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69 of 77 found the following review helpful:
 The trees in the forest will now begin to fall Mar 04, 2006
By Herbert L Calhoun
"paulocal"
In the realm of JFK assassination investigations: lore, irrefutable facts, fiction "factions" and myths, all often compete side-by-side for the right to be accepted. The reader is thus forced to develop a finely tuned "crap-detection system" in order to sort out one from the other.
It is no different in this manuscript produced by Wim Dankbaar, which, as it introduces a new kind of medium ("the investigative internet book"), also blazes its own fresh trail of validated facts in pursuit of uncovering the "real" culprits of the JFK whodunit. Even though in the end it is mostly a collection of interviews and Internet chat summaries, it still comfortably fits in the same genre of investigative reporting as that of Jim Garrison's 1967 investigation and Michael Collins Piper's "Final Judgment," and in many ways builds on and expands on these outstanding investigative pieces. Like these earlier investigations, Dankbaar uses his own hooks and threads to push forward the frontier of an ever more-elusive truth, that is now 40-year old, and still running.
It is useful to recall that Garrison, in his groundbreaking investigation embarrassed and scared the U.S. government so badly that it eventually had it squashed. Garrison nevertheless had discovered a snake pit of seething, vile and evil activity at 544 Camp Street in New Orleans. This den of top secret but unregulated political activity pointed directly and unerringly to the events that took place in Dallas.
And although Garrison did not completely succeed in convicting the real killers, in the end, the snakes he found tied together -- and which he tried vainly to untangle -- almost incomprehensibly consisted of a most disparate group of unlikely suspects. There was the FBI through Guy Bannister; U.S. intelligence (both the CIA, and ONI) through E. Howard Hunt and Maurice Bishop. The anti-Castro Cubans were also involved through Edalio Diaz and Antonio Viciana. Then there were the New Orleans homosexuals through Clay Shaw and David Ferrie; and the mafia through Santos Trafficante, Jimmie Hoffa, and Carlos Marcellos. It tied all of these to the events in Dallas through none other than Lee Harvey Oswald -- the alleged lone assassin.
One of the most tantalizing aspects of the Garrison investigation was almost an aside: the connection he made between a Canadian company called Permidex and Clay Shaw, who later was the only man ever to be charged with JFK's assassination. Michael Collins Piper, in his book "Final Judgment," took the Permidex thread one step further. He demonstrated that Garrison was indeed on the right track, as he proved convincingly that Permidex was little more than a "front" company for both the mob (thorough Myer Lansky's branch) and Israeli intelligence (though the Massad); and that it was a conduit for laundering the funds used to bank-roll the assassination.
Interestingly, Dankbaar, in the present book, does NOT mention the "Permindex angle" at all, but does uncover his own assortment of other themes and characters. For instance he claims that GHW Bush, by lying about his whereabouts on 11/22/63 and about his earlier involvement with the CIA, Operation 40, the Cuban invasion, and the same group of renegade soldiers of fortune, actually raises question about, if not implicates himself in JFK's murder. The bulk of the book however is the interviewing of shooters, pilots and just plain soldiers of fortune, who were either involved directly, or had foreknowledge of the assassination. The strength of the book is that it ties together all these disparate threads so that they leave an indelible picture of how the assassination was actually planned, managed, carried out and covered up.
When the reader completes this book, he will have no doubt that JFK's murder was indeed a conspiracy and a very high level one at that; nor will he have any doubt about how the crime of the 20th Century could have been concealed for so long.
Five stars.
16 of 18 found the following review helpful:
Better Believe It Mar 12, 2007
By Gman
I don't know what Vince's problem is unless he's a disinformation tool--that could well be--but this one (Files on JFK) is, with all its disjointed syntax, goofball proofreading errors (a rash of (sic)s in a bunch of letters, but whoever sicc'd 'em on that portion of the book missed about 500 more in the same area), mangled English, is one of the most interesting of all the books since the start of this whole JFK industry. It rings true. And is supported by a lot of other outside documentation.
Net: it's very hard to dismiss this one. And I've read many hours of the kind of crap that gives JFK research a dopey name. (Much of it by those whose reason is just that)
It's non-linear in its presentation, jumps around, has many unexplained "interviews" and conversations, and jumps from a letter exchange between Joe West and JF that shows both sides, to a lot of letters to Vernon which leave out all of Vernon's. One thing I found disturbing was the fact it left in social security numbers in one case, plus exact addresses including zip codes and phone numbers for people who should be protected from that. Sloppy stuff.
Bottom line: it belongs in any serious researcher's library. It. Is. Believable.
28 of 34 found the following review helpful:
Let the evidence speak for itself Jul 01, 2006
By Tony Stewart
"Crimewriter/author"
Wim Dankbaar's book "I SHOT JFK" is truly a fascinating piece of history, reviving the reality of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, while disproving the Warren Commissions "so called" one gunman theory. There have been many mythological theories of what supposedly happened on that dreadful November 22, 1963, but Dankbaar has bought the facts to the table, financing the greatest investigation of all time to crack the case.
Confessed killer-assassin James Files, and a member of organized crime may have been the shooter on the grassy knoll, or was he? The facts are all here! Although officially declared "not credible," by the FBI, thorough research and video taped interviews presented in Dankbaar's , unsurpassed book may have proven otherwise.
What did James Files have to gain by confessing to the murder of our beloved President? He was already rotting away in prison serving time for attempted murder of an Illinois police officer. Confessing would have only added more time to his sentence. Unless his confession was indeed true, and he wanted to get it off his chest. After all, if his story was correct, he had been living with the guilt for many years. A remorse that would be unbearable for anyone with a conscience.
And the world already knows that even if new facts arose the FBI wouldn't want to open old wounds after all these years, especially on the death of a President. As a Kennedy research of over 30 years, and the forthcoming author of a new book on John F. Kennedy, I say let the evidence speak for itself. I highly recommend Dankbaar's masterpiece "I SHOT JFK." In my professional opinion, this may be perhaps the finest evidence ever bought to light on the Kennedy assassination.
Review by 7ony Stewart, author of Dillinger, The Hidden Truth
JohnnieDillinger@aol.com
12 of 13 found the following review helpful:
FILES ON JFK Aug 07, 2008
By RON L. MILLER
"RON MILLER, TENNESSEE DIVER"
AS A FORMER HOMICIDE DETECTIVE AND IN CHARGE OF A HOMICIDE DISTRICT TEAM IN MY STATE , I HAD MANY QUESTIONS ON THE JFK ASSASSINATION. READING THE BOOK ON FILES ANSWERED 99% OF MY QUESTIONS. ANY ONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN DALLAS NEEDS OT READ THIS BOOK, IT IS A BOMB SHELL FOR SURE.
RON MILLER
14 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 Thoughts from Oz Aug 09, 2007
By Mr. Robert Freeman
I became interested in the JFK assassination from as far back as I can remember. Although this compilation is unlike your standard authored presentation it is very interesting reading. I have about 100 pages to go but it is clear to me James Files 1) is a great story teller who has some inside knowledge of the workings of the machinery, 2) is deluded, or 3) is what he says. I was 3 years old when JFK died, and I am an Aussie, but it certainly deeply affected me. I later had a career in law enforcement which ended in quite a degree of disillusionment and concern about the way things are run in this society of ours. I have since then studied quite extensively on the JFK situation. This book is very provocative, is potentially true, and again I feel concern about the society we all live in. Finally, if james Files was a shooter in Dealey Plaza and did in fact shoot JFK and he has since felt it necessary to confess this truth then it is tesimony to the fact that in the end good will prevail over evil and underneath we all have a soul.
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