James W Douglass on Fletcher Prouty
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:50 pm
I have always put a couple of question marks after the name of Fletcher Prouty when
I had viewed Prouty's material on the British films TMWKK.
Looking at what Douglass had to say about him on pages 196-197, I have pretty much
decided that he was a CIA asset and that his chief function as one throughout the years
of his influence was to perpetuate the myth that the CIA, whatever else can be brought
against this organization, was not involved in the JFK assassination.
In essence, his argument from TMWWK runs as follows, taken from Jim Marrs' The
Terror Conspiracy: page 400:"...This is the greatest single clue to the assassination-who
had the power to call off or reduce the usual security precautions that are always in effect
whenever a president travels?
Castro did not kill Kennedy, NOR DID THE CIA.
The power source that arranged that murder was on the inside". (My italics)
I believe some people would agree that the assassination can be divided up between the
"power" that decided to murder the president and the "executive action" group that actually
did the deed.
By his argument, Prouty appears to be suggesting that because the CIA was not the
"power" behind the assassination, they were not part of the group that carried out the
plans.
I believe by now many people believe, from a variety of sources, that the CIA, along with
others, such as military intelligence, the mob, etc., was in fact the executive action group.
The disclaimer in the Ballantine paperback edition of The Secret Team claims that "but as
he was not assigned to the CIA he is not bound by any oath of secrecy".
This disclaimer is not to be found in the 1973 Prentice-Hall hardbound publication.
Anyone who has followed Prouty's career path and realizes he went back to college to
study international banking and become an International banker (!) and was the banker
for the retired CIA personnel might wonder how that was at all possible.
I had viewed Prouty's material on the British films TMWKK.
Looking at what Douglass had to say about him on pages 196-197, I have pretty much
decided that he was a CIA asset and that his chief function as one throughout the years
of his influence was to perpetuate the myth that the CIA, whatever else can be brought
against this organization, was not involved in the JFK assassination.
In essence, his argument from TMWWK runs as follows, taken from Jim Marrs' The
Terror Conspiracy: page 400:"...This is the greatest single clue to the assassination-who
had the power to call off or reduce the usual security precautions that are always in effect
whenever a president travels?
Castro did not kill Kennedy, NOR DID THE CIA.
The power source that arranged that murder was on the inside". (My italics)
I believe some people would agree that the assassination can be divided up between the
"power" that decided to murder the president and the "executive action" group that actually
did the deed.
By his argument, Prouty appears to be suggesting that because the CIA was not the
"power" behind the assassination, they were not part of the group that carried out the
plans.
I believe by now many people believe, from a variety of sources, that the CIA, along with
others, such as military intelligence, the mob, etc., was in fact the executive action group.
The disclaimer in the Ballantine paperback edition of The Secret Team claims that "but as
he was not assigned to the CIA he is not bound by any oath of secrecy".
This disclaimer is not to be found in the 1973 Prentice-Hall hardbound publication.
Anyone who has followed Prouty's career path and realizes he went back to college to
study international banking and become an International banker (!) and was the banker
for the retired CIA personnel might wonder how that was at all possible.
