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'''[[RFK]] was [[assassinated]]''' in the small hours of June 5, 1968 while campaigning at the Ambassador Hotel, [[Los Angeles]]. Over a dozen witnesses saw [[MKUltra]] subject [[Sirhan Sirhan]] shoot wildly in the direction of RFK, and he was convicted as a "[[lone nut]]". However, ballistics and acoustic evidence suggests that he was not the only shooter. Kennedy's actual assassin is believed to have been [[Thane Eugene Cesar]], who was dressed as a security guard.
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==Official Narrative==
 
==Official Narrative==
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[[Sirhan Sirhan]] was a [[lone nut]] killer of Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy, brother of assassinated President [[John Fitzgerald Kennedy]], shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968.
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[[Sirhan Sirhan]] was a [[lone nut]] killer of Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy, brother of assassinated President [[John Fitzgerald Kennedy]], shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968. A long article by [[Joël van der Reijden]] fromo 2019 is entitled ''No Evidence of a Conspiracy — Except for the Mountains of Disinformation; What is the Media up to?''<ref>https://isgp-studies.com/rfk-assassination-of-1968</ref>
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===Re-examination===
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The Los Angeles Superior Court carried out a re-examination of the case in 1975,{{why}} and confirmed the original "lone nut" conclusion.<ref name=FBISum1b />
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==Evidence==
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Various thread combine to cast doubt on the "lone nut" claim. In 2018 [[Lisa Pease]] published ''[[A Lie Too Big to Fail: The Real History of the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy]]'' which suggested that [[Robert Maheu]], a [[CIA]] agent, arranging for a team involving [[Thane Eugene Cesar]] to [[assassinate RFK]] and [[MKUltra]] victim [[Sirhan Sirhan]] as a patsy. The ''[[Washington Post]]'' published a "nuanced article"<ref>https://whowhatwhy.org/2019/02/14/shocker-washington-post-publishes-nuanced-article-about-rfk-assassination/</ref> of this theory.<ref name=wp>https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/02/09/cia-may-have-used-contractor-who-inspired-mission-impossible-kill-rfk-new-book-alleges/</ref>
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==='Miss Polka-Dot'===
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Multiple eyewitness, including [[Sandra Sirano]] alleged that they had seen a woman in a conspicuous white dress with black polka-dots, who shouted “We’ve shot him, we’ve shot him” as she fled the scene.<ref>https://off-guardian.org/2018/06/05/the-blatant-conspiracy-behind-senator-robert-f-kennedys-assassination/</ref> "Twenty-five eyewitnesses at the Ambassador Hotel had mentioned her in their statements — and 13 of them had reported seeing her with a man matching Sirhan’s description."<ref>http://www.theeventchronicle.com/study/was-bobby-kennedys-killer-hypnotized-by-the-cias-girl-in-a-polka-dot-dress/</ref>  While under hypnosis, Sirhan had recalled meeting her just before the shooting.
  
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==Alternative Ideas==
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===Wound locations===
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===Second gunman theory===
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The location of Kennedy's wounds suggested that his assailant had stood behind him, but some witnesses said that Sirhan faced west as Kennedy moved through the pantry facing east.<ref name=guardian>http://web.archive.org/web/20080418122004/http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/feb/22/kennedy.assassination</ref> This has led to the suggestion that a second gunman actually fired the fatal shot, a possibility supported by coroner [[Thomas Noguchi]] who stated that the fatal shot was behind Kennedy's right ear and had been fired at a distance of approximately one inch. Other witnesses, though, said that as Sirhan approached, Kennedy was turning to his left shaking hands, facing north and so exposing his right side.<ref name=FBISum1b>http://foia.fbi.gov/rfkasumm/rfksumm1b.pdf</ref>
  
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[[Mark Gorton]] suggests that Kennedy's actual assassin was [[Thane Eugene Cesar]], who was dressed as a security guard, and that [[MKUltra]] subject [[Sirhan Sirhan]] was there as a patsy.
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[[William W. Harper]] reviewed the ballistic evidence and concluded that RFK "was fired upon from two distinct firing positions", one of which corresponded to that of Sirhan Sirhan, the other of which corresponded to that of the security guard behind him, [[Thane Eugene Cesar]].
  
