Larry Hancock
Readers of Some Would Have Talked (2010)
will be familiar with Wheaton and the implications of his information. So
will those who have attended my presentations or seen my blog posts on
him. Most recently, in 2016 at the JFK Lancer November in Dallas
conference I presented my assessment of Wheaton as a source. The points
in that assessment are provided below.
The good news is that at long last, courtesy of Mark
Sobel and Debra Conway, a very important interview with Mr. Wheaton is now
available to all those interested. The interview is on YouTube and the
link to it is at the end of this vetting assessment. As always comments
and questions are welcome.
Wheaton provided information consisting of comments
made by two individuals who he described as having information relating to
individuals involved in the attack on JFK
While the men purportedly named individuals, or at
least described them in some detail, the men themselves were not involved
One of the men had trained certain of the
individuals during his work with the CIA as a military trainer and the second
was a Cuban exile who had been in that training and personally knew some of the
individuals involved in the attack
Wheaton provided no details, only named the two men
and identified them as secondary sources in regard to a conspiracy
Wheaton provided corroborative documents
demonstrating his personal association with both men during the time frame of
the purported remarks they had made related to the events in Dallas
Wheaton did not add any further details over the
time frame of his efforts to register his information – first with a
Congressman and ultimately to the ARRB
Wheaton attempted to take his information to the
government via a Congressperson as soon as he was aware of it
The timing of his contact with the two men is
independently corroborated
Wheaton’s association with both men is corroborated
The two men’s backgrounds are corroborated as
Wheaton described them
Independent – albeit anecdotal – information
connected individuals associated with one of the men named by Wheaton as having
knowledge of a conspiracy related to the attack on JFK – that information
includes a call made by RFK the afternoon of the assassination
Wheaton took none of his information public and
never expected his confidential contact with the ARRB to become public
Wheaton described the threats made to him if he did
attempt to report his information even if only privately – primarily consisting
of efforts to discredit him as a viable source
Efforts to discredit Wheaton can be corroborated
Wheaton later expended his own resources in an
effort to bring his information to the ARRB, making multiple contacts and
providing extensive documentation
The ARRB totally failed to pursue or even
corroborate Wheaton’s information
The ARRB staff member handling Wheaton’s information
resigned from the ARRB staff
When contacted several years later the staff member
claimed not to have any memory at all of Wheaton, his documents or repeated
contacts with him
The interview – conducted by William Law and
produced by Mark Sobel:
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