Hello all. First post here. I have been reading this forum for a little while now and am always impressed with the high level of discourse here.
My topic is Edgar Eugene Bradley, and to see if anyone out there has any information on him. His bio is remarkably thin for someone who had spent a fair amount of time in the news...
I've found out a few things about him but there are a lot of gaps. There is one report in particular that is kind of bizarre, in light of his extreme right-wing organization affiliations (Minutemen, John Birch, CDL), kind of a pot-calling-the-kettle-black thing. In this intelligence report dated 1-19-68 (unsure if it is a police department or FBI), he claims the following:
BRADLEY interviewed 1-19-68, 8:30AM. He stated that his investigations are proving that JIM GARRISON, New Orleans District Attorney, is attempting to line up people in Los Angeles to testify that CLAY SHAW (under indictment in New Orleans) visited BRADLEY in BRADLEY'S North Hollywood home on many occasions prior to KENNEDY’s assassination. Of course, BRADLEY denies this.
BRADLEY said that persons close to DR. WESLEY SWIFT, including CAROL and ARTHUR AYDELOTTE, NATALIE NITTLE (mother of CAROL), TOM THORNHILL, JR., ROBERT McWHIRTER and DENNIS MOWER may be among those attempting to back this allegation. BRADLEY said the above mentioned are all "right-wing kooks" and MOWER is now SWIFT'S chauffeur. The only reason BRADLEY can give for these local people being against him is due to MOWER’s arrest in 1964 tor C.C.W., and MOWER to this day is accusing BRADLEY of informing the police of the weapon. DR. SWIFT is now preaching to his congregations that BRADLEY is a double agent and trying to alienate any support that BRADLEY might receive from right-wing groups.
Copy of report attached.
I would like to know if anyone has info on him re. his being OSS in WWII and then CIA, as a few believed. Or any biographical info at all.
Thank you,
Jean
jean.body.hamel@gmail.com
Bradley report 1_19_68.pdf