For some reason the HSCA requested access to the CIA office of Security file on Wackenhut, a major national and now international security firm founded by ex FBI agents.
http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...do?docId=104127
I'm wondering what's the connection to JFK assassination?
In any case, it's interesting to see how the CIA delt with such a company, and what they call "Operational Collaboration."
George R. Wackenhunt and Ed DuBois, both former FBI agents, started the company in Florida. Wackenhunt was originally from Philadelphia.
After they got into a fist fight, Wackenhut took over the company and renamed it. In 1964 Wackenhunt got major federal government security contracts, beginning with NASA and nuke sites, which are credited with his friendship with Florida Sen. Smathers.
Among those on the Wackenhut board are former CIA Rayburn and Bobby Inman, and DIA Gen. Carroll and former head of Secret Service Rowley, a virtual retirement home for high ranking intelligence officials.
Wackenhut commissioned John Minahan (Buddy Rich's biographer) to write his biography, The Quiet American.
Two Wackenhut connected spooks stand out - John Phillip Nichols and Bruce Berckmans.
J.P. Nichols set up a poker game on a Cabazon Indian reservation, was busted, and won in court, opening up the Indian reservations throughout the country to casino gambling.
Bruce Berckmans was Princeton and CIA Mexico City before joining Wackenhut, and had a mock funeral for his CIA alias Roger Merriweather Greever, then reported died for real. But he's still got an email and Coconut Grove phone number cgvizslas@juno.com 305-544-8081
Can anyone tell me why the HSCA would be interested in Wackenhut?
I'm sure I missed something.
BK
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Bill - there are some Wackenhut clues in a book called "The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro" by Kenn Thomas & Jim Keith.
Appendix Three is the transcript of a prison interview with Michael Riconosciuto (MR), mainly revolving around Fred Crisman (FC) whom MR claims to have known since he was a child. The first part of the interview concerns claims that the "Maury Island Incident" was effectively a cover story put together by Crisman to disguise the crash of an experimental plane designed by Nazi Paperclip scientists and carrying some sort of radioactive device. Guy Banister was also involved in the propagation of the general flying saucers cover story. (Levenda separately documents this.)
Here are some Wackenhut/JFK excerpts from the transcript:
Appendix Three is the transcript of a prison interview with Michael Riconosciuto (MR), mainly revolving around Fred Crisman (FC) whom MR claims to have known since he was a child. The first part of the interview concerns claims that the "Maury Island Incident" was effectively a cover story put together by Crisman to disguise the crash of an experimental plane designed by Nazi Paperclip scientists and carrying some sort of radioactive device. Guy Banister was also involved in the propagation of the general flying saucers cover story. (Levenda separately documents this.)
Here are some Wackenhut/JFK excerpts from the transcript:
QUOTE
MR: "extreme radiation will destroy most films, especially in sensitive aerial photography. Now Fred (Crisman) was very, very close to George Wackenhut."
Int: "I don't know if that's been established before."
MR: "Oh, yeah. Absolutely. I've known of it since 1963, maybe the first time I saw them together. Do you know who Chuck Emmert is?"
Int: "I haven't heard the name yet, no."
MR: "His mother was a wealthy Florida socialite who financed George Wackenhut when he originally started Wackenhut."
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(MR says he talked about the JFK assassination with Crisman but refuses to be drawn on whether FC was one of the tramps. He then discusses "Bob", a "mutual friend... a former Treasury Department agent who, during the Warren Commission, was one of the investigators for the committee", who had "turned information over to Garrison".)
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MR: "What I found astounding was that when Bob was working on the Warren Commission, what the hell was that? Why didn't he turn that over to the Warren Commission? And one day I asked him and he said he did. They knew everything."
Int: "Now when you say that stuff, what exactly are you referring to here? Crisman's story of his role in the assassination?"
MR: "Right. What had gone on."
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MR refuses to be drawn further on the JFK assassination. He returns to Wackenhut later, in the context of the classified hi-tech research MR conducted for the company on the Cabazon reservation, plus classified aviation projects/Area 51.
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MR: "That whole subject matter with Wackenhut is one that I would want to steer clear of. Again, there's an aura of being delusional and I'm concerned about my credibility here and the fact of the matter is that Wackenhut is the only company that has ever had the security contract for any of these places, even though they are supposed to go up for open bid. And this is the way it's been since the early 50s, when these various agencies in these various places were set up. Wackenhut was steered right in."
Int: "I don't know if that's been established before."
MR: "Oh, yeah. Absolutely. I've known of it since 1963, maybe the first time I saw them together. Do you know who Chuck Emmert is?"
Int: "I haven't heard the name yet, no."
