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Judicial Watch Finally Nails Ted Kennedy With Previously Redacted FBI Info
2011-02-27
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained previously redacted material from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file of the late Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy, who died in August 2009 from brain cancer. Judicial Watch obtained the records pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit originally filed on June 9, 2010.

The documents include a December 28, 1961, State Department memo describing a tour of several Latin American countries taken by then-Assistant District Attorney of Suffolk County Kennedy.

This document as it was originally made public was almost completely redacted. After an initial challenge by Judicial Watch, a version with fewer redactions was released.

Judicial Watch continued to argue that the blackouts were baseless and, after six more months, the FBI relented. Among the statements previously withheld but now made available to Judicial Watch:

“While Kennedy was in Santiago he made arrangements to ‘rent’ a brothel for an entire night. Kennedy allegedly invited one of the Embassy chauffeurs to participate in the night’s activities.”

“[I]n each country Kennedy insisted on interviewing ‘the angry young men’ of the country. He wanted to meet with communists and others who had left-wing views. …Ambassador Freeman, Bogota, said the first person whom Kennedy wanted to meet was Lauchlin Currie.” (The document subsequently identifies Currie as a person who “had been mentioned in Washington investigations of Soviet spy rings.”)

“[I]n Mexico Kennedy asked Ambassador Mann that certain left-wingers be invited to the Embassy residence where interviews could be held. Mann took the strong position that he would not invite such people and stated that if any such interviews were to be conducted, all arrangements should be made by Kennedy himself.”
Posted by: Anonymoose

#4  I don't think Teddy can hear a comment from Mary Jo where he resides
Posted by: Frank G   2011-02-27 21:48  

#3  No comment from Mary Jo?
Posted by: SteveS   2011-02-27 21:31  

#2  So when is U-boat Ted's corpse going to dug up and tried for treason?
The Ted Kennedy / Jimmy Carter KGB connections
Kengor writes that "the most intriguing opposition to Reagan's nuclear policies has sat for decades in the Soviet archives." According to "a highly sensitive KGB document," KGB boss Victor Chebrikov wrote to Andropov, "On May 9-10 of this year [1983], Senator Edward Kennedy's close friend and confidant J. Tunney was in Moscow. The senator urged Tunney to convey [a] message through confidential contacts...to Andropov."

In order to advance the Kennedy/Soviet mutual interests (getting Reagan to back off from missile deployment and/or defeating Reagan's re-election bid), Kennedy suggested the Soviets — "should consider inviting the senator to Moscow for a personal meeting in July of this year," thereby arming "Soviet officials with explanations regarding problems of nuclear disarmament so they may be better prepared and more convincing during appearances in the USA."
Posted by: Pearl Gleaper1127   2011-02-27 20:04  

#1  The only surprise is that the FBI relented. They must have really despised the swimmer.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2011-02-27 18:48  

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