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From the November-December, 1998 issue (Vol. 6 No. 1) |
The King family continues the struggle forward. As Lisa Pease notes in her cover story, they are now taking legal action themselves to pursue the mysteries of Martin Luther King’s death. On another track, Lisa discloses that Attorney General Janet Reno has appointed Barry Kowlaski as the lead attorney in her tentative reopening of the King case. We don’t want to speak too soon but, all in all, Kowalski seems like a good enough choice. We will track this evolving story as closely as possible for our readers. Probe also welcomes author and Tennessee resident Mike Vinson, who provides us with more information concerning the King case, including an interview with Jerry Ray.
We excerpt Stewart Galanor’s new book Cover-Up in this issue. Incisively written and handsomely produced, this new effort includes an abundance of wonderfully recreated pictures and graphics that do much to dispute many of the findings of the House Select Committee on Assassinations in many different areas. For instance, in a bit more than two pages, Galanor impales Vincent Guinn’s certfication of the single bullet theory. In this issue, we have excerpted a section on the medical evidence which we think is one of the best synopses of that complicated and tangled web we have seen. Galanor takes us through the mutations of this important evidence showing how the conflicts create an irreconcilable quagmire over something that should be simple. That it is not in itself reveals something is quite odd.
Speaking of the HSCA, I complete my two part history and analysis of that body. This was one of the most difficult articles I have ever written because it was so painful to find out exactly what that body had actually done with the evidence. For me, it was appalling. I assure the reader that this article could have been extended over four or more issues, since everywhere I looked in those volumes the same sort of evidentiary problems existed. I also include a look at Robert Blakey’s oh-so-close relationship with the intelligence community, especially the CIA. The Regis Blahut affair is discussed here with the use of newly declassified documents.
Donald Gibson has written a unique and quite interesting article on three of the the most prominent representatives of the left in this century. He particularly examines their relationship with John F. Kennedy and the assassination. The line he follows through the three figures tells us something about why the state of the left is pretty much inconsequential today. His analysis of Noam Chomsky’s book on Kennedy’s Vietnam policy is especially relevant to the torpor that exists in that political arena today. For Chomsky, the Council on Foreign Relations and other such organizations of the power elite don’t really matter. And neither does the Kennedy assassination. No wonder he gets so much exposure.
The Assassination Records Review Board officially expired at midnight on September 30th. Unlike the media, we actually have and have read their Final Report. Unlike the mainstream press, we aren’t going to lie about it either. But in order to do justice to the material, we will present their findings in the next issue. Yes, we will still be around awhile even though they are gone.
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