Guy Banister
William Guy Banister (March 7, 1901 – June 6, 1964) was a career employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a private investigator. He gained notoriety from the allegations made by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, after Banister's death, that he had been involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Prior to the assassination he had also worked for the Office of Naval Intelligence, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and was a former New Orleans police department Assistant Superintendent.
He was an avid anti-communist member of the Minutemen, the John Birch Society, Louisiana Committee on Un-American Activities and publisher of the Louisiana Intelligence Digest. He also supported various anti-Castro groups in the New Orleans area: "Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front"; "Anti-Communist League of the Caribbean"; "Crusade to Free Cuba"; "Cuban Revolutionary Council"; "Frente Revolucionary Democratica"; "Friends of Democratic Cuba". According to the New Orleans States-Item newspaper, "Guy participated in every anti-Communist South and Central American revolution that came along, acting as a key liaison man for the U.S. government-sponsored anti-Communist activities in Latin America."
Read more about Guy Banister: Early Life, Law Enforcement Career, Private Investigation, Cuba, Oswald, Marcello, JFK Assassination, Post JFK, Death, Fictional Portrayals
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