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Did the INS pick up Jean-Rene Souetre in Dallas?
Leslie Sharp replied to Steve Thomas's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
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@Ron Bulman I had forgotten Howard Roman worked on "A Clockwork Orange"... High strangeness and synchronicity, Anthony Frewin was Kubrick's assistant for decades. Under a pseudonym, he published an analysis of Clay Shaw's address book specific to those in British aristocracy, the arts, his lovers, etc. When I happened to mention the Shaw analysis, Hank said, "I know that guy well. Great guy!" Frewin closes his monograph with a challenge (paraphrasing): this is about as far as I can go on the project. I challenge other researchers to pick up the slack. I took him seriously and tracked Shaw's connections — in particular those in Ireland which included his lover Sir Peter Montgomery, a lover of Burgess. Then I met Hank, he was working with Ganis, who has information about Skorzeny's time in Ireland (Lafitte references the Amb. to Ireland, Grant Stockdale), and the rest is history. I'll dust off my Shaw diary research and post it soon. The Kubrick Series Uncut: Tony Frewin on Apple Podcasts
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Did the INS pick up Jean-Rene Souetre in Dallas?
Leslie Sharp replied to Steve Thomas's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
@Ron Bulman, (apologies for the triangulation, but Steve apparently is unwilling to communicate with me directly) I would ask Steve how the release of others in 1968 is evidence that Lajos Marton wasn't cut a deal (by certain sympathetic officials in a position to do so) on November 20, 1963? If Mr. Marton is cognizant enough to be interviewed on the 60th anniversary of Petit Clamart and continues to espouse loyalty to the ideological "forces" that drove him to participate, why hasn't he issued a public statement in response to the continued claims that he traveled to MC? I should note, obviously if Mr. Marton contacts me personally, and provides concrete evidence other than his own "word for it" of his whereabouts, we will publish an apology. Similarly, if anyone in the Souetre family is in a position to provide substantiated evidence of his whereabouts on November 22 — following close scrutiny of said evidence, we would respond accordingly. -
Did the INS pick up Jean-Rene Souetre in Dallas?
Leslie Sharp replied to Steve Thomas's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
@Allen Lowe, rejecting a real time private record of the plot as it unfolded because it's "too good to be true" seems somewhat illogical. Arguing, in court, that the government — the prime suspect for many in the assassination research community — is withholding the smoking gun, and waiting for its release is not only equally illogical, it's patently absurd. Lafitte made no effort to profit from the "too good to be true" datebook, nor did he pursue Hank or any other investigative journalist to advance a fraud, or a collector like Major Ganis to hawk his hoax. Albarelli literally stumbled on to the Lafitte records, employing old-fashioned (he would cringe!) gumshoe detective skills. As he explains in ASO, Albarelli interviewed June Cobb for literally dozens and dozens of hours over a period of several years; he also tracked her claims by interviewing those she reported to and confirmed that her version of events in MC as she knew them was accurate and stood the test of time. Who have you interviewed to debunk the "twist" party, or who have you relied on for said debunking? Does Hank's journalistic reputation rest on that one event in A Secret Order which, as all who have studied it know, includes a copious amount of detail that stands the test of time? Fred Litwin read nine pages of Coup in Dallas and tossed it aside because we dealt critically with Permindex. Are you similarly concerned that the twist party confirmed Oswald in MC? If you read Coup, you will know that Lafitte kept a record of that period of Oswald's life related to the plot for Dallas, including his presence in MC on the alleged dates. -
A Problem with "Prayer Man"
Leslie Sharp replied to Leslie Sharp's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
