Guy Banister | |
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 Photo of Banister from the House Select Committee on Assassinations | |
| Born | William Guy Banister March 7, 1901 Monroe, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | June 6, 1964 (aged 63) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Education | Louisiana State University |
| Occupation(s) | Federal Bureau of Investigation Private investigator |
| Known for | Allegations made by Jim Garrison during his investigation of the John F. Kennedy assassination |
William Guy Banister (March 7, 1901 – June 6, 1964) was an employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), an assistant superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department, and a private investigator. After his death, New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison alleged that he had been involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He was an avid anti-communist, alleged member of the Minutemen, the John Birch Society, Louisiana Committee on Un-American Activities, and alleged publisher of the Louisiana Intelligence Digest which maintained that the civil rights movement was part of an international communist conspiracy and was treasonous.
He also supported anti-Castro groups in the New Orleans area: "Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front"; "Anti-Communist League of the Caribbean"; "Friends of Democratic Cuba".[1] According to the New Orleans States-Item newspaper, Banister "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."[2]
- ^ "XIII. 544 Camp Street and Related Events". Appendix to Hearings before the Select Committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of Representatives. Vol. X. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. March 1979. pp. 126–127.
- ^ New Orleans States-Item, May 5, 1967.