Dan, an attorney, worked with Edwin Lopez and Robert Blakey in the HSCAThis interview from 2017, show #822The HSCA Lopez-Hardway Report, Oswald, the CIA, and Mexico CityWhen Dan was getting too close to certain issues, CIA brought in George JoannidesJoannides covered-up David Phillips‘ propaganda activities linking Oswald to CastroPhillips was not rogue, possibly he was used from within the AgencyDan did this work 40 years ago, he has not had the time to keep up with researchThere was Intelligence involvement in setting up the cover-up in advanceWas CIA involved in the assassination? We tried not to speculateIs CIA suspect? Yes. Evidence? Clearly enough to merit further investigationThe built-in function of plausible deniability, propaganda, black operationsOswald could not have been set up better, very sophisticated, detail and coordinationOurHiddenHistory‘s Oswald, the CIA, and Mexico City audiobookThere is evidence Oswald went to Mexico City. Did he go? I don’t knowEvidence, indications, testimony, records, questionableA distinct possibility he could have been impersonated in Mexico CityThe kind of details we get hung up in, in an Intelligence operation, we can expectPretty sure a photo was obtained and a tape recording survived, they ended up in DallasFBI saw a photo and heard a tape, neither one of them were of OswaldGary Cornwell wasn’t very supportive of Dan and EddieMost HSCA staffers were at least agnostic on the issue of conspiracyEddie and Dan got a lot of insulation from Bob (Blakey)Sprague and Tanenbaum, went in thinking they could act like prosecuting attorneysA Congressional Investigation could not indict, did not have prosecutor authorityWhen it blew up, they left, a huge mess, doubt whether it would finishWhat Blakey could do was produce a report and suggest legislationDan started in the dark, they found the basis of what the ARRB found and disclosedCover-up does not prove conspiracy, other possible motivations to cover-upCIA admitted participating in a benign cover-up, Thank You Phil Shenon (10/2015)Dan’s blog, realhillbillyviews.blogspot.comCIA was declassifying the Lopez-Hardway report at three days per four paragraphsSomeone, maybe CIA, made marginalia notes in the declassified draftPeople plotting to kill Castro, could have been in on killing KennedyIt takes painstaking work to pull out the threads and make the connectionsIt’s now a historical rather then a forensic investigationSelect Committees are limited in time, purpose, and fundingSpeculation, animosity about the King investigation, Southern congressmanMickey Goldsmith, sharp, supportive, backed up Dan and Eddie with CIAOur motto was “Reality is Irrelevant”The Prosecutor’s Tale (July 14, 2016)Play Dan Hardway (13:13) Youtube
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