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On this website, you will find a multitude of articles, some of which I wrote earlier (2005-2012) when my two books on the Kennedy assassination were published. The website also features excerpts from these books, translated into English for the first time.
Certain articles have demanded a significant amount of my time, involving extensive research, careful observation of others’ craftsmanship, and more. These particular articles receive additional attention on this page.
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New Orleans: a tour that brings you back to the summer of 1963
On July 18, 2009, I rented a bike in New Orleans and made lots of pictures of places related to Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy. Some are definitely important in his life, others are subject of speculation; so many stories have been told during the past 60 years… On…
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The assassination of Mary Sherman
This year sixty years ago, the notorious, gruesome murder of Mary Sherman occurred. A crime that is relatively unknown – you probably had never heard of the victim. Sherman was found in a terrible state on July 21, 1964, in her apartment at 3101 St. Charles Avenue, in New Orleans. The tragedy was never solved,…
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John F. Kennedy: the man, the myth
When Kennedy spoke to the electorate with such calmness and self-confidence during the televised debate with Richard Nixon, according to rumors, it was mainly because he had consumed a cocktail prepared by his personal miracle doctor and spent time with a call girl in his hotel room an hour and a half earlier. Besides being…
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The assassination of JFK
I wrote about the assassination of JFK twice, both books are only published in Dutch. Out of my second book, here is an excerpt about the morning of November 22, 1963. More parts of my books will follow, for the first time made available in English. The photo on this page is made by bystander…
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The Kennedy Cabinet
Kennedy certainly had a busy time in the early sixties. Fortunately, he was not alone. One of his first tasks after the November 1960 election was to form his cabinet. Kennedy succeeded in assembling a highly competent team. For the crucial position in Defense, he recruited Republican Robert McNamara from the Ford motor company, where…
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The military–industrial complex
Wikipedia on the military-industrial complex: “The expression military–industrial complex describes the relationship between a country’s military and the defense industry that supplies it, seen together as a vested interest which influences public policy. A driving factor behind the relationship between the military and the defense-minded corporations is that both sides benefit—one side from obtaining weapons,…
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Operation Mongoose
Kennedy established a committee, chaired by his brother Robert, following the failure in the Bay of Pigs, tasked with finding effective solutions. The committee, including government members, ministry staff, and CIA officials, agreed on November 4, 1961, to launch a new operation named ‘Operation Mongoose.’ It became the largest CIA project in peacetime, involving around…
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American mafia: from street gang to national syndicate
The power of the underworld was exceptionally strong in the early sixties. Even more remarkable is the speed at which the power of the American mafia was acquired. Around 1900, immigrants from all over the world entered the United States in search of prosperity, just as the Irishman Patrick Kennedy had set foot on American…
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Was J. Edgar Hoover blackmailable?
Illustrative: in the late fifties, four FBI agents in New York were dealing with real criminals while 400 colleagues were scouring the streets for communists. A twenty-five-page report from subordinates on the mafia was destroyed in 1957 by the director. ‘Nonsense,’ declared J. Edgar Hoover (nice read: The rise of J. Edgar Hoover and his…