JFK Assassination Forum

What makes you think the Smithsonian would be interested in that kind of drivel?

As a testament to how effective KGB disinformation has been on gullible people.

It is too bad "J. Kenneth McDonnald" (aka McDonald) is no longer alive, and we can't ask him.

McDonald was a highly regarded historian, writing in-house for the CIA, and using info the CIA, and the HSCA, provided to him.

McDonald never issued a correction to his statement on Shaw, and neither did the CIA.

I am not sure if McDonald also relied on OTR info, or info classified as "eyes only." Perhaps even information relayed only verbally.

All in all, I accept McDonald's work.

J. Kenneth was more likely an overworked dude (given only three weeks to examine all of the documents the CIA had given to the HSCA on the JFKA) who unfortunately relied on his overworked (skeleton crew?) staff which had probably just seen Comrade Stone's KGB-approved movie, "JFK."

Question: Did the Domestic Contacts Division write any reports that were based on Shaw's observations in other countries?

Answer: Yes, it did.

Question: How many?

Claude AI:

Eight reports were written based on Shaw's information. This occurred after Shaw was contacted by the CIA's New Orleans office in December 1948. Between 1949 and May 25, 1956, Shaw was contacted a total of thirty-six times. Six of those eight reports were "on hand" and described in a 1992 memorandum. Three concerned a trip Shaw made from March through May 1949 to the West Indies, Central America, and Northern South America, and a fourth concerned a 1951 trip to Central and South America and the Caribbean area. The reports primarily dealt with international trade matters, reflecting Shaw's expertise in that area.

A question for Benjamin "Flash-Bang-In-The-Bushes" Cole:

Do you think Shaw's voluntary "work" for the Domestic Contacts Division was a cover for his evil, evil attempts to put Fascism back into power in Itally, etc., etc., etc?

Regardless, do you think -- as overly ambitious, scandal-plagued, and revengeful Jim Garrison did until shortly after a French knock-off of a March 4, 1967, Communist-owned "Paese Sera" article was provided to him by Joan Mellen's ex-hubby in 1967 -- that Shaw masterminded the homosexual thrill-kill assassination of JFK?

(After reading the translated-into-English French version, Big Jim changed it to "The Evil, Evil, Evil CIA Did It!!!")

Duncan better prepare for a surge in membership requests.

Am ZM--

The bullet hole in Gov. JBC's wrist bone (radius) is a biggie (see picture x-ray provided earlier).

I am a layman, but I doubt a shard from CE-399 could have done that.

Howard Donahue was a court-certified ballistics and firearms expert. He was also a WWII veteran and a world-class rifleman. He was one of the 12 riflemen invited to fire in the 1967 CBS rifle test, and he was the only one who scored three hits in under 6 seconds (he did so on his third attempt). Donahue became interested in the JFK case and produced important research on the JFK shooting. Donahue's research is the subject of Bonar Menninger's 1992 book Mortal Error: The Shot That Killed JFK. Donahue passed away in December 1999.

Goodish wordage re Donahue.

And dont forget the goodish book by McLaren extending the goodish work of Donahue.

We now know that jfk woz hit on the back of the head by lead splatter from Oswald's shot-1 at about pseudo Z105-Z110, which ricocheted offa the overhead signal arm & left 2 halves of the jacket in the limo, & we know that the remnant main slug made a hole throo the floor of the limo.

We now know that Hickey fired an accidental auto-burst of at least 4 shots at about Z300-Z312, the first injuring Tague, the last hitting jfk in the head, the 2nd last denting the chrome trim.

We now know that Oswald fired just 2 shots, at about pseudo Z105-Z110 & at about Z218.5, & had 1 non-fired bullet remaining.