Talk:Guy Banister

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[edit] What is the source of all this information?

Other than using the movie JFK, what is the source of this info? It should be removed immediately without citation:

On 9th August, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald distributed leaflets that supported Fidel Castro and his communist government in Cuba. On these leaflets was the address 544 Camp Street, New Orleans. From October 1961 to February 1962, this had been the address of the Cuban Revolutionary Council, an anti-Castro group. Around the corner from 544 Camp Street, located in the same structure but with a different entrance, was 531 Lafayette Street, which housed the detective agency run by Guy Banister. This caused Garrison to suspect that Oswald had been involved in a right-wing conspiracy to kill Kennedy.

On the afternoon of November 22, 1963, Banister and Jack Martin went drinking together. On their return to Banister's office, the two men argued about a missing file. Banister became so angry that he drew his Magnum revolver and struck Martin with it several times. Martin was treated at Charity Hospital.

Over the next few days Martin told authorities and reporters that David Ferrie had been involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He claimed that Ferrie knew Lee Harvey Oswald from their days in the New Orleans Civil Air Patrol and had given him lessons on how to use a rifle with a telescopic sight.

This information eventually reached Jim Garrison, the district attorney of New Orleans, who, in 1966, interviewed Martin about the accusations. Martin claimed that during the summer of 1963 Banister and David Ferrie were involved in something very sinister with a group of Cuban exiles.

Garrison now became convinced that a group of right-wing activists, including Banister, David Ferrie, and Clay Shaw, were involved in a conspiracy with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to kill John F. Kennedy. Garrison claimed this was in retaliation for Kennedy's attempts to obtain peace settlements in both Cuba and Vietnam. Jtpaladin 16:53, 23 November 2006 (UTC)