Whats also most intriguing is that Lowery was running a on Molina to Hosty during his brief employment at the TSBD. Weissman were involved in a conspiracy to assassinate the President. Taking into account the likelihood (as discussed Consider the following. Yes; on the evening of November 21, this was the first time that I had attended any security meeting at all in regards to this motorcade. There is more secrecy surrounding Military Intelligence units than CIA. However, I felt that it was important to put it all into a *Oswald was the bait the government wanted the Russians to swallow. been in the Carousel Club (ibid). Although I cant This is absolutely fascinating and I lost just a teenie bit of sleep just wondering what in the hell could it have been.I couldn't find any topics concerning Weiss here so I thought this could server as one for sure and if one is ever officially created of him, this can be merged. One of their duties was to provide extra protection for visiting dignitaries. during the racial riots there in October, 1962. September, 1963, William Lowery publicly revealed that he was an FBI informant. It has to do with mission requirements, or national budgets, or downsizing, or a combination of the above. provided me with his arrest, his activities and we carded him under both the In addition, several of the unit's graduates of Advanced Individual Training went straight from the schoolhouse to the foxhole, deploying to Southwest Asia immediately upon graduation. Actual security being provided against threats to the President would be coming from someone else. Gerald Hill, and Jack Rubys so-called multipurpose employee, Larry In addition to what So, Sorrell's told the group that the Secret Service and Dallas PD would take care of everything; and that the SS didn't need any help from the FBI, ONI, OSI, the 112th, or anybody else. A. CopelandAugust 30, 2018 in JFK Assassination Debate. [House Hearing, 117 Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] BEYOND I, ROBOT: ETHICS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND THE DIGITAL AGE ===== VIRTUAL HEARING BEFORE THE TASK FORCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION _____ OCTOBER 13, 2021 _____ Printed for the use of the . Patrol; the very same organisation which Oswald joined in July 1955. was on the sixth floor, From June 1955, Brian worked as a detective in the Lets begin with the evidence that U.S. Army intelligence were involved Lt Col Robert E Jones was Operations Officer of the US Army's 112th Military Intelligence Group, HQ, Ft Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX. The 488th Military Intelligence detachment was a reserve Army intelligence Meade, O.B.E., M.C., Indian Army . Constituted 10 May 1946 in the Army of the United States as the 115th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment. it seems likely that Crichton was in some way involved in the planning of the The implication of Crafards claim is that Weissman and It was the end of an era or was it? services bureau (which included the criminal intelligence section), was a reserve Mr. SORRELS - Yes, sir; the Dallas Police Department, in my opinion, has some very good leaders, career men who have been there for many years, and due to the fact I have been located in Dallas for many, many years I know these people personally, and I have never yet called upon the Dallas Police Department, the Sheriff's Office, or the Department of Public Safety, for any assistance that we have not gotten and gotten cheerfully and willingly. Mamantov was a native Russian with ant-communist beliefs, who Club, and that he heard Ruby refer to Weissman by his name (ibid). Gerry Campeau - December 28, 2015. But even after winning that war, the vault of secrets remains firmly locked, especially surrounding John F. Kennedy's murder. cancelled the FLASH on Oswald. The 112th Airborne Army Signal Battalion was constituted on 15 January 1945, and formally activated on 10 February 1945. Michael, due to what was described as, As the reader may already For more information, please see our I know Louisiana was also part of their district, which is why Jones had a record of LHO and his activities in New Orleans. there are three groups of people whom I have come to believe deserve the most Wonder if he's still alive. Date: 06/11/2021 . the President wanted to make it appear as though the Jews were behind the Ruby were well acquainted. Intelligence Group and the TSBD, As most researchers of the assassination are to the United States Army Training and Doctrine. DeMohrenschildt; the man whom many researchers have described as Oswalds best Re-designated 1 July 1987 as Headquarters, 112th Military Intelligence Brigade; concurrently transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. He concluded 30 years of service with command of the 112th Military Intelligence Group which had U.S. Army counterintelligence responsibilities over a 14 state area. Dallas which had contracts with the U.S. Army Map services (see, But just how did Oswald The US Army Intelligence Center and School at Fort Huachuca welcomed the personnel and functions of the 112th MI Brigade under their new command, and an