From the May-June, 1996 issue (Vol. 3 No. 4)

Letter from the Chairman

Has Harry finally relented? Is he about to turn over the five drawer file cabinet of Garrison documents and tapes? That appeared to be the case as we went to press. When we talked to the Board, they were pondering whether to settle for an offer to copy the files or to sue further for the originals. We detail that struggle, comment on the status of the grand jury records, and update the cases against Gary Raymond and Richard Angelico as the New Orleans drama seems to be headed for another turn. We also comment at length on the press stories which accompanied the latest release of New Orleans related documents from the Board. Some things never change. Probe corrects the record and exposes a longtime creator and source of disinformation on the Garrison case.

One of our constant aims is to relate current events and show how they originated with the JFK case. We do that twice in this issue. We imagine a speech delivered by Clinton over the recent downing of a Cuban exile sponsored plane, one he would have given if he had really believed in Kennedy's legacy rather than just lolled around in it during the '92 election. And Lisa Pease completes her important two-part investigation on the significance of Freeport Sulphur to the Kennedy case and today. In this part, she breaks new ground by showing how significant the triangle of Kennedy, Freeport, and Sukarno was for the little known, but terrible bloodbath that was Indonesia in 1965.

If Jean Davison or anyone on CompuServe asks if anything new is coming out of the Archives, tell them Probe has three articles this month based on JFK Act releases. First, Bill Davy sheds some more light on Clay Shaw's lengthy CIA career by examining some of his Domestic Contact reports. Second, Carol Hewett, Steve Jones, and Barbara La Monica delve deep into the lives of two of the more intriguing characters in this case, Ruth and Michael Paine. Third, in his first piece for Probe, Donald Gibson dispels many of the myths-past and present-about whose idea the Warren Commission was.

Finally, Probe looks at new developments in the RFK murder. In a continuing spectacle, the authorities continue to bungle the handling of evidence in that case. Dave Manning covers the lost photos of Scott Enyart. In a related case, Probe interviews Alex Constantine who brings new insight into the LAPD and the DA's office and draws connections between the Kennedy cases and the seemingly never ending Simpson case. In our Notebook section we update the reader on developments with and from Stone's Nixon which we featured two issues ago. Its always nice to predict something important and see a little good come from it. On the downside, we're not happy to say we were right about Chris Matthews as well.

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