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Order Probe's book, The Assassinations  James DiEugenio and Lisa Pease are co-editors of a new book called The Assassinations, compiling some of the best of Probe's research (many articles of which have never appeared online), plus entirely new pieces, including a section on the Malcolm X assassination. Learn what the media still hasn't told you about the assassinations of the sixties. New Jefferson Morley's effort to get CIA files on George Joannides will likely put Barack Obama's declared FOIA support to the test. President Obama reversed the Bush Administration's restrictions on Freedom of Information Act requests earlier this year. Read the White House press release, and an article in Slate.com. A biographical film about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is in the works, according to Variety, and is backed by the King family and Hollywood heavyweights. Be sure to read this update. JFK Ten Point Program The truth has always been on our side. But in the court of public opinion, our opponents still manage to score points. To remedy this, Joseph E. Green has developed ten points that summarize essential truths to bear in mind. Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter, creator of the Single Bullet Theory, has shaken thing up by switching his political affiliation. CTKA Chairman James DiEugenio has an analysis. In this update, Jerry Policoff says Specter's party change was really a matter of political survival. The Obama administration is considered in light of James W. Douglass's JFK and the Unspeakable (see "Reviews" section, below), in this article in Sojourners magazine. See, too, this video interview with author Douglass. James DiEugenio answers criticism of Caroline Kennedy's proposed appointment to the U.S. Senate in "An Open Letter to Jane Hamsher and Markos Moulitsas." Be sure to see the follow-up article, The Caroline Kennedy Aftermath, and a further update in Hamsher, Moulitsas, Marshall: State of Denial. Finally, in this Reuters article, New York Gov. David Paterson has acknowledged playing a role in this matter. Dr. David Mantik discusses the JFK autopsy in an expanded verson of a 2003 presentation. Yuri Nosenko, a KGB agent who interviewed Lee Harvey Oswald and later defected to the United States, died on August 23. Robert Maheu, the onetime right-hand man to billionaire Howard Hughes and who had a role in CIA plots against Castro, has died. Read his obituary.
Reviews NEW Jim Garrison: His Life and Times is Joan Mellen's biography of the former New Orleans D.A.'s early life. Reviewed by James DiEugenio.
NEW Virtual JFK: Vietnam if Kennedy had Lived is a film speculating on U.S. involvement in Vietnam had JFK not been assassinated. And as James DiEugenio points out, it owes a debt to works that preceded it. The Mysterious Death of Number Thirty-Five is a worthy new DVD, focusing on the autopsy evidence in the JFK case. Legacy of Secrecy is the follow-up book to Ultimate Sacrifice, by Lamar Waldron and Thom Hartmann. Reviewed by James DiEugenio. NOTE: Events after the posting of this review led Mr. DiEugenio to write this update. An Open and Shut Case is an important, if flawed, new book on the RFK assassination, reviewed here by Lisa Pease. On the Trail of the JFK Assassins is a new collection of Dick Russell's work on the JFK case. Be sure to see Part Two, Richard Case Nagell: "The Most Important Witness". A new film called An American Affair is a fictionalized account of the links between Mary Meyer and JFK, reviewed here by Philip Sheridan. Researcher Shane O'Sullivan has followed up a sub-standard documentary on the RFK case with a worthier book, called Who Killed Bobby?, reviewed by James DiEugenio. American Heritage magazine's Winter 2009 issue features a cover story co-authored by Gus Russo, about Fidel Castro's alleged involvement in the JFK assassination. Read more about it in Gus Russo Marches On. And learn more about Mr. Russo in James DiEugenio's article, Who Is Gus Russo? Reclaiming History, by Vincent Bugliosi, is the most ambitious defense of the lone-nut story in years. You'll find much commentary on the book in the column at right, under "Rewriting History?"
