Summary of Jim Garrison's On the Trail of the Assassins

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#1 When I heard the news of President Kennedy’s assassination, I was shocked and disbelief quickly turned to anger. I felt a sense of unreality as the unending reportage flooded in from Dallas.

#2 The New Orleans connection meant that my office had to investigate Oswald’s possible associations in our jurisdiction. We discovered that the alleged assassin had been seen with a man named David Ferrie during the summer. I got my people on the telephone to investigate a possible Oswald–Ferrie relationship.

#3 I had met David Ferrie once, in 1962, when I was walking across Carondelet Street near Canal Street. He had been shouting congratulations on my election as district attorney. I had remembered him as an adventurer and pilot, and his reputation as an anti-Castro activist.

#4 I had a high regard for the American legal system, and was confident that an F. B. I. investigation into David Ferrie and any other matters related to the President’s assassination would be thorough.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 18, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822522152

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Insights on Jim Garrison's On the Trail of the Assassins

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

When I heard the news of President Kennedy’s assassination, I was shocked and disbelief quickly turned to anger. I felt a sense of unreality as the unending reportage flooded in from Dallas.

#2

The New Orleans connection meant that my office had to investigate Oswald’s possible associations in our jurisdiction. We discovered that the alleged assassin had been seen with a man named David Ferrie during the summer. I got my people on the telephone to investigate a possible Oswald–Ferrie relationship.

#3

I had met David Ferrie once, in 1962, when I was walking across Carondelet Street near Canal Street. He had been shouting congratulations on my election as district attorney. I had remembered him as an adventurer and pilot, and his reputation as an anti-Castro activist.

#4

I had a high regard for the American legal system, and was confident that an F. B. I. investigation into David Ferrie and any other matters related to the President’s assassination would be thorough.

#5

I was born with the Knoxville patriotism in my blood, and I grew up in New Orleans. I entered the Army a year before Pearl Harbor, and I enjoyed it so much that it became a surrogate family to me. I was never so conscious of the Army’s competence and efficiency when I was flying over Nazi concentration camps.

#6

I was elected district attorney in 1962, and I brought to the city a new and independent D. A. ’s office. I did not have any political appointments on my staff. I chose my assistant D. ’s from among the top graduates of the neighboring law schools and from among the best young trial attorneys in New Orleans.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

I was very content with the way my life was going in 1966. I was happily married, the father of three children, and I had a great job. I was tranquilized by the world around me.

#2

I was surprised to hear that doubts persisted about Kennedy’s assassination in high quarters. The Warren Commission had provided no adequate index to its exhibits, and the conclusions in the report seemed to be based on an appallingly selective reading of the evidence.

#3

The witnesses at Dealey Plaza did not support the official explanation of the President’s murder. They heard