MR: "His mother was a wealthy Florida socialite who financed George Wackenhut when he originally started Wackenhut."
.................................
(MR says he talked about the JFK assassination with Crisman but refuses to be drawn on whether FC was one of the tramps. He then discusses "Bob", a "mutual friend... a former Treasury Department agent who, during the Warren Commission, was one of the investigators for the committee", who had "turned information over to Garrison".)
...............................................
MR: "What I found astounding was that when Bob was working on the Warren Commission, what the hell was that? Why didn't he turn that over to the Warren Commission? And one day I asked him and he said he did. They knew everything."
Int: "Now when you say that stuff, what exactly are you referring to here? Crisman's story of his role in the assassination?"
MR: "Right. What had gone on."
..................................................
MR refuses to be drawn further on the JFK assassination. He returns to Wackenhut later, in the context of the classified hi-tech research MR conducted for the company on the Cabazon reservation, plus classified aviation projects/Area 51.
................................
MR: "That whole subject matter with Wackenhut is one that I would want to steer clear of. Again, there's an aura of being delusional and I'm concerned about my credibility here and the fact of the matter is that Wackenhut is the only company that has ever had the security contract for any of these places, even though they are supposed to go up for open bid. And this is the way it's been since the early 50s, when these various agencies in these various places were set up. Wackenhut was steered right in."
BK,
The key very well may be Mitchell Rogovin.
CD
The key very well may be Mitchell Rogovin.
CD
QUOTE(Charles Drago @ Jun 12 2008, 07:28 PM) 
BK,
The key very well may be Mitchell Rogovin.
CD
The key very well may be Mitchell Rogovin.
CD
Charles,
I looked up Mitchell Rogovin, and there's a lot on him, but I still don't see any connection to Wackenhut.
Am I missing something?
Thanks,
BK
Links to Rogovin here: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=M...amp;btnG=Search
Wackenhut and Pinkertons have a long history of doing covert ops for the big boys going back a long time - the privitization of intelligence operations has a long history.
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopol...wackenhut06.htm
Interesting that the purpose of Wackenhut is redacted here http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...amp;relPageId=7 and that this page was withdrawn! http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...mp;relPageId=14
It has always been my belief that the Crisman UFO story was to cover-up experimental disk-shaped craft being developed after the War by the USA on French/German designs seized by T-2 after the War. These craft were largely tested at Area 51, but flown all over. When they crashed it was the USG that would push the alien craft story as cover for their reality and secret status. That Banister was also involved is interesting, and more a function of the people they knew and were connected to from the War, than anything else, IMO. Sort of shows once again that those in the JFK Assassination 'mix' were strongly from those involved in WW2 intrigue via OSS/MI/etc. Some very 'funny' things went on at the end of the War....
Wackenhut and Pinkertons have a long history of doing covert ops for the big boys going back a long time - the privitization of intelligence operations has a long history.
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopol...wackenhut06.htm
Interesting that the purpose of Wackenhut is redacted here http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...amp;relPageId=7 and that this page was withdrawn! http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...mp;relPageId=14
It has always been my belief that the Crisman UFO story was to cover-up experimental disk-shaped craft being developed after the War by the USA on French/German designs seized by T-2 after the War. These craft were largely tested at Area 51, but flown all over. When they crashed it was the USG that would push the alien craft story as cover for their reality and secret status. That Banister was also involved is interesting, and more a function of the people they knew and were connected to from the War, than anything else, IMO. Sort of shows once again that those in the JFK Assassination 'mix' were strongly from those involved in WW2 intrigue via OSS/MI/etc. Some very 'funny' things went on at the end of the War....
There's one other tangential Wackenhut connection to the case:
One group who pops up is a Shreveport/New Orleans based detective agency named Southern Research Company. They appear in 1962-3 investigating David Ferrie on behalf of Esatern Air Lines. Then in late 1966, Jim Garrison appears to have engaged them to surveil Ferrie for a short time. But a few weeks later, they were engaged by the Shaw defense team and conducted numerous investigations on their behalf.
In an FBI memo, SRC is referred to as Wackenhut, as if the two were interchangable. I suspect this was just an erroneous assumption by the FBI, but I'm not sure. I contacted both SRC and Wackenhut, and they both deny ever being connected.
In 1956, a former FBI SA named A. Harry Roberts formed General Investigations and Security Corp in Shreveport. On 12/2/58, Roberts joined with other former SAs and former NOPD officer Joe Oster to form SRC in Shreveport. They grew to open offices in Houston (1960), New Orleans (1962-3), Baton Rouge (1963) and Lake Charles (1965). When the New Orleans office was chartered on 8/26/63, the listed officers were Roberts, Edward E, Parent, Shirley Riggs and Charles R. Carson.
