Larry Crafard - The Leads the Warren Commission Lost

 

From the JFK assassination research site, Kennedy and King.

Two part series written by John Washburn.

"Even Commission lawyers Burt Griffin and Leon Hubert had suspicions about the tall tales of Larry Crafrard and, among other things, his incredible journey from Dallas to Michigan."

Part 1
"This article focuses on Curtis LaVerne “Larry” Crafard. Crafard had worked for Jack Ruby from mid-October 1963 at the Carousel and Vegas clubs. Ruby purportedly recruited him from a fairground."

https://www.kennedysandking.com/john-f-kennedy-articles/larry-crafard-the-leads-the-warren-commission-lost

Part 2
"Crafard, when interviewed by the FBI on November 29, 1963, claimed he was sleeping at the Carousel Club during Kennedy's assassination on November 22. He stated he overslept and was awakened by a phone call from Armstrong at 11:30 am and then again in person between 12:30 and 12:45 pm."

https://www.kennedysandking.com/john-f-kennedy-articles/larry-crafard-the-leads-the-warren-commission-lost-part-2

The JFK Files

The 201 System

I am glad the files have been released and mostly unredacted.  But it is a slog. An endless hay stack looking for the needle. There is no keyword searching just files with numbers on them lacking context.  I wish I had more to show and perhaps will in time.  This search could go on all year.

One I did find interesting is a detailed 19 page document entitled The 201 System.  As stated in the introduction it’s a system for identifying individuals of interest to the Operations Directorate.  All data on this person is gathered for a 201 file.  Lee H. Oswald was one of the those individuals.

Download, 2.2 megs here:

https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/2025/0318/104-10023-10087.pdf

Or at my Substack page here:

https://open.substack.com/pub/georgebailey/p/the-jfk-files

The Oswald and Paine Weekend Timeline

The lead up to the event in the fall of 1963.

"So what follows is the timeline of Lee Oswald’s weekends at Ruth Paine’s home from October to the last weekend before the assassination. It was chosen as there were so many sightings of Oswald at various locations, mainly the shooting range, on the weekends when Ruth Paine is maintaining that Lee was at her house on those days except for the last weekend before the assassination when he stayed at the rooming house. Perhaps she was not lying at all, if there is an impersonator in play. Warren Commission lawyers knew there were problems in Ruth’s testimony as so many people were seeing Lee at the Sports Drome Rifle Range when he wasn’t supposed to have been there. Eventually, they just had to let it all be."

More at my Substack:

https://open.substack.com/pub/georgebailey/p/the-oswald-and-paine-weekend-timeline

The Women In Lee Oswald’s Life

The mother, the cousin, the wife and the friend.  Updated at Substack.

https://open.substack.com/pub/georgebailey/p/the-women-in-lee-oswalds-life?r=1ytbzs&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Two Former CIA Agents Believe The CIA Responsible For John F. Kennedy’s Murder

Two retired CIA agents, Larry Johnson & Ray McGovern speaking at Judging Freedom, both agree that Lee Oswald did not assassinate John F. Kennedy and the CIA was to blame.  There are few former employees of the Agency that ever come forward with this.

For those who wish to fast forward, it starts at 21 minutes in, when retired judge Andrew Napolitano asks both former agents—who killed John F. Kennedy?

A transcript is available onsite.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1DgJCEQCNY

Left to right: Andrew Napolitano, Larry Johnson & Ray McGovern.

Also posted at Substack:

https://open.substack.com/pub/georgebailey/p/two-former-cia-agents-believe-the?r=1ytbzs&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web