Gerald D. McKnight

[John Simkin]

Professor Gerald D. McKnight, the author of published Breach of Trust: How the Warren Commission Failed the Nation and Why (2005) has died. It is the best book available on the Warren Commission and one of the most important books written about the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

 

https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKmcknight.htm

[George Govus]

Thanks for notice. I shall have to get his book. I promise never again to confuse Prof. McKnight with Prof. McAdams.

[Joe Bauer]

Fascinating.

Regards the following excerpt from McKnight's book, what was "the real operational purpose behind Oswald's staged pro-Castro activities in New Orleans and his carefully scripted contacts with the DRE during the month of August 1963, just weeks before he left for Mexico City." ?

As developed earlier, in 1962 Helms had assigned George E. Joannides, a young, well-educated, and experienced junior officer on a fast track inside the agency, to take over as the DRE's contact officer." Helms picked Joannides because the contact officer he replaced, Ross Crozier, had failed to earn the respect of the DRE and therefore had little control over these CIA assets. When Joannides took over, all of this changed. Joannides was the chief of the Psychological Warfare Branch of the Miami station for more than a year before Kennedy's assassination. He was the directorate's paymaster, keeping the exile group in funds to the tune of $25,000 a month. 

More than any other CIA officer, Joannides (code name "Howard") knew about the real operational purpose behind Oswald's staged pro-Castro activities in New Orleans and his carefully scripted contacts with the DRE during the month of August 1963, just weeks before he left for Mexico City.

 

 

Edited February 12, 2021 by Joe Bauer

[Lawrence Schnapf]

i was interviewed by Len Osanic about McKnight and his book last week.