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I really enjoy your editorials, Mr. Kunstler... you're quite a gifted writer. The podcast with Mr. Jeffries re: the JFK assassination brought a couple of things to mind. There is a ton of publications on the subject, but no discussion of JFK assassination theories is complete without referencing the investigative masterpiece written by Russ Baker and his team of investigators, titled, "Family of Secrets," and subtitled: "The Bush Dynasty, America's Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years." This opus magnus is the culmination of Baker's 25 year-in depth investigation of the Bush patriarch Prescott Bush, his son, George H.W., and grandson George W., and an in depth analysis of Bush family cohorts and minions. I am convinced that Baker was on to something when he published this book. He develops a very strong circumstantial case for George H.W

being the mastermind behind the assassination of JFK by dredging up a treasure trove of personal letters, memos, and other documentary proof of HW's leading role in that murder. Back in the 50's and 60's-- before the advent of the internet and email and text and voice mail, there were only two mainstream forms of communication: telephone and postal mail. Baker establishes beyond a reasonable doubt that HW laid an intricate series of predicates based on his correspondence to 3rd parties, to distance himself as a direct link to the JFK murder. He also recruited acquaintances who in turn recruited dupes, such as Oswald, to set the crime scene so that the real trigger men (not Oswald) could work unencumbered, with the help of corrupt higher-ups in the Secret Service and Dallas Police to perform the actual kill-shots that took out JFK. Then Baker goes further and shows (through additional, convincing circumstantail evidence) that HW then had his 3rd party minions taken out by his CIA assassins so as to eliminate any potential witness against him. I dont mind telling you, that at the time I read this book, I was a hard-sell when it came to conspiracy theories. When my son- who was in law school at the time- gave me this book for my birthday, I figured that I would blitz through it in a day or two, as I am a very fast reader. At the time, George H.W. was a sort of a hero to me; what was there not to like about a debonair and polished politician from Houston (I'm a loyal Texan) who as the Director of the CIA, installed Noriega as the murderous, maniac dictator of Panama, and then a few years later as President of the U.S., had him removed, extradited and convicted in US federal court. So Baker's book was a shock to my psyche and disturbed me greatly: I read every paragraph of every page with a jaundiced eye and could only make it through 2-3 pages in a sitting, I was so disturbed by what I was reading. How could this be true? How could a future American president, son and neophyte of Prescott Bush, a few years later as a behind-the-scenes- CIA enabler mastermind the assassination of a sitting president, especially one so beloved by Catholic hispanics, like myself. But Baker painstakingly screwed together an airtight, circumstantial evidence argument that is irrefutable, and in the end I was depressed for months at what I was forced to comprehend. Mind you I have been a criminal defense attorney in federal court for 40 years and have represented defendants in 17 states, and while I will never claim to be the smartest lawyer, I do know a thing or two about circumstantial evidence, such as, a jury can legally base their verdict of guilty in a criminal case upon circumstantial evidence. It was 9 or 10 years ago when I read Baker's masterpiece. Since then I have followed a trajectory like the one described by Mr. Jeffries-- as a staunch democrat of the 60's, I was bamboozled by Obama's glib rhetoric, partly because I was so sick and tired of George W.'s jackassiness, the 9/11 debacle, and other stuff. Now I am a staunch Trump supporter for the same reasons that Jeffries mentions, although I dont believe that Trump is a lessor evil, therefore better than the opposition. Over the years I have painstakingly researched Mr. Trump, and while there is no human being that is perfect, I do believe that Trump wears his heart on his sleeve, and has gone through inmeasurable personal sacrifice to try to lead this country out of the clutches of the "invisible government," although that is probably going to wind up being an impossible task for one man. As an aside, I recently came across Russ Baker's website, and I was excited to join it to see what this tremendous investogammm

investigative journalist was up too. I was very disappointed to discover that he suffers from Trump Derangement Syndrome, and spends most of his energy disparaging Trump and his followers. In conclusion, a heart-felt thank you, Mr. Kunstler, for your very special writings and editorials. My son, who is a brilliant lawyer now and my law partner and I comment from time to time after reading one of your editorial masterpieces, "Wow! Imagine sitting some afternoon with Mr. Kunstler, smoking a fine cigar, sipping some fine Scotch, and prognosticating what the future holds for us all! Now that would be a blast! Please take care and keep the editorials coming!

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