well, I hope she's not your best student, John - otherwise you've got
a lot of work to do - she writes:
"Scott's failure occurs as throughout the entire book, and even in his
conclusion (titled "Who Killed JFK?"), he cannot simply label even one
large and all-inclusive unit, like the government, as being
responsible for JFK's death. He continually swings back and forth, all
in the name of deep political analysis, and seems to draw not one
conclusion but several contradictory ones. "
classic case of missing Scott's point, which is that the web of "deep
politics" is deep and complex, like the CIA's web of contradictions
and disinformation. It is to Scott's CREDIT that he does not give a
concrete solution, though he is MUCH MORE detailed, in this book and
later essays related to Deep Politics 2, than she gives him credit for
(sorry John, but this student, like yourself, did too much skimming
and not enough reading; must have found the Cliff notes for Deep
Politics) Later work by Scott has included a discussion of the CIA's
disagreement with JFK on Cuba, on the back channels that were working
to subvert his Vietnam policy, etc. He is also brilliant on the Oswald
setup. Scott's discussion of Ruby, which she dismisses as having
nothing to do with a conspiracy, addresses not just the specifics of
conspiracy but the false legend that Ruby was not mobbed up - maybe
she needs to read the Warren Re****t, not to mention Seth Kantor (and
let's not get back to Reitz's happy citation of Ruby's death bed
claim, before his mobster brother, that there was no conspiracy; give
me a break) - the point is that the Warren Commission had to dismiss
his mob ties in order to de-fang Ruby as a possible consprator; there
exists tons of cir***stantial evidence that his action was an
execution, but that's another thread. She also ignores Scott's
effective linkage of the CIA with the international drug trade, which,
ironically or not, the CIA basically set up as a business (see Doug
Valentine) and which, in my opinion, was probably even a stronger
reason than Cuba for the CIA/mobster/exile renegade hatred of JFK and
RFK - (follow the money, as a smart man once said) -
My grade: C- (good penman****p, however) -
-Allen Lowe
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