Here, though, James DiEugenio presents a comprehensive, multi-part review. More parts to this revew are on the way, but the installments already posted are drawing criticism from some quarters. James DiEugenio replies to someone named David Von Pein, and to Dale Myers. Since it first appeared, RFK Must Die has been a significant work on the RFK case. Now it's back in print -- but it's not merely a re-issue. Oswald and the CIA, by John Newman, is one of several important books now back in print. The Last Investigation, one of the best books ever written on the JFK case, is also back in print. James DiEugenio reviews the Gaeton Fonzi classic. The Road to Dallas, by David Kaiser, is a road best not taken. Reviewed by James DiEugenio. Our Man in Mexico, by Jefferson Morley, wades into the Intelligence swamp of the Kennedy assassination. Review by James DiEugenio. A Certain Arrogance, by the late George Michael Evica, examines the use of religious institutions by American Intelligence agencies. Review by James DiEugenio. Truth At Last is a new book on the Martin Luther King assassination, co-authored by the alleged assassin's brother. It aims high, but does it hit its target? JFK and the Unspeakable, by James W. Douglass, is the best book on the assassination since 2005's Breach of Trust, according to reviewer James DiEugenio. The CNN special Eyewitness to Murder: The King Assassination, commemorating the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, was a predictable documentary. Someone Would Have Talked, by Larry Hancock, does not live up to its potential, according to this review by James DiEugenio. Be sure to check this update. A documentary called Oswald's Ghost premiered on the small screen early this year. But as James DiEugenio shows, director Robert Stone is no Oliver Stone. John Kelin's book Praise from a Future Generation, about the earliest Warren Commission critics, was reviewed in The Dallas Morning News and profiled in Colorado's The Boulder Weekly.
UPDATED The BBC broadcast a documentary on the RFK assassination in 2006. Here's a review. The best book on the death of Robert Kennedy has been hard to find for years. Read James DiEugenio's notice about a suppressed classic, The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. David Talbot's new book Brothers is a flawed but worthwhile examination of John and Robert Kennedy's careers and assassinations. A Discovery Times Channel documentary presented new corroboration that Robert Kennedy was slain by multiple gunmen. Breach of Trust, by Gerald McKnight, is one of the best books ever published on the JFK case, according to reviewer James DiEugenio. Ed Haslam has updated and re-titled his book, now called Dr. Mary's Monkey. Lamar Waldron's Ultimate Sacrifice purports to offer the solution to the riddles of the JFK case. Does it live up to its hype? The Good Shepherd is an innaccurate account of the CIA. See this review by James DiEugenio. And the conspiracy that killed RFK wasn't of much interest to Emilio Estevez. A review of his film Bobby is here. Paris Flammonde has revised and published his classic, The Kennedy Conspiracy. Click here for a review, and here for some promotional material. See a review of Joan Mellen's book on Jim Garrison, A Farewell to Justice, by James DiEugenio.
The Single Bullet Theory: Less Than Zero A team of Italian experts just completed new tests on the alleged murder weapon. This comes on the heels of a new study by a Texas A&M statistician, which was written about in the Washington Post. Jim DiEugenio places the issues in context in Death of the NAA verdict. Also see these articles from The Pittsburgh Tribune and The Contra Costa Times.
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New Developments in We have several critiques of this program. First is a review by Dr. David W. Mantik, MD, PhD. Also check this updated review by Milicent Cranor. CTKA's James DiEugenio says the program has no credibility. See Part One, Part Two, and Part Three of his review.
The legacy of former Dallas D.A. Henry Wade is under scrutiny. Wade, who would have prosecuted Lee Oswald and did win a conviction against Jack Ruby, has had nineteen of his convictions overturned by DNA evidence. Read more here. Meanwhile, the Assassination Archives and Research Center is urging the House and Senate to hold oversight hearings on the JFK Records Act. Read AARC Chairman Jim Lesar's letter to the oversight committee chairmen. Lesar was motivated in part by recently-disclosed JFK assassination memorabilia, made public by the current Dallas DA in late February. In this commentary, CTKA's James DiEugenio wonders why this stuff has been hidden for so long.
