of the so-called Sears Tower plot defendants, who were arrested after having purchased not scoped rifles, nor bulletproof vests, but rather, boots.

FBI Files on Gerald Ford Released

August 25, 2008: FBI files on Gerald Ford were released to the Washington Post earlier this month, and provide a few further details on Ford's informing on the Warren Commission, beyond those known since the 1970s. According to one memo, Ford said in December 1963 that two Commissioners remained unconvinced that Kennedy had been shot from the 6th floor TSBD window, and three members "failed to understand" the trajectory of the slugs.

A reaction piece by Dale Myers notes the early date of this memo, before serious investigation was underway which might answer such objections, and goes on to dismiss the issue ofinformation on Ford's relationship with the FBI, see Don Fulsom's Gerald Ford's Role in the JFK Assassination Cover-up.

Robert Maheu Dead at 90

August 6, 2008: Robert Maheu, spokesman for Howard Hughes and the contact man between the CIA and the Mafia surrounding plots to murder Fidel Castro, died today at the age of 90. See his obituary in the Los Angeles Times. The Church Committee's Interim Report told the story of Maheu's approach to Johnny Roselli on behalf of the CIA in the Castro plots. A short biography of Maheu in CIA files notes the Castro plots as well as other CIA "sensitive assignments" given Maheu, including "procurement of feminine companionship." More details on Maheu's involvement in the Castro plots can be found in Maheu's own Church Committee testimony