J. Lee Rankin person
also: Rankin
Explore in graph → Export claims (CSV) ↓
Related entities (most co-mentioned)
Warren Commissionorganization · 6Allen Dullesperson · 4CIAintelligence service · 3Lee Harvey Oswaldperson · 3David Slausonperson · 2FBIintelligence service · 2Warren Reportbook · 2Arlen Specterperson · 2Marguerite Oswaldperson · 1El Toro Marine Corps Air Stationplace · 1Defense Language Instituteorganization · 1California State University, Los Angelesorganization · 1United States Department of Defenseorganization · 1Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniaplace · 1U.S. News and World Reportorganization · 1Warren Olneyperson · 1Century Associationorganization · 1David Lawrenceperson · 1Denvercountry · 1Dwight D. Eisenhowerperson · 1Soviet Unioncountry · 1J. Edgar Hooverperson · 1James Jesus Angletonperson · 1Washington, D.C.place · 1
Claims (3)
Allen Dulles recruited
J. Lee Rankin book_quoted
“As an assistant attorney general in Eisenhower's Justice Department, Olney had earned the wrath of the FBI Hoover for his aggressive prosecution of civil rights cases and was suspected as being hostile to the FBI. Instead of Warren's man, t…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 26 @ 6:28
J. Lee Rankin member_of
Warren Commission book_quoted
“lauded the book in the Washington Post and used his review to call for a reopening of the investigation, a bombshell that marked the first time a member of Kennedy's inner circle had issued such a call. Dulles' anxiety was overwhelming. He …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 26 @ 54:34
J. Lee Rankin concocted
Warren Report host_asserted
“concocting the infamous magic bullet theory to reinforce the lone gunman story. Yes, that was the fake story created by Lee Rankin and Arlen Specter. As the groundswell of a call for a new investigation grew, Dulles realized that a major co…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 26 @ 55:01
Mentions (9)
▶ 11:28
curiosity about the Soviet Union got the better of him. He transferred to the El Toro Air Station in Southern California in December of 58. He applied himself to learning Russian. J. Lee Rankin, the chief counselor for the Warren Commission…
▶ 6:28
As an assistant attorney general in Eisenhower's Justice Department, Olney had earned the wrath of the FBI Hoover for his aggressive prosecution of civil rights cases and was suspected as being hostile to the FBI. Instead of Warren's man, t…
▶ 6:59
Now, wait a minute. The Warren Commission Chief Justice Warren doesn't get to pick who's going to be the lead prosecutor? All a kabuki dance. In 1958, Dulles had heartily recommended Rankin for membership in the Century Association, an excl…
▶ 8:54
the quote unquote proper track. He showered Rankin with memos, passing along investigative tips and offering guidance on commission strategy. There was no detail too small for Dulles to bring to the chief counsel's attention. Quote, a great…
▶ 13:36
That the commission was grappling with. How could the panel dispel persistent rumors that the CIA had somehow became a sponsor of Oswald's? The story had broken in the press the previous month when Marguerite Oswald declared that her son wa…
▶ 17:52
It was David Slauson, a 32-year-old attorney on leave from Denver corporate law firm who had given the enviable job of dealing with the CIA as part of the Warren Commission conspiracy research team. Rankin had told Slauson to rule out no on…
▶ 19:22
by the CIA and FBI. And he would later be joined by Rankin himself. And the news story caused a stir in Washington. Several days after the article ran, Slauson, who by then was teaching at the University of Southern California, got a distur…
▶ 54:34
lauded the book in the Washington Post and used his review to call for a reopening of the investigation, a bombshell that marked the first time a member of Kennedy's inner circle had issued such a call. Dulles' anxiety was overwhelming. He …
▶ 55:30
Once again, he rallied his media allies, the U.S. News and World Report founder, David Lawrence, whom Dulles described to Rankin as an old and very close friend, who published a ringing defense of the Warren Report by Specter, yes, Arlen Sp…