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Octafish

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35. Vincent Salandria was on the case, starting Nov. 22, 1963.
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 06:49 PM
Dec 2015

His story:



Vince Salandria: The JFK Conspiracy Theorist

Fifty years ago Arlen Specter and the Warren Commission told America that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone in the assassination of JFL. Vince Salandria has spent a lifetime trying to debunk that conclusion. Shortly before his death, did Specter hint that Salandria just might be right?


BY ROBERT HUBER
Philadelphia | FEBRUARY 27, 2014

THREE YEARS AGO, Vince Salandria got a phone call from Arlen Specter, a man he didn’t know. Salandria had been in the Senator’s company only once before, but that was almost a half-century earlier, at a public event. When he called, Specter wasn’t running for anything—he had recently been voted out of office. All he had was a simple request of Salandria, who was 83 years old, a retired Philadelphia school-system lawyer: Would you have lunch with me? They eventually met at the Oyster House, on Sansom Street in Philadelphia. The lunch would turn out to be one of strangest meetings of Salandria’s life.

Vince is a man of high energy; he’s still doing pro bono lawyering in labor relations for the city’s schools. He’s small—all of 137 pounds—with a large balding head that narrows toward his jaw. He has an impish smile, and it would be easy to call him cute. But he isn’t, by nature, impish or cute—Vince is intense. And that was especially true when, as a young man, he attended an event held in Arlen Specter’s honor.

In October 1964, the Philadelphia Bar Association invited Specter, then a young prosecutor in the D.A.’s office, to speak about his work as an investigator for the Warren Commission, which had been formed to come up with a definitive answer to who assassinated President John F. Kennedy. Specter was assigned to figure out the basic logistics of the shooting: how many shots, how many gunmen, where did the bullets come from? The commission’s report had just come out, declaring Lee Harvey Oswald the lone killer, and the bar association had Specter address about 150 people one evening in a City Hall courtroom. Afterward, he asked if there were any questions.

Vince Salandria—who in 1964 was a history teacher at Bartram High School in Southwest Philly—stood up that night in City Hall and said he had some questions. Though really, his questions were more like statements. He said that Specter’s analysis—specifically, that a bullet had gone through the President’s neck and into Texas Governor John Connally in front of him, where it penetrated his back, smashed his right wrist, wounded his thigh, and then ended up on a gurney in a Dallas hospital in pristine condition—was a fabrication. An impossibility. An absurdity. A concoction that amounted to fraud.

Vince stood up and said that to Arlen Specter, back in 1964, before anyone else had. How could Specter come to a conclusion that was so clearly and patently wrong?

CONTINUED...

http://www.phillymag.com/articles/vince-salandria-jfk-conspiracy-theorist/



Mr. Salandria got people to pay attention to the facts -- not the story.

