Interview · moment 10 of 23
The FBI Memos Naming Bush and the CIA
from Incompetence and Ruthlessness · #8
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Baker details two declassified FBI memos: one naming a 'George Bush of the Central Intelligence Agency' briefed after the assassination, and another showing Bush called in from Texas with tips about a possible suspect within an hour of the shooting.
- 25:40FBI memos about JFK's assassination were released in the early 90s after Oliver Stone's film pushed for document declassification.
- 26:23One memo to J. Edgar Hoover mentioned an FBI briefing the day after the shooting that included George Bush of the CIA.
- 26:58When the memo surfaced, Vice President Bush's office claimed it must have been a different George Bush.
- 27:16Tim notes a second memo: within an hour of Kennedy being shot, a man identifying himself as George H.W. Bush called an FBI office in Texas saying he had information on a possible suspect.
- 27:39Tim finds it remarkable that Bush, who claims not to remember where he was during the assassination, was allegedly trying to help solve the crime.
Oliver StoneGeorge H. W. BushJ. Edgar HooverJFK assassination