Len Osanic reads the article from the Chicago Indepentent 1975 by Edwin BlackThe Chicago Plot website“Our Man” Edwin writes about is revealed “Abraham Bolden”The Internet Archive Complete PDFThe introduction: Edwin Black is the target of intelligence assetsPowers that be did not want the Chicago Plot investigatedArticle PDF page 1 – 24Page 25Page 30Page 31Page 33Page 34Page 35Page 36An explanation of the purpose of the articleFour men in Chicago to assassinate JFK as he approached the Army-Air Force gameThe FBI warned the Secret Service of the plot and then backed awayThe Chicago SS office had only eight menA landlady informs of suspicious characters renting a room from herAgent Stocks blows his cover and the suspects are brought in without evidenceThomas Arthur Vallee, eerily similar to Oswald is identified as the proposed patsyPersonality traits that could make Vallee a perfect patsyVallee was arrested with a knife, 750 rounds of ammunition but no firearmThe method of assassination used in the Diem murdersVallee’s apartment was searched under duress and firearms and ammunition were found thereTwo suspected conspirators were in custody but the other two were at largeKennedy uses Vietnam events as an excuse to cancel his Chicago visit20 days after the Chicago plot was thwarted, Kennedy is killed in DallasPart Two of the article documents the investigationBlack brings up the suspicious fact that 90 of the witnesses died shortly after the assassinationThe cover-ups by the FBI and how they botched the investigation as a resultThe anonymous source, SS Agent, Abraham Bolden gets a lie-detector testCorruption hawk, Sherman Skolnick produces proof Vallee actually existedThe investigation of the arrest and weapons records…much was routinely destroyedAgents Stocks and Motto plead “no memory” in the probing of the plot detailsThe mountain of documents Black waded through in his investigationThe original investigations were exhaustiveRecords found on Vallee seemed incompleteAn unassuming document shows Oswald might have been in Chicago that weekendA Secret Service publicity specialist dodges the issue on what the agents knew“No comment” came at every questionAgent Linsky opens up… a little, his responses likely were truthfulGroth and Shurla covered up the Vallee arrest and were deceptive when asked about itCoffey confirmed the details everyone else was scared to divulgeVallee also confirms the details and was found to be truthfulPart Three – The cover-upNobody would admit the failure of the Secret Service in the assassinationEdwin Black shows how Oswald’s murder saved much embarassment50 Reasons for 50 Years – Episode 08 The Chicago Plot
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