Author of four books
Book: Survivor's Guilt: The Secret Service and the Failure to Protect President Kennedy: Paperback, Kindle
Book: JFK: From Parkland to Bethesda: The Ultimate Kennedy Assassination Compendium: Paperback, Kindle
Book: The Not-So-Secret Service: Agency Tales from FDR to Kennedy Assassination to Reagan Era: Paperback, Kindle
Book: Who's Who in the Secret Service: History's Most Renowned Agents: Paperback, Kindle
Vince spoke at the 7th Annual JFK Assassination Conference organized by TrineDay
Vince's presentation was titled: What's Your Theory? Here's My Fact
Other speakers included: Dick Russell, Mal Hyman, Dr. Cyril Wecht
The event was recorded by Randy Benson and also by a Japanese TV crew for their upcoming documentary
People from all over the world paid their respects at the Grassy Knoll on Nov 22
There was no professional recording or broadcast of the motorcade in Dallas
Lack of protection in Dallas
No agents at the back of the Presidential limousine
Sam Kinney said that he was solely responsible for the removal of the protective bubble top
He also said that Kennedy had nothing to do with it
The building rooftops were guarded in previous motorcades
Col. Fletcher Prouty pointed out the lack of protection
The Florida motorcade, just four days prior to Dallas, was 28 miles long
Godfrey McHugh was asked by the Secret Service to not ride the Presidential limousine
Secret service protection protocols were not followed in Dallas
Had the secret service followed these protocols, Kennedy would have survived
Where does coincidence end and conspiracy begins?
Three Secret Service suspects: Floyd Boring, Emory Roberts and Bill Greer
Floyd Boring was involved in the planning of the Texas Trip
Boring was the number two agent of the Kennedy detail
The number one agent Gerald Behn took his first full vacation
Boring said that Kennedy never ordered agents off the back of the limousine
Clint Hill testified that it was Boring who ordered the agents not ride the back of the limousine
"The Secret Service was the only boss that the President of the United States had" - President Truman
The Secret Service can overrule even the President when it comes to his own security
“He can tell you what he wants done and he can tell you certain things but that doesn’t mean you have to do it.
What we used to do was always agree with the President and then we’d do what we felt was best anyway.”
- Clint Hill, Sixth Floor Oral History
The only agency which can give orders to the President - the secret service - may make much greater use of this
perogative in the future - AP report, Nov 25, 1963: see here
Emory Roberts was the agent in-charge of the follow-up car in Dallas
Roberts called off the secret service agents running along side Kennedy's limousine
Video: Secret Service agent Donald J. Lawton is perplexed on being ordered away from the Presidential limousine
Bill Greer was the driver of the limousine
When shooting began, Greer slowed down the car and looked back at Kennedy
Thus giving enough time for the shooters to kill Kennedy
Bill Greer's wife worked at the NSA from 1958 to 1973
Emory Roberts became the Appointments Secretary under Lyndon Johnson
Nine Secret Service agents were drunk the previous night of the assassination
Alcohol consumption is grounds for removal from the Secret Service
None of the Secret Service agents were reprimanded
Clint Hill went on to become Chief of the White House detail and Assistant Director
Clint Hill's girlfriend is Lisa McCubbin, the co-author of his books