Forrestal (first few minutes) was suicided after voicing resistance to the plan to use biological weapons on North Korea at a closed meeting in a hunting lodge.
"His explanation for these events was simple: "These men are not incompetent or stupid. They are crafty and brilliant. Consistency has never been a mark of stupidity. If they were merely stupid, they would occasionally make a mistake in our favor."
It is strange that James Forrestal died the very day his brother had planned to take him from the hospital.
The ex-Secretary of Defense is said to have jumped to his death from a sixteenth floor window of the hospital on May 22, 1949. His body was found sprawled grotesquely on a third floor projection of the building. The cord of his bathrobe was wound tightly around his neck and tied in a knot
The hospital issued a prepared statement that Forrestal had committed suicide. This was followed almost immediately by an almost identical coroner's verdict.
Forrestal (first few minutes) was suicided after voicing resistance to the plan to use biological weapons on North Korea at a closed meeting in a hunting lodge.
"His explanation for these events was simple: "These men are not incompetent or stupid. They are crafty and brilliant. Consistency has never been a mark of stupidity. If they were merely stupid, they would occasionally make a mistake in our favor."
It is strange that James Forrestal died the very day his brother had planned to take him from the hospital.
The ex-Secretary of Defense is said to have jumped to his death from a sixteenth floor window of the hospital on May 22, 1949. His body was found sprawled grotesquely on a third floor projection of the building. The cord of his bathrobe was wound tightly around his neck and tied in a knot
The hospital issued a prepared statement that Forrestal had committed suicide. This was followed almost immediately by an almost identical coroner's verdict.
I believe Admiral Byrdes son was part of this operation as well, and his diaries were leaked after his death