Author Pamela J. Ray - recognized expert on CIA/Mob Assassin James E. Files
"The Grassy Knoll Shooter"
Interview with History: The JFK Assassination
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Interview with History: The JFK Assassination
As a nation, we have never gotten past 12:30 pm
November 22, 1963 - Pamela Ray to James Files in letter 1999
I did much worse crimes in the name of our government, than I ever did for Organized Crime. For the Family, the killing was just kid stuff compared to the government.
- James Files to Pamela Ray 13 September 2006
Interview with History: The JFK Assassination page viii Quotes
I don't think you want to hear about our Embassy Houses and all the things that went on in them. In reality, they were our torture chambers, but Embassy House sounds much better. The agency always asked us to use nice names in case Congress should hear any stories about us.
-James Files to Pamela Ray October 14, 1999
Interview with History: The JFK Assassination
page ix Quotes
P: Have you ever served in the United States Military? In what capacity, where, and for how long?
J: Yes, I served in the U.S. Army in the 82nd Airborne. I took my airborne training at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. In July of 1959, I was shipped out to Laos. I was with Special Operations and we were heavily involved in "Operation White Star." I worked in the capacity of an "Advisor." I specialized in small arms and explosives. Most of our work was training Laos' soldiers to hit and run and set up M.A.'s (mechanical ambush) and how to disrupt communications and supply lines. I was in Laos for about 14 months.
Interview with History: The JFK Assassination page 40
America Experience a Coup D'Etat on November 22, 1963
"Heard you was cowboy..." Ed Lansdale to James Files when they first met at an Air Force Base.
James Files to Pamela Ray June 4, 2005 Operation Northrwoods/Mongoose
I never ask you to tell me what is in the book, but I've been thinking and I'm just wondering, by chance if you have anything in there about "Operation Northwoods." I have no idea what, or if anything you know about that operation. But maybe we should put a little of it in there. Such as "Operation Northwoods came under the the program of Operation Mongoose" and you may or may not know this but that was headed up under General Edward Lansdale, who at that time, deputy-director of Special Operations for the Pentagon. This entire program was to get rid of Castro and we were to create terrorist activities here in the U.S.
Page 249 Interview with History: The JFK Assassination
Lee Harvey Oswald - The Patsy
Contrary to what most history books teach, Lee Harvey Oswald was an innocent man. His job was to infiltrate groups for the FBI and the CIA as an informant. Oswald's CIA controller was the same CIA controller as James Files, David Atlee Phillips. James Files spent time with Oswald the week prior to the assassination of President Kennedy. The Sunday before the assassination, Oswald was heard saying, "If anything happens to Kennedy, they're gonna try and blame me."
The morning of the assassination, James Files told his mob associate Charles Nicoletti about Lee Oswald. Nicoletti, who arrived from Arizona Grace Ranch that morning, was one of the shooters and Files expressed a big concern about spending time with Oswald and it would be a tie back to them. Nicoletti told Sam Giancana and from there Jack Ruby ended up silencing the patsy on Sunday November 24, 1963.
Photo from FOUR DARK DAYS IN HISTORY - A Photo History of President Kennedy's Assassination copyright 1963 by Special Publications Inc., Los Angeles, California
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Interview with History: The JFK Assassination
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
Man Claims Responsibility for Death of President JFK
New Book Features Confessions of the Self-Proclaimed “Grassy Knoll Shooter”
KIHEI, Hawaii – When the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is brought up – even today, over 40 years later – it still has the power to evoke incredible emotion. Most people who were alive on that day still remember exactly where they were when they heard the news, and Lee Harvey Oswald has become a household name, many still convinced he was to blame despite various conspiracy theories which indicate otherwise.
The name James E. Files is not a household name; most have never even heard it. But in 1994, James E. Files confessed on film that he was the gunman who fired the infamous headshot that killed JFK on Nov. 22, 1963, from behind the picket fence on the grassy knoll in DealeyPlaza. Now he is divulging even more information in the new book Interview with History: The JFK Assassination. In the book, Files and author Pamela J. Ray explore the truth behind some very basic questions still lingering decades after that fateful autumn day: Why was President Kennedy killed? Who benefited? And who had the power to cover it all up?
Interview with History features Ray’s interviews with Files, conducted meticulously over the years through highly-monitored letters and transcribed phone calls from Stateville prison in Joliet, Ill., where Files is a prisoner for what he claims is an act of self-defense against an attempt on his life by the government. A former CIA and mob hit man, Files actually considers the JFK assassination one of the least important “jobs” he was asked to do in his lifetime, and he hopes that this book will forever put to rest the subject of his involvement.
“Facing incredible odds, danger and huge debt, it has been a labor of love, sacrifice and hardship to get this book to the people,” Ray writes. “Although over 6000 books have been written about the assassination, Interview with History: The JFK Assassination is the only authorized published work based on the confession of the grassy knoll shooter, James E. Files.”
Interview with History also delves into other “related, shadowy, underworld subjects where it is hard to tell where organized crime stops and the CIA (and other U.S. government agencies) begin,” all based upon Files’ years of experience in the shadows. There is a section called “A Hit on the Mob – Operation Family Secrets,” and another called “Marilyn Monroe and the Kennedy Brothers,” which reveals what Files really thinks happened to the Hollywood starlet. Yet another looks at the dark side of the Vatican and how it ties into the JFK assassination.
“The book includes many photos and unique captions that will undoubtedly cause a controversy ‘back east,’” writes Ray. “This is a must see for researchers looking for a new road if they have been winding up on dead end streets.”