@Roger Odisio thanks very much Roger. And I'm familiar with some of this history, including your invaluable efforts to secure the film footage. I've recently engaged with Greg in a separate venue. Apparently he is unhappy with this thread on Ed Forum. I still argue that 60 years is long enough to focus the battle on "Oswald" — that he DIDN'T do it. By definition, he remains the perfect patsy, taking our eye off the ball of who actually killed our president. Oglesby and Brussell were on the path to uncovering who did - as we now know with the advantage of Lafitte's record which corroborates and advances their hypothesis. I would once again point out the parallels to impediments to authentication of the Lafitte datebook and ask why those impediments aren't equally respected by some in "the community" as is your frustration that you still don't have access to the Wiegman and Darnell films? if it can be established Oswald didn't do it, the public would be much more interested than they are now--maybe even eager to find out--who did murder JFK and why. If the Prayer Man argument holds up, is there not a serendipitous opportunity to combine forces and resources to move things off dead center and focus on who DID kill JFK in Dallas? -
A Problem with "Prayer Man"
Leslie Sharp replied to Leslie Sharp's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
Sixty years — hundreds of thousands of pages, thousands of feet of film footage, tens of thousands of photos, and millions of hours of debate — all related to who didn't assassinate President Kennedy — is long enough. I'm open to challenge, but I think most agree that by definition, the patsy was phenomenally effective. The question: could he have been successful if filmed standing outside the building? -
A Problem with "Prayer Man"
Leslie Sharp replied to Leslie Sharp's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
@Jeremy Bojczuk Thanks for your concise (and respectful) response that argues Oswald could not have been in the sniper's nest. Although I take issue with some of the bullet points you include, I'm not here to debate the question of who didn't kill the president, a.k.a. Oswald other than his role as the perfect "patsy". You explain, persuasively, The problem is that a "peer reviewed report" cannot be made because the copies of the Darnell and Wiegman films that are in public circulation are insufficiently clear, being several generations removed from the originals, which prompts the question: why, when I have repeatedly laid out the complications of securing a final report on authenticity of the Lafitte datebook, are we met with semi-derision from many Kennedy assassination researchers — most recently Greg Parker himself? The "problem" with Prayer Man remains, how can he be an effective patsy if he's filmed standing outside the building at the time of the shots? -
A Problem with "Prayer Man"
Leslie Sharp replied to Leslie Sharp's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
@Jonathan Cohen I'm going to assume you've followed the controversy over Albarelli's last investigation which landed him access to a private collection including a 1963 datebook maintained by Pierre Lafitte, a known contract agent for FBN, FBI, occasionally, and CIA at the behest of his friend CI James Angleton. Lafitte makes clear that Oswald is being set up as the designated patsy. He also maintains a record in real time of his communication with Otto Skorzeny who is instructing him on the details of the plan for Dealey. It's your prerogative to reject Hank's research, but I would challenge you to prove Otto WASN'T the strategist, that Oswald WASN'T the patsy, by providing evidence to support your theory of what happened on November 22. -
A Problem with "Prayer Man"
Leslie Sharp replied to Leslie Sharp's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
@Bill Brown If we didn't have written references in advance of Oswald's role in Dealey, I might consider your subjective interpretation of what he meant. I should add, we make no claim that Oswald was fully aware he was being set up. There are notations to suggest he's upset, and that he required a 'caretaker', but nothing to indicate he signed up for the gig. So with that in mind, your interpretation is interesting as it could reflect his slow recognition of just how he ended up in handcuffs, and the Soviet Union was the most logical explanation until he had time to process the rest. Tragically time ran out. -
A Problem with "Prayer Man"
Leslie Sharp replied to Leslie Sharp's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
@Jonathan Cohen I'm not familiar with your stance on what happened in Dealey. Do you argue that Oswald fired at Kennedy? -
Did the INS pick up Jean-Rene Souetre in Dallas?
