I believe Hunt's deathbed confession has been disputed.
I also think the Israel theory deserves to be explored, especially since Angleton was the CIA liaison to Mossad, was an ardent Zionist and supervised the CIA's monitoring of Oswald.
It's certainly possible Hunt lied on his deathbed. Angleton may have too for all we know. After all, they both spent most of their lives lying. But a preponderance of evidence shows the CIA was lying about what they had on Oswald, and I tend to believe death bed confessions absent strong evidence to the contrary. People tend to get more honest when they know their about to meet their maker.
Of all legendary CIA figures, James Jesus Angleton can be considered the spookiest.
From his recruitment while an undergraduate at Yale -- by an individual who may have had conflicting loyalties -- to his sudden appearance with Washington Post's Ben Bradley at the studio of Mary Pinchot Meyer immediately after she was murdered but before her death was public, Angleton was rarely a stranger to CIA goings-on. Certain of Mary Meyer's effects -- including a diary kept of her affair with John F. Kennedy, Jr. -- were never recovered after the Angleton/Bradley visit to her studio.
Angleton may have been too modest to claim credit for a culture that privileged dissembling with promotions.
An "enormous secret" that was successfully undisclosed was the Manhattan Project. So it's hardly unthinkable that the same could be true regarding JFK's assassination. Or September 11.
I believe Hunt's deathbed confession has been disputed.
I also think the Israel theory deserves to be explored, especially since Angleton was the CIA liaison to Mossad, was an ardent Zionist and supervised the CIA's monitoring of Oswald.
It's certainly possible Hunt lied on his deathbed. Angleton may have too for all we know. After all, they both spent most of their lives lying. But a preponderance of evidence shows the CIA was lying about what they had on Oswald, and I tend to believe death bed confessions absent strong evidence to the contrary. People tend to get more honest when they know their about to meet their maker.
These people lied for a living so nothing they say or allegedly said can be taken at face value.
I am skeptical of the theory that the CIA alone killed JFK.
I'm perfectly willing to believe they were involved but I think the impetus came from elsewhere.
I don't even say the CIA killed JFK (though I don't deny the possibility).
What's clear is that they were hiding something.
> What's clear is that they were hiding something.
Probably various elements of their own incompetence.
Of all legendary CIA figures, James Jesus Angleton can be considered the spookiest.
From his recruitment while an undergraduate at Yale -- by an individual who may have had conflicting loyalties -- to his sudden appearance with Washington Post's Ben Bradley at the studio of Mary Pinchot Meyer immediately after she was murdered but before her death was public, Angleton was rarely a stranger to CIA goings-on. Certain of Mary Meyer's effects -- including a diary kept of her affair with John F. Kennedy, Jr. -- were never recovered after the Angleton/Bradley visit to her studio.
Angleton may have been too modest to claim credit for a culture that privileged dissembling with promotions.
An "enormous secret" that was successfully undisclosed was the Manhattan Project. So it's hardly unthinkable that the same could be true regarding JFK's assassination. Or September 11.