John Frank person
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J. Edgar Hoover exposed
John Frank documented
“Hoover was further enraged by the suspicious disappearance of Gerald Murphy and a new round of embarrassing political fallout from the case. To make matters worse, the FBI soon tied John Frank to the crimes. A man who was not only a former …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 15 @ 34:15
John Frank worked_for
Robert A. Mayhew Associates documented
“made sure the CIA's director's request was carried out, and the papers inside of his briefcase was delivered to Dulles himself. Kennedy made it clear to the detective that he was to keep his mouth shut about the errand. John Frank, the Mayh…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 15 @ 22:18
John Frank worked_for
Rafael Trujillo documented
“firm. Frank won the trust of Trujillo, who made him his bodyguard during state visits to Europe and the U.S. Mayhew's agency was also given a lucrative contract to upgrade his security in the Dominican Republic. Frank liked to play tennis w…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 15 @ 23:20
John Frank hired
Gerald Murphy documented
“for the CIA in Trujillo. It beats the hell out of Oregon, the young Portland native said. But Murphy's life took a fatal turn when he was engaged by John Frank to fly the heavily sedated Galendez to Trujillo. John Frank told Murphy that Gal…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 15 @ 31:22
William Olney III spied_on
John Frank documented
“In my opinion, the information given to you by the CIA is vague and uncertain and does not solve the question as to whether Frank has in fact been used in any capacity by the CIA. Olney recommended that the CIA be requested directly and def…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 15 @ 36:04
CIA covered_up
John Frank documented
“After negotiations between the DOJ and CIA, John Frank was finally charged with an astonishing light offense, failure to register as a foreign agent. Quote, I fully appreciate that to indict a person involved in a possible murder and kidnap…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 15 @ 36:27
John Frank member_of
CIA host_asserted
“Hoover was further enraged by the suspicious disappearance of Gerald Murphy and a new round of embarrassing political fallout from the case. To make matters worse, the FBI soon tied John Frank to the crimes. A man who was not only a former …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 15 @ 34:15
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made sure the CIA's director's request was carried out, and the papers inside of his briefcase was delivered to Dulles himself. Kennedy made it clear to the detective that he was to keep his mouth shut about the errand. John Frank, the Mayh…
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had begun his career as an FBI agent during World War II before going to work for the CIA. The 42-year-old Frank lived in Washington where Mayhew's detective agency was based, but he kept an office in Trujillo's salmon-colored Italian Renai…
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firm. Frank won the trust of Trujillo, who made him his bodyguard during state visits to Europe and the U.S. Mayhew's agency was also given a lucrative contract to upgrade his security in the Dominican Republic. Frank liked to play tennis w…
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for the CIA in Trujillo. It beats the hell out of Oregon, the young Portland native said. But Murphy's life took a fatal turn when he was engaged by John Frank to fly the heavily sedated Galendez to Trujillo. John Frank told Murphy that Gal…
▶ 31:51
But after photos of Galindez began appearing in the press, the pilot figured out the true identity of the passenger. Given to reckless chatter when he was drinking, Murphy began boasting in Trujillo's watering holes about a big story that h…
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preferred a more certain method of ensuring his silence. Frank brought Murphy to the National Palace, telling him that he was being granted an audience with Trujillo. It was the last time the pilot was seen. On December 4th, the young Ameri…
▶ 34:15
Hoover was further enraged by the suspicious disappearance of Gerald Murphy and a new round of embarrassing political fallout from the case. To make matters worse, the FBI soon tied John Frank to the crimes. A man who was not only a former …
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As was common when Hoover sought revenge in Washington's political wars, he leaked much of the Galendez story to the press. In late February, Life magazine ran a dramatic version of the affair under the headline, A Story of a Dark Internati…
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and John Frank was the obvious choice. But as federal prosecutors began to build a case of conspiracy, kidnapping, and homicide against Frank, the CIA's general counsel, Lawrence Houston, and Dulles himself, was disturbed. So they needed to…
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After negotiations between the DOJ and CIA, John Frank was finally charged with an astonishing light offense, failure to register as a foreign agent. Quote, I fully appreciate that to indict a person involved in a possible murder and kidnap…
▶ 36:57
But considering the highly charged political atmosphere surrounding the case, he observed, it was the only way to ensure the subject didn't get away scot-free and keep the CIA secrets. December 1957, Frank was convicted of multiple counts o…
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on federal appeal in the D.C. courts. That ruled that Frank had been denied a fair trial because of the prosecutor's attempt to connect him in the jury's mind to Galendez and Murphy affair. As he entered the second round of legal battle, Fr…
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Frank played his trump card, making it known that his line of defense would be that he had been working for the CIA throughout the entire affair. When Frank's lawyer issued subpoenas for several CIA witnesses to appear in court, agency offi…
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Signed an agreement not to work as a foreign agent and walked out of court a free man. Nobody was ever charged with the murders and they knew exactly who did it. Allen Dulles' CIA believed in the power of ideas. It was easy for Dulles' Ivy …