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Title: James Files Truth or Fantasy?
Post by: Lee Wotton on January 22, 2018, 02:57:52 PM
Does anyone have any cited evidence to prove James Files account as false?
Title: Re: James Files Truth or Fantasy?
Post by: Mike Orr on January 22, 2018, 05:14:04 PM
James Files was due to be released from prison sometime this spring .To listen to Files speak about Nov 22 and the shot that he took to blow out the back of JFK's head makes one think that Files could have been involved. He implies that Charles Nicoletti was shooting frpm the TSBD and that LHO never fired a shot from the TSBD. It seemed that Files dropped a lot of names while talking about that day but that all the names he dropped were those who were already dead. I'm a believer of the blasted out back of the head on JFK , but that's just the way I see it. I've watched the You Tube confession by Files and there is a lot to be said about a lot of things that happened that day . If someone was telling us the truth about that day , we might not believe it because there has been so many different scenarios .
Title: Re: James Files Truth or Fantasy?
Post by: John Anderson on January 22, 2018, 10:40:23 PM
He must be lying awake at night terrified. I mean he's confessing to murdering JFK and his own twin brother.
Title: Re: James Files Truth or Fantasy?
Post by: Chris Douglas on January 23, 2018, 01:43:35 AM
James Files was due to be released from prison sometime this spring .To listen to Files speak about Nov 22 and the shot that he took to blow out the back of JFK's head makes one think that Files could have been involved. He implies that Charles Nicoletti was shooting frpm the TSBD and that LHO never fired a shot from the TSBD. It seemed that Files dropped a lot of names while talking about that day but that all the names he dropped were those who were already dead. I'm a believer of the blasted out back of the head on JFK , but that's just the way I see it. I've watched the You Tube confession by Files and there is a lot to be said about a lot of things that happened that day . If someone was telling us the truth about that day , we might not believe it because there has been so many different scenarios .

And isn't that what the CIA does best...? Lie and deceive until all has run amok in confusion.
Title: Re: James Files Truth or Fantasy?
Post by: Mike Orr on October 23, 2020, 11:19:05 PM
Would the JFK Assassination have gone full bore if all the players ( CIA , FBI , Military and the Mob ) would have left what happened that day in Dallas just go through the motions ? 3 can keep a secret if 2 are dead . Not really , huh !
Title: Re: James Files Truth or Fantasy?
Post by: Mark A. Oblazney on October 24, 2020, 02:46:09 PM
Does anyone have any cited evidence to prove James Files account as false?

Oh, I'm sure Judyth Vary Baker could, uh, straighten you out on this, uh...... her and her friend Oliver.
Title: Re: James Files Truth or Fantasy?
Post by: John Tonkovich on October 24, 2020, 07:06:01 PM
Does anyone have any cited evidence to prove James Files account as false?
Hard to prove a negative.
While I was only a year old at the time, I have no proof that I was not the shooter.
My parents are dead, and my older brother was just 3 at the time, so he is not reliable. Therefore, in your world, I am a suspect.

More importantly, Files has no proof to back his "story". :)

Title: Re: James Files Truth or Fantasy?
Post by: Denis Pointing on October 24, 2020, 08:49:42 PM
Does anyone have any cited evidence to prove James Files account as false?

 Edward Jay Epstein, email to Barb Junkkarinen (24th April, 2001)
In brief, NBC retained me as a consultant for their planned story on Files. I hired the detective firm of Jules Kroll. JK established from telephone records Files was in Chicago, not Dallas, on November 22,1963. We then placed a call to Files from Dick Clark's office (DC was producer), and I interviewed Files about Kroll findings. He said he had a twin brother, who no one knew about, and whom he met shortly before November 22, and who he murdered after November 22. He said it was his twin brother in hospital with his wife, not him. His wife, however, said there was no twin, and Kroll confirmed there was no twin. My view then and now is that Files invented the story for the money it would earn him.
Title: Re: James Files Truth or Fantasy?
Post by: John Tonkovich on October 25, 2020, 12:46:15 AM
Edward Jay Epstein, email to Barb Junkkarinen (24th April, 2001)
In brief, NBC retained me as a consultant for their planned story on Files. I hired the detective firm of Jules Kroll. JK established from telephone records Files was in Chicago, not Dallas, on November 22,1963. We then placed a call to Files from Dick Clark's office (DC was producer), and I interviewed Files about Kroll findings. He said he had a twin brother, who no one knew about, and whom he met shortly before November 22, and who he murdered after November 22. He said it was his twin brother in hospital with his wife, not him. His wife, however, said there was no twin, and Kroll confirmed there was no twin. My view then and now is that Files invented the story for the money it would earn him.
Thx. This thread=waste of bandwidth.
Title: Re: James Files Truth or Fantasy?
Post by: Denis Pointing on October 25, 2020, 02:05:50 AM
Thx. This thread=waste of bandwidth.

Agreed, I can't believe people are still asking about James Files!! Tom P. must be laughing his ass off up there.
Title: Re: James Files Truth or Fantasy?
Post by: John Tonkovich on October 25, 2020, 03:22:44 PM
Agreed, I can't believe people are still asking about James Files!! Tom P. must be laughing his ass off up there.
I certainly hope so!  I do miss that guy. What a brain. And what a life he led.
Title: Re: James Files Truth or Fantasy?
Post by: Denis Pointing on October 25, 2020, 04:08:54 PM
I certainly hope so!  I do miss that guy. What a brain. And what a life he led.

Absolutely incredible guy. He certainly knew his stuff. We were as close as you can get over the internet, I would have liked to have met him in person. Obviously, I didn't agree with his final conclusion, that Oswald was part of a conspiracy, but that didn't matter. Tom, was very underrated and his work never got the respect it deserved. Strange, the two people I respected most in the JFK community, Tom and Gary Mack, were both CT's.
Title: Re: James Files Truth or Fantasy?
Post by: John Tonkovich on October 26, 2020, 02:40:22 PM
I had the pleasure of knowing Tom for several years, strictly through email and snail mail. Do wish I had called him.
Tom personally interviewed many of the key individuals involved in this historic event.
He also sent me some pictures of his HALO jumps, including a snapshot of his altimeter at 20,000+ feet. : ) 
Title: Re: James Files Truth or Fantasy?
Post by: Denis Pointing on October 26, 2020, 04:51:25 PM
I had the pleasure of knowing Tom for several years, strictly through email and snail mail. Do wish I had called him.
Tom personally interviewed many of the key individuals involved in this historic event.
He also sent me some pictures of his HALO jumps, including a snapshot of his altimeter at 20,000+ feet. : )


Tom would never 'talk' too much concerning his military career, just a few bits n pieces, I knew he was in Nam of course and he told me a couple of stories about that but not much. I always enjoyed it when some fake wannabe at the ED forum would boast about his 'military career' or exaggerate his expertise in firearms. Tom would rip em a new one in a few sentences. lol I learnt a lot from Tom. Tell me John, did you ever get the impression Tom knew more about black op's than he was willing/able to admit?