Judyth Baker reports
Ed Haslam and Chauncey Holt are two sources mentioning Mafia figures such as Lansky, but we must remember that LBJ was going to be INDICTED for accepting BRIBES from the MAFIA. The same day JFK was killed, a committee was obtaining testimony that would put him behind bars. There is no doubt LBJ was close to the action. A careful analysis of photos shows LBJ DUCKED AS THEY ROUNDED THE CORNER INTO DEALEY PLAZA. He was on a Walkie-Talkie. After the assassination , he leaves Parkland Hospital without any protection -- even though it 'might' have been a Cuban or USSR attack on America, and after he reaches Air Force One, he sits in that plane in the open, on the tarmac, as they wait for a local judge to swear him in, instead of taking off. Taking off in the former President's plane was an acquisition of the plane as his 'right' but also shows LBJ KNEW that plane was NOT going to be attacked. There is NO CONFLICT with a mobster such as Lansky carrying out what his people AND what LBJ and the CIA wanted, though there could have been other hitmen, such as CIA snipers with silencers doing their part. CIA even admitted using the Mafia (at last!) a few years ago in their attempts to kill Castro. LBJ called the combination of the Mafia and CIA 'a damned Murder, Inc." LBJ died consumed with paranoia and guilt. His psychiatrist was paid a huge sum to keep it all a secret. (photo: despite rumors that he was emotionally upset, here, with Air Force One in the air, LBJ and his aides settle in, with snacks and drinks, taking care of business. At the same time, Jackie Kennedy and JFK's former aides kept a mournful watch over the casket. Everyone except Jackie drank too much. Their world had collapsed. There is not a trace of genuine concern shown by LBJ for them: his first phone call as Kennedy lay dying was to his stock broker, while he was still at Parkland Hospital, ordering him to sell off Ladybird's "goddamned Halliburton stock" indicating that his first thoughts were to make sure he would not seem to make any money when he led the nation into the Vietnam War.
Those who think LBJ was not involved in any way need to look at how the Warren Commission was created, who was on the Commission, and why the Commission was ordered to only look into Lee Harvey oswald as the killer.
Those who think LBJ was not involved in any way need to look at how the Warren Commission was created, who was on the Commission, and why the Commission was ordered to only look into Lee Harvey oswald as the killer.
