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JFK Assassination: Jim Garrison/Garrison Investigation FBI, CIA & Congressional Files
JFK Assassination: Jim Garrison/Garrison Investigation FBI, CIA & Congressional Files
2,572 pages of FBI, CIA, Commission on CIA Activities within the United States (Rockefeller Commission), House and Senate Assassination Committees files related to Jim Garrison, who was the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, from 1962 to 1973 and his investigation of and accusations about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Garrison was portrayed by Kevin Costner in the Oliver Stone film "JFK." Some material in this collection was not released to the public until May 2018.
In 1967, New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison’s indictment and trial of Clay Shaw, a CIA file in this collection describes Shaw as a, "highly paid CIA contract source until 1956," for conspiracy to murder the President, provided a platform and momentum for Warren Commission critics. Flamboyant and articulate, Garrison was a media sensation. Although the American public had differing opinions concerning Garrison, his investigation altered the assassination debate. The investigation popularized a radical critique of the official version of the assassination, placing blame on the CIA. In addition to generating assassination records, the Clay Shaw trial was also the venue for an important assassination records milestone: the first public showing of Abraham Zapruder’s film footage of the assassination.
On March 1, 1967, New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison arrested and charged New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw with conspiring to assassinate President Kennedy, with the help of Lee Harvey Oswald, David Ferrie, and others. On March 1, 1969, a jury took less than an hour to find Shaw not guilty. To date, it is the only trial to be brought for the assassination of President Kennedy.
This collection includes:
FBI Files
1,353 pages of FBI files related to Jim Garrison and his Kennedy assassination investigation. The FBI surveilled the investigation while also keeping a distance from Garrison.
In a February 26, 1967 memo from FBI director J. Edgar Hoover to the FBI New Orleans Bureau, he wrote, "In view of Garrison’s actions and comments in connection with his so-called investigation of the assassination of President Kennedy, he has been designated as a person not to be contacted without prior Bureau approval."
A May 5, 1967 memo recounts information gained from Aaron Kohn, head of the Metropolitan Crime Division in New Orleans, about alleged wrong doings by Garrison. The allegations included intimidating and bribing witnesses, and accepting National Guard pay while not showing up for duty. Memos show the Bureau decided not to pursue action against Garrison because of the likelihood he would claim that he was being prosecuted due to his investigation of the Kennedy Assassination.
CIA Files
922 pages of CIA Files. Memos reflect the Agency's attitude toward the Garrison investigation and later the movement for the passage of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992.
Much of the material is on individuals involved in the Garrison investigation and information about any connections they had with the CIA. Individuals such as
W. Guy Bannister, Frank Sturgis, E. Howard Hunt, Orlando Avila Y Beech (Orlando Bosch), Richard S. Cain, Gerald Patrick Hemming, Gordon Dwane Novel, Frank Bartes, Herbert Huber (Alias Rafael Santiago), Marshall Wilson Houts, Bill Gervage (William Gurvich), Donald P. Norton and others.
Includes a 7-page CIA document listing those persons linked in published comments of Garrison or others who were apart of the New Orleans investigation who "also have, had, or have claimed Agency ties." For Example, Carlos Jose Bringuier. According to the document Bringuier went to the New Orleans office of the CIA's Defense Clandestine Service and said he had been summoned to Garrison's office, polygraphed, and queried regarding CIA contact. Bringuier told the CIA that he believed his denial passed muster. According to the document Bringuier was formerly the New Orleans leader of the Student Revolutionary Directorate (DRE), an anti-Castro group, which according to the memo was, "organization, conceived, created, and funded by CIA."
A February 11, 1969 memo sent to the CIA Office of Security gives a list of the names of all the jurors in the Clay Shaw trial along with brief background information.
Congressional Investigations
297 pages from the files of the Commission on CIA Activities within the United States (Rockefeller Commission), House and Senate Select Committee on Assassinations. Includes a deposition of William C. Sturbitts Intelligence Directorate CIA.
2,572 pages of FBI, CIA, Commission on CIA Activities within the United States (Rockefeller Commission), House and Senate Assassination Committees files related to Jim Garrison, who was the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, from 1962 to 1973 and his investigation of and accusations about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Garrison was portrayed by Kevin Costner in the Oliver Stone film "JFK." Some material in this collection was not released to the public until May 2018.
In 1967, New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison’s indictment and trial of Clay Shaw, a CIA file in this collection describes Shaw as a, "highly paid CIA contract source until 1956," for conspiracy to murder the President, provided a platform and momentum for Warren Commission critics. Flamboyant and articulate, Garrison was a media sensation. Although the American public had differing opinions concerning Garrison, his investigation altered the assassination debate. The investigation popularized a radical critique of the official version of the assassination, placing blame on the CIA. In addition to generating assassination records, the Clay Shaw trial was also the venue for an important assassination records milestone: the first public showing of Abraham Zapruder’s film footage of the assassination.
On March 1, 1967, New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison arrested and charged New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw with conspiring to assassinate President Kennedy, with the help of Lee Harvey Oswald, David Ferrie, and others. On March 1, 1969, a jury took less than an hour to find Shaw not guilty. To date, it is the only trial to be brought for the assassination of President Kennedy.
This collection includes:
FBI Files
1,353 pages of FBI files related to Jim Garrison and his Kennedy assassination investigation. The FBI surveilled the investigation while also keeping a distance from Garrison.
In a February 26, 1967 memo from FBI director J. Edgar Hoover to the FBI New Orleans Bureau, he wrote, "In view of Garrison’s actions and comments in connection with his so-called investigation of the assassination of President Kennedy, he has been designated as a person not to be contacted without prior Bureau approval."
A May 5, 1967 memo recounts information gained from Aaron Kohn, head of the Metropolitan Crime Division in New Orleans, about alleged wrong doings by Garrison. The allegations included intimidating and bribing witnesses, and accepting National Guard pay while not showing up for duty. Memos show the Bureau decided not to pursue action against Garrison because of the likelihood he would claim that he was being prosecuted due to his investigation of the Kennedy Assassination.
CIA Files
922 pages of CIA Files. Memos reflect the Agency's attitude toward the Garrison investigation and later the movement for the passage of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992.
Much of the material is on individuals involved in the Garrison investigation and information about any connections they had with the CIA. Individuals such as
W. Guy Bannister, Frank Sturgis, E. Howard Hunt, Orlando Avila Y Beech (Orlando Bosch), Richard S. Cain, Gerald Patrick Hemming, Gordon Dwane Novel, Frank Bartes, Herbert Huber (Alias Rafael Santiago), Marshall Wilson Houts, Bill Gervage (William Gurvich), Donald P. Norton and others.
Includes a 7-page CIA document listing those persons linked in published comments of Garrison or others who were apart of the New Orleans investigation who "also have, had, or have claimed Agency ties." For Example, Carlos Jose Bringuier. According to the document Bringuier went to the New Orleans office of the CIA's Defense Clandestine Service and said he had been summoned to Garrison's office, polygraphed, and queried regarding CIA contact. Bringuier told the CIA that he believed his denial passed muster. According to the document Bringuier was formerly the New Orleans leader of the Student Revolutionary Directorate (DRE), an anti-Castro group, which according to the memo was, "organization, conceived, created, and funded by CIA."
A February 11, 1969 memo sent to the CIA Office of Security gives a list of the names of all the jurors in the Clay Shaw trial along with brief background information.
Congressional Investigations
297 pages from the files of the Commission on CIA Activities within the United States (Rockefeller Commission), House and Senate Select Committee on Assassinations. Includes a deposition of William C. Sturbitts Intelligence Directorate CIA.
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