http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/289792
3/30/10
by Carol Forsloff
One reviewer maintains a film indicating George H.W. Bush involvement
in Kennedy assassination is one that raises questions in the light of
present political discord, but the film itself might warrant a critical look.
Hankey's film, Dark Legacy, examines the assassination of former
President John F. Kennedy in 1963 and makes the claim that George
Herbert Walker Bush was involved by examining the former President's
CIA relationships and where and what he was doing at the time of the
assassination. Hankey is a former high school teacher from Southern
California who has spent years researching his thesis, connecting the
dots, and making his case, which one reviewer, Henry Eshelmann,
maintains is compelling. Eshelmann observed yesterday Hankey has made
a credible examination of the evidence in the film, calling it
"spirited and well-documented."
Hankey points out how Bush rose to the top in the CIA and was in
Dallas at the time Kennedy was assassinated, according to
documentation found in a letter from the F.B.I. Bush was once asked
about this and observed there had been another CIA agent called
George Bush in the CIA at the time, But Hankey declares the evidence
concerning the former President is strong enough that it could be put
to serious legal examination and says this, "If we could present this
evidence to a jury in Texas, he would pay with his life."
While some people might find the conspiracy another crackpot story,
people across the political spectrum have said the assassination of
Kennedy needs to be re-examined, and as Edelmann points out 22% of
the American public do not believe Kennedy was killed by a single
gunman. Those who have raised the questions include Jesse Ventura, an
Independent, presently touring the country to promote his book
American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies and More Dirty Lies that the
Government Tells Us. Edelman quotes Republican Brice Willis as saying
to Vanity Fair three years ago, "They still haven't caught the guy
that killed President Kennedy---I'll get killed for saying this, but
I'm pretty sure those guys are still in power, in some form--."
This isn't the first time Hankey has put forth the film, and other
reviewers declare "not so fast" to the notions he puts forth. For
example, Seamus Coogan who writes for the CTKA, a group devoted to
the study of the Kennedy assassination, maintains Hankey makes
exorbitant claims about himself and his research and also distorts
many facts. He writes this:
Where, when, and how did he "hang Kennedy's murder around Bush's
neck"? Is JFK 2 evidence of this? Not on your life. The evidence
would suggest that Hankey first got into his research around 1999,
with the death of John Kennedy Jr. After that, around 2004, his video
was cobbled together. Hankey seems to have had a mere 5-6 years of
investigation under his belt before the film. But that's no excuse
for 1.) The errors that riddle his work and 2.) His penchant for
taking credit for things he did not achieve. 3.) His need to distort
things both large and small.
Coogan's review is very detailed, and he quotes the assessments of
other critics as he examines Hankey's film, which just yesterday has
been touted again. His summary conclusion declares firmly that
viewers need to look with a jaundiced eye upon many of Hankey's
notions since they take away from serious investigations and mislead
the public. He ends by saying, "There is nothing wrong with writing
revisionist history. But if you choose to do so, you must be held to
high standards of scholarship. "
Hankey's film is recycled work as observed on a website that presents
the film and its updates, still being touted by fans and reviewers
who hang onto Hankey's theses without what Coogan maintains is a
careful examination of the facts. The website for this http://www.jfkii.com/
observes Dark Legacy is a remake of his original documentary JFKII
the Bush Connection. The website also advertises a manuscript by
Professor Steven Jones entitled Murder by Manchurian Candidate which
declares it contains "Overwhelming, jaw-dropping evidence of foul
play in the death of John Kennedy Jr., all based on official
government documents." Readers and viewers have Coogan's admonitions,
however, in examining both the Hankey film and Jones book, in
assessing the veracity of both.
While Edelmann makes strong pronouncements about Hankey's film in his
review, the issue of political discord tangentially offers the arena
for discussion, although Coogan's assessment warns everyone of the
risks in saying too much based on too little evidence.
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