Melanson,P. The Robert F. Kennedy Assassination. 1991
Melanson, Philip H. The Robert F. Kennedy Assassination: New Revelations
on the Conspiracy and Cover-Up, 1968-1991. New York: Shapolsky Publishers,
1991. 362 pages.
There are more than thirty JFK assassination books for every book on
the RFK assassination, but in some respects the implications of the latter
are more alarming. Philip Melanson, a professor of political science at
Southeastern Massachusetts University and director of the Robert F. Kennedy
Assassination Archives, has made an outstanding contribution on this
difficult subject.
The problems with the official version can be summed up in several
points: 1) More bullets were recovered than could fit in Sirhan's gun; 2)
Nitrite deposits and powder burns indicate that shots were fired at point-
blank range, but witnesses are consistent that Sirhan's gun was never closer
than two or three feet; 3) Sirhan was seen before the shooting with an
associate or handler who has never been found; 4) Evidence suggests that
he was in a hypnotic trance during the shooting; 5) The LAPD suppressed or
destroyed evidence, and intimidated witnesses who contradicted the official
line. The "robot assassin" angle in this assassination seemed incredible
in 1968, but since then we have learned much more about the CIA's long
history of research into mind-control. It's no longer easy to dismiss such
a possibility, nor is it easy to accept it.
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