| Jul 24, 2008 - A New York Times article discusses the FOIA lawsuit of Angela Clemente, client of AARC President James Lesar, over FBI records on "hit man" and "'top echelon' informant" Gregory Scarpa Sr. The files relate to his possible spying on New Orleans crime boss Carlos Marcello.
Jun 19, 2008 - AARC President Jim Lesar sent this letter to Henry Waxman, head of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on June 6. The letter requests hearings be held to review compliance with the 1992 JFK Records Collection Act.
Dec 7, 2007 - The
U.S. Court of Appeals reversed
Judge Richard Leon's decision to deny release of records related to George
Joannides' service in 1963, and ordered the CIA to search its operational files
for Joannides material and explain the absence of monthly reports on the DRE during
his tenure.
Jan 7, 2007 - At the funeral services for President Gerald
Ford, Bush Sr. stated: "After a deluded gunman assassinated President Kennedy,
our nation turned to Gerald Ford and a select handful of others to make sense
of that madness. And the conspiracy theorists can say what they will, but the
Warren Commission report will always have the final, definitive say on this tragic
matter. Why? Because Jerry Ford put his name on it, and Jerry Ford's word was
always good." What is Bush Sr.'s relationship to the assassination story?
For more info:
FBI--Bush
Called About JFK Killing
Affidavit
of George William Bush
Joseph
McBride article: George Bush, CIA Operative
Memo:
Messrs. George Bush and Thomas J. Devine Oct 2 , 2006 - Judge
Richard Leon has dismissed
the lawsuit Morley vs. CIA, which sued to obtain release of records of officer
George Joannides. May 12 , 2006 - The AARC is making its paper copies
of CIA records available to the Mary Ferrell Foundation for scanning and subsequent
online access at www.maryferrell.org.
Many of these documents are already viewable and searchable on that site, and
over 300,000 of pages of CIA documents will eventually go online. These records
will also be made available on a series of AARC CD-ROMs.
Apr 6, 2006
- A cross-motion
for summary judgment in the case of Morley vs. CIA has been filed. Morley,
with AARC President Jim Lesar as his attorney, is suing the CIA for release of
records related to George Joannides. Joannides was CIA liaison to the HSCA, and
as Morley discovered also had an undisclosed role as officer in charge of the
Cuban exile group known as the DRE.
Mar 3, 2006 - A 13-DVD set is
now available, capturing all presentations from the AARC's 2004 conference entitled:
"The Warren Report and its Legacy." See
our online catalog for more information.
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