Blaine uses a "misfit" as a source; Kennedy Detail agents lied or were "misquoted"? Boring's words are ironic

Blaine uses a "misfit" as a source; Kennedy Detail agents lied or were "misquoted"? Boring's words are ironic

[thanks to Donna Morel for sending the following article]


Retired agents fire at Hersh, each other




[City Edition]



Boston Globe - Boston, Mass.



Author:

Chris Black, Globe Staff



Date:

Nov 22, 1997



Start Page:

A.3



Section:

NATIONAL/FOREIGN



Text Word Count:

663





Document Text



WASHINGTON NOTEBOOK / CHRIS BLACK



One of the retired Secret Service agents used as a primary source in Seymour N. Hersh's new book, "The Dark Side of Camelot" said yesterday that the Pulitzer Prize-winning author misquoted him and exaggerated the things he told Hersh.



Joseph Paolella, a private investigator in Los Angeles, one of four retired Secret Service agents Hersh cites as sources for some of the most titillating allegations about President John F. Kennedy's sexual behavior, said, "There were so many misquotes. He used literary license in what he has done. When the book was sent to me I almost fainted. I was so embarrassed." [if these were misquotes, WHY DID THE AGENTS REPEAT WHAT THEY SAID ON A MAJOR ABC DOCUMENTARY THAT MADE IT TO HOME VIDEO? WHY DIDN'T THEY SUE HERSH? Why, indeed...]



Another agent, though not a Hersh source, also rebutted the book. Floyd Boring, the number two agent at the White House during the Kennedy administration, said the book's allegations are false. He said that Larry Newman and Paolella, the main sources, had reasons to be vengeful because both were transferred off the prestigious White House assignment after relatively short stints. Boring said Newman badmouthed the president and his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, and Paolella was "a misfit . . . we had to unload him after a very short term."



"These guys are trying to get a little bit of fame as they wander off the scene. They take lot of people down with them," said Boring, now 82, who protected five presidents, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Lyndon B. Johnson. "These people wait until everybody dies off and then they attack people."

Newman, reached at his home in Colorado, stood by his allegations. He said Boring "was never where these things took place. So what he says and what I say are two different things."



He declined to explain the reasons for his transfer.

Floyd Murray "Toad" Boring at FIND A GRAVE

Floyd Murray "Toad" Boring Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Birth: 1915 Salamanca Cattaraugus County New York, USA Death: Feb. 1, 2008 Silver Spring Montgomery County Maryland, USA US Secret Service Agent. He was involved in a fierce gunfight on November 1, 1950 with two Puerto Rican nationalists who were attempting to assassinate President Harry S. Truman. One of the assassins and a White House police officer, Leslie Coffelt, were killed in the shootout. The incident was recounted in the 2005 book "American Gunfight: The Plot to Kill President Truman -- and the Shoot-out That Stopped It," by Stephen Hunter and John Bainbridge, Jr. (bio by: George Bacon) Family links: Parents: Earl C. Boring (1884 - 1955) Frances M. Murray Boring (1886 - 1986) Search Amazon for Floyd Boring Burial: Gate of Heaven Cemetery Silver Spring Montgomery County Maryland, USA Plot: LOCM I, Patio K, Terrace C, #105 Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Maintained by: Find A Grave Originally Created by: George Bacon Record added: Feb 05, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 24417632 Added by: George Bacon Added by: George Bacon Added by: T.O. It was a pleasure to speak to you and correspond with you. I salute your heroism on 11/1/50. As the planner of JFK's Texas trip (from the Secret Service perspective), you are an important historical figure. - Vince Palamara Added: Apr. 14, 2012 - MFPS Added: Feb. 1, 2012 Rest In Peace Brother - SammyToo Added: Nov. 17, 2011 - D S - F Added: Aug. 14, 2011 - Jeff Added: Jan. 9, 2011 God Bless You Agent Boring! - Dave Weiss Added: Dec. 4, 2010 May you forever rest in peace - Ken Williams Added: Nov. 26, 2010 - Neil B (John 3:16) Added: Jul. 31, 2010 - Drs. Danny & Sclie Murray Added: Jul. 5, 2010 Rest in peace my cousin. - Ann Lawson Hoffman Added: May. 20, 2010 - Nancy Smith Rudolph Added: May. 19, 2010 - Freeman Added: May. 17, 2010 - Cathy Added: Feb. 1, 2010 - lisa greenman Added: Feb. 1, 2010 - muffin Added: Jan. 2, 2010 - muffin Added: Dec. 31, 2009 - Pugg Added: Nov. 18, 2009 - Jen Snoots Added: Oct. 4, 2009 - karl anglin Added: Sep. 9, 2009 - Sharon Added: Aug. 1, 2009 - M C Added: Jun. 23, 2009 - C.L. Panagopulos Added: Feb. 14, 2009 - MFPS Added: Feb. 1, 2009 - Mellissa Lake Co. Illinois Added: Feb. 1, 2009 - 2kjmom Added: Feb. 1, 2009 Rest in Peace... - GRP Added: Feb. 1, 2009 Your bravery was commendable. Thank you for your service. - Oklahoma Barry Added: Nov. 14, 2008 rest well - David Godwin Added: Sep. 23, 2008 Remembering you today, Sir. Rest in peace and God bless - Medora Added: Jul. 30, 2008 Rest In Peace - T.O. Added: Apr. 9, 2008 Rest in Peace. - Eamonn Added: Feb. 9, 2008 - George Bacon Added: Feb. 5, 2008