The "foundations" for what enabled this "coup" and made it easier than it might have been otherwise was the curious alliance of convenience between the C.I.A., the MAFIA, and others beginning right after the War called Operation Gladio.

Not likely that alliance had magically disappeared by Nov. of 1963.

Or did Robert Kennedy somehow encroach in any way on this "unholy alliance" by insisting on deporting the illegal immigrant Carlos Marcello to Central America.

Who at the time was solidifying his power locally, after having gotten his foot in the door as the driver for Frank Costello, a crime boss with the Luciano "family" during the height of its power.

Costello had a home here in Orleans.

Was it a move that the CIA just happened to take issue with?

Our own David Ferrie, a shadowy guy - who liked guys - worked with the local "former" FBIer Guy Bannister, along with the famous local lawyer G. Wray Gill in an attempt to block Marcello's deportation, which was unsuccessful.

Later, David Ferrie was the pilot who flew Marcello back to the states from Guatemala - clandestinely.

Ferrie, due to his personal compulsions, and the circles he traveled in couldn't have avoided knowing Clay Shaw.

Even though back in this country illegally, Marcello was never harassed again except for a sham, theatrical, State Senate investigation into Marcello led by our own Nat Kiefer.

The barely literate Marcello made fools of the entire Committee.

Early in the questioning, it became obvious that the members of the Committee knew just how far they could go in their very cautious questioning of him; and none of the questions put Marcello in the awkward position of even having to invoke "the 5th."

He sat there as seemingly comfortable as were he in his own living room among family members.

He even mocked the state Senate panel by mentioning his role as "godfather" to a young charge he knew; and once again insisted that his only source of income was as a tomato farmer.

One thing about Wiki, in their description of Ferrie, they make sure to establish that "Garrison alleged that Ferrie knew Lee Harvey Oswald, but that Ferrie denied that he ever knew Oswald."

In fact, Ferrie couldn't have helped knowing Oswald. Ferrie led the local Civil Air Patrol of which Oswald was a member.

Many have seen the revealing photograph taken here at our Lakefront Airport (Shushan) showing David Ferrie standing with his Civil Air patrol group, which includes Lee Harvey Oswald.

But there's another photograph, which has somehow disappeared, showing Oswald standing right next to Ferrie at the airport.

At least once, Ferrie claimed to be associated with the CIA - but that was dismissed by locals as just a little man attempting to be relevant, important.

He was another one who died conveniently within days after Garrison announced his assassination investigation.

Is there a point at which certain dots connecting just can no longer be regarded as coincidence or happenstance.