NINE Secret Service agents drank the morning of the assassination
#NEVERFORGET …that NINE Secret Service agents drank the morning of the assassination: CLINT HILL (above), Jack “NOT” Ready, Paul Landis (who stayed out until 5 AM!!!), Glenn Bennett, Don Lawton, Ernest Olsson, Richard Johnsen (the magic bullet keeper), David Grant (co-advance agent of the Dallas trip and HILL’S BROTHER IN LAW!) and Andy Berger (who later drove the hearse containing JFK’s body from Parkland). Hill was all “boo hoo” circa 1975 but he is “living his best” life these days; he’s “LIT”! He has a very young co-author girlfriend, he is raking in mad money on his three books and a movie deal is in the works. Drinking alcohol was a violation of agency regulations and grounds for removal from the Service + sleep deprivation (these men had to report for work at 8 am!!). These men were not punished in any way whatsoever (keep in mind, 1963/1964 were the Pre-Watergate and pre-Vietnam War super naive days). Hill even won a MEDAL for 11/22/63! Geez…
Secret Service agent Ernest “Ernie” Olsson, Jr.- passed away 7/1/2019 + Secret Service agent Larry Newman- passed away 12/21/2017
Secret Service agent Ernest “Ernie” Olsson, Jr.- passed away 7/1/2019
I spoke to Olsson briefly- he said he didn’t talk about those days. The only thing he confirmed was that he did speak to the HSCA.
He grew up in Ames and graduated from Ames High School in 1950. Following graduation he continued his education at Drake University obtaining his Bachelor’s degree in 1955.
Ernest met the love of his life Beverly May Scheuermann in 1951 and the couple was married in Ames, on June 15, 1952. The couple then lived in California, Arizona and Missouri and settled in Virginia where they raised their four children.
Ernest was a Veteran, serving in the United States Air Force from 1955 until 1958. Upon returning from active duty, Ernest continued to serve his country working for the United States Secret Service where he protected Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson, retiring in 1981.
Secret Service agent Larry Newman- passed away 12/21/2017
I spoke to Newman at length a couple times in 2004 and he was a valuable source of information. He was one of the four agents who spoke to Seymour Hersh for The Dark Side of Camelot.
After college, Larry completed basic training in the Air Force Reserves and was honorably discharged so that he could join the Washington State Department of Game. In 1960 he was appointed as an agent with the U.S. Secret Service. He served several prominent figures over the course of his 23-year career including service on the White House detail in Washington D.C. during the Kennedy administration, during which time he met his wife, Susan. Larry also worked with presidents Ford and Carter
BOSTON, MA – AUGUST 7: President John F. Kennedy, center, leaves Children’s Hospital in Boston after visiting his son on Aug. 7, 1963. His third son, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, was born in Falmouth, Mass., on Aug. 7, 1963, five and a half weeks early. The baby was rushed to Children s Hospital in Boston shortly after for a treatment of a respiratory ailment. President Kennedy is staying at the Ritz Carlton Hotel to be able to be near his son, the first child in 65 years to be born to a sitting president. The baby died on Aug. 9, 1963. (Photo by Herbert Capwell/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
LARRY NEWMAN DISCUSSES THE DEATH OF PATRICK KENNEDY:
Chuck Zboril of Bonita Springs, FL passed away Saturday morning July 13, 2019. He was born March 6, 1936 in Detroit, MI to the late Charles and Anne Zboril. He has been a resident of Bonita Springs since 1998 previously residing in Rolling Meadows, IL.
He was in the Marine Corps, discharged in 1958 and married Jean on July 12th of that year. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1962 with a degree in Police Administration. He spent 23 years as a special agent in the U. S. Secret Service and 13 years as Asst. Director of Security at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL.
He enjoyed life in Florida, golfing with friends, traveling and spending time with family.
Chuck is survived by his loving wife and best friend, Jean (Bowen) Zboril and their 3 children, Douglas (Marcia) Zboril, David (Lisa) Zboril and Donna (Mark) Vukelich. Chuck was also blessed with six grandchildren, Tyler, Jacob, Ryan and Anna Zboril and Zoe and Owen Vukelich. He is also survived by his brother, James (Betsy) Zboril.
One can sometimes not realize the ramifications of something written years ago and literally under their own nose until the right context comes about. Well, the context came last night in the form of a very predictable one-star review from former Secret Service agent (and dear Gerald Blaine friend and colleague) Chuck Zboril. I harken back to a famous line (one of many) in the Oliver Stone movie “JFK”, wherein Kevin Costner , after making a vital point buried in the 26 volumes of the Warren Commission, says (paraphrased) “but the idea gets shuffled around and the point gets lost.”
