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63 of 74 people found the following review
helpful
 Who's who in the Secret Service and the Truth
about Dallas,
This
review is from: Survivor's
Guilt: The Secret Service and the Failure to Protect President Kennedy
(Paperback)
If you want to get the true inside details about the U.S.
Secret Service, read this comprehensive book. Methodically researched and
documented. Remarkable photos.
Place this book at the top of your reading list. I've known Vince for over 20 years. He is a man of the greatest integrity. | ||||||||||||||||
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45 of 46 people found the following review
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 A Revelation Too Late-Abraham W. Bolden, Sr.,
This
review is from: From
an Office Building with a High-Powered Rifle: One FBI Agent's View of the JFK
Assassination (Paperback)
I want to congratulate Don Adams for alerting the American
People as to many of the schemes and designs that played a part in the massive
cover-up during the aftermath of the John Kennedy Assassination. I was awed by
the copies of the memorandum reports and other documents obtained and displayed
in his book that show beyond a reasonable doubt that there were powerful persons
controlling the outcome of the investigation. The facts outlined in Adam's book
should convince any thinking person that there was more to the Kennedy
Assassination than certain forces wanted the American People to be aware
of.
Although I found some of the paragraphs of the book to be somewhat repetitive concerning the Milteer investigation in Miami, Florida, the book clearly shines the light on the behind the scene machinations that were in operation by high authorities and supervisors within the United States Secret Service and the FBI to conceal from the American People many of the facts and persons suspected to have been involved in the assassination. The author's book lends extremely credible reasons why the investigation into the assassination of our president should be reopened and all files relating to the Dallas incident be declassified and released immediately. It is the people that deserve to know the truth about such a tragic occurrence in our history. It is the people that constitute the government of These United States of America. Throughout Adam's book, it is evident that the American People were hoodwinked by the submitting of false, misleading and altered reports by those responsible to defend the principles of The Constitution and bring swift and fair justice to all who would subvert our democratic processes and circumvent the right of The People in the transition of our government. My disappointment in the writing is the fact that the author had this information for the past nearly 50 years and did not come forth to alert the American People. He knew of the fictitious Milteer documents, the Miami intercepted conversation between two parties discussing how to assassinate our president, and the outright lies and distortions that were placed in official documents concerning the whereabouts of suspects engaged in unlawful threats to assassinate our president. The author had this information, these documents, and these provable inconsistencies for an extended amount of time and chose to keep silent and become a participant in the conspiracy to mislead the American People as to the facts surrounding the assassination. As an agent of the United States Secret Service during the period of the assassination and having observed blatant evidence that the American People were being denied the truth, I spoke out because it was my duty and obligation to the American People to do so. I was imprisoned on false charges and sent away to the federal prison system. When two prison guards came to my bunk and escorted me to the psychiatric wing at Springfield Medical Center, I was held there for accusing high officials within our government of obfuscating and concealing the facts relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the disgraceful and unprofessional conduct of some of the secret service guards that surrounded him. I was told that these allegations were figments of my overactive imagination and evidence of sociopathic and schizophrenic behavior. I needed your book then Don....The American People and the researchers trying to solve the mystery of the assassination right after it happened in 1963 needed your book then......not nearly 50 years later. I hope that it is not too late. God Bless America | ||||||||||||||||
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47 of 50 people found the following review
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A Phenomenal Book,
This
review is from: Last
Word: My Indictment of the CIA in the Murder of JFK (Hardcover)
I finally finished reading "Last Word" by author Mark
Lane. Any reader that wants to see why there is so much concern about the truth
behind the Kennedy assassination should purchase this book immediately.
I have known Mark Lane since the mid 1960's. Mark investigated my assertions pertaining to my tangential involvement, as an agent of the United States Secret Service, in the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination and summarized my predicament on page 235 of his book "Rush to Judgment" published in 1966. Contrary to what many believe, Mark Lane is not a conspiracy theorist. The documentary and other evidence adduced from painstaking and in depth research as exhibited in "Last Word" shows that Attorney Lane is a fearless, pragmatic, methodical investigator determined to get the truth before the American People and "let the chips fall where they may". The author does not outright recklessly accuse our government or its agencies; but what Lane does is hammer home the undeniable facts buttressed by substantial proofs of his allegations. I sincerely hope that the book "Last Word" is not the last word that we hear from Attorney Mark Lane. We need more men of his integrity and concern for our freedoms if we are to maintain our leadership of the free world. I highly recommend that you read this book and draw your own conclusions from the research contained therein. Abraham W. Bolden, Sr. | ||||||||||||||||
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554 of 566 people found the following review
helpful
One of the best books on presidential
protection,
This
review is from: Mrs.
Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir (Hardcover)
I just finished reading Agent Clint Hill's book, Mrs.
Kennedy and Me. As an ex-secret service agent and the first African American
Agent to serve on the White House Detail under President Kennedy, I want to
congratulate Agent Hill on a very well written and interesting memoir. I served
on the detail with Agent Hill in 1961. When the terrible incident happened in
Dallas on November 22, 1963 and the reports circulated that one agent had
responded by trying to shield the occupants riding in the presidential
limousine, I knew immediately that that agent was Clint Hill. The reader should
know that, in my opinion, this book is the memoir of one of the most diligent,
responsible, trustworthy, dutiful agents ever to serve on the White House
Detail. This book is a must read for anyone endeavoring to obtain an insightful
agent's view and understanding of the tragic occurrences of November 22,
1963.
