Friendly Fire on Holy Grounds

Introduction

            What you are going to learn transverses through eighteen years of time from 1954 to 1972 from a juxtaposed fashion, ending at the beginning of Watergate the political death of Richard M. Nixon. In the core of those 6,570 days was an unforgettable day in November. It was 12:33 pm in Dallas, Texas. His head recoiled as the sound wave from the bullet spread across the world; his wife reached over to comfort him as the motorcade accelerated away. The nation agonized in shock. Was it really the mystery man that murdered him? Or was it the mystery men that concluded he acted alone? The most powerful man in the world was murdered without a thorough investigation. As fast as the bullet crushed President John F. Kennedy’s skull the most important issue to him vanished, gone similar to his soul.

On February 1, 1962, JFK began echoing these sentiments in headlines and in articles of every major newspaper in the United States, but the issues were silenced on that fateful day in Dallas — November 22, 1963   The President had initiated a Senate investigation, looking into the excessive profits of the previous Eisenhower administration. The scale and intensity of President Kennedy’s personal interest, shown by him taking the point position on reporting on the Stockpile Investigation was surely an indication of a large scandal brewing.

 President Kennedy with his background in newspaper journalism understood the value of the media, both positive and negative.  He kept tight control of what was presented to the media in forms of press releases a lesson he learned in his first few months as President.  The results of the investigation ordered by President Kennedy disappeared from public sight, as did the coffin of JFK as it was placed into the tomb. Now after forty years you will understand the message that President Kennedy was trying to convey.

NOW LET THE DEAD MAN SPEAK.