New Developments in William F. Pepper discussed the RFK assassination in a recent CNN interview. Pepper now represents RFK's alleged assassin Sirhan Sirhan. Two researchers say their analysis of a previously unknown audiotape may provide new evidence of a second gunman in the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. Check here for details. A Los Angeles TV report on this has been posted to YouTube. The two researchers say further that RFK's real assassin may still be alive and living abroad. The two held a news conference on their findings earlier this year. More recently, they broke the ice at CNN.
Rewriting History?
 Bugliosi We have a series of reports. Longtime assassination critic Mark Lane answers Vincent Bugliosi in an article called Vinnie, It is Round. Dr. Gary Aguilar says Bugliosi's book is pugnacious and conclusion-driven. Josiah Thompson critqued the book in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Milicent Cranor likens Reclaiming History to a crime scene. See Part One and Part Two of her article. David Talbot, Anthony Summers, Jefferson Morley, and even Norman Mailer co-signed a letter to The New York Times objecting to unprovoked remarks included in a review of Bugliosi's book. Bugliosi and Talbot squared off in Time magazine. Also in that magazine, Talbot offered a long essay on JFK. CTKA's James DiEugenio found it all extraordinary. (See the review of Talbot's new book in the column at left, under "Reviews"). William Davy traces Bugliosi's twenty year research odyssey. In "Besmirching History," Michael Green argues that Bugliosi's real objective is to use Oswald as a "lone nut patsy" to conceal the true nature of the JFK assassination. In a webcast on the Black Op radio site, researcher Dr. David Mantik discusses Bugliosi's book. Reclaiming History appears headed for the small screen. See articles by John Kelin and from Variety. More reviews and commentary are on the way.
New Articles NEW Two important, private collections of JFK assassination materials are presently beyond the reach of researchers. Charles Drago describes a curious state of affairs in The People's National Archives. VANITY FAIR is featuring excerpts from a new book about Robert Kennedy's last campaign. ABC's performance in a recent presidential primary debate reminds us of the network's track record on the JFK case. CIA stonewalling is a threat to the JFK Assassination Records Act of 1992. See this commentary by Jefferson Morley, and further analysis by Lisa Pease. In Romer's Disgrace, James DiEugenio traces the story behind the story of the razing of the Ambassador Hotel. Longtime critic and author George Michael Evica has died. James DiEugenio reveals the truth behind a curious book called Regicide.See this article's UPDATE . Chuck Marler refutes the argument of shirt/jacket bunching to account for alleged neck wounds on the president. That argument has re-surfaced in the wake of newly discovered film of the JFK motorcade route. Praise from a Future Generation is John Kelin's new book on the "first generation" critics of the Warren Report. This is Chapter One. Cuban President Fidel Castro is attacking newly-released CIA papers, and reiterating his accusations that the CIA was complicit in JFK's murder. CIA spymaster E. Howard Hunt has died. Newly released CIA documents indicate previously undisclosed links between former President George H. W. Bush and the CIA. Click here for more.
Interviews CTKA Chairman James DiEugenio was interviewed about the Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. cases. See the RFK interview, Part One and Part Two. The MLK interview is also divided into Part One and Part Two.
The Role of the Media The media's track record in the JFK case is abysmal, and this section is one of the most important areas on this site. The articles you will find via the above links are a comprehensive dissection of the media and its shameful coverage of the political assassinations of the 1960s. If you are a newcomer to these cases, we strongly recommend you begin to explore the site at this area. You will quickly understand why 1) the mainstream media has a significant credibility problem, and 2) why the press sees these cases one way and the public generally sees them another.
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CTKA Chairman Jim DiEugenio provided additional narrative content for the new DVD release of Oliver Stone's film JFK. Click the link above to order the DVD.
Check out all you missed by not subscribing to Probe in our new book, The Assassinations!
 Read about the earliest Warren Report critics in John Kelin's new book, Praise from a Future Generation.
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