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54 of 57 people found the following review
helpful
One of the best books on presidential
protection,
This
review is from: Within
Arm's Length: The Extraordinary Life and Career of a Special Agent in the United
States Secret Service (Paperback)
As an ex-secret service agent and the first African
American to be assigned to the Secret Service White House Detail during the
presidency of John F. Kennedy, I found "Within Arm's Length" to be to be a very
well written and informative book detailing the duties of a secret service
agent. Without embellishing or attempting to paint a heroic picture of the
awesome job of presidential protection, Agent Emmett skillfully gives the reader
an inside view of what it means to be an agent of the elite group of agents
surrounding the president.
I was deeply impressed by his descriptions of the responsibilities and duties of the advance detail agents who are responsible for setting up the protection of the president whenever the president travels. The marvel of this book is that it describes these procedures without sacrificing the security of the current operations. This is a book well written. It is a "must read" for anyone anticipating a job in government security services or police administration. | ||||||||||||||||
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477 of 641 people found the following review
helpful
 The coverup continues,
This
review is from: The
Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence
(Hardcover)
I just finished reading the 448 page "Cover Your Ass" book
by agent Blaine. As a former Secret Service Agent and the first African American
to be appointed to the White House Detail, I was dismayed at the continued
attempts by former agents to deny culpability in the assassination of President
John F. Kennedy. The attack upon my credibility in the book, "The Kennedy
Detail" was expected; but I was hoping that the former Kennedy body guards would
show a modicum of contriteness in the book instead of trying to blame Kennedy's
assassination on the President himself. Unlike the general reading public, I was
an agent during the critical period on November 22, 1963. In my book, "The Echo
from Dealey Plaza", I relate to the public what I saw while serving on the white
house detail and the disrespect and hatred towards the President that I heard
expressed by some of my fellow agents.
Although, Blaine refers my claims of racism in the secret service white house detail in 1961 as being unfounded, on page 25 of my book, I document by secret service file memo 3-11-602-111 the stark racism that prevented me from carrying out my protective responsibilities in Miami Florida. Mr. Blaine also states in his "cya" book that Agent Faison, who was the first African American permanently, assigned to the White House Detail in 1963 took issue with my "unbelievable" charges of racism in the secret service. If there was no racism in the secret service in 1963 then how is it that just eight years ago, 57 African American Agents filed a class action suit, (that is still pending in federal district court) charging overt racism by the agency.(see [...])? Blaine and other agents can feed the public with the "cya" account of the secret service actions during the Kennedy area but I was there and was a witness to the incompetence, laxity of certain agents surrounding the president, the drinking and cavalier attitude among many of the agents on the detail, the references to President Kennedy as being a Ni---r lover and their disdain for his stand for racial justice and equal opportunity for All Americans. I was present among a few agents who were discussing the protection of President Kennedy in which the statement was made that if an attempt were made on the life of the President, they would take no action. Blaine states in his book that I said that I discussed the conduct of my fellow agents on the detail with Chief James Rowley. I make no such claim. On page 45 of The Echo from Dealey Plaza, I specifically state that I discussed the problems of Kennedy's protection with Chief U. E. Baughman. I did not go to Rowley because I knew that he already knew of the conduct of the agents and would do nothing about it. As far as agents being forbidden to ride on the special running boards of the presidential vehicle, that rumor was not circulated until "after" the assassination of the president. There was no official memorandum or other notification of such an order advising agents of this change in protective policy. This rumor is no more than a scandalous assertion put forth by agents who failed in their duty to properly protect the President of these United States. Lastly, Blaine derides me concerning the Kennedy investigations that took place in Chicago during November, 1963; however, he has no knowledge of the chicanery that took place in the Chicago office of the secret service during that time. Unlike Blaine, I was there. I was there when in early November, 1963 the Chicago office of the secret service investigated a character named Echevarria. Echevarria stated that President Kennedy was about to be assassinated. I heard the investigating agent dictating the reports in early November, 1963. The investigation took place prior to the assassination in Dallas. On the afternoon of November 26, 1963, Inspector Kelly, SAIC James Burke,and representatives of the FBI had a meeting in the Chicago office of the secret service. Kelly and Burke were the lead investigators representing the secret service in Dallas prior to the assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald. The Echevarria investigation took place during the first two weeks in November. I was there in the office when the reports that had already been dictated by the investigating agents and typed by the secretaries were rounded up and banded in a single stack in the office of SAIC Martineau. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that these collected investigative reports were dictated by the agents PRIOR to the assassination of Kennedy. However, after Kelly and Burke ended their conference, these same reports were restructured and the dates of the investigation were changed to indicate that the Echevarria investigation was conducted AFTER the assassination and had reference to the concern for the protection of President Johnson as Blaine claims in his "CYA" book. I was there. I know what happened and Blaine may fool the general public, but he can't fool me. Blaine refers to me as the convicted felon and uses that phrase in an attempt to discredit me and my autobiography, The Echo from Dealey Plaza. I may well be a convicted felon but I sleep well at night knowing that I did everything that I could do to save the life of President Kennedy. Can the agents standing on the running board of the follow-up car in Dallas, Texas and watching the president's head blown to pieces, say the same thing? I doubt it. They know the truth too. | ||||||||||||||||
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