I've been reading the thoughts of people that knew David Lifton personally and everybody seems to agree David has devoted much of his life to fact-finding the assassination of JFK. Maybe too much? He is one of the 1st generation researchers of this subject. A group of like-minded people that became activists for the truth. I've listened to quite a lot of Mae Brussell's broadcasts, she mentioned David a lot. Brussell was part of the founding research group that David was a part of. ''I'll mention their names'' as Mae Brusell introduced them on her show(November 24, 1971.). A group of people that felt deeply there is something wrong with the conclusion to what happened to JFK, that it wasn't JUST Lee Harvey Oswald. These are the people that started this whole research never-ending mystery ...Maggie Fields in Beverly Hills, California; Penn Jones in Midlothian, Texas; Mark Lane in New York; David Lifton in Los Angeles; Sylvia Meagher in New York; Raymond Marcus in L.A.; Shirley Martin in Oklahoma; Leo Sauvage in New York; Joe Joestin in Germany; Hal Verb in El Cerrito, California; Harold Weisberg in Maryland. Mae brings up all the researchers books, pet theories. achievements. She talks about David Lifton's book that hasn't yet been resleased. She says David Lifton spent 7 years putting together his book Best Evidence. This was in 1971! David's book wasn't released until 1981? Am I missing something?!?! David Lifton really did give a tremendous effort into trying to make sense of the feelings that told him something wasn't right about the official verdict into who killed JFK. This is what fascinates me with a lot of those researchers that took up a call to arms and devote their lives to seeking 'their' truths.
From David's wikipedia page. ''Lifton purchased a set of the 26 volumes of the Warren Commission's investigation and started his own research on the Kennedy case.[1] In 1966, Lifton was dismissed from UCLA for neglecting his studies. He quit his aerospace job, devoting all his time to the Kennedy assassination.''
I remember Mae Brussell talking about how these original researchers co-ordinated this original research of the subject. They communicated via letters and phone calls...and meeting in person at least once a year. And from I've heard from Mae Brusell's broadcasts, these original researchers didn't agree on every thing. They, in fact, didn't agree much. It seems. They attacked eachother quite a lot. And I think some of these original risk takers were quite right to doubt and wonder about every interaction they received on this subject. I would imagine they may have thought they would be in real danger to delve into the topics they were researching, at the time. It's been uncovered how the alphabet agencies have investigated the people that started investigating them! I've read the released archives of many of the original JFK assassination researchers. They all questioned who was contacting them, and seemed to think they had become the target of the agency. The big C.I.A.
It's fascinating to know how people like David Lifton managed to hang around in very sophisticated subject material for so long and not go completely nuts.
I contacted David and we corresponded 10 or more times back'n'forth by email on some detail in the Zapruder film. He was curious about a few things and on a few facts was dismissive. I admire the tenacity and devotion of David Lifton to see if he could reveal the truth - when it comes to the JFK assassination. Unfortunately, David's massive devotion to replying to people curious to speak to him about this subject played a part in preventing Final Charade being published. A constant interruption from so many JFK conspiracy theorists view on the subject. David Lifton talked about how Final Charade would blow Best Evidence out of the water.
RIP David Lifton!