Leslie Sharp replied to Steve Thomas's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
@Ron Bulman Ron, great questions. When asked, Kross responded, "I stand by what's in the book." As with many investigative reporters, he explained that his research for the book had long been stored away, and he made no generous offer to go in search of the name(s) of his sources. Had his reporting not dovetailed directly with details revealed by Lafitte, I venture Hank would not have cited him until the name(s) were nailed down.* Loosely defined, Flying Boats were trans-Atlantic craft designed to land near what is now Shannon Airport, bogland and estuaries. On a related note, based on details found in Skorzeny's papers, we suspect Skorzeny was in on the design of the first Shannon runway. I'm especially interested because my in-laws were best friends with the Irish contractor in charge of the project, McInerny construction; from there, I have reason to suspect Otto and Ilse frequented their hotel in Killarney, Co. Kerry during their period ensconced in Martinstown House. *Ron, I may be dreaming, but did @Steve Thomas mention the name of the SAC guy recently? -
A response to Greg Parker's recent remarks regarding Albarelli's last investigation, "Coup in Dallas." Greg, You'll note from the relevant datebook entries that Lafitte doesn't reveal Oswald's mode of transportation from New Orleans to Mexico City, only that he meets Tom Davis at Hotel Luma. I understood you to say that someone who knew MC well was a suspect in the machinations to implicate Oswald as having been there on the alleged dates, so I offered a prime candidate — Tom Davis. We make no claim that Davis traveled on a bus with LHO, nor do we rely on "two girls" or other eyewitnesses who insisted later that they encountered or remembered seeing the Oswald who was arrested on November 22 for the shooting of Tippit. Lafitte's MC entries also comport with information Hank gleaned during interviews with June Cobb and with Tom's wife Carolyn. Hank writes in Coup, 'The coincidental timing of June Cobb spotting Davis at the Hotel Luma — managed by her good friend Warren Broglie — may be explained by Carolyn's simple comment that she recognized Lee Harvey Oswald as having been "at a hotel thing" with her husband. Neither does Lafitte reveal whether Bowen [Albert Osborne] and Hudson [John Wilson] were already in Mexico or if they traveled together or separately by auto, plane, or bus. He doesn't mention Bowen/Osborne as having been on a bus with Oswald although many researchers accept the itinerant preacher was on that bus. It should be noted that on September 22, Lafitte makes a notation "Oswald - Mex city" and beneath he writes, "Gaudet." *** Of interest to any who have studied Major Ganis's "The Skorzeny Papers" and the significance of Otto's business deals with Texas independent oilmen, especially Algur H. Meadows pivotal to the Madrid oil scheme, we conclude that Lafitte's September 27 entry "Algur" is reference to Algur H. of Dallas-based General American Oil. That entry includes "Ilya" who we conclude was Mamantov, the Russian speaking oil industry expert who translated on behalf of Marina the afternoon of 11.22.63 at the behest of Jack Crichton of Empire Trust. Crichton, vital to the success of the Skorzeny/Meadows operation in Spain with the blessing of Franco, also appears in the datebook on critical dates as does his good friend and fellow intel officer in the 488th, Col. Frank "Brandy" Brandstetter. *** With respect to the oft-cited Hitler Diaries analogy, most will remember the battle you faced when you and your team first argued that a blurry photo of a man resembling Lee Oswald standing outside the book depository building represented concrete evidence Oswald could not have been positioned in the sniper's nest as Kennedy's limo made its way down Elm. I experienced first hand the initial attitudes of Prayer Man advocates — "take it or leave it" — toward any who questioned the "authenticity" or significance of the blurred photo. That attitude morphed into a more aggressive and dare I say rude "take no prisoners" approach by some in your camp. Somewhat ironic, Hank's attitude was similar — take the Lafitte datebook or leave it — until he was eventually persuaded by the Australian documentary producer that the actual authentication process would provide a persuasive backdrop to the six-part documentary of his breakthrough investigation which was under contract. In late 2018, Hank arranged to take possession of the physical instrument and initiated authentication in London where the production company began filming. That footage is in the can, somewhere. *** Admittedly I've not kept up with advances in photo analysis but I assume by now you have a peer reviewed report produced by a qualified photo examiner or better, a team of experts — the equivalent of authentication of a document — to advance your hypothesis. If so, kudos for your perseverance. I trust you're keenly aware of the obstacles, including significant expense, of such endeavors so I hope you respect that we're also in this for the long haul. And for the record, Hank anticipated as many slings and arrows as have been lobbed at you and others (some of whom appear in this email list) in similar situations over the years, so on his behalf, we take no offence personally. I am, however, certain Hank wouldn't have anticipated the complete lack of curiosity we've encountered in certain seasoned researchers and authors. I think he would ask what happened to the objective approach — essential to any investigator worth their salt — to the possibility Lafitte left us with an incredibly accurate record of the plot as it unfolded? Skepticism is healthy and "wait and see" is understandable, but some in the community appear to have become utterly jaded and simply refuse out of hand to consider his last investigation, "Coup in Dallas." Perhaps there is an element of professional jealousy that he stumbled onto the Lafitte material, or perhaps some are (understandably) tired and simply haven't the energy to wrestle with the 180 degree turn in the investigation. *** Now that we're certain Oswald's role in Otto Skorzeny's strategy to assassinate Kennedy in Dallas was that of the designated patsy just as he insisted, the question remains: could Oswald be spotted — not to mention photographed standing outside the depository building at the moment shots were fired — and still be effective?
