Today I do a deep dive into the network surrounding the often discussed CIA-Mafia assassination plots. Breaking down both the private intelligence and mafia angles within this murky nexus.
[1] Jim Hougan - Spooks: the Haunting of America (p.257-301)
[1] David Talbot - The Devil’s Chessboard (p.59-61)
[2] Jim Hougan - Spooks: the Haunting of America (p.331-342)
[2] Michael Drosnin - Citizen Hughes (p.330-332)
[2] Las Vegas Sun Article on Howard Hughes Watergate ties (https://lasvegassun.com/news/2005/feb/28/hughes-bribe-of-nixon-alleged/)
[2] Daily Record October 21, 1976 (https://www.newspapers.com/image/253737299/)
[2] Howard Hughes vs TWA lawsuit (https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/332/602/327056/)
[2] Orlando Sentinel November 23, 1969 (https://www.newspapers.com/image/237254171/?match=1&terms=john%20pullman%20meyer%20lansky)
[3] Peter Dale Scott - Deep Politics and the Death of JFK (p.155-163, 182-196)
[3] Douglas Valentine - The Strength of the Wolf (p. 413)
[3] Whitney Webb - One Nation Under Blackmail (p.22)
[3] Anthony Summers - Official and Confidential (p. 265-267, 318-319)
[4] Jim Hougan - Spooks: the Haunting of America (p.337-347)
[4] Sheffield Edwards interview (https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/2022/178-10002-10352.pdf)
[4] Stephen Kinzer - Poisoner in Chief (p. 170-186)
[5] Peter Dale Scott - Deep Politics and the Death of JFK (p.227)
[5] Chicago Tribune 7 January 1981 - Interview with Jimmy the Weasel https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00806R000100680012-3.pdf
[5] Jim Hougan - Spooks: the Haunting of America (p.337-347)
[5] Stephen Kinzer - Poisoner in Chief (p. 170-186)