William Kelly Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 While I can't be there, a lot of my friends and associates will be, and I hope some people from this foum stop by the Hotel Lawrence for some or all of the program. I relinquished my time to Joan Mellen so should could have a full hour to make her presentation. And I see she is bringing along her ex-husband Ralph, a first generation researcher and major character in her book. - BK DALLAS COPA Digging Up History 11th Annual Regional Meeting Coalition on Political Assassinations November 18-20, 2005 Hotel Lawrence, 302 S. Houston St., Dallas, TX Schedule Friday, November 18 Adolphus Hotel, 1321 Commerce Street (shuttle available from Hotel Lawrence) 5-6 pm Drinks and dinner at Bistro Lounge (individual bills) 6:30-7:00 pm Keynote: Rep. Cynthia McKinney Sylvia Meagher Lifetime Achievement Award presentation 7-9 pm Walt Brown and Paul Krassner – comic relief Saturday, November 19 Hotel Lawrence, 302 S. Houston Street (second floor meeting rooms) Books and resource room open during all events 9 am – 10:30 am – JFK, the investigations David Wrone on the Zapruder Film Robert Groden on the HSCA Jerry McKnight on the Warren Commission Walt Brown on the Warren Commission 10:30 am – 12:00 pm – The Suspects Paris Flammonde on The Kennedy Conspiracy Ralph Schoenmann on Bertrand Russell’s Tribunal Dick Russell on The Man Who Knew Too Much Dave Starks on Gerald Posner and the counter-critics 1:00 – 2:30 pm - LBJ and the JFK Assassination Billie Sol Estes on LBJ Ronnie Dugger on JFK and Dallas Barr McClellan, on JFK and Dallas Ed Tatro on the History Channel series 2:30 – 4:00 pm – Archiving the Assassinations Philip Melanson, PhD – The RFK collection at U Mass Dartmouth Rex Bradford – the digital archives of the AARC Jerry McKnight – the Weissberg archive at Hood College Ben Rogers, curator of the Penn Jones collection at Baylor University Chris Pike, collecting Penn Jones materials Clay Carson, curator of the ML King Papers Project at Stanford Sam Anderson, director of the Malcolm X Museum at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem Summer Reese, curator for Larry Teeter’s papers on RFK case 4:00 – 5:00 pm – COINTELPRO – The Murders of “Black Messiahs” and Peace Candidates Sam Anderson, director of the Malcolm X Museum Nick Kotz on LBJ and MLK T Carter and Lyndon Barsten on James Earl Ray Dr. William Pepper on MLK and RFK Philip Melanson, PhD on MLK and RFK Hotel Lawrence, 302 S. Houston St. 7-8 pm Dick Gregory 8-11 pm Video presentations – mixed topics Sunday, November 20 Hotel Lawrence, 302 S. Houston St. Books and resource room open during all events 9:00 – 9:30 am – Jim Garrison’s case Joan Mellen on “The Alternative Patsy” 9:30 – 10:30 am – Digging Up History, Opening Files and Cases T Carter and John Judge on the MLK Records Act HR 2554 Bill Kelly on opening a Grand Jury investigation on JFK Dr. William Pepper on reopening RFK, a civil suit Dick Gregory on finding the truth 10:30 am – 12:00 pm – The 9/11 Omission John Judge on the McKinney Congressional Briefings, Brain Trusts and Able Danger T Carter on Flight 77 Michael Nurko on latest evidence 12:00 – 1:00 pm – The Future of COPA – roundtable discussion Tuesday, November 22 12:30 pm – Annual Moment of Silence, Grassy Knoll, Dealey Plaza with speakers following to commemorate the 42nd anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy Registration $50 or $20/day, payable at event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynne Foster Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 I didn't see anything on the agenda regarding richard Nixon's possible involvement --why not? I reviewed this site today and i was absolutely astounded by the picture of one of the gunmen. That picture of Harrelson is astounding, did you all know about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Gratz Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 Lynne, it is probable because, as Mark Knight suggested on another thread, no credible researcher thinks that Nixon did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Simkin Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 It looks a very good line-up. I will be in Dallas while it is on but will not be able to attend because of the JFK Lancer Conference. There is also another good conference taking place in Washington at the same time. It is a shame that the various organizations could not get together to avoid these clashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Kelly Posted November 14, 2005 Author Share Posted November 14, 2005 It looks a very good line-up. I will be in Dallas while it is on but will not be able to attend because of the JFK Lancer Conference. There is also another good conference taking place in Washington at the same time. It is a shame that the various organizations could not get together to avoid these clashes. And here are details on the AARC conference: Date : November 18-20, 2005 Where : The Bethesda Hyatt Regency Hotel 7400 Wisconsin Avenue, N .W . Bethesda, Maryland Thursday Evening , November 17 - 7 :00 - Registration - 9 :00 PM Friday Morning. November 18 - 7 :00 AM - Registration "CRACKING THE JFK CASE" CONFERENCE PROGRAM 8:00 AM – Opening Remarks : Jim Lesar, J .D . President, Assassianton Archives & Research Center I . What Does the New Evidence Tell It About The CIA’s Connection to the Crime? 