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In reply to the discussion: JFK Remembered: Dan Rather and James Swanson talk at The Henry Ford [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)6. ''Mr. Bolden. I see you made it here.''
Thank you for that important clip, KurtNYC. I had not seen it. If you get a moment, please let us know more about it.
For those new to the subject: Secret Service Agent Abraham Bolden is someone IMPORTANT to know. The first African American on WH Detail, he is a witness to the conspiracy and he is still alive.
Abraham Bolden speaks at JFK Lancer.
The story of a man who told the truth:
After 45 Years, a Civil Rights Hero Waits for Justice
Thom Hartmann
June 12, 2009 11:52 AM
A great miscarriage of justice has kept most Americas from learning about a Civil Rights pioneer who worked with President John F. Kennedy. But there is finally a way for citizens to not only right that wrong, but bring closure to the most tragic chapter of American presidential history.
After an outstanding career in law enforcement, Abraham Bolden was appointed by JFK to be the first African American presidential Secret Service agent, where he served with distinction. He was part of the Secret Service effort that prevented JFK's assassination in Chicago, three weeks before Dallas. But Bolden was framed by the Mafia and arrested on the very day he went to Washington to tell the Warren Commission staff about the Chicago attempt against JFK.
Bolden was sentenced to six years in prison, despite glaring problems with his prosecution. His arrest resulted from accusations by two criminals Bolden had sent to prison. In Bolden's first trial, an apparently biased judge told the jury that Bolden was guilty, even before they began their deliberations. Though granted a new trial because of that, the same problematic judge was assigned to oversee Bolden's second trial, which resulted in his conviction. Later, the main witness against Bolden admitted committing perjury against him. A key member of the prosecution even took the fifth when asked about the perjury. Yet Bolden's appeals were denied, and he had to serve hard time in prison, and today is considered a convicted felon.
After the release of four million pages of JFK assassination files in the 1990s, it became clear that Bolden -- and the official secrecy surrounding the Chicago attempt against JFK -- were due to National Security concerns about Cuba, that were unknown to Bolden, the press, Congress, and the public not just in 1963, but for the next four decades.
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Abraham Bolden paid a heavy price for trying to tell the truth about events involving the man he was sworn to protect -- JFK -- that became mired in National Security concerns. Bolden still lives in Chicago, and has never given up trying to clear his name.
Will Abraham Bolden live to finally see the justice so long denied to him?
CONTINUED...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thom-hartmann/after-45-years-a-civil-ri_b_213834.html
Abraham BOLDEN: an important eyewitness to what was happening within the Secret Service in 1963 who the newspapers and tee vee stations are ignoring.
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No one wants to question the Full Spectrum Dominance of The Fourth Estate here, or so it seems. n/t
bobthedrummer
Dec 2013
#1
Mark Lane recently revisited the 5.6 seconds that the Secret Service had to react
KurtNYC
Dec 2013
#2
Man who faked sign language at Mandela memorial has faced murder, other charges
Octafish
Dec 2013
#17
Your post # 460, last Jan 22 (in your o.p. of Jan 15), had info on an alternate route.
Mc Mike
Dec 2013
#26
You compare discussing the assassination of President Kennedy to beating a dead horse?
Octafish
Dec 2013
#19