One group who pops up is a Shreveport/New Orleans based detective agency named Southern Research Company. They appear in 1962-3 investigating David Ferrie on behalf of Esatern Air Lines. Then in late 1966, Jim Garrison appears to have engaged them to surveil Ferrie for a short time. But a few weeks later, they were engaged by the Shaw defense team and conducted numerous investigations on their behalf.
In an FBI memo, SRC is referred to as Wackenhut, as if the two were interchangable. I suspect this was just an erroneous assumption by the FBI, but I'm not sure. I contacted both SRC and Wackenhut, and they both deny ever being connected.
In 1956, a former FBI SA named A. Harry Roberts formed General Investigations and Security Corp in Shreveport. On 12/2/58, Roberts joined with other former SAs and former NOPD officer Joe Oster to form SRC in Shreveport. They grew to open offices in Houston (1960), New Orleans (1962-3), Baton Rouge (1963) and Lake Charles (1965). When the New Orleans office was chartered on 8/26/63, the listed officers were Roberts, Edward E, Parent, Shirley Riggs and Charles R. Carson.
Appendix #7 in Maury Island UFO: The Crisman Conspiracy (Kenn Thomas, IllumiNet Press, 1999) is an interview Kenn Thomas did with Michael Riconosciuto on February 10, 1996.
(from page 282)
Michael Riconosciuto: …Now Fred (Crisman) was very, very close to George Wackenhut.
Kenn Thomas: I don’t know if that’s been established before.
MR: Oh, yeah. Absolutely. I’ve known of it since 1963, maybe the first time I ever saw them together. Do you know who Chuck Emmert is?
KT: I haven’t heard the name yet, no.
MR: OK. His mother was a wealthy Florida socialite who financed George Wackenhut when he originally started Wackenhut.
KT: Is that a name that I could do a Lexis/Nexus search on?
MR: I doubt it, He managed to stay pretty buried, although his mother—I can’t remember her first name—but she was big in south Florida, with anybody in social circles down there would be able to steer you to her…
Ron W
(from page 282)
Michael Riconosciuto: …Now Fred (Crisman) was very, very close to George Wackenhut.
Kenn Thomas: I don’t know if that’s been established before.
MR: Oh, yeah. Absolutely. I’ve known of it since 1963, maybe the first time I ever saw them together. Do you know who Chuck Emmert is?
KT: I haven’t heard the name yet, no.
MR: OK. His mother was a wealthy Florida socialite who financed George Wackenhut when he originally started Wackenhut.
KT: Is that a name that I could do a Lexis/Nexus search on?
MR: I doubt it, He managed to stay pretty buried, although his mother—I can’t remember her first name—but she was big in south Florida, with anybody in social circles down there would be able to steer you to her…
Ron W
QUOTE(Ronald R. Williams @ Jun 26 2008, 02:40 PM)
Appendix #7 in Maury Island UFO: The Crisman Conspiracy (Kenn Thomas, IllumiNet Press, 1999) is an interview Kenn Thomas did with Michael Riconosciuto on February 10, 1996.
(from page 282)
Michael Riconosciuto: …Now Fred (Crisman) was very, very close to George Wackenhut.
Kenn Thomas: I don't know if that's been established before.
MR: Oh, yeah. Absolutely. I've known of it since 1963, maybe the first time I ever saw them together. Do you know who Chuck Emmert is?
KT: I haven't heard the name yet, no.
MR: OK. His mother was a wealthy Florida socialite who financed George Wackenhut when he originally started Wackenhut.
KT: Is that a name that I could do a Lexis/Nexus search on?
MR: I doubt it, He managed to stay pretty buried, although his mother—I can't remember her first name—but she was big in south Florida, with anybody in social circles down there would be able to steer you to her…
Ron W
(from page 282)
Michael Riconosciuto: …Now Fred (Crisman) was very, very close to George Wackenhut.
Kenn Thomas: I don't know if that's been established before.
MR: Oh, yeah. Absolutely. I've known of it since 1963, maybe the first time I ever saw them together. Do you know who Chuck Emmert is?
KT: I haven't heard the name yet, no.
MR: OK. His mother was a wealthy Florida socialite who financed George Wackenhut when he originally started Wackenhut.
KT: Is that a name that I could do a Lexis/Nexus search on?
MR: I doubt it, He managed to stay pretty buried, although his mother—I can't remember her first name—but she was big in south Florida, with anybody in social circles down there would be able to steer you to her…
Ron W
Thanks Ron,
That's a good connection.
BK
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