Recommended. H2O Man Dec 2015 #1
You are most welcome, H2O Man! Octafish Dec 2015 #2
I like to remember H2O Man Dec 2015 #4
Great memory, yours. Octafish Dec 2015 #8
Wow, your link at the bottom of post (tag line?) is truly arthritisR_US Dec 2015 #31
Vincent Salandria was on the case, starting Nov. 22, 1963. Octafish Dec 2015 #35
I read Specter's request as an admission of a coverup of the actual facts. arthritisR_US Dec 2015 #46
You are most welcome, arthritisR_US! Octafish Dec 2015 #52
Another rec. Don't stop doing this Octafish. panader0 Dec 2015 #3
Thank you, panader0! Octafish Dec 2015 #5
There's a forum for this edhopper Dec 2015 #6
Please, show what's speculation. Octafish Dec 2015 #7
pleas discuss edhopper Dec 2015 #9
So, you can't show what's speculation. Octafish Dec 2015 #10
okay then edhopper Dec 2015 #12
Funny. I never thought I needed your permission. Octafish Dec 2015 #16
Didn't intend it that way. edhopper Dec 2015 #17
+1000 & k&r nationalize the fed Dec 2015 #41
Duppy Conqueror Octafish Dec 2015 #127
The OP is not H2O Man Dec 2015 #14
That's why we have forums for this edhopper Dec 2015 #15
DU:GD H2O Man Dec 2015 #20
same to you. edhopper Dec 2015 #22
Thanks! H2O Man Dec 2015 #23
I love some of the non political discussions edhopper Dec 2015 #25
The title of the OP. LanternWaste Dec 2015 #11
What's wrong with it? Octafish Dec 2015 #13
Actually no the title reflects the context. Rex Dec 2015 #19
Please SHOW absolute proof. It is all shit rehashed for 50 years. nt Logical Dec 2015 #81
You call me obsessed, yet all you got is ad hominem. Octafish Dec 2015 #96
There is a forum for this. And it is not GD. nt Logical Dec 2015 #97
Some posters are exempt from Forum SOPs...nt SidDithers Dec 2015 #50
Next up .... chemtrails, mind control via vaccine, the pope piloted the 9/11 planes n/t etherealtruth Dec 2015 #56
Ad hominem shows all you know is smear. Octafish Dec 2015 #73
Truly... some really are... nt villager Dec 2015 #76
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2015 #62
I would disagree that it is edhopper Dec 2015 #72
So what, exactly, do you find wrong with the OP? Octafish Dec 2015 #75
The topic is edhopper Dec 2015 #79
So, evidence -- including what the Director of CIA did -- for conspiracy is to be hidden. Octafish Dec 2015 #80
look edhopper Dec 2015 #84
He loves the CS shit. An obsession. nt Logical Dec 2015 #82
Speaking of obsessed... Octafish Dec 2015 #85
Otca, where is the proof? This would be WORLD WIDE NEWS if it was proved. It is like all the.... Logical Dec 2015 #86
I didn't ask you to prove anything - just to support your contentions. Octafish Dec 2015 #92
The burden of proof is on the person making a nutty claim. nt Logical Dec 2015 #95
So, it should be easy for you. Yet, you don't. That's telling. Octafish Dec 2015 #98
For god sake, then why isn't the fact the CIA killed Kennedy on the.... Logical Dec 2015 #99
Nice disinformation. Where did you get the CIA killed Kennedy? Octafish Dec 2015 #100
I was 15 and nothing added up. I became suspicious with LBJ reading a few cold words in near nursery Zen Democrat Dec 2015 #128
Here's video that shows Secret Service ordered off JFK's limousine. Octafish Dec 2015 #140
thank you, edhopper! librechik Dec 2015 #115
Your welcome edhopper Dec 2015 #118
The CIA sits on its secrets hoping enough time will pass Rex Dec 2015 #18
I agree H2O Man Dec 2015 #21
Once no one is around who remembers, CIABCNNBCBSFauxNoiseNutworks can tell the tale. Octafish Dec 2015 #24
I feel like crying. I wonder if we can ever change this world jwirr Dec 2015 #26
That feeling of powerlessness... Octafish Dec 2015 #27
Once again thank you. I really do understand this and try jwirr Dec 2015 #28
Beethoven. Octafish Dec 2015 #37
I had no idea that is where he got this. That is totally inspiring. jwirr Dec 2015 #40
The guy was a Democrat before there was a Party. Octafish Dec 2015 #55
Good way to start the morning. We are part of a very long jwirr Dec 2015 #58
Amazing. nt raouldukelives Dec 2015 #47
"The heart grows stronger by facing the evils of the world." -- Ludwig van Beethoven (Fidelio) Octafish Dec 2015 #57
This IS inspiring. SalviaBlue Dec 2015 #119
Am I the only one that was not involved in the JFK assassination plot? cpwm17 Dec 2015 #29
Were you director of the CIA? Octafish Dec 2015 #32
This shit is just like 9/11 truthers. So old and so wrong. nt Logical Dec 2015 #64
No, I'm not involved either treestar Dec 2015 #68
I'm your age, but I don't remember the 1960's cpwm17 Dec 2015 #88
Nixon is the first one I remember too treestar Dec 2015 #89
Unti the CIA papers are Wellstone ruled Dec 2015 #30
Agree completely. Octafish Dec 2015 #42
The Russians have more info than the Wellstone ruled Dec 2015 #45
Sad to say I wrote this on DU in 2005... Octafish Dec 2015 #54
Boyhood Bud did Wellstone ruled Dec 2015 #63
KickandRecommend!! elias49 Dec 2015 #33
What the Warren Commission Didn’t Know Octafish Dec 2015 #60
K&R #20 bobthedrummer Dec 2015 #34
Thank you for keeping that most important history alive. Octafish Dec 2015 #61
Octakick. . . . . n/t annabanana Dec 2015 #36
Coming from you, that means a lot... Octafish Dec 2015 #66
lol - you crack me up . . .n/t annabanana Dec 2015 #87
I'm not sure rsexaminer Dec 2015 #38
