Was the 1949 “Suicide” of Defense Secretary James Forrestal the First Major Domestic Political Assassination of the Emerging U.S. Deep State After WWII?

Will reopening what now appears to be the deliberately covered-up murder of Secretary James Forrestal implicate the CIA? [This article continues CAM’s series on political assassinations.—Editors] “He was brought before his timeTo Arlington to reside.Now, at last, the truth is known:It wasn’t from suicide.” David Martin, “Forrestal’s Resting Place in History.” On May 22, 1949, … Continue reading Was the 1949 “Suicide” of Defense Secretary James Forrestal the First Major Domestic Political Assassination of the Emerging U.S. Deep State After WWII?