James Files May 2008
(WITH 2018 UPDATE!)
James Files N—14006
Sent from Stateville prison Joliet, Illinois
May 2008: My name is James Files and I’d like to make a brief statement to be posted on this website to clear up a few things and to get the facts straight.
I was involved in The JFK Assassination, and the FBI has known about my involvement since 1964. It was the FBI that gave Joe West the information about me and my involvement in the Kennedy Assassination. Why they did this, I do not know.
Joe West made contact with me and then come to visit me and we became friends over a period of time. However, Joe West died before his agenda was completed. Joe West developed heart problems, had surgery, was recovering and was doing very well. However, he died shortly there after. I was informed by a by a reliable source from back East, that Joe’s medication had been tampered with and I was assured that Joe West had been murdered in order for his court case to die, where he was doing all within his power to have John F. Kennedy’s body exhumed.
When Joe West informed me that he was already in court trying to get JFK’s body exhumed, I explained to Joe West that his body was not buried at Arlington. I also explained to Joe West that he should enter new evidence in order to have a chance at getting the body exhumed. I explained to Joe West that the “Round that struck Kennedy in the head was a “Mercury Round” and that the trace of the “Mercury” would still be present, as Mercury takes forever to go away. So, there would still be a trace of mercury on the skull.
When Joe West died, I thought that the whole investigation would die with Joe’s passing. However, when Joe West passed away, another person entered the picture to finish up his work but not to the extent of pursing the court case. This other party said he wanted to complete Joe’s work to help his widow out but she never ended up receiving any compensation. I told this other party I did not intend to give an interview. It took this person a couple of years to get me to agree to it. It was one of the biggest mistakes in my life that I have ever made. Had I not given this interview, I would have been a free man years ago. My first video, “Confession of an Assassin,” released through “MPI- A Dick Clark Production” was to be my final interview.
After all I went through, the empty and broken promises for the interviews, I do not trust those type of people to honor their word on anything at all. The betrayal, greed and self-serving lies continue to amaze me and some people involved even have the audacity to think they own me!
There is one man in the free world that I trust and this man has always kept his word, for he is a man of much honor. He is also my longest living friend and knows more about me than any other living human being. His name is Bruce P. Brychek. This man has never, not one time has broken his word to me about anything.
I wish to thank Ms. Ray for her hard work and for her being loyal to me throughout the long years of getting the books to market, which at times seemed like a never ending project. She has endured a great deal of injustice and has been ridiculed for her association with me. I thank Ms. Ray for her hard work, her loyalty and most of all her kindness and friendship and for believing in me. Thank You Ms. Ray....
10 YEARS LATER...UPDATE JAMES FILES
JANUARY 31, 2018
Good morning World,
The sky is blue and the sun is shining. It's a beautiful day. Free at last! Who says the IDOC (Illinois Department of Corrections) doesn't have a sense of humor?
Today is May the 6th 2016. My release date was May 8, 2016. However May 8, 2016 fell on a Sunday and IDOC doesn't release prisoners on a Saturday or Sunday.The date is Friday May 6, 2016 when they came to my cell and said, "Files, pack your shit. You're out of here!" For my release date May 8th, there was a party bus coming to take me home. People had rented the party bus thinking they could pick me up and interview me on the ride to Chicago and I had no intention of doing any interview with anyone. No one knew I was being released today, Friday May 6th. By the way, I had to purchase my own bus ticket to Chicago, as the State refused to pay for the ticket.
The prison van transported me to the bus stop in Danville, Illinois. I caught the local bus to Champaign, Illlinois. From there I took the Greyhound bus to Chicago, Illinois. However, I was NOT free. I was in route to a transition center on the South Side of Chicago, the area called Englewood on West Garfield Boulevard.
Once there I had an electronic monitoring device put on my leg. I was on restricted movement three days a week 8am to 4pm. I wore this device for the next 90 days. However, I had a slight problem and I remained there for four and a half months. At Danville when I encountered the State Parole Board, they felt that I had anger issues and needed extra time in the transition center before re-entering society.
Fast forward to present time...since I've been out, I'm on parole and I report every week to the IDOC. I'm restricted to three counties, Cook, Will and Lake County Illinois.
I've been under constant surveillance and monitoring and people always ask why I haven't been killed. It is not a lack of them trying!
In fact, they were trying to kill me when I went to prison on this last case (where I served 25 consecutive calendar years!) which was strictly self-defense, but when off duty cops are involved trying to make side money on a $50,000 contract, tell it to the judge.
As of today, I'm alive and well.
This past October, I asked Pamela J. Ray to join me in the great city of Chicago. I had plans to go to Hawaii to join up with her there, but, the parole situation prohibits me leaving the wonderful state of Illinois. Actually I'm restricted to the three counties of Illinois, Cook, Will and Lake.
At the present time, Pamela and I are together and working on future projects. And at long last, I will be available to answer some of your questions. We haven't forgotten the questions already sent to this website and we apologize for the delays in responding. Please check back frequently for the updates. (See PRIMARY TARGET: JFK - HOW THE CIA USED THE CHICAGO MOB TO KILL THE PRESIDENT Part III Q & A with James Files and Pamela Ray - published May 2020)
This past Christmas, was a wonderful Christmas as I had Pamela Ray here with me as seen in the pictures below.
So long for now, but not forever. Wishing everyone a prosperous and healthy 2018.
Respectfully,
James E. Files
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Strong Warning
"This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience ... In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic process."
-- President Dwight Eisenhower, farewell speech to the nation, January 17, 1961