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The location of Kennedy's wounds suggested that his assailant had stood behind him, but some witnesses said that Sirhan faced west as Kennedy moved through the pantry facing east.<ref name=guardian>{{cite news|url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/feb/22/kennedy.assassination|title=New evidence challenges official picture of Kennedy shooting|date=2008-02-22 |accessdate=2008-04-28|newspaper=The Guardian|first=James|last=Randerson|locations=London| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20080418122004/http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/feb/22/kennedy.assassination| archivedate= 18 April 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> This has led to the suggestion that a second gunman actually fired the fatal shot, a possibility supported by coroner [[Thomas Noguchi]] who stated that the fatal shot was behind Kennedy's right ear and had been fired at a distance of approximately one inch.<ref name="NoguchiBook">{{cite book|first=Thomas|last=Noguchi|title=Coroner|year=1985|locations=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn= 978-0-671-46772-2|authorlink=Thomas Noguchi}}</ref> Other witnesses, though, said that as Sirhan approached, Kennedy was turning to his left shaking hands, facing north and so exposing his right side.<ref name=FBISum1b>{{cite web|url=http://foia.fbi.gov/rfkasumm/rfksumm1b.pdf|title=Robert F. Kennedy Assassination Summary, Part 1(b)|page=35|accessdate=2008-07-25|format=[[PDF]]|publisher=FBI}}</ref> As recently as 2008, eyewitness [[John Pilger]] asserted his belief that there must have been a second gunman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://i1.democracynow.org/2008/6/5/democracy_now_special_robert_f_kennedy |title=Democracy Now! Special: Robert F. Kennedy's Life and Legacy 40 Years After His Assassination|publisher=democracynow.org|accessdate=2008-07-25| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20080709174530/http://i1.democracynow.org/2008/6/5/democracy_now_special_robert_f_kennedy| archivedate= 9 July 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>  
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===13 shots fired===
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In 2007, analysis of an audio tape recording of the shooting made by freelance reporter [[Stanislaw Pruszynski]] indicated, according to forensic expert Philip Van Praag, that thirteen shots were fired, even though Sirhan's gun held only eight rounds.<ref name=guardian /><ref>[http://rfkmustdie.blip.tv/file/1362352 Pruszynski recording & analysis by acoustic expert Philip Van Praag]</ref> Van Praag states that the recording also reveals at least two cases where the timing between shots was shorter than physically possible. The presence of more than eight shots on the tape was corroborated by forensic audio specialists Wes Dooley and Paul Pegas of Audio Engineering Associates in Pasadena, California, forensic audio and ballistics expert Eddy B. Brixen in Copenhagen, Denmark,<ref>O'Sullivan, Shane (2008) ''Who Killed Bobby?: The Unsolved Murder of Robert Kennedy.'' New York: Sterling Publishing. p. 478.</ref><ref>[http://www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/RFK_Video Discovery Times (now Investigation Discovery) presents "Conspiracy Test: The RFK Assassination" (2007)]</ref> and audio specialist Phil Spencer Whitehead of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2009/06/08/bs.rfkennedy.audio.johnson.cnn?iref=videosearch CNN's BackStory reports on the Pruszynski recording & analysis (2009)]</ref>
  
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During a re-examination of the case in 1975, the Los Angeles Superior Court ordered expert examination of the possibility of a second gun having been used, and the conclusion of the experts was that there was little or no evidence to support this theory.<ref name=FBISum1b />
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==Cover-up==
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The [[LAPD]] reportedly rigged evidence to convict Sirhan Sirhan.<ref name='sr'>http://www.sirhansresearcher.com/</ref>
  
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In 2007, analysis of an audio tape recording of the shooting made by freelance reporter Stanislaw Pruszynski indicated, according to forensic expert Philip Van Praag, that thirteen shots were fired, even though Sirhan's gun held only eight rounds.<ref name=guardian /><ref>[http://rfkmustdie.blip.tv/file/1362352 Pruszynski recording & analysis by acoustic expert Philip Van Praag]</ref> Van Praag states that the recording also reveals at least two cases where the timing between shots was shorter than physically possible. The presence of more than eight shots on the tape was corroborated by forensic audio specialists Wes Dooley and Paul Pegas of Audio Engineering Associates in Pasadena, California, forensic audio and ballistics expert Eddy B. Brixen in Copenhagen, Denmark,<ref>O'Sullivan, Shane (2008) ''Who Killed Bobby?: The Unsolved Murder of Robert Kennedy.'' New York: Sterling Publishing. p. 478.</ref><ref>[http://www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/RFK_Video Discovery Times (now Investigation Discovery) presents "Conspiracy Test: The RFK Assassination" (2007)]</ref> and audio specialist Phil Spencer Whitehead of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2009/06/08/bs.rfkennedy.audio.johnson.cnn?iref=videosearch CNN's BackStory reports on the Pruszynski recording & analysis (2009)]</ref> Some other acoustic experts, however, have stated that no more than eight shots were recorded on the audio tape.<ref>Harrison, P. (2007) 'Analysis of "The Pruszynski Tape"' (report on recording of gunshots). In Ayton, M., ''The Forgotten Terrorist: Sirhan Sirhan and the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.'' Washington: Potomac Books.</ref>
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==Exposure==
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In 2008, eyewitness [[John Pilger]] asserted his belief that there must have been a second gunman.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20080709174530/http://i1.democracynow.org/2008/6/5/democracy_now_special_robert_f_kennedy</ref>
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On February 22, 2012, Sirhan's lawyers, [[William Francis Pepper|William Pepper]] and Laurie Dusek, filed a court brief in U.S. District Court in [[Los Angeles]] claiming that a second gunman fired the shots that killed Kennedy. It was the fourth and final in a series of federal briefs filed under the [[writ of habeas corpus]] by Pepper and Dusek beginning in October 2010. A ruling is now pending in the Sirhan federal case.<ref>http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/04/justice/california-rfk-second-gun/index.html</ref>
  
