Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation into the Mysterious Deaths of Witnesses to the JFK Assassination

The Hit List only adds to the mystery of the Kennedy Assassination which I consider to be the turning point in American History. My library consists not only of this book by Richard Belzer but ones by Jim Douglass, Peter Janney, and Roger Stone.Having read these books along with many other articles especially those on JFK Facts and the Future for Freedom Foundation, I offer the following analysis which I found on one of these sources.My slant of the JFK assassination is that it was a coup d'état, ladies and gentlemen. I submit for your consideration the following facts which prove it was a coup (overthrow of the current regime):1. JFK moved towards detente with both the USSR and Cuba2. JFK realized we could assist Vietnam, but could not win a ground war; after all, it was a civil war.3. JFK sought to make CIVIL RIGHTS a centerpiece of his 1964 re-election campaign4. JFK defied the National Security Apparatus; he deferred attacking (using nuclear warheads) Russia; he deferred invading Cuba (during Cuban Missile Crisis)5. He fired Dulles, Bissell, and Cabell (brother of Dallas Mayor) after Bay of Pigs6. He intended to dump Johnson (investigated for graft and connections to Sol Estes, and Bobby Baker) from his 64 re-election ticket, favoring Senator Sanford of Connecticut, or Smathers ofFlorida7. JFK sought to withdraw from Vietnam by 1965. He also sought to dismantle the Cold War, Atmospheric Nuclear Testing, and the Arms Race "MAD" (Mutually Assured Destruction) stock piling of nuclear weapons by USA and USSR.8. Both His Newspaper Association Speech and his American University Commencement Speech signaled a change towards peaceful conflict resolution as opposed to sending in the US forces to force resolution to conflict9. Both the JCS, the Pentagon, the CIA, the FBI, and Naval Intelligence, the Mob, Anti-Castro Cuban, Big Oil, Banking, and Steel (and so many more groups) opposed Kennedy's military, intelligence, civil rights, business, and foreign relation policies10. Had JFK won re-election, his powerful opponents feared a Kennedy Dynasty (8 years of Bobby, followed by 8 years of Ted)11. Secret Service Agent Holden exposed the Chicago Plot; Racist Milteer exposed the Dallas plot and conspiracy to "pick someone up to throw off the public." The Chicago hit was called off when FBI and Secret Service where "informed" of the pending hit. Chicago (cancelled), Tampa/Miami, and Dallas were the Major cities Kennedy would travel in November '63.12. The coup planners carefully manipulated events behind the scenes. Johnson controlled Texas politics (Big Oil controlled Johnson), Texas was the Oil Capital of the USA. Oil changed the dynamic of power nationally from the North to the South. Bell Helicopter was Headquartered in Texas. The major defense contractors were in Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby were in Texas. Dallas police were in Texas, and the FBI was in Texas. Hoover and Johnson, two top controllers of the cover-up and D.C. neighbors, were in danger of being dumped or retired by Kennedy.13. Joint Chiefs vehemently opposed Kennedy.14. In 1963, the "fabric" of American Society was dictated to by an integrated Military, Financial, Industry, Intelligence, Political, Mobster, News, Religion, and Educational hierarchy - what Peter Dale Scott calls "Deep Politics." A former slave (Fredrick Douglass) stated that "Power concedes nothing without a demand."15. After Kennedy was slaughtered, Johnson was on hand to usurp the Presidency. Oswald was on hand to be apprehended. Ruby was on hand to silence the patsy. Enter the Warren Commission, fully sponsored by enemies of John F Kennedy to further protect their (Rockefeller/Bush/Hughes/Johnson/Hoover/Dulles/Military-CIA/Oil/Banking) interests.16. Detente with Russia ended, Vietnam escalated, and detente with Cuba ended. Assassination as a political solution took Malcolm X(civil rights, anti-war), Medgar Evers (civil rights), Martin L King (civil rights, anti-war), Bobby Kennedy (civil rights, anti-war) and a host of uncompromising world leaders over the years. Martin Luther King, opposing the Vietnam escalation, declared shortly before he was killed that "the biggest murderer in the world is my own government.A coup d'état is not a mystery, but is has become a great American parlor game. Who stands to profit from war, assassination, and power shifts? It is the elite classes. Power in American is NOT in the hands of the people, but the rich and powerful. We vote or remove politicians from office - predictable! The elites and the powerful start and stop industries, wars, movements, news, and trends. We are but sheep under their directions. Kennedy was an uncompromising world leader who challenged the power elites status quo arrangement of interlocking levels of powerful people across vast domains and countries. We think country (USA); power elites think global. Kennedy thought globally and he presented a threat to global status quo interests - the elites. Kennedy had to die so that the elites could continue to enjoy their privileged positions and world hegemony. Communism has never been a threat to America, but it was cleverly used as a shield to removing it? but it was cleverly used as a shield to carry out arms build-up, rogue investigations, to topple leaders from power, coup d'état of foreign leaders by the elites (using the CIA).

This book alone may seem unbelievable, but after sober consideration with other books, articles, news reports and documents verifying and validating the info in this book, all doubt has now been removed.

