Loran Eugene Hall, a soldier of fortune who trained anti-Castro exiles. Mae follows his summons to the House Select Committee on Assassinations through the autumn of 1977; No. 288 is where his testimony is put off.
Across the broadcasts
Followed as a summons that keeps slipping, the committee's delay set against a witness Mae expects to lose
September 26, 1977
Mae introduces Hall as a witness from inside the anti-Castro training camps, one she has been tracking on air.
"Loran Eugene Hall is an important witness. We have done some programs on Dialogue Conspiracy about him. He was trained in the CIA with the anti-Castro Cubans and for the Bay of Pigs operation."Mae Brussell, Mae Brussell Research Center, Broadcast 3 (26 Sep 1977), 35:59
Mae lays out the committee's handling of him: a refusal in June, and a three-month wait.
"He was with the committee in June, and when he took the 5th and refused to testify, Mr. Blakey said, return in the fall."Mae Brussell, Mae Brussell Research Center, Broadcast 3 (26 Sep 1977), 36:16
Mae reads the postponement against the record of witnesses who died: for her, every delay is a risk to the witness.
Hall had been due before the committee on Wednesday, 14 September 1977; his appearance was put off to an unspecified date.
"I was sure that Loran Hall would be dead by September. He's still alive, but conveniently."Mae Brussell, Mae Brussell Research Center, Broadcast 3 (26 Sep 1977), 36:52
Mae notes how little Hall has said in public: a one-word verdict on the Warren Report, and nothing more.
"Loran Hall has said that the Warren report is, in quotes, a whitewash. But that's all that he has to say about it."Mae Brussell, Mae Brussell Research Center, Broadcast 3 (26 Sep 1977), 37:11
Connections
Due to testify on 14 September 1977; postponed indefinitely.