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On February 22, 2012, Sirhan's lawyers, [[William Francis Pepper|William Pepper]] and Laurie Dusek, filed a court brief in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles claiming that a second gunman fired the shots that killed Kennedy. It was the fourth and final in a series of federal briefs filed under the [[writ of habeas corpus]] by Pepper and Dusek beginning in October 2010. A ruling is now pending in the Sirhan federal case.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/04/justice/california-rfk-second-gun/index.html|first=Brad|last=Johnson|first2=Michael|last2=Martinez| title=Attorneys for RFK convicted killer Sirhan push 'second gunman' argument| publisher=CNN| date=March 4, 2012}}</ref>
 
 
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8k_j8k6Bng The Second Dallas by Massimo Mazzucco]

Latest revision as of 17:54, 18 November 2021

Event.png RFK/Assassination (assassination,  shooting,  mid-level deep event,  Kennedy curse)  Campfire Wiki CavdefRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Robert F. Kennedy Assassination.jpg
Date00:15, June 5, 1968
LocationAmbassador Hotel,  Los Angeles,  California,  USA
PerpetratorsThane Eugene Cesar, The Cabal
Blamed onSirhan Sirhan
Witnessed byJohn Pilger, Sirhan Sirhan, Thane Eugene Cesar
Type murder
DeathsRobert F. Kennedy"Robert F. Kennedy" is not a number.
Injured (non-fatal)5
Interest ofAssassinationscience.com, James Douglass, HSCA, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Allard Lowenstein, Truth And Reconciliation Committee on the Assassinations Of The 1960s
DescriptionThe assassination of Robert Kennedy, who had resolved to bring to track down and prosecute the killers of him brother, JFK, once he had himself become president.

RFK was assassinated in the small hours of June 5, 1968 while campaigning at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles. Over a dozen witnesses saw MKUltra subject Sirhan Sirhan shoot wildly in the direction of RFK, and he was convicted as a "lone nut". However, ballistics and acoustic evidence suggests that he was not the only shooter. Kennedy's actual assassin is believed to have been Thane Eugene Cesar, who was dressed as a security guard.

Official Narrative

Sirhan Sirhan was a lone nut killer of Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy, brother of assassinated President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968. A long article by Joël van der Reijden fromo 2019 is entitled No Evidence of a Conspiracy — Except for the Mountains of Disinformation; What is the Media up to?[1]

Re-examination

The Los Angeles Superior Court carried out a re-examination of the case in 1975,[Why?] and confirmed the original "lone nut" conclusion.[2]

Evidence

Various thread combine to cast doubt on the "lone nut" claim. In 2018 Lisa Pease published A Lie Too Big to Fail: The Real History of the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy which suggested that Robert Maheu, a CIA agent, arranging for a team involving Thane Eugene Cesar to assassinate RFK and MKUltra victim Sirhan Sirhan as a patsy. The Washington Post published a "nuanced article"[3] of this theory.[4]

'Miss Polka-Dot'

Multiple eyewitness, including Sandra Sirano alleged that they had seen a woman in a conspicuous white dress with black polka-dots, who shouted “We’ve shot him, we’ve shot him” as she fled the scene.[5] "Twenty-five eyewitnesses at the Ambassador Hotel had mentioned her in their statements — and 13 of them had reported seeing her with a man matching Sirhan’s description."[6] While under hypnosis, Sirhan had recalled meeting her just before the shooting.

Wound locations

The location of Kennedy's wounds suggested that his assailant had stood behind him, but some witnesses said that Sirhan faced west as Kennedy moved through the pantry facing east.[7] This has led to the suggestion that a second gunman actually fired the fatal shot, a possibility supported by coroner Thomas Noguchi who stated that the fatal shot was behind Kennedy's right ear and had been fired at a distance of approximately one inch. Other witnesses, though, said that as Sirhan approached, Kennedy was turning to his left shaking hands, facing north and so exposing his right side.[2]

William W. Harper reviewed the ballistic evidence and concluded that RFK "was fired upon from two distinct firing positions", one of which corresponded to that of Sirhan Sirhan, the other of which corresponded to that of the security guard behind him, Thane Eugene Cesar.

