Exploding the Truth: The JFK, Jr. Assassination

Amanda

Introduction

When trying to prove the existence of a conspiracy it is essential to systematically dismantle the lies that filter into the accepted versions of historical events. The death of John F. Kennedy, Jr., was nothing more than a tragic accident. That is what nearly two decades of misinformation has led many people to believe. It will be the purpose of this book to logically dispel that notion, and prove beyond any reasonable doubt that the events of July 16, 1999, were instead a skillfully planned assassination. It was covered up by powerful forces intent on silencing him for political, personal, and historical reasons that reach back to his father’s administration in the 1960s.

The death of John F. Kennedy, Jr., was one of the most tragic days in the 20th Century. Here was a man who seemed to have everything, but was cut down in his prime. He was the publisher of a successful magazine, George, the husband to a beautiful wife, Caroline, and the heir to the Kennedy throne if he ever chose to run for office. As we will explore, towards the end of his life he increasingly felt the need to get more involved in politics, especially through his magazine, as confirmed by private discussions with his friends about continuing the Kennedy tradition of public service. He also became aware of the dark forces behind his father’s assassination, and felt obligated to quietly pursue the truth. Was this making him a threat?

On a personal note, I hope and pray that this will not be my last book, for two reasons. First, I have written conspiracy books about JFK, President William McKinley, and investigations of Christian mystics. None of these books have enjoyed the level of national impact that I had hoped they would achieve. Each one rewrote basic tenants of accepted, mainstream historical facts, with nothing but logic and evidence. One grows tired of trying to change the world when so few people are willing to listen.

Second, the only book that has seen some level of national media exposure was my book about the Kennedy assassination, titled Why the C.I.A. Killed JFK and Malcolm X: The Secret Drug Trade in Laos. but even that fell short of my lofty expectations. However, it did not seem to go unnoticed at least in some private quarters. What I am about to share can be verified by any number of doctors and nurses who saved my life in the summer of 2014 at Buffalo General Hospital. I was about to sign the final contract to send my book to the printer when I became gravely ill. I pride myself on maintaining a healthy lifestyle. I do not smoke, drink alcohol, or do any recreational drugs. I also exercise regularly, so it was surprising to me that I became so instantaneously sick. My face, lungs, and heart filled with fluid, as my muscles atrophied. I dropped nearly 40 pounds in a matter of days. At one point my family was told that there was nothing more that could be done for me. I am very grateful that I am alive today, and still can be a father to my two beautiful children. I was asked several times by different doctors if I had ever traveled to Southeast Asia. I do not even have a passport. Apparently, whatever disease I got had never once appeared anywhere that they could find in the United States, only rarely in Southeast Asia, and even that was only a guess. During the research for my JFK book, I learned about the death of journalist Gary Webb of the San Jose Mercury News who was likely killed by the C.I.A. Like me, he was also involved in exposing how the agency was involved in the drug running business. It scared me even further when I found out later that year in 2014 a movie was released titled, Kill the Messenger, that chronicled Webb’s effort to expose the truth. I do not want to be the next one to be silenced. I am aware that no one else has ever written a mainstream book about the possibility that JFK, Jr., was the victim of an assassination conspiracy, perhaps for good reason. If that is the case, the conspirators are likely still alive. In the spirit of President Kennedy’s call to service in his inauguration address, I am willing to do my part to serve my country in the way that I know best, to expose the truth. This is what I can do for my country, like my grandfather did fighting the Nazis in World War II, or my father as part of NATO forces defending Europe during the Cold War. My family has served proudly in every branch of the military. Semper Fidelis – to the truth.

John Koerner

August 2017

Part I

The Motives

Chapter One

Exonerating the Clintons

Trying to figure out who was behind the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Jr., is nearly as complicated and controversial as untangling the dark web of forces behind his father’s slaying. In looking at the evidence though, there appears to be two primary lines of thinking that could lead us to logically conclude that some powerful people wanted this man dead.

The first area we will explore is John F. Kennedy, Jr.’s, desire to enter the world of politics, something he had shunned his whole life. If this was true, it would put him in the way of some potentially dangerous people who had their own designs on obtaining the reins of power.

Second, it appears likely that at the end of his life, JFK, Jr., was becoming increasingly aware that the C.I.A. organized the assassination of his father. This fact may have been why he became a publisher, to have a platform to expose the truth to the world, and bring to justice those still alive who planned his father’s execution.