TURN TO PAGE 121 OF MY OWN BOOK “SURVIVOR’S GUILT”:
“Blaine even erroneously thought [SAIC Gerald] Behn was on the Florida trip, a testament to the frequency of his [Behn’s] trips with the president.” [author’s interview with Blaine 2/7/04]
TURN TO PAGE 294 OF MY OWN BOOK “SURVIVOR’S GUILT”:
“Zboril was sure that Kellerman, who wasn’t even on the Florida trip, was present in Tampa: “I thought it was Roy Kellerman, not Boring, in the car on the Tampa trip…that’s my recollection.” [author’s interview with Chuck Zboril 11/15/95]
Beyond just the general credibility gap issues, by this specific “recollection” of a supervisory agent OTHER THAN FLOYD M. BORING having been on the Florida trip and having rode in the presidential limousine, these two fine gentlemen have, independent of one another, totally impeached ole Blaine’s book “The Kennedy Detail” even further: how can Blaine write so authoritatively that he heard BORING over the radio relaying JFK’s alleged instruction to remove Zboril and Lawton from the rear of the limousine WHEN HE CAN’T EVEN GET THE NAME OF THE ACTUAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE TRIP AND RIDING IN THE PRESIDENTIAL LIMOUSINE CORRECT?
Likewise, how in the world can Zboril vouch for Blaine and his book when he, perhaps in an even worse case of “faulty memory”, ALSO CANNOT GET THE NAME OF THE ACTUAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE TRIP AND RIDING IN THE PRESIDENTIAL LIMOUSINE CORRECT…AND BORING WAS THE AGENT WHO ALLEGEDLY RELAYED THIS ORDER/ KIND ANECDOTE/ PRESIDENTIAL WISH (TAKE YOUR PICK) *TO* ZBORIL!
Secret Service agent William “Tim” McIntyre 1935-2019. I spoke to McIntyre in 2005 (when he lived in California). He was one of the four agents who spoke to Seymour Hersh.
As for Kennedy, McIntyre said his father was criticized in the 1990s when he shared stories with journalist Seymour Hersh for Hersh’s book “The Dark Side of Camelot.”McIntyre told Hersh he felt guilty for violating federal law for allowing unsavory characters, including prostitutes, into the White House to visit Kennedy.“While he held him in high regard as a president and a good negotiator with foreign countries, the Cuban Missile Crisis, that kind of thing, personally he was kind of put in the middle a few times by the president and he didn’t appreciate it,” McIntyre said. Other agents expressed similar feelings.Â
“The Presidential vehicle was approximately 200 feet from the underpass when the first shot was fired, followed in quick succession by two more. I would estimate that all three shots were fired within 5 seconds.After the second shot, I looked at the President and witnessed his being struck in the head by the third and last shot.
McIntyre later courted controversy after featuring in an ABC television special ‘Dangerous World- The Kennedy Years’ in which he recalled upon first being assigned to JFK that he was taken aside by his shift supervisor Emory Roberts and warned of JFK’s womanizing ways.
“You’re going to see a lot of s–t around here. Stuff with the president. Just forget about it. Keep it to yourself. Don t even talk to your wife. Roberts was nervous about it.”
McIntyre felt a scandal was inevitable: “It would have had to come out in the next year or so. In the campaign, maybe.”
He also felt compromised and angry at Kennedy’s actions wondering whether it was “time to get out of there.
“I was disappointed by what I saw”.
CLICK TO ENLARGE: MCINTYRE IN FORT WORTH AND DALLAS 11/22/63:
President Kennedy motorcades San Diego, Hawaii, Latin America
President Kennedy motorcades San Diego (6/6/63) , Hawaii (6/9/63), Latin America (12/61- Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Columbia) PLUS THE BUBBLETOP IN ALL GOOD WEATHER MOTORCADES
GERMANY 6/23-6/26/63 [19:43 to 23:11] : Many flanking motorcycles in a wedge formation; SAIC Behn on trip; military aide in front seat; agents in good number near limo; bubbletop at times; military lining street; live television feed; PHOTOGRAPHERS IN FRONT OF LIMO; buildings guarded
ITALY 7/2/63 [0 to 11:44]: close press/photographers (including live tv IN FRONT OF LIMO), SAIC Behn, agents on limo, massive motorcycles, etc.
IRELAND 6/28/63 [23:12 to end]: Agent Bert De Freese on rear of limo; partial bubbletop; good motorcycle formation; press photographers flatbed truck in front of limo; agents on limo
D.C. motorcades:
-JFK and Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg 4/30/63 [11:45 to 13:28];
-JFK and Ethiopian King Haile Selassie 10/1/63 [16:08 to 18:33];
-JFK and King Hassan of Morocco 3/27/63 [13:29 to 16:07];
-JFK Inaugural 1/20/61 [18:44 to 19:42]
THE VIEW FROM THE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS FLATBED TRUCK IN FRONT; 2 follow-up cars; military and police line street; SAIC Behn and military aide
