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Bill Turner to speak at COPA in LA

April 22, 2008
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Bill Turner to speak at COPA in LA

Former FBI agent and author of ‘The assassination of Robert Kennedy’ William Turner has been announced as a speaker for the forthcoming COPA conference in June. Other speakers include documentarian and author Shane O’Sullivan, and displaying their new acoustics evidence will be Philip Van Praag and Robert Joling. Bio of William Turner here http://www.politicalassassinations.com/Conferences.html

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COPA in Memphis- report

April 21, 2008
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The COPA regional meeting in Memphis, TN, to mark the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a success and an historic event. We got extensive press coverage in articles before and after the event in the Memphis Commercial Appeal and the Cleveland Plain Dealer (see COPA’s blog). All of…

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Anniversary of the Bay of Pigs

April 17, 2008
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Today marks the anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, an event of extreme importance to the assassination of President Kennedy. It could be said that this event was the beginning of the end for Kennedy, setting the anti Castro Cubans into action against him. Here follows a video disseminating Richard Nixon’s remarks upon the…

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Letter asks attorney general to end celebrity coroner case

April 17, 2008
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For those of you that do not know, Cyril Wecht is a Warren Commission critic and expert on the pathological evidence in the assassination of President Kennedy. By Joe Mandak, Associated Press Writer | April 17, 2008 PITTSBURGH –Thirty-three prominent Pennsylvanians on Wednesday sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey asking him to…

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Documentary of the week-Conspiracy Test

April 16, 2008
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We are pleased to announce the commencement of a weekly feature on the COPA blog- documentary day. Every week we will feature a new documentary or talk on the topic of political assassination. This week we bring you the discovery channel’s ‘Conspiracy Test‘, which is based on the work of RObert Joling and Philip Van…

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An appeal for justice

April 12, 2008
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Dear Friends, Colleagues and Students, As many of you know, the U.S. Attorney’s Office here in Western Pennsylvania Tuesday announced its intention to re-try my father, former Allegheny County Coroner Dr. Cyril Wecht, on miscellaneous charges of “public corruption” immediately on the heels of U.S. District Judge Arthur Schwab’s declaration of a mistrial following the government’s first such effort. The prosecutor not only…

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COPA quoted in the Cleveland Plain Dealer

April 7, 2008
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COPA quoted in the Cleveland Plain Dealer

Martin Luther King’s murder no mystery to Louis Stokes Former congressman still convinced conspiracy theory is without merit Friday, April 04, 2008 Robert L. Smith Plain Dealer Reporter http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1207298002260790.xml&coll=2&thispage=3 Louis Stokes knew Martin Luther King Jr. as a friend and confidant before he made it his duty to find out who killed him. King organized…

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Charles Cabbage on Democracy Now

April 6, 2008
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Charles Cabbage was a witness to the assassination of Dr King. He is one of COPA’s speakers at this year Memphis conference, http://www.politicalassassinations.com/Conferences.html Amy Goodman also spoke to Jesse Jackson, Dr Vincent Harding and Memphis police detective Jerry Williams. http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/4/mlk_anniversary_placeholder AMY GOODMAN: Charles Cabbage, you were driving away from the Lorraine Motel when Dr. King…

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Alexander Cockburn on MLK, RFK and JFK

April 6, 2008
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There is a huge reluctance on the intellectual left in the US to evaluate either JFK or RFK’s threat to the standing order. They were by no means going to deconstruct the capitalist structures that had served them so well , but they both stood in the way of war, profit and rule by fear.…

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Joe Brown and William Pepper on NPR

April 4, 2008
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Judge Joe Brown and Dr William Pepper discuss the King assassination on NPR’s ‘Tell me more’ morning show. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89372294 Run time: 6min 49sec [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65CSpD2zm8Q&hl=en]

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