8 :15 AM Joan Mellen, Ph.D. - A Farewell to Justice : Jim Garrison, JFK's Assassination, and the Case That Should Have Changed History 9 :30 AM Jefferson Morley Washingtonpost.com - What Mexico City Station Chief Win Scott Knew : CIA Deception Around Oswald's Visit to Mexico City 10 :15 AM Break 10 :30 AM David Talbot Salon.com - If There Was a Conspiracy Why Didn't Bobby Do Anything About It? 11 :15 AM Panel Discussion David Talbot, Joan Mellen, Jefferson Morley, Prof . Gerald McKnight, Prof . David Wrone, Anthony Summers 12 :00 AM Lunch Break Friday Afternoon, November 18 II . Why Was Kennedy Killed? An Examination of the Probable Motives 1 :00 PM . Seven Days in May : The Military James Bamford vs . JFK 2 :00 PM Former Senator Gary Hart - The Church Committee and the Still Unanswered Questions 3 :15 PM Break 3 :30 PM Prof. David Wrone - JFK, LBJ, and the American Empire 4 :30 PM Session Ends Friday Evening, November 18 There will be a showing of films, probably two of the following three: “JFK” (director’s cut), “The Warren Commission” (produced by Chip Selby) or “Rush to Judgement.” Saturday Morning, September 18 9 :30 AM - Prof. John Newman - James Jesus Angleton and the Assassination of President Kennedy Richard Whalen - The Truth at the Bottom of the Bay of Pigs Prof. Peter Dale Scott - Joseph Milteer, Pedro del Valle, Northwoods, and the Strategy of Tension III Crime Scene Evidence. Dr. Randolph Robertson - Crime Scene Evidence : Why Oswald Alone Could Not Have Killed Kennedy 10 :45 AM Dr. Gary Aguilar - The Evidence That Kennedy Was Hit Twice in the Head 11 :45 noon lunch break Saturday Afternoon, November 19th III . Crime Scene Evidence (cont .) 1 :00 PM Patrick M. Grant, Ph. D. Proper Assessment of the Bullet Lead Evidence from the Assassination of President Kennedy, Part I 1 :45 PM Erik Randich, Ph. D. Proper Assessment of the Bullet Lead Evidence from the Assassination of President Kennedy, Part II 2 :30 PM Josiah Thompson, Ph. D. - Bedrock Evidence in the Kennedy Assassination : Where Can You Find It? 3 :15 PM Panel on the Photographic Evidence Josiah Thompson, Prof . David Wrone, Rollie Zavada 3 :45 PM Break 4 :00 PM Richard Garwin, Ph.D. - New Analysis Confirms That the "shots" on the Dallas Police Department Tapes Occurred 5 :00 PM Don Thomas, Ph.D.- Critics and Critiques of the Acoustical Evidence in the Assassination of President Kennedy Occurred About One Minute After the President Was Shot 7 :30 PM Dinner . Saturday Evening, November 19th After dinner speech G. Robert Blakey : "Second Thoughts” Sunday, September 19 IV. The News Media and the Assassination of President Kennedy 9 :40 AM Dan Alcorn The Danger of Secret Power in Democracy 10 :00 AM Clayton Ogilvie The Hood College Library 10 :15 AM The Mary Ferrell Foundation Website Staff representative 10 :30 AM Break 10 :45 AM Panel : How Do We Overcome News Media Resistance? Anthony Summers, Richard Whalen, Jefferson Morley, David Talbot The Press and the Assassination of President Kennedy : An American Journalist's "Mea Culpa" A BBC Journalist and Author's Perspective on the Press and the Assassination of President Kennedy 11 :30 AM V. What We Should Do to Move the Case Forward? Specific Proposals Jim Lesar, Jefferson Morley, David Talbot, Richard Whalen, Dan Alcorn. 12 :45 PM Concluding Remarks Jim Lesar, J .D . 1 :00 PM Conference Ends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Simkin Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 The Maryland conference sounds fantastic Bill. Do you know if any of these talks/papers will be made available online or in book form? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Kelly Posted November 15, 2005 Author Share Posted November 15, 2005 The Maryland conference sounds fantastic Bill. Do you know if any of these talks/papers will be made available online or in book form? You know John, They all videotape and make DVDs, but if its not a transcript its not citable research. All of the conferences should be transcribed. I'll look into it. Also, as for your question regarding different orgs cooperating, I could tell you the history and explain it somewhat, but it would be a waste of time. BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Meredith Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 [ Bill: Thanks for posting the COPA line up. Based on your post I was scrambling to make a last minute ditch effort to get there. Alas, (AND THIS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF GERRY HEMMING) I had to pick a jury late yesteday and the trial will begin on Thursday probably running thru Monday...including late Friday so, will have to miss this wonderful sounding conference. Just seeing the potential furr fly between Walt Brown and Barr McClellan was going to be worth the price of admission!! . Having to miss Joan Mellen really saddens me. I hope she will return next year. Kudos to you for giving up your spot to her!! Dawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynne Foster Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 [ Bill: Thanks for posting the COPA line up. Based on your post I was scrambling to make a last minute ditch effort to get there. Alas, (AND THIS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF GERRY HEMMING) I had to pick a jury late yesteday and the trial will begin on Thursday probably running thru Monday...including late Friday so, will have to miss this wonderful sounding conference. Just seeing the potential furr fly between Walt Brown and Barr McClellan was going to be worth the price of admission!! . Having to miss Joan Mellen really saddens me. I hope she will return next year. Kudos to you for giving up your spot to her!! Dawn I did a google search and discovered that Joan Mellen had some trouble finding a publisher for her book. Anybody know how she overcame that obstacle? Who finally published her book, and why would anybody want to read a book about Jim Garrison? