This movie, “JFK II The Bush Connection” starts off with a study of the 1963 assassination with footage and testimony of the attending doctors and reporters. This intro sets the purpose of the film by stating that the ones responsible for the assassination were in high seats of power then and are still in seats of power today.

The film goes through that fateful day step-by-step and covers a handful of flaws that are inconsistent with standard operating procedure. High up on the list is how JFK was completely unguarded and put out in the open until the deed was done. Also, how the president’s body was taken from Dallas against federal law and flown to D.C. to perform the autopsy.

The body was somehow stolen in between Dallas and D.C. and the original wounds were altered. The wounds had to be altered to support that all the shots came from behind, because 100 percent of the Dallas doctors agreed that many of the wounds came from the front, with rear exit wounds.

So, the main issue here is the “who.” Who could have managed to order the secret service to stand down, change the parade route, make the driver slow down while the car was under fire until after the president had half his head blown off, make the president’s body go missing, orchestrate a cover up and influence the press to take a nap?

All roads lead to George Herbert Walker Bush. His ties are woven through every part of this story; most of them originate from his membership and his father’s membership in Skull and Bones, which is directly tied to the CIA.

Basically, the start of Kennedy’s downfall was his refusal to support the CIA’s Cuban insurrection at the Bay of Pigs. Because the director of the CIA, Allen Dulles, orchestrated the Bay of Pigs against Kennedy’s orders, Kennedy fired Dulles and was working to eliminate the CIA, which really upset a few very powerful people.

Another nail in the coffin was Kennedy’s obsession with peace, as he was planning to end the covert war in Vietnam.  His enemies were making some plans of their own because peace is bad for business.

The main tie between GHWB and the assassination is Howard Hunt, the CIA assassin who was the supervisor of the Bay Pigs. He was busted for breaking into Watergate a couple of years later and also supervised the assassination of JFK.

When he was in jail for Watergate, he threatened to talk about the assassination if Nixon didn’t pay him to shut up. GHWB’s closest business partner paid him $1 million in hush money.

The film also covers the Warren commission, which was appointed to investigate the crime. People whom JFK had fired, namely Dulles, who had close ties to GHWB and his father, headed it.

During the 1975 Senate investigation of the assassination and of the CIA’s involvement, William Colby, the current director, was informing the Senate that Hunt and Bush were in charge of the assassination plot.

He was fired and replaced by GHWB, who then ended the CIA’s cooperation with the committee and shut down the investigation.

“The Bush Connection” suggested that I watch the Warner Brothers JFK by Oliver Stone, so having never seen it before, I agreed. I was very surprised and impressed at its thoroughness. I had never seen it because I don’t think too much of Kevin Costner and I figured since it was a main stream movie that it would be a lot of fluff.

I was mistaken on both counts. It was actually more tightly condensed with information than most documentaries I’ve seen.

What “The Bush Connection” follows in more detail is the chain of people involved and the ties between them, which had a lot to do with the Bay of Pigs. This film’s presentation is quite calm and logical, loaded with facts, and plays devil’s advocate repeatedly.

It is flavored with very amusing little animations, which illustrate the conspiracy.  Before the film starts, it has an FBI warning, but it’s not the normal one.

It’s a warning against the FBI and encourages private reproduction and sale of the film. It’s a low-budget film, with pretty low sound quality, but I still have to say that it’s a must see, and it’s so condensed with information that you should see it more than once.