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A solid hypothesis, @Michael Griffith. Marton was initially given a death sentence which was then commuted to twenty years of which he served only five. In light of what is revealed in the following article published on the 60th anniversary of Petit Clamart, I wonder if those who vigorously defend Marton will be objective enough to contemplate the possibility a deal was made, or will they continue to rely on Marton's presumably uncorroborated word, similar to Jean Souetre? Hungarian Involved in the De Gaulle Assassination Plot Speaks Out Dániel Deme 2022.08.22 Hungary Today . . . Marton has served five years in prison for his involvement in the attempt but has not changed his opinion ever since. . . . “Of those who fired the shots, Gyula Sári and I are the only two still alive. We have passed the age of ninety, but we will continue in the direction we have taken for the rest of our lives,” said the 91-year-old man, who still lives near Paris. . . . The 91-year-old also believes that the world is in the grip of American “superpowerism.” . . . At Petit-Clamart, near Paris, Charles De Gaulle was driven in his convoy to a military airfield when shots rang out, including those fired from Lajos Marton’s American-made Thompson submachine gun . . . . . . Marton later spent a year in hiding with the false papers they gave him. Of particular interest is the closing paragraph. . . . The Hungarian involvement in the French plot can be best explained by the fact that many of them had accused the West, and the United States in particular, of a complete betrayal of the Hungarian anti-Communist revolution in 1956. Their anti-Communist stance, but to an extent also their naivety, had led them to be recruited to this plot by the French secret service. Doesn't this imply that not only did Marton et al consider de Gaulle a traitor to the Hungarian anti-Communist revolution, but the leader of "the West", President John Kennedy as well? Hungary Today refers to the "French secret service" as being responsible for the Petit Clamart plot; are those Marton's own words? https://hungarytoday.hu/hungarian-involved-in-de-gaulle-assassination-plot-speaks-out/
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@Ron Bulman asked recently to confirm that author Peter Kross, "JFK: The French Connection" is cited in Albarelli's "Coup in Dallas." The answer is yes; and one of Hank's researchers was in direct communication with PK prior to publication. A number of seasoned researchers have long discounted the SAC source who Kross relies on to argue that Souetre was in the US in 1963. However, other than ad hominem attacks on the SAC in general, I've yet to read anything in the form of actual proof to impugn his specific claims. And, as argued previously, to insist Hungarian Lajos Marton and Laszlo Varga were behind bars — in what is obviously a country club prison environment — is naive at best, particularly in the political climate of early '60s France with a former Vichy official and QJ/WIN spotter at the helm of INTERPOL ensconced in Paris. Now that we know SW INS Commissioner Harlon Carter was a long time friend of sharpshooter Boots Askins identified by Pierre Lafitte in the lead up to Dealey, we have another piece of the puzzle at the Mexican border. Can anyone produce documents to confirm Souetre's own claims that he was in Spain on November 22? Is a suspect's "word" sufficient to discontinue the investigation? Has anyone read the affidavits of his alleged witnesses, one of whom was an OAS General? Perhaps if HSCA had been less obsessed with Oswald and opted to also track down a known assassin or assassins alleged to have been in Dallas on November 22, we might have known more much sooner. By definition, their approach confirms just how perfect Oswald was as the patsy. Kross is also among the few, if not the first to identify Jane Roman in context of Jean Souetre. Why has his revelation been ignored for a decade? During their interview with Jane Roman, in addition to the focus on Oswald in Mexico City, did the HSCA also interrogate her about Souetre? Had they availed of the independent research handed over generously by Gary Shaw and Bud Fensterwald and pursued their leads to Souetre et al, we might have known more much sooner. It is my understanding the Shaw/Fensterwald files are buried in a storage garage in the DC area as I write. Further to Jane Roman and what she said, vs. what she was asked: did Jeff Morley inquire about Souetre, or just Oswald? Did the Warren Commission consider Roman's role in dissemination of the 1963 reports on Souetre — known to the CIA for his attempts on de Gaulle's life in an attack not entirely dissimilar to Dealey — and his appeal to "continue" receiving support from the agency" in the spring? From there, they might have unearthed Roman's knowledge of Ilse Skorzeny in and out of the US since 1957, but I digress. Jane Roman surfaced in the March 9, 1964 Souetre-related document which was initially partially redacted. It's possible I've overlooked instances, but to my knowledge no one, including those on this forum who argue we should accept Souetre's own words as evidence he wasn't in Dallas, who has tracked the confusion surrounding Soutre/ Roux/ Mertz on behalf of the French intelligence has actually pursued the potential significance — until now. https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=83405#relPageId=1
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Did the INS pick up Jean-Rene Souetre in Dallas?