Let us first explore the possibility that John F. Kennedy, Jr., was seriously considering running for governor of New York, and eventually president. This, according to his closest friends, was exactly what was on his mind in the last months of his life. His assistant at George, Rose Marie Terenzio, told People in a July 2016 cover story that he was planning on running for president. After Republican New York Senator Alphonse D’Amato told Kennedy he should run for mayor of New York City, he apparently laughed it off. After this encounter with D’Amato, Terenzio asked why he would not want to consider it. His answer pointed to a much loftier goal, a shrewd political calculation that would have made his father proud.

Well, Rosie, how many mayors do you know that become President? Kennedy said to Terenzio. I was so shocked I didn’t say anything. Then he smirked as if to say ‘That’s not the road you go down. We’ll see what happens.’

The mayor of a city is not a large enough platform to stage a run for the White House, no matter who you are. However, the U.S. Senate, or being the governor of a prominent state like New York could have been just the stepping stone that he had in mind to launch his presidential bid, likely in 2004. In fact, several of his friends knew he was seriously considering running for governor. The next election for governor would have been in 2002. He would have faced George Pataki, who at that time was seeking a third term. Most people voting that year did not vote for Pataki, as he garnered an unimpressive 49% of the popular vote. He largely ran on his record of leadership during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City. The one candidate who could have counteracted this appeal would have been JFK, Jr., a longtime resident of New York City. Kennedy probably would have personally known many of the people who died in the attack, and likely would have aided in the recovery. There is no doubt that his potential appeal as a candidate no matter what office he ran for would have energized New York State Democrats like no one else. A fellow Democrat from New York, Mark Green, mulling over his own run for the Senate, conducted a private poll in 1997 to see who Democrats liked the most within their state. He was by far the most popular Democrat, Green said. He had the highest favorable-unfavorable spread; 65% of Democrats rated him favorably and 10% rated him unfavorably. Former New York State Democratic Chairman John Marino said that if Kennedy ever ran for office, it would have been, goodbye, anyone else. Such a campaign would have been much like when his uncle Robert Kennedy won his New York U. S. Senate seat by an impressive 10-point margin, 53% to 43%, over incumbent Republican Kenneth Keating in 1964. Assuming Kennedy won the election in November 2002, he would have become New York’s 54th governor on January 1, 2003.

Would a short time in Albany be enough to run for president in 2004, to prevent George W. Bush from getting a second term? Many of our presidents at one time were governor of New York, often for very shorts stints. Martin Van Buren, our nation’s 8th president, was only governor for 3 months from January 1, 1829, to March 5, 1829. Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and the 24th president, was only governor for one year when he announced his candidacy for president in 1884. Theodore Roosevelt spent only one year as governor as well before agreeing to run with William McKinley as his vice-presidential nominee in the election of 1900, after which he ascended to the presidency a few months later following McKinley’s assassination in September 1901. Franklin Roosevelt was in the middle of what would be his only term as governor when he began his campaign for president in the early 1930s. We could even mention Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, the 25th governor of New York, who spent only one year as governor before accepting the nomination of his party in the summer of 1876. Most historians agree the presidency was stolen from him later that year in a corrupt deal worked out in the Congress that gave the presidency to the Republicans, otherwise he would have become the nation’s 19th president.

Also in that People article was the testimony of Gary Ginsberg, a friend from their time together at Brown University, as well as a business partner who helped Kennedy start George magazine. Ginsberg was with Kennedy the night before he died and had this to say about his mindset. By July 1999, I think he could take great comfort that he had started and led a successful business, had fulfilled his mission to cover politics in a colorful, non-ideological way that would make it appealing for people who had never bought a political magazine before, and was now in a position to do something new. According to Ginsberg the New York Senate seat was also on his mind but eventually decided against that path, out of deference to first lady Hillary Clinton, a friend and fellow Democrat. He had been thinking about running for the N.Y. Senate seat. He even had meetings about it that spring, but by July had concluded he would focus his attention on running for governor of N.Y. The next election for governor was 2002. His longtime friend felt this was a better fit for him anyway. This is an important point we need to make here. Kennedy had decided against running for the Senate. Many have laid the blame at the feet of the Clintons for this assassination. The fact that he was making it clear he had no intention of running against Clinton is no small point. "By temperament and interest, John, I think, realized he was far more suited to being a governor than a legislator. He knew from running George that he could be an inspiring, strong chief executive of a state, setting the tone for government and successfully running a complex operation," said Ginsberg.

We need to establish clearly that Kennedy posed no political threat to Hillary Clinton in 1999 because he