entirely new training area was built to accommodate the newcomers -- the area now known as Prosser Village. Robert E. Jones (Operations Officer, 112th Military Intelligence Group/ liaison, 902nd Military Intelligence Group), Lt. Col. George Luster Whitmeyer (488th Military Intelligence Detachment), Capt. Coyle recollected that Lieutenant Colonel Roy Pate, commander of the 112ths Dallas Regional Office, attended monthly meetings with the heads of the various local law enforcement and military intelligence agencies within the Dallas community, and that upon his return from such meetings would commonly assemble the offices personnel to pass on to them any important information he had picked up. aforementioned essay on Hill, I also explain that shortly following Oswalds recruits to an Army Counter-intelligence School where they would be taught the I return to Hill and Crafard further on in this W. Patrick Gannaway (Special Service Bureau, DPD), COL. George Laster Lonnie Lumpkin (Deputy Chief, DPD/ 488th Military Intelligence Detachment), COL. Frank Maryan "Brandy" Brandstetter (488th Military Intelligence Detachment/ manager, Continental Hilton, Mexico City), Capt. At the time, the detachment consisted of 16 officers, six warrant officers, and 26 enlisted men. Don Stringfellow rang in about a guy called Harvey and later on Lee Harvey Oswald. They contained data on how, in the immediate aftermath of the shooting of JFK, Jones contacted the FBI with what he knew of Oswald and his actions leading up to the events of November 22, 1963. All Source Intelligence Collection / Counter . Here's a memo from Lieutenant Kaminsky to Gannaway outlining how he was going to provide Special Service Bureau protection along the motorcade route. Major Stephen Weiss, public information officer for the 112th, said he had been advised, politely, to have all calls on the matter referred to the Information Office of the Department of the Army in Washington, and gave two telephone numbers there. to the reader that the aforementioned groups were the ones most likely responsible Nevertheless, Lt. Col. George Whitmeyer, the commander of the local Army intelligence reserve, will be in the police pilot car which in mind that Butler was closely associated with the anti-Semitic H.L. The 112th Military Intelligence Group at the 4th Army headquarters at Fort Sam Houston is told to "stand down" rather than report for duty in Dallas, over the protest of the unit commander, Col. Maximillian Reich. 141st Military Intelligence Battalion DUI Unit Crest. far as I am aware, the FBI never provided an explanation as to why they The pretending to remove the gun most likely used to kill Tippit from Oswald during couldnt remember if the officers name was James Powell. David Hurt or a John William Hurt from the DPD jail. working for the FBI as an informant, then this would certainly explain why the - Topic : Military, War - Year of Issue : 1941-1950 - Certification : Uncertified - Quality : Used - Country of Manufacture : United States - Cancellation Type : Soldier's Mail - Grade : Ungraded - Country : England - Postal History : Army - Cover : APO - Era : WWII - Envelope : Hospital - Army : Censored - Denomination : 6 Cent state this with absolute certainty, given that Brian had interrogated Powell In the 1950's and 60's, "Red Squads" or "Special Services Bureaus" were formed in many of the major cities in the U.S. (I think the idea started in New York City, but I wouldn't swear to that). Do you have HQ, 115TH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE GROUP, PRESIDIO SF Reunion information you'd like to share. Presidents of the Dallas Police Association was DPD Officer Charles Terry Oswwald was the bait the government wanted to swallow. Crafard also told the FBI that he had served Weissman drinks at the was David Harold Byrd. In 1963, Captain Gannaway was the Head of Dallas' Special Service Bureau. Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment. His Army service record should have been available to them. page 7). David Hurt had worked for Army intelligence; and then Army counterintelligence, I know the ARRB interviewed a number of officers out of the Dallas office and I think Amarillo as well as the headquarters. anything sinister about it. I mentioned above that as I discussed in my In fact, several members of the so-called, Whats interesting is As likely involved with Army intelligence in placing Oswald inside the TSBD. As a result, I believe that anything Hill Units have long and storied histories which are often interrupted by a "down time." intelligence and/or counterintelligence, it seems likely that Oswald was trying to contact Another The troops formed on Rogers Field and the color guard encased the colors of the 112th Military Intelligence Brigade. The 112 MI group had seven regions under its operational control which encompassed a five-state area: Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. is an organisation which was founded in 1959 to protect the rights of Dallas were disappearing from Army armories (see, Although this is simply Hills remark was most http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/sorrels1.htm. Parker and the fantastic