Leslie Sharp replied to Steve Thomas's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
@Ron BulmanYes, Ron, we cite Kross. One of Hank's researchers was in direct communication with PK prior to publication. A number of seasoned researchers have long discounted the SAC source who Kross relies on. However, other than ad hominem attacks on the SAC in general, I've yet to read anything in the form of actual proof to impugn his specific claims that Souetre was in the US in 1963. And, as argued previously, to insist Marton and Varga were behind bars — in what is obviously a country club prison environment — is naive at best, particularly in the political climate of early '60s France with a former Vichy official and QJ/WIN spotter at the helm of INTERPOL ensconced in Paris. Now that we know SW INS Commissioner Harlon Carter was a long time friend of sharpshooter Boots Askins identified by Pierre Lafitte in the lead up to Dealey, we have another piece of the puzzle at the Mexican border. Can anyone produce documents to confirm Souetre's own claims that he was in Spain on November 22? Is a suspect's "word" sufficient to discontinue the investigation? Has anyone read the affidavits of his alleged witnesses, one of whom was an OAS General? Perhaps if HSCA had been less obsessed with Oswald and opted to also track down a known assassin or assassins alleged to have been in Dallas on November 22, we might have known more much sooner. By definition, their approach confirms just how perfect Oswald was as the patsy. Kross is also among the few, if not the first to identify Jane Roman in context of Jean Souetre. Why has his revelation been ignored for a decade? During their interview with Jane Roman, in addition to the focus on Oswald in Mexico City, did the HSCA also interrogate her about Souetre? Had they availed of the independent research handed over generously by Gary Shaw and Bud Fensterwald and pursued their leads to Souetre et al, we might have known more much sooner. It is my understanding the Shaw/Fensterwald files are buried in a storage garage in the DC area as I write. Further to Jane Roman and what she said, vs. what she was asked: did Jeff Morley inquire about Souetre, or just Oswald? Did the Warren Commission consider Roman's role in dissemination of the 1963 reports on Souetre — known to the CIA for his attempts on de Gaulle's life in an attack not entirely dissimilar to Dealey — and his appeal to "continue" receiving support from the agency" in the spring? From there, they might have unearthed Roman's knowledge of Ilse Skorzeny in and out of the US since 1957, but I digress. Jane Roman surfaced in the March 9, 1964 document, and it's possible I've overlooked instances, but to my knowledge no one — including those on this forum arguing we should accept Souetre's own words as evidence he wasn't in Dallas — who has tracked the confusion surrounding Soutre/ Roux/ Mertz on behalf of the French intelligence has actually pursued the potential significance. https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=83405#relPageId=1 -
Did the INS pick up Jean-Rene Souetre in Dallas?
Leslie Sharp replied to Steve Thomas's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
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Did the INS pick up Jean-Rene Souetre in Dallas?
