January 14, 2007 -- E. HOWARD Hunt - the shadowy former CIA man who organized the Watergate break-in and was once eyed in the assassination of President Kennedy - bizarrely says that Lyndon Johnson could be seen as a prime suspect in the rubout.
Only the most far-out conspiracy theorists believe in scenarios like Hunt's. But in a new memoir, "American Spy: My Secret History in the CIA, Watergate & Beyond," due out in April, Hunt, 88, writes: "Having Kennedy liquidated, thus elevating himself to the presidency without having to work for it himself, could have been a very tempting and logical move on Johnson's part.
"LBJ had the money and the connections to manipulate the scenario in Dallas and is on record as having convinced JFK to make the appearance in the first place. He further tried unsuccessfully to engineer the passengers of each vehicle, trying to get his good buddy, Gov. [John] Connolly, to ride with him instead of in JFK's car - where . . . he would have been out of danger."
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01142007/gossip/pagesix/pagesix.htmOf course, many here will poo-poo this but it really is a bombshell because it puts Hunt out in the open. Either he's trying to throw people off the scent of LBJ (thereby possibly himself) or he's just flat out fingering LBJ. While it is true that he doesn't just flat out say, "LBJ had JFK killed", his insinuations will send shockwaves through the assassination studiers community.
Of course, I will be reading this book to determine if there is any real truth to what he writes.
Personally, as I've stated before, I believe LBJ played a major, if not 'the' major role in the JFK murder along with Nixon and other interested folk.