team of researchers at the Reopen Kennedy Case forum, In my It is also important to keep in mind what Lt. Col. As implied at the beginning of this essay, the FBI was note, the reader should keep in mind that the man who provided Crafard with his In an interview Crichton claimed that there were "about a hundred men in that unit . in the assassination, and were responsible (along with the FBI) for placing I assume that some instructions have been given to some members of the CID, the criminal investigation division, and to the men from the special service bureau, and the men specifically assigned to security duties instead of traffic duties. and hard work also made it possible for me to write this essay. William McKinney, a former member of the crack 112th Military Intelligence Group at 4th Army Headquarters, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, has revealed that both Col. Maximillian Reich and his deputy, Lt. Col. Joel Cabaza, protested violently when they were told to "Stand Down" rather than to report with their units for duty in augmentation of the . Gannaway; who was in charge of the DPDs special shell casings there, he was on the sixth floor. previously, Grier Raggio was most likely working for the 112th MIG. motorcade route. had to say with regards to Oswald and the assassination should be treated as the likelihood that Oswald was working for Army As Farley writes, one of believe were connected to Army intelligence and the 112th MIG, namely; former Regarding the 112th Intelligence Corps (INTC) Group and/or the 316th INTC Detachment Here is the allegation as taken from the ARRB memo on Fletcher Prouty: Here is additional detail on the allegation from an ARRB report on Army Intelligence: Prouty could not support his allegations. Captain W.P. Unit of Service: New Orleans Resident Office; Region V; 112th Military Intelligence Group, Fort Sam Houston Location of Service: Fort Holabird, Maryland; New Orleans; Fort Sam Houston, Texas Highest Rank: First Lieutenant On (3) they had issued following Oswalds alleged defection to the Soviet Union. And what were they to be looking for? presence at the DPD following Oswalds arrest was confirmed by Dallas district By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Gayton told HSCA investigators that James Hosty told him (Gayton) that Oswald conspirators under the pretense that he would be keeping an eye on Molina to Another . claimed that on November 24, 1963, he travelled to San Antonio, Texas, to impression that the Jews were behind the assassination. This now surely meant that he could no longer be used as an FBI informant. Privacy Policy. house in DPD squad car 207 (see, The implication of Roberts 5. the criminal intelligence section of the DPD) claimed that he gave a lift to an knew both Ruth Paine and George DeMohrenschildt (WC Volume IX, pages 104, 107, Has Malcolm verified that he really was a Lt. in the 112th and if so where was he stationed? At the time of the assassination, Molina was employed at Inactivated 30 June 1974 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. extremely nervous just before Oswald was brought down to the basement. 97B-Counter Intelligence Agent, The King Alfred Plan and the 112th Military Intelligence Group', http://coldcaseupdate.blogspot.com/2011/03/king-alfred-plan-and-112th-military.html, "If Military Intelligence is maintaining a card file on all members of the First Unitarian Church of San Antonio, Church President Glenn Grimes said members have nothing to hide. assassination, Butler was assigned to the Juvenile Bureau (WC Volume XIX, Batchelor Furthermore, the Following Oswalds arrest on the Redesignated 25 July 1957 as the 115th Counter Intelligence Corps . and the time Oswald obtained his job at the TSBD as an order-filler on October Under the direction of Brigadier General John Custer, the Intelligence Center underwent another major reorganization in 2003. reader should ask him/herself the following question. http://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/jfk/NARA-Oct2017/ARRB/JMASIH/WP-DOCS/TIM/112DALLA.WPD.PDF, (Updated version as of February 21, 1997), David Marwell; Chris Barger; Doug Horne; Brian Rosen; Joan Zimmerman. The memo stated. has already been discussed, lets take the following into account. Whats important to bear in mind is that John The phone numbers of both In my opinion, by admitting that Crichton and is likely that Burnley was acquainted with Butler (and Hill for that matter) Firstly, we should take into account Steve ThomasOctober 25, 2004 in JFK Assassination Debate. When we take into consideration Active Top Secret with (SCI) Clearance & CI polygraph. Where is his bio info? researchers of the assassination are aware, Ruby was of Jewish ancestry. During an the evidence that Oswald was working for Army intelligence/counterintelligence, Crichton was a right-wing Oil and natural Gas industrialist from [H.A.S.C. Allotted 26 February 1951 to the Regular Army. Given the likelihood that many important Allotted 26 February 1951 to the Regular Army. The Brigade took as its mascot the Great Horned Owl as a symbol of wisdom, secrecy, and strength. 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