Leslie Sharp replied to Steve Thomas's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
Thanks, Ron! It was unconscionable that those responsible for publishing legible images didn't contact our editor before hitting "print". I'm having difficulty attaching more screenshots; the alert indicates some of the files are too large. Bear with me. Also, I hope when revisiting the dispute related to Souetre's whereabouts on November 22, members will keep in mind the broader implications that Col. Askins — who knew Otto Skorzeny personally in Madrid and who had served with Harlon B. Carter in the US Border Patrol before Carter became the Regional Commissioner of the INS in charge of Laredo, El Paso, Houston, Dallas etc. — appears in Lafitte's record within days of significant references to Souetre as well as Willoughby, Walker, Davis, Silverthorne and Otto & Ilse Skorzeny, Angleton, and William King Harvey. -
Did the INS pick up Jean-Rene Souetre in Dallas?
Leslie Sharp replied to Steve Thomas's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
Thanks @Matt Allison! My next few comments (8 in total) will link to screenshots of entries from the 1963 datebook maintained by Pierre Lafitte naming [Col. Charles "Boots"] Askins and [Jean Rene Marie] Souetre in the lead up to the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas. Thursday, April 30, 1963 Walker + Souetre in New Orleans / arms (Davis?) — where? Cable to O. -
Did the INS pick up Jean-Rene Souetre in Dallas?
Leslie Sharp replied to Steve Thomas's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
@Paul Brancato "Leslie pointed out with examples of how lax and corrupted the prisons were." Continuity of the Coup @2023 (draft) JEAN NEPOTE For our interests, it is the shared history between Harlon B. Carter, SW Region Commissioner of the INS in 1963 and expert marksman Charles Askins who is named in the Lafitte datebook as having been directly involved in Lancelot Project, that demands attention. It should be noted that Askins had served as military attaché in Madrid in 1952 and provided his superiors with details of Otto Skorzeny's alleged weapons trafficking. Skorzeny plays a dominant role in Lancelot Project, the plot to assassinate Kennedy in Dallas. Both Col. Askins and Texas native Col. Jack Canon — best known for having headed General Charles Willoughby's Z. Org during the Korean War — are identified by Lafitte as having direct involvement in the plans for Dallas. . . . And speaking of General Charles Willoughby, The Maltese Cross also lists the associate editors for [Gen. Willoughby's] Foreign Intelligence Digest. They included Prince Michael Sturdy (Costa Rica), Dr. Emilo Nunez-Portuondo (Cuba), Marques de Prat de Nantoulliet (Spain), M. Saint Paulien (France), Dr. Walter Becher (Germany) Hilaire du Berrier (France) [du Berrier is named in the 1963 Lafitte datebook and was a guest in the home of Gen. Edwin Walker on November 22. Walker is named in the Lafitte datebook on April 7 & 30; June 12; Sept. 4; Oct. 9 & 25], Dr. Gerald Shelly (Italy), Dr. E. Gehlen (Germany), Freiherr von Braun (Germany), George Bard (Czechoslovakia), Leo M. Petit (Belgium), Admiral E. Heifferich (Holland), Dr. Lazarus Choumanides (Greece), Dr. Sten Forshufvud (Sweden), Vicomte Amaury d'Harcourt (France), Com. Div. Jean Népote (France), Abbe Pierre Delecambre (France) and many others . . . Various associated national and international publications also appear on the Maltese Cross list. They include ABN Correspondence (Munich, editor Jaroslav Stetzko), . . . The Christian Crusade (Tulsa, editor E. L. White), . . . The Weekly Crusader (Tulsa, Rev. Billy James Hargis whose 1963 cross-country crusade featured Gen. Edwin Walker, . . . Interpol Review (Paris, editor Jean Népote). . . ' — from, The Spy Who Would Be Tsar: The Mystery of Michal Goleniewski and the Far-Right Underground by Kevin Coogan. For our purposes, of special interest within this milieu is Jean Népote — named here as contributor to Gen. Charles Willoughby's Foreign Intelligence Digest — who has been identified as a National Socialist collaborator with the Vichy regime. Népote rose through the ranks of INTERPOL which had been infiltrated by leading "former" N-azis to assume the post of Secretary General in August 1963. At the risk of referring to historian Gerald Posner with this audience, he reports accurately, “In 1939 Reinhard Heydrich, chief of the Gestapo, was voted president of Interpol. In December 1941, Interpol moved its headquarters to the fashionable Berlin suburb of Wannsee, where it shared a villa with the Gestapo.” It was in this villa where the infamous Wannsee Conference was held and where the Final Solution was organized. . . . Heydrich even made Interpol a division within the SD, the Security Police. When