13 shots fired

In 2007, analysis of an audio tape recording of the shooting made by freelance reporter Stanislaw Pruszynski indicated, according to forensic expert Philip Van Praag, that thirteen shots were fired, even though Sirhan's gun held only eight rounds.[7][8] Van Praag states that the recording also reveals at least two cases where the timing between shots was shorter than physically possible. The presence of more than eight shots on the tape was corroborated by forensic audio specialists Wes Dooley and Paul Pegas of Audio Engineering Associates in Pasadena, California, forensic audio and ballistics expert Eddy B. Brixen in Copenhagen, Denmark,[9][10] and audio specialist Phil Spencer Whitehead of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia.[11]

Cover-up

The LAPD reportedly rigged evidence to convict Sirhan Sirhan.[12]

Exposure

In 2008, eyewitness John Pilger asserted his belief that there must have been a second gunman.[13]

On February 22, 2012, Sirhan's lawyers, William Pepper and Laurie Dusek, filed a court brief in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles claiming that a second gunman fired the shots that killed Kennedy. It was the fourth and final in a series of federal briefs filed under the writ of habeas corpus by Pepper and Dusek beginning in October 2010. A ruling is now pending in the Sirhan federal case.[14]


 

Related Quotations

PageQuoteAuthorDate
1960s“After five decades, the mysteries behind the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X may finally get the scrutiny they deserve. A group consisting of relatives of the Kennedy and King families, as well as their confidantes and other prominent voices, is calling for a Truth and Reconciliation Committee to get to the bottom of these tragic murders.”19 January 2019
Chappaquiddick incident“After the CIA had assassinated John F. Kennedy and framed Oswald for the assassination and after the CIA had assassinated Robert Kennedy and framed Sirhan Sirhan for the assassination, they needed a way of stopping the last Kennedy brother from ever running for the presidency of the United States. They believed that if they killed him it would look like the CIA had assassinated all the brothers so the CIA decided to allow him to live and to discredit him to stop him from being reelected by framing him at Chappaquiddick for the death of Mary Jo Kopechne.”Charles August Schlund10 July 2001
Encyclopedia of Domestic Assassinations“I was disturbed that the wrong person might have been convicted of killing my father.”Robert F. Kennedy Jr

 

Witnesses

WitnessDescription
Thane Eugene CesarThe suspected assassin of RFK, an armed security guard who got the job a week earlier.
John PilgerJohn Pilger, an Australian crusading journalist, has achieved fame in spite of a refusal to kowtow to the establishment by avoiding controversial issues.
Sirhan SirhanA patsy who was very likely MK-ultra'ed to assassinate Robert Kennedy.

 

Related Document

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:Fifty Years of the Deep Statebook22 November 2013Mark GortonA detailed overview of the modern US deep state which names names, the most prominent of which, George H. W. Bush, is exposed as the kingpin of the US Deep state and probable a key mover behind the 9/11 plot.

 

The Official Culprit

NameDescription
Sirhan SirhanA patsy who was very likely MK-ultra'ed to assassinate Robert Kennedy.
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References

  1. ↑ https://isgp-studies.com/rfk-assassination-of-1968
  2. ↑ a b http://foia.fbi.gov/rfkasumm/rfksumm1b.pdf
  3. ↑ https://whowhatwhy.org/2019/02/14/shocker-washington-post-publishes-nuanced-article-about-rfk-assassination/
  4. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/02/09/cia-may-have-used-contractor-who-inspired-mission-impossible-kill-rfk-new-book-alleges/
  5. ↑ https://off-guardian.org/2018/06/05/the-blatant-conspiracy-behind-senator-robert-f-kennedys-assassination/
  6. ↑ http://www.theeventchronicle.com/study/was-bobby-kennedys-killer-hypnotized-by-the-cias-girl-in-a-polka-dot-dress/
  7. ↑ a b http://web.archive.org/web/20080418122004/http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/feb/22/kennedy.assassination
  8. ↑ Pruszynski recording & analysis by acoustic expert Philip Van Praag
  9. ↑ O'Sullivan, Shane (2008) Who Killed Bobby?: The Unsolved Murder of Robert Kennedy. New York: Sterling Publishing. p. 478.
  10. ↑ Discovery Times (now Investigation Discovery) presents "Conspiracy Test: The RFK Assassination" (2007)
  11. ↑ CNN's BackStory reports on the Pruszynski recording & analysis (2009)
  12. ↑ http://www.sirhansresearcher.com/
  13. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20080709174530/http://i1.democracynow.org/2008/6/5/democracy_now_special_robert_f_kennedy
  14. ↑ http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/04/justice/california-rfk-second-gun/index.html

External Links

The Second Dallas by Massimo Mazzucco

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