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Resumé I sine bemærkninger, der beskrev Secret Services præstation før, under og efter mordet, udviste inspektør Thomas Kelley en passiv tilgang til præsidentens beskyttelse. Før mordet bemærkede »Secret Services Protective Research Section« specifikke trusler fra hvide, højreorienterede grupper, KKK-medlem Joseph Milteer og forskellige cubanske kilder i Chicago og Miami. Kelley kunne ikke bekræfte, at de fulde detaljer om disse trusler nåede alle Secret Service-agenter i Dallas eller senere Warrenkommissionen. Med påberåbelse af manglende ressourcer forklarede Kelley Secret Services afhængighed af andre agenturer for indsamling af efterretninger og præsidentiel beskyttelse langs kortegens rute. Secret Service tillod offentliggørelse af detaljerne om kortegens rute og gav efter for medarbejdere i Det Hvide Hus, der insisterede på at fjerne plexiglas-bobletoppen fra præsidentens limousine. Under mordet tog Secret Service-agenter, ifølge Zapruder-filmen, flere sekunder om at reagere, og chaufføren af limousinen forblev passiv, indtil skudepisoden stoppede. Kelley så ingen forbindelse mellem denne præstation under mordet og hans agenters sene druktur, før turen gik gennem Dallas. Den passive tilgang, der karakteriserede Secret Services adfærd før attentatet, fortsatte i den efterfølgende efterforskning. For eksempel beskrev Kelley sig selv som gæst hos Dallas Politi, og derfor var han ikke i stand til at insistere på at få en båndoptager under sin afhøring af Oswald. Secret Service informerede ikke FBI om de spor, de fulgte i undersøgelsen af det cubanske samfund efter at have opgivet sin kontrol med efterforskningen. Selvom Secret Service havde oplysninger om trusler, der involverede rifler, der blev affyret fra høje bygninger, foretog de ingen ændring i deres planer eller forberedelser for kortegen, og oplysningerne forbedrede heller ikke agenturets indsats. Ifølge Kelley var Secret Services strategi enkel og direkte: fjern beskyttende personer fra farlige situationer. Kelleys vidneudsagn antydede, at Secret Service lagde vægt på at reagere på begivenhederne, [når de opstod], snarere end aktivt at angribe eller forebygge den forventede fare (emphasized reaction to events rather than aggressive anticipation of danger).
Den oprindelige tekst:TESTIMONY OF THOMAS J. KELLEY
Summary In his remarks describing the performance of the Secret Service before, during, and after the assassination, Inspector Thomas Kelley displayed a passive approach to Presidential protection. Before the assassination, the Secret Service’s Protective Research Section took notice of specific threats from white right-wing groups, KKK member Joseph Milteer, and various Cuban sources in Chicago and Miami. Kelley could not confirm that the full details of these threats reached all the Secret Service agents in Dallas or, later, the Warren Commission. Pleading lack of resources, Kelley explained Secret Service dependence on other agencies for intelligence-gathering and presidential protection along motorcade routes. The Secret Service allowed publication of the details of the motorcade route and yielded to White House staffers who insisted on the removal of the plexiglass bubbletop from the President’s limosine. During the moment of the assassination, Secret Service agents, according to the Zapruder film, took several seconds to respond, and the driver of the limosine lingered until the shooting stopped. Kelley saw no connection between this performance during the assassination and the late-night drinking of his agents before the Dallas motorcade. The passive approach that characterized pre-assassination behavior of the Secret Service continued into the subsequent investigations. For example, Kelley described himself as the guest of the Dallas Police Department, and therefore he was not in a position to insist on a tape recorder during his questioning of Oswald. The Secret Service did not point the FBI in the direction of its leads in the Cuban community after relinquishing Secret Service control of the investigation. Although the Secret Service had information on threats involving rifles being fired from tall buildings, none of this caused any change in plans or preparations for the motorcade, nor did the information improve Agency performance. According to Kelley, the Secret Service strategy was simple and direct: remove protectees from dangerous situations. Kelley’s testimony suggested that the Secret Service emphasized reaction to events rather than aggressive anticipation of danger.
Volume 3 pages 323-356 |