POLITICO as the fountainhead for this story is interesting, too. Octafish Dec 2015 #67
K&R Important stuff. JEB Dec 2015 #39
Why Mr. Slawson is a hero -- even if he thinks Lee Harvey Oswald is the lone assassin. Octafish Dec 2015 #69
Yes, Bush 41 was CIA at the time, and yes, he was in Dallas. KamaAina Dec 2015 #43
Wish that was taught in school, printed in the paper and broadcast on tee vee. Octafish Dec 2015 #70
The smoking gun! KamaAina Dec 2015 #74
It really bothers some people when it gets mentioned. Octafish Dec 2015 #141
Well, what does he care? He's Canadian. KamaAina Dec 2015 #143
Where and Why is JFK's brain missingj after it was in government hands? Ichingcarpenter Dec 2015 #44
JFK's doctor -- Admiral George Burkley -- thought more than one shooter was involved. Octafish Dec 2015 #71
Three levels of information Ichingcarpenter Dec 2015 #133
C-SPAN has an excellent program discussing Lee Harvey Oswald, CIA and Mexico City Octafish Dec 2015 #145
K&R nt raouldukelives Dec 2015 #48
The Disinformation Continues to the Present Day Octafish Dec 2015 #77
Kickin' the Sat mornin' history lesson. CanSocDem Dec 2015 #49
Lots more to learn. For instance, FBI and CIA continue to obstruct Justice. Octafish Dec 2015 #83
Thank You For Sharing These Truths cantbeserious Dec 2015 #51
You are most welcome, cantbeserious! Octafish Dec 2015 #90
Thanks Octafish. Your posts are important to me! haikugal Dec 2015 #53
Here's a truly important source of information: ABRAHAM BOLDEN. Octafish Dec 2015 #101
Oswald acted alone. Sometimes people get lucky! You love CS shit. nt Logical Dec 2015 #59
If that were true, you wouldn't spend so much time trying to stop its discussion. Octafish Dec 2015 #102
The ONE ARMED MAN Did it!!!!!! nt Logical Dec 2015 #65
What is your problem? Octafish Dec 2015 #103
The humor is that we are still discussing who did it when we know who did it. nt Logical Dec 2015 #105
No, we don't know ''who did it.'' Octafish Dec 2015 #114
FFS, you are gullible! How many murderers say "I didn't do it"??????? You have to be.... Logical Dec 2015 #116
Who's ''gullible,'' really? Octafish Dec 2015 #121
You also need to investigate this also...... Logical Dec 2015 #124
George deMohrenschildt knew both Lee Harvey Oswald and George H.W. Bush. Octafish Dec 2015 #125
Excellent...KNR Hepburn Dec 2015 #78
Allen Dulles in WC secret session said that was to be expected. Octafish Dec 2015 #104
K & R AzDar Dec 2015 #91
Thanks, AzDar! You know how different this world would be... Octafish Dec 2015 #107
K & R and a million thanks, not only for the OP, but for the entire thread mountain grammy Dec 2015 #93
Thank you for sharing that amazing and important history, mountain grammy. Octafish Dec 2015 #108
I'm adding this December 11, 2003 thread to this discussion, if it isn't already linked upthread bobthedrummer Dec 2015 #94
JFK debunker John McAdams hosts one of those... Octafish Dec 2015 #110
Here's an excellent thread from Bolo Boffin proving Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin: cpwm17 Dec 2015 #106
The hilarious thing, here: Spider Jerusalem Dec 2015 #109
I guess, then, the CIA and FBI would be part of a let-it-happen-on-purpose conspiracy. n/t cpwm17 Dec 2015 #123
Hardly Spider Jerusalem Dec 2015 #134
I don't believe it was any kind of conspiracy, cpwm17 Dec 2015 #135
Vincent Bugliosi doesn't consider the Chicago Plot when talking about Oswald. Octafish Dec 2015 #112
Retired FBI Special Agent Don Adams interviewed Joseph Adams Milteer... Octafish Dec 2015 #131
Great Post. K and R. PCIntern Dec 2015 #111
The Warrant Report Octafish Dec 2015 #113
I find Shenon a troublesome source. librechik Dec 2015 #117
A Thank You to Phil Shenon from Dan Hardway Octafish Dec 2015 #120
K&R G_j Dec 2015 #122
You are most welcome, G_j! Politico seems to be bolstering Shenon's Dallas expertise. Octafish Dec 2015 #130
Movie please LOL but seriously, I never believed the official story...this is fascinating randys1 Dec 2015 #126
The thing missing from the coverage: Context. Octafish Dec 2015 #136
K&R smirkymonkey Dec 2015 #129
The CIA Keeps (Accidentally) Legitimizing JFK Conspiracy Theories Octafish Dec 2015 #137
It's amazing how so many people implicitly trust the government and think they are smirkymonkey Dec 2015 #138
K&R!!!!!! burrowowl Dec 2015 #132
Both McCone and Dulles hid CIA-Mafia assassination plots from Warren Commission and America Octafish Dec 2015 #139
Both McCone and Dulles hid monitoring of Oswald in New Orleans from Warren Commission and America... Octafish Dec 2015 #148
The CIA had every reason to hide Operation Mongoose from KingCharlemagne Dec 2015 #142
Excellent points. But if Oswald did it, why does secret government continue to cover-up? Octafish Dec 2015 #144
Let us begin with a fact about LHO : he was a firm believer in and KingCharlemagne Dec 2015 #146
Good analysis, based on the story as reported by FBI/CIA. Ignored was CIA monitoring Oswald... Octafish Dec 2015 #147
K&R for the original post and subsequent informative posts and links. Bookmark. JEB Dec 2015 #149
Richard Helms obstructed Justice in 1964...CIA still does... Octafish Jan 2016 #150
Sounds good to me... JEB Jan 2016 #152
Kicking So we never forget. n/t Hotler Jan 2016 #151
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