Exposing the Bogus, Nutty Claims of L. Fletcher Prouty

[Michael T. Griffith]

For those who might be interested, I have web-published a detailed article on the wacky and fraudulent claims of L. Fletcher Prouty, who was portrayed as "Mr. X" in Oliver Stone's 1991 movie JFK. The article is titled "Exposing the Bogus, Nutty Claims of L. Fletcher Prouty on the JFK Assassination, the Vietnam War, and Other Historical Issues." I dare say it is the most comprehensive expose of Prouty ever written. Here's the link to it:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18I0XTK6tsfrHAtFnNxNzAEBgD1Uz_dlv/view

Prouty is the darling of ultra-liberal pro-conspiracy researchers. Not only did Prouty make genuinely nutty claims, and only did he make many claims that are demonstrably false, but he spent years closely associating with, supporting, and endorsing prominent Holocaust deniers and their groups: the Institute for Historical Review (IHR) and Liberty Lobby. He appeared on Liberty Lobby's nutcase radio show 10 times in a four-year period. He spoke at an IHR conference and at a Liberty Lobby convention. His appearance at the IHR conference is particularly noteworthy and damning because it included, as usual, speakers who denied the Holocaust. When asked about Holocaust denial, Prouty lamely answered "I'm no authority in that area." He once expressed, in writing, concern about Jewish sergeants operating U.S. weapon systems. In his Liberty Lobby speech, he blamed Israel for high oil prices. And on and on we could go.

[Tom Graves]

For those who might be interested, I have web-published a detailed article on the wacky and fraudulent claims of L. Fletcher Prouty, who was portrayed as "Mr. X" in Oliver Stone's 1991 movie JFK. The article is titled "Exposing the Bogus, Nutty Claims of L. Fletcher Prouty on the JFK
Assassination, the Vietnam War, and Other Historical Issues." I dare say it is the most comprehensive expose of Prouty ever written. Here's the link to it:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18I0XTK6tsfrHAtFnNxNzAEBgD1Uz_dlv/view

Prouty is the darling of ultra-liberal pro-conspiracy researchers. Not only did Prouty make genuinely nutty claims, and only did he make many claims that are demonstrably false, but he spent years closely associating with, supporting, and endorsing prominent Holocaust deniers and their groups: the Institute for Historical Review (IHR) and Liberty Lobby. He appeared on Liberty Lobby's nutcase radio show 10 times in a four-year period. He spoke at an IHR conference and at a Liberty Lobby convention. His appearance at the IHR conference is particularly noteworthy and damning because it included, as usual, speakers who denied the Holocaust. When asked about Holocaust denial, Prouty lamely answered "I'm no authority in that area." He once expressed, in writing, concern about Jewish sergeants operating U.S. weapon systems. In his Liberty Lobby speech, he blamed Israel for high oil prices. And on and on we could go.

FWIW, around 2006, I had my Dad ask his friend, Victor "Brute" Krulak (they had met in Korea during the Korean War), about Prouty and Lansdale and whether or not he agreed with the former that the latter was captured on film in the photo of The Three Tramps and their DPD escorts, and the only feedback I got was, in so many words, "He only vaguely remembered his communication with Prouty about the issue," and "Prouty was a good guy, and Lansdale was a bad guy."

I posted about it in 2006 at the so-called JFK Assassination Debate - Education Forum:

As I mentioned recently on another thread, my father is a close friend of Lieutenant General Victor "Brute" Krulak, USMC (Retired), who knew Col. Edward Lansdale quite well. My father, at my request, asked Gen. Krulak a few weeks ago whether or not the General had written the letter (see below) to Col. L. Fletcher Prouty regarding the positive ID-ing of the "suit" passing by the three "tramps" as being none other than Edward Lansdale. (I recommend that everyone read the letter; it was written in 1985 when Krulak was 72 or so.) A couple of days later my father told me that Krulak, now almost 94, "vaguely remembers" writing the letter to Prouty and that Gen. Krulak also told my father that "Prouty was a 'good guy' (sorry Ron Ecker) and that Lansdale was a 'bad guy.'

Here is a link to the letter that Krulak wrote to Prouty:

http://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/USO/appD.html#39223

[Michael T. Griffith]

FWIW, around 2006, I had my Dad ask his friend, Victor "Brute" Krulak (they had met in Korea during the Korean War), about Prouty and Lansdale and whether or not he agreed with the former that the latter was captured on film in the photo of The Three Tramps and their DPD escorts, and the only feedback I got was, in so many words, "He only vaguely remembered his communication with Prouty about the issue," and "Prouty was a good guy, and Lansdale was a bad guy."

I posted about it in 2006 at the so-called JFK Assassination Debate - Education Forum:

As I mentioned recently on another thread, my father is a close friend of Lieutenant General Victor "Brute" Krulak, USMC (Retired), who knew Col. Edward Lansdale quite well. My father, at my request, asked Gen. Krulak a few weeks ago whether or not the General had written the letter (see below) to Col. L. Fletcher Prouty regarding the positive ID-ing of the "suit" passing by the three "tramps" as being none other than Edward Lansdale. (I recommend that everyone read the letter; it was written in 1985 when Krulak was 72 or so.) A couple of days later my father told me that Krulak, now almost 94, "vaguely remembers" writing the letter to Prouty and that Gen. Krulak also told my father that "Prouty was a 'good guy' (sorry Ron Ecker) and that Lansdale was a 'bad guy.'

Here is a link to the letter that Krulak wrote to Prouty:

http://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/USO/appD.html#39223

As I document in my article, there is every reason to believe that the Krulak letter is fake, that it was fabricated by a Prouty disciple. When Krulak was interviewed, on tape, by Harrison Livingstone and was asked about Prouty's ID of Lansdale as the man in the tramp photos, Krulak said he could not corroborate it. When asked if he had any reason to believe that Lansdale might have been involved in the assassination, Krulak answered, "No, no, I would not."

[Fred Litwin]

Has anybody actually seen the Krulak letter? I have it typed out, but where is the actual letter?