Who knew Richard Belzer, Actor (Law & Order SVU)was obsessed with all the mysterious deaths of witnesses to JFK Assassination. Caught my attention with a C-Span presentation of this book.My interests peaked with the knowledge of the murder/suicide of Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Kigallen. This book does not disappoint and opens more questions regarding a cover up by FBI, and Warren Commission. My hope is Mr. Belzers next book examines mysterious murders/suicides surrounding the Clintons..NOTE: “The Reporter Who Knew Too Much” & “Denial of Justice” by Mark Shaw Fascinating segway into the Mysterious murder/suicide of famous re- porter, TV Star (What’s My Line) & media Icon Dorothy Kilgallen, who’s mysterious death occurred after reporting coverage of Jack Ruby (Lee Harvey Oswald assassin) trial.

This is a good book for learning about the JFK assassination.Understanding who was murdered and when and why they were murdered leads to a lot of insights into the assassination itself.Besides the individual murder cases the book also provides some great information about the various methods the CIA has at its disposal for killing people.They also provide great info about the JFK assassination such as the massive lapses by the Secret Service in following official procedures for protecting the president. The list of people who could have authorized and orchestrated those procedural failures is short. They name some names about who the individuals were who screwed everything up in Dallas.The Agency that orchestrated these murders of witnesses has at its disposal vicious, ruthless, professional killers. These guys make the Italian mafia look like a cub scout troop.Although then again as this book points out the conspiracy was a combination of people from the CIA, the mafia, anti Castro terrorists, and some key individuals such as Lyin' Lyndon Johnson and J. Edgar Hoover.Books like this indicate that a lot was at stake for people to take the extreme step of assassinating the president of the United States and then leaving a trail of dead witnesses a mile long to cover everything up.John Kennedy was standing between the Military Industrial Complex and the wasting of literally trillions of dollars in the so called Vietnam War.There never was any real military objective in Vietnam. There was only one primary goal which was to string the conflict out for as long as possible and waste untold amounts of money.A lot of the questions about the JFK assassination could probably be answered if JFK's body was exhumed and a real autopsy performed.The Military Industrial Complex will never, ever allow that to happen however.There's some interesting statements near the end of the book by New Orleans District Attorney and hero Jim Garrison.Garrison and others saw the JFK assassination and the murderous cover up that followed as an overthrow of the American government that put the United States on the path of becoming a fascist state similar to Nazi Germany.After World War II however the Nazis were tried for war crimes.No such justice was ever meted out to the war criminals who orchestrated Vietnam.This is a good book and I recommend it for anyone who is interested in the JFK assassination.Read it and also make a note of all the other books they refer to in the footnotes and read some of those also. JFK: The CIA, Vietnam, and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy On the Trail of the Assassins: One Man's Quest to Solve the Murder of President Kennedy David Ferrie: Mafia Pilot, Participant in Anti-Castro Bioweapon Plot, Friend of Lee Harvey Oswald and Key to the JFK Assassination The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ Dr. Mary's Monkey: How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses Are Linked to Lee Harvey ... Assassination and Emerging Global Epidemics Watch this documentary series on the internet. The hypocrites have pulled it off the market: The Men Who Killed Kennedy The Men Who Killed Kennedy DVD Series - Episode List1. "The Coup D'Etat" (25 October 1988)2. "The Forces Of Darkness" (25 October 1988)3. "The Cover-Up" (20 November 1991)4. "The Patsy" (21 November 1991)5. "The Witnesses" (21 November 1991)6. "The Truth Shall Set You Free" (1995)The Final Chapter episodes (internet only):7. "The Smoking Guns" (2003)8. "The Love Affair" (2003)9. "The Guilty Men" (2003)

Whilst there are many books that deal with the assassination of JFK and the many theories regarding the murder and who or whom and for what reason etc there are few that present a list of other deaths that surround the events of Dallas 1963. The death of so many different people,people that either wittingly or unwittingly found themselves tangled up in the Kennedy assassination. I love this book for its ability to be read and understood by JFK assassination novices and those who have researched the topic seriously or for many years. I would recommend reading this if you have even the slightest interest in the murder of JFK,RFK and Nixon's Watergate scandal as some of the witnesses encompass all three of the major US political events of the 20th century.

The author doesn't take the view that every death listed here is outright suspicious, just that they are all convenient. Each story is informative in one way or another.The only real negative (aside from the odd spelling error, which only detracts from the feel of the book, not the actual information), is the extraordinary levels of repetition. Points are repeated between stories which touch on the same areas of evidence, which you would perhaps expect. However, full statements are also repeated within each story up to three or four times.Overall, if you want to research the JFK assassination story, or build a library around the subject, then this book is a must-have.

anyone interested in a more honest view of the western world should buy this book

An excellent read for anyone interested in the Kennedy death.Written on the basis of the 'facts' surrounding the deaths of so many people connected in some way to the death of Kennedy.The idea of Oswald as the 'lone assassin' increasingly falls to pieces as you read of the circumstances surrounding the deaths of so many people.Buy it, read it.

Nice bit of work by Mr Belzer and there is no getting away from it ,he's really on to the trail .