For the CIA to volunteer the name of one of its former employees to the press was
a shocking violation of traditional methods, which are supposedly designed to
keep such names a closely guarded secret. This revelation may have constituted a
violation of federal law. But no exertions were too great when it came to damage
control for George Bush.
George William Bush had indeed worked for the CIA, the DIA, and the
Alexandria, Virginia Department of Public Welfare before joining the Social
Security Administration, in whose Arlington, Virginia office he was employed as
a claims representative in 1988. George William Bush told The Nation that while
at the CIA he was "just a lowly researcher and analyst" who worked with
documents and photos and never received interagency briefings. He had never
met Forsyth of the FBI or Captain Edwards of the DIA. "So it wasn't me," said
George William Bush. 21
Later, George William Bush formalized his denial in a sworn statement to a
federal court in Washington, DC. The affidavit acknowledges that while working
at CIA headquarters between September 1963 and February 1964, George
William Bush was the junior person on a three to four man watch shift which was
on duty when Kennedy was shot. But, as George William Bush goes on to say,
I have carefully reviewed the FBI memorandum to the Director,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State dated
November 29, 1963 which mentions a Mr. George Bush of the
Central Intelligence Agency....I do not recognize the contents of the
memorandum as information furnished to me orally or otherwise
during the time I was at the CIA. In fact, during my time at the CIA. I
did not receive any oral communications from any government
agency of any nature whatsoever. I did not receive any information
relating to the Kennedy assassination during my time at the CIA
from the FBI.Based on the above, it is my conclusion that I am not the Mr.
George Bush of the Central Intelligence Agency referred to in the
memorandum. 22So we are left with the strong suspicion that the "Mr. George Bush of the CIA"
referred to by the FBI is our own George Herbert Walker Bush, who, in addition
to his possible contact with Lee Harvey Oswald's controller, may thus also join
the ranks of the Kennedy assassination cover-up. It makes perfect sense for
George Bush to be called in on a matter involving the Cuban community in
Miami, since that is a place where George has traditionally had a constituency.
George inherited it from his father, Prescott Bush of Jupiter Island, and later
passed it on to his own son, Jeb.