BBC Claims CIA Involvement in RFK Assassination
"New video and photographic evidence," reports the BBC, "...puts three senior CIA operatives at the scene of Robert Kennedy's assassination."
The evidence was shown in a report by Shane O'Sullivan, broadcast on BBC Newsnight. It reveals
that the operatives and four unidentified associates were at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles in the moments before and after the shooting on 5 June, 1968.
The allegation has been distributed on the internet at least since Monday, when The Guardian published an item on O'Sullivan's findings. But even after being picked up by such widely read alternate news services as AlterNet and The Huffington Post, carried on YouTube, and discussed on dozens of blogs, as of today, there is no reference to the story in any of the major U.S. media.
If three Mafia goons had been potentially implicated in Kennedy's murder, it seems likely we'd have heard of it by now. And, for sure, if three of Sirhan Sirhan's fellow Arabs were being accused, it would be big news. But, whether or not the charges turn out to be true, at the very least, isn't it news that the BBC thinks it's news?
CIA role claim in Kennedy killing (BBC)
Did the CIA kill Bobby Kennedy? (The Guardian)
The evidence was shown in a report by Shane O'Sullivan, broadcast on BBC Newsnight. It reveals
that the operatives and four unidentified associates were at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles in the moments before and after the shooting on 5 June, 1968.The allegation has been distributed on the internet at least since Monday, when The Guardian published an item on O'Sullivan's findings. But even after being picked up by such widely read alternate news services as AlterNet and The Huffington Post, carried on YouTube, and discussed on dozens of blogs, as of today, there is no reference to the story in any of the major U.S. media.
If three Mafia goons had been potentially implicated in Kennedy's murder, it seems likely we'd have heard of it by now. And, for sure, if three of Sirhan Sirhan's fellow Arabs were being accused, it would be big news. But, whether or not the charges turn out to be true, at the very least, isn't it news that the BBC thinks it's news?
CIA role claim in Kennedy killing (BBC)
Did the CIA kill Bobby Kennedy? (The Guardian)
posted by John Gabree at 9:45 AM
4 Comments:
I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist, but I've always thought Bobby's murder was conveniently open-and-shut. If the Times and the Post think the BBC and the Guardian have it wrong, they should say why.
It's been clear for a long time that Sirhan Sirhan did not kill Bobby Kennedy. Sirhan was in front of Kennedy; the fatal shot came from behind. Sirhan had seven bullets in his pistol; at least eight bullet holes were seen, but some of the walls and doors were removed. Bobby was killed because, had he been elected president, he would have opened a real investigation into the killing of his brother, and that might have exposed the CIA.
Occasionally the military-intelligence complex shows its hand, as in 911, JFK's assasination, Bobby Kennedy's assasination. And Democrats and Republicans stand back. Neither party wants to confront them. When you think about it, how can they be stopped when they will stop at nothing to get what they want? Anyone who is foolish enough - in media or government - to investigate and make headway will be snuffed.
I say, learn to live with it. There will be plenty of wiggle room for the upper middle class as long as they just continue to frequent WalMart and Starbucks like good little sheep. Just don't ask for justice. It will be fun, though, just like in the USSR - talking to friends in open places to be sure there are no microphones present, clandestine meetings with friends. I look forward to the repression. "V"
The US media has ignored this story? Perhaps - but you have ignored the evidence against Shane O'Sullivan's flimsy analysis and research - see http://hnn.us/articles/32193.html
Mel Ayton
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