Monthly Archives: December 2012

Sign the petition to Free the JFK Files

December 17, 2012
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Here is an update from researcher Bill Kelly on the petition drive to free all the remaining classified JFK assassination records immediately. If you have not signed on yet, please do so at http://www.change.org/petitions/free-the-jfk-files?utm_source=supporter_message&utm_medium=email FREE THE FILES PETITION UPDATE Many thanks to all those who have signed this petition. Just because the NARA and CIA…

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Presidential Library opens $11 million exhibit that reconsiders LBJ

December 17, 2012
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Another rewriting of history. One would almost forget that LBJ was forced to withdraw his bid for a second term because of the war he escalated in Vietnam, in direct opposition to the withdrawal plans of President Kennedy. Note the bevy of professional historians responsible for this exhibit and their sources. Presidential Library opens $11…

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Landmark Commission task force to take its first look at these interpretive signs proposed for Dealey Plaza

December 13, 2012
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Here is the comment we posted: If you left off the last sentence of the First Shot sign it would not be controversial and it would be “just the facts”. The references to the “assassin’s window” are completely speculative, based on the flawed conclusions of the Warren Commission and it’s staff. Faced with at least…

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Don Adams, former FBI agent and JFK author had house fire

December 12, 2012
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Don Adams, former FBI agent and author of From an Office Building With A High-Powered Rifle, about his investigation into a right-wing activist who closely predicted the JFK assassination, reportedly suffered an accidental fire that burned his house and papers in October. He survived and lives with his son. He spoke at COPA’a Dallas meeting…

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Memories of WFAA’s old ‘News 8 Etc.’ morning show are bittersweet

December 11, 2012
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The Dallas Morning News fondly remembers Don Harris a local WFAA TV broadcaster but leaves out the most important parts of the story. Don Harris was the only major news reporter to interview Grace Walden Stevens in Memphis, crediting her story that the man in the rooming house who ran out with a rifle after…

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William Pawley, the Kennedy Assassination, and Watergate TILT and the “Phase Three” Story of Clare Boothe Luce

December 11, 2012
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This talk was presented at the 2012 COPA meeting in Dallas and is reprinted here with the author’s permission. William Pawley, the Kennedy Assassination, and Watergate TILT and the “Phase Three” Story of Clare Boothe Luce By Prof Peter Dale Scott A new biography of William Pawley clarifies the millionaire’s status as a friend and…

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JFKcountercoup: Open Letter to Judge John Tunheim

December 7, 2012
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JFKcountercoup: Open Letter to Judge John Tunheim To: Judge John Tunheim Former Chairman of the Assassinations Records Review Boad From: William Kelly Co-Founder of Committee for an Open Archives and COPA. Re: Statements to the Minnesotta CBS local and as published and posted: It was with deep regret and some indignation that I read your…

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U.S. Court of Appeals Rejects CIA’s Motion to Squash Lawsuit on Bay of Pigs History

December 7, 2012
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CIA and Justice Department Argued That Release of Draft History Would “Confuse the Public” U.S. Court of Appeals Rejects CIA’s Motion to Squash Lawsuit on Bay of Pigs History National Security Archive Freedom of Information Case to Receive Full Hearing Posted – December 7, 2012 For more information contact: Tom Blanton or Nate Jones- 202/994-7000…

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Jack Brooks, RIP

December 6, 2012
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Jack Brooks, RIP

Jack Brooks asked Oliver North about his role in martial law planning for the country during the Iran-Contra hearings and Senator Inouye interrupted to demand it be answered in closed hearings. During hearings regarding the JFK Assassination Records Act, Oliver Stone supported releasing the files regarding the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. Brooks…

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Watch the 2012 COPA Conference Online

December 5, 2012
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Watch the 2012 COPA Conference Online

Visit www.ustream.tv/new and search for “COPA conference” to see some of our speakers from the recent Dallas conference who are listed below. More videos will be up soon on our webpage and YouTube page. Peter Dale Scott’s keynote speech can be read in our Aggregated Articles, see the menu. Broadcasting live with Ustream CONFERENCE SCHEDULE…

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