Lies upon lies

[BT]

Key witness to RFK assassination says Sirhan Sirhan didn’t act alone

A key witness to the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy has retracted her official statements in the case and now claims that convicted assassin Sirhan Sirhan did not act alone.

Nina Rhodes-Hughes, 78, tells CNN that the FBI "twisted" her original statements to authorities. In recent court filings led by California Attorney General Kamala Harris, state prosecutors argue that even if there were a second gunman on the scene, Sirhan is still guilty of murder.

"What has to come out is that there was another shooter to my right," Rhodes told CNN. "The truth has got to be told. No more cover-ups."

Rhodes' original FBI statement says she only heard 8 gunshots at the time and makes no mention of a second shooter. However, Rhodes, who was just feet away from Kennedy says she never claimed to have only heard 8 shots.

"I never said eight shots. I never, never said it. There were more than eight shots," she told CNN. "There were at least 12, maybe 14. And I know there were because I heard the rhythm in my head."

Last November, Sirhan's attorneys announced they were filing a challenge to the verdict, alleging a conspiracy by authorities in the case. They are asking that Sirhan be released from prison. His attorneys argue that Sirhan was the victim of a malicious form of "hypo programming" that falsely caused him to believe he was RFK's assassin.

"For me it's hopeful and sad that it's only coming out now instead of before -- but at least now instead of never," Rhodes told CNN.

Rhodes was never called as a witness in Sirhan's trial but claims she gave an interview shortly after the shooting during which she claimed to have heard at least a dozen shots.


http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/key-witness-rfk-assassination-says-sirhan-sirhan-didn-223905927.html

[Plane]

I have been wondering for a while why Yassir Arafat had such a deep love for Sirhan Sirhan.

[Xavier_Onassis]

Arafat would say anything that would gain him support, so long as it did not cost him money.

Perhaps Nixon had a secret admiration for him as well.

Sirhan was clearly guilty. Was he the only one? Perhaps not. If he was not, who else was involved?

[BT]

If he wasn't the only one, why the cover up?

And why, other than Sirhan challenging the verdict, is it coming up now?

[Xavier_Onassis]

And why, other than Sirhan challenging the verdict, is it coming up now?


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The usual motive would be that someone has written yet another Kennedy conspiracy book.

[Plane]

Arafat would say anything that would gain him support, so long as it did not cost him money.

Perhaps Nixon had a secret admiration for him as well.

Sirhan was clearly guilty. Was he the only one? Perhaps not. If he was not, who else was involved?

Arafat spent money , wasted the lives of agents and killed Americans on the project of demanding Sirhan Sirhan be freed.

The reason why , I don't know.

[Xavier_Onassis]

The US and Israel have been murdering Palestinian leaders for decades. Wiping out a Kennedy was no doubt seen as a triumph for Palestinians. Arafat simply wanted to capitalize on this.

[BT]

That doesn't explain the FBI reports omitting the witness statements declaring there were two shooters, nor does it reconcile the discrepancies between the LA reports and the FBI reports.

Was Hoover involved in this?

[Xavier_Onassis]

I have not studied the RFK assassination in any detail. I do not know why Sirhan singled out RFK rather than Nixon or someone else. There wasn't much information divulged at the time.

[BT]

It certainly was a game changer.

[Xavier_Onassis]

We'd have been better off had RFK lived. He would have become president, Nixon would have vanished from the scene, Kissinger would never have blighted our foreign policy and we would have gotten out of Vietnam much sooner.