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[[E. Howard Hunt]] is a former [[CIA]] officer who became a key figure in the [[Watergate]] scandal.<ref>Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, 2007, p.371.</ref>
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[[E. Howard Hunt]] is a former [[CIA]] officer who became a key figure in the [[Watergate]] scandal.<ref>Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, 2007, p.371.</ref> He was also suspected as being a conspirator in the [[JFK assassination]] and as one of the three tramps seen under police escort near the Texas School Book Depository shortly after the assassination. <ref> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_tramps </ref>
  
On his deathbed, he confessed to involvement in the [[JFK assassination]] and named [[LBJ]] as the organiser.
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On his deathbed, he confessed his role in the [[JFK assassination]] as "benchwarmer" and listed other already suspected conspirators and named [[LBJ]] as the head organizer. Despite several of the listed conspirators in Hunt's confession also confessing, independent sources supporting his confession including former CIA operative Bradley Ayers listing the exact same names as Hunt in his book "The Zenith Secret" the Los Angeles Times found his confession "inconclusive" and mainstream media outlets ignored it.
  
 
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Person.png E. Howard Hunt  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
BornOctober 9, 1918
DiedJanuary 23, 2007 (Age 88)
Member ofJFK/Assassination/Perpetrators, Office of Strategic Services, US/Deep state, Watergate/White House Plumbers
A CIA officer who was heavily involved in both the Watergate Coup and the assassination of JFK.

E. Howard Hunt is a former CIA officer who became a key figure in the Watergate scandal.[1] He was also suspected as being a conspirator in the JFK assassination and as one of the three tramps seen under police escort near the Texas School Book Depository shortly after the assassination. [2]

On his deathbed, he confessed his role in the JFK assassination as "benchwarmer" and listed other already suspected conspirators and named LBJ as the head organizer. Despite several of the listed conspirators in Hunt's confession also confessing, independent sources supporting his confession including former CIA operative Bradley Ayers listing the exact same names as Hunt in his book "The Zenith Secret" the Los Angeles Times found his confession "inconclusive" and mainstream media outlets ignored it.

Affiliations

References

  1. Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, 2007, p.371.
  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_tramps