Heydrich was assassinated in Prague in June 1942, Himmler chose Heydrich’s successor at the Gestapo, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, to replace him as Interpol’s president. After Kaltenbrunner was hanged at Nuremberg in October 1946, a Belgian member of Interpol’s executive committee, Florent E. Louwage, became president. He was succeeded in 1956 by Jean Népote, who had collaborated with the wartime Vichy government in France. In the following government document, item 9, we see Jean Népote as the source for a training film described as providing "excellent detail on planning and execution of safecracking." The significance of the document is that it relates to other characters identified as having been in the spotter program / the QJ/WIN operation. Considering his history, his access, and the power of his role at INTERPOL, we argue that this single record strongly suggests Jean Népote was in fact among the QJ/WIN spotters. (hat tip to the leading star of the next generation of document bloodhounds, Robert Ward Montenegro, for catching this!) https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/104-10185-10010.pdf As head of INTERPOL since August of 1963, responsible for cross-border policing on a global scale (including international drug trafficking), Népote was also in a position to lift travel restrictions at any given time. It is also plausible he exercised significant control over the status of (useful and perhaps familiar to him personally) convicted criminals who fell under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Justice in France where INTERPOL was headquartered. We also know that Népote's fellow N-azi collaborator during the Vichy regime, Maurice Papon had led the police in major French prefectures for decades and had also dealt closely with Corsicans. (As secretary general for police in Bordeaux during the war, he participated in the deportation of more than 1,600 Jews, a crime against humanity he was charged with eventually). Papon's activity during the Algerian War from 1954-1962 included torture of insurgent prisoners. As prefect of the Paris police, he was responsible for the deadly repression of the FLN, overseeing the "Paris massacres" of both 1961 and 1962 in response to anti-OAS demonstrations. . . Although there is no evidence that either Jean Népote or Maurice Papon knew OAS Captain Jean Rene Souetre, or experienced assassins Alice Lamy, Gerard Litt or Jean Filliol [all identified in the Lafitte datebook, 1963], or Hungarians [loosely referred to in the Lafitte datebook, 1963], or Lajos Marton or Laszlo Varga who were members of Souetre's deadly 'Will Kill' — it can be reasonably argued that both Népote and Papon, not unlike counterparts in Mexico and the US including INS Harlon B. Carter who had served with Charles "Boots" Askins named in the Lafitte datebook, 1963, were in prime positions to order, conceal, and/or confuse details of the movement of known assassins. -
Did the INS pick up Jean-Rene Souetre in Dallas?
Leslie Sharp replied to Steve Thomas's topic in JFK Assassination Debate
@Steve ThomasI hope you'll indulge what may appear to be a digression from the essence of your thread. Let me know if you would prefer I create separate one for the following response to @Paul Brancato 'Further attempts at handwriting analysis have yielded inconclusive results. It’s a gray area for sure. Albarelli had a lot of integrity and an earnest desire to solve the case. Still, he may have been deceived.' To be clear, the current handwriting analysis remains incomplete pending additional exemplars of handwriting of the author (or authors) of the 1963 Lafitte datebook. This might be construed as mere semantics, but the distinction is critical. To date, we do not have a formal inconclusive report. I've been cautioned that if I insist on a final report without benefit of the additional exemplars, the report will be "inclusive", so I've opted to not go that route unless and until we exhaust our attempts to secure more handwriting samples whose provenance can be confirmed beyond doubt. Unfortunately parties with access to at least some samples have yet to cooperate. We continue the effort. And for any who might speculate Hank was deceived, those who knew him personally or followed his previous investigative work — especially the Frank Olson case — argue it is virtually inconceivable that Rene and other Lafitte family members could have pulled off a hoax using "gullible" Hank Albarelli. Further, the suggestion is illogical: to what end might they have concocted such a scheme thirty-plus years after the fact? Or, how did they seduce Hank to the small New England village to knock on their door? Why haven't they asked for Royalties from his books? Why have they ignored my