David Talbot, Author of Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years

CovertAction Bulletin

This is the second part of our Destiny Betrayed series on the JFK assassination. In this episode, Aaron talks with David Talbot about his book, Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years.

Published in 2007, Brothers tells the story of the Kennedy presidency as experienced by many of the people who worked with and knew John and Robert Kennedy. Among other things, the book definitively established an important missing part of the era's history. Drawing from dozens of interviews with the living members of the Kennedy circle, Talbot revealed how Robert Kennedy came to learn that his brother's assassination was the result of an operation involving the CIA with help from the agency's mafia and right-wing Cuban friends. Brothers also revealed that RFK planned to reinvestigate his brother's murder once he got to the White House. Tragically, the Senator was himself assassinated before that could happen.

David Talbot also appears in the new Oliver Stone documentary, JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass. Streaming now on Showtime, the film was written by Jim DiEugenio--author of Destiny Betrayed and The JFK Assassination: The Evidence Today. This episode also features contributions from Abby Martin of The Empire Files. Abby recently returned from a trip overseas, during which she grilled Nancy Pelosi about Pentagon pollution in front of an international audience.

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