Larry Houston’s files the Truman “retraction,” in the hope that this would nip any serious questioning in the bud.

As the de facto head of the Warren Commission, Dulles was perfectly positioned to protect himself and his associates, were any commissioners or investigators — or journalists — tempted to question whether Dulles and the CIA played a role in killing Kennedy.

And so, the question: Did Allen Dulles and other “cloak-and-dagger” CIA operatives have a hand in John Kennedy’s assassination and in then covering it up? In my view, the best dissection of the evidence pertaining to the murder appeared in James Douglass’s 2008 book, JFK and the Unspeakable. After updating and arraying the abundant evidence, and conducting still more interviews, Douglass concludes that the answer is Yes.

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http://consortiumnews.com/2013/12/22/trumans-true-warning-on-the-cia/

As Nixon said, "Beg your pardon."
How abusive will we allow the CIA to become? Enthusiast Jul 2014 #1
No, I fear it is not. defacto7 Jul 2014 #4
How long has it been since you felt represented? merrily Jul 2014 #6
It's been a good while. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #9
Since Feingold. postulater Jul 2014 #11
I liked him so much, too. merrily Jul 2014 #23
The Deep State is past political control now. AngryAmish Jul 2014 #24
I have often thought Enthusiast Jul 2014 #29
Lord Acton said that in theological disputes that included Papal infallibility SharonAnn Jul 2014 #32
We must have checks and balances in all things. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #40
I think that question was answered in 1963. JackRiddler Jul 2014 #35
I do get the point about Enthusiast Jul 2014 #39
K&R. Very important report. JDPriestly Jul 2014 #2
Absolutely, no Whistle Blower can trust Congress anymore. Snowden probably knew this sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #28
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #3
"more brutal than previously thought" Hissyspit Jul 2014 #5
Nope. Not more brutal than previously thought. Not a bit. merrily Jul 2014 #7
And the NSA keeps a record of all that's transpired. Such messes they create when they glowing Jul 2014 #8
Truman, who signed the CIA into existence, also called for its termination. merrily Jul 2014 #10
Interesting turn of events. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2014 #12
I am not sure why many doubted its existence. merrily Jul 2014 #18
Truman criticized CIA after the assassination of President Kennedy and Dulles asked for retraction. Octafish Jul 2014 #16
Yep. That info is in many sources. merrily Jul 2014 #20
Yeh. One thing: Dulles didn't ask, he FORGED a retraction for Truman. Octafish Jul 2014 #50
+1 Enthusiast Jul 2014 #41
Secret Government. Secret Agents. Secret Agendas. Octafish Jul 2014 #51
Thanks for sharing that, Octafish. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #53
Very interesting. The evidence is circumstantial, but more convincing JDPriestly Jul 2014 #43
The HSCA is ignored for a reason. Octafish Jul 2014 #57
+1 leftstreet Jul 2014 #49
Thank you for posting this. nt woo me with science Jul 2014 #56
Fascinating about Truman's letter.....this is a good bookmark... KoKo Jul 2014 #67
Kicked Ichingcarpenter Jul 2014 #13
No one has tried to reign in the CIA since Nov. 22, 1963. Octafish Jul 2014 #14
Right MinM Jul 2014 #58
Thanks, MinM! Most people have no idea about McCloy's ties to Big Oil and the NAZIs. Octafish Jul 2014 #60
Cronkite & McCloy MinM Jul 2014 #61
More sunshine woo me with science Jul 2014 #15
Is this another whistleblower leaking this story? How is this story getting out to the MSM? riderinthestorm Jul 2014 #17
Hard to know who leaks what and why. merrily Jul 2014 #19
Except those who step into the light publicly like Snowden, Binney, Drake, Ellsburg etc riderinthestorm Jul 2014 #21
I wonder if someone in Congress got wind of it and leaked it. merrily Jul 2014 #22
They probably have boxes in their garage anyway U4ikLefty Jul 2014 #34
pm kick! nt riderinthestorm Jul 2014 #25
Past time to throw out this toxic sludge some like to cutely label as bathwater. TheKentuckian Jul 2014 #26
and Eric Holder refused to open an investigation... grasswire Jul 2014 #27
Who knows what else they might find? Octafish Jul 2014 #33
I seriously doubt that Dianne Feinstein's skeleton has anything to JDPriestly Jul 2014 #44
Da Goods Octafish Jul 2014 #46
I bookmarked it. Thanks. "My" senator. Ain't I proud. JDPriestly Jul 2014 #47
this is a hugely important story. grasswire Jul 2014 #30
McClatchy is probably on a blacklist, classified a terrorist organization. Octafish Jul 2014 #38
K&R DeSwiss Jul 2014 #31
Watergate is an everyday thing... JackRiddler Jul 2014 #36
K & R !!! WillyT Jul 2014 #37
K & R !!! Enthusiast Jul 2014 #42
K&R woo me with science Jul 2014 #45
i would of missed this one except questionseverything Jul 2014 #54
That *is* truly chilling. Disgusting. woo me with science Jul 2014 #55
We are in a corporate state. All discussion must be premised on this fact. Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #48
No one should be immune to investigations, it does not matter who or what they works Thinkingabout Jul 2014 #52
J Edgar Hoover on steroids .. MinM Jul 2014 #59
Nice judge that presided over Blagojevich trial also sits on FISA court and invests in Verizon. Octafish Jul 2014 #63
C.I.A. Admits Penetrating Senate Intelligence Computers MinM Jul 2014 #62
McClatchy Team deserves a Pulitzer and thanks. Octafish Jul 2014 #64
They do MinM Aug 2014 #68
I'm sure this was all completely legal and besides, if Congress has nothing to hide, then they hughee99 Jul 2014 #65
Snowden now has information proving he was right to leave the country.. KoKo Jul 2014 #66
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