offer to return the datebook? Couldn't they sell it, for instance to Harlan Crow? (see attached screenshot of the inside front cover of Lafitte's datebook with Crow's now notorious stamp collection in mind.) We also know the provenance of the datebook which is laid out in Hank's introduction to Coup. He confirmed, and I later secured a written statement from an executive of the company that they printed the blank datebook for 1962 Christmas gifts to favored chefs. The instrument was not printed post the assassination. Hank had witness testimony that Pierre maintained the datebook; we have Dick Russell's analysis of eight entries that he insists could not have been known prior to (at the earliest) mid-1970s; Hank had a preliminary verbal declaration that the ink conforms with that available in 1963 (with exception of several entries that could have been made in obscure locations and therefore would not be in his exclusive database). Hank and I also discussed the likelihood that skeptics would pull out all stops when compelled to consider the exclusive detail found in the datebook because certain entries upend certain sacred cows, i.e. Jean Souetre was not in the U.S. in 1963. However, neither of us anticipated the lack of fundamental curiosity of some seasoned authors and researchers — a basic, "maybe it's a hoax but what if this datebook contains vital information?" Why have entries that coalesce with well-established circumstantial evidence, including certain new discoveries, been dismissed out of hand? For example, and relevant to Steve's thread, SW Region Commissioner of INS in 1963, Harlon B. Carter was a close friend of fellow border patrolman and psychotic sharpshooter Charles B. Askins who appears in Lafitte's 1963 records, as does — and further relevant to this thread — Jean Souetre. I'll close with the admonition the document examiner offered several months ago: (paraphrasing) If the datebook is the subject of a civil or criminal lawsuit and he is called as an expert witness, the judge and jury can anticipate that his determination of authenticity or lack thereof will be challenged by opposition's expert witness(es). This is not an exact science, so provenance assumes an even greater weight in final deliberation. We've established provenance of the Lafitte datebook. He added that in general and based on decades of experience (again paraphrasing), the burden of proof that a document is fake rests with the skeptic. -
This is who Tucker Carlson wants to "welcome back into the brotherhood of journalism." And Tucker Carlson has become the poster child for the JFK Records Act. 'Andrew Tate says women belong in the home, can’t drive, and are a man’s property. He also thinks rape victims must “bear responsibility” for their attacks and dates women aged 18–19 because he can “make an imprint” on them, according to videos posted online. In other clips, the British-American kickboxer – who poses with fast cars, guns and portrays himself as a cigar-smoking playboy – talks about hitting and choking women, trashing their belongings and stopping them from going out. “It’s bang out the machete, boom in her face and grip her by the neck. Shut up bitch,” he says in one video, acting out how he’d attack a woman if she accused him of cheating. In another, he describes throwing a woman’s things out of the window. In a third, he calls an ex-girlfriend who accused him of hitting her – an allegation he denies – a “dumb hoe.' — Shanti Das, The Guardian
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Andrew Tate on TikTok. Photograph: @tate_inspire/TikTok The ObserverTikTok Inside the violent, misogynistic world of TikTok’s new star, Andrew Tate Andrew Tate says women belong in the home, can’t drive, and are a man’s property. He also thinks rape victims must “bear responsibility” for their attacks and dates women aged 18–19 because he can “make an imprint” on them, according to videos posted online. In other clips, the British-American kickboxer – who poses with fast cars, guns and portrays himself as a cigar-smoking playboy – talks about hitting and choking women, trashing their belongings and stopping them from going out. “It’s bang out the machete, boom in her face and grip her by the neck. Shut up bitch,” he says in one video, acting out how he’d attack a woman if she accused him of cheating. In another, he describes throwing a woman’s things out of the window. In a third, he calls an ex-girlfriend who accused him of hitting her – an allegation he denies – a “dumb hoe”.https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/06/andrew-tate-violent-misogynistic-world-of-tiktok-new-star
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One might ask "what's yours?" You seem to have avoided Tate's avowed misogyny in your promo.