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Meredith Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 I did a google search and discovered that Joan Mellen had some trouble finding a publisher for her book. Anybody know how she overcame that obstacle? Who finally published her book, and why would anybody want to read a book about Jim Garrison? Oh, the one note wonder has now taken over this thread with her same old same old: I will have you know Ms Mellen has authored 17 books. This book is published by Potomac books. You should read it; you just might learn something. I'd also recommend Jim DiEugenio's excellent "Destiny Betrayed" and Bill Davy's "Let Justice Be Done". Out of curiosity, just what books on the assassination of JFK have you actually READ??? And where's your pic? (Isn't that a rule John???) Lynne, I am not trying to get you "banned" from the forum, I am just wondering why you must take over every single thread with your aggression against Garrison? Why don't you re-do your bio and tell the forum members how you came to be interested in this case, and what you have written (if anything) or done (if anything) to advance the solving of this case. Incidently, I agree with you that Tricky Dick may well have been involved but there is no proof of this. And given your overt hostility to me on this forum I was not about to concur with you on anything. Dawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Gratz Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 Last year C-Span played some (perhaps all) of Lesar's conference (but not, I believe "live"), Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Simkin Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 And where's your pic? (Isn't that a rule John???)Lynne, I am not trying to get you "banned" from the forum, I am just wondering why you must take over every single thread with your aggression against Garrison? I have told Lynne/Mat several times that she/he needs to add her/his photograph as a avatar. She/he has not responded to my emails. Therefore, if this is not done, by midday, UK time, all of her/his posts will be deleted and all posting rights will be removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynne Foster Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 (edited) I did a google search and discovered that Joan Mellen had some trouble finding a publisher for her book. Anybody know how she overcame that obstacle? Who finally published her book, and why would anybody want to read a book about Jim Garrison? Oh, the one note wonder has now taken over this thread with her same old same old: I will have you know Ms Mellen has authored 17 books. This book is published by Potomac books. You should read it; you just might learn something. I'd also recommend Jim DiEugenio's excellent "Destiny Betrayed" and Bill Davy's "Let Justice Be Done". Out of curiosity, just what books on the assassination of JFK have you actually READ??? And where's your pic? (Isn't that a rule John???) Lynne, I am not trying to get you "banned" from the forum, I am just wondering why you must take over every single thread with your aggression against Garrison? Why don't you re-do your bio and tell the forum members how you came to be interested in this case, and what you have written (if anything) or done (if anything) to advance the solving of this case. Incidently, I agree with you that Tricky Dick may well have been involved but there is no proof of this. And given your overt hostility to me on this forum I was not about to concur with you on anything. Dawn I've read all of Epstein's work and Weisberg's work, and I have read all the websites I have been able to find on the Kennedy assassination. Reading another book about Garrison would be like reading the Starr Report -a total waste of time. I think there is more proof that tricky dicky was involved, than there is evidence to call Charles Manson a murderer. I think there is no excuse for con artists like Jim Garrison. I think people like Dorothy Killgalen advanced the truth about the Kennedy assassination while Gerald Posner, Jim Garrison, John McAdams and the like, mire the truth in perpetual obscurity, and betray genuine critics. I think it is extremely pretentious to admire people like Dorothy Kilgallen and to fail to be aggressive towards those who are essentially responsible for devaluing their contribution. What do you think about Gerald Posner? (I haven't read his book but I've seen him on television, and that's enough.) Edited November 16, 2005 by Lynne Foster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Gratz Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 Well, she looks more like Lynne Foster than Mat (Matt?) Wilson. Then again, coming from Key West, things are not always what they seem! (A joke--but the reality in Key West where drag shows are quite popular!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynne Foster Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Have you read this Dawn? In a previous post,you indicated that you thought that Tricky Dicky was involved. Who else do you think was involved? Do you agree that Johnson, Nixon and Hoover were probably all involved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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