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... us from moving beyond speculation."
Madigan said the widespread reports after Giancana's death that his appearance before the committee was imminent were not true. That theory, he said, "is agreed." That Giancana's death was not directly related to his past CIA association.
"WE FINALLY got Giancana's home number the day he was shot," Madigan said Friday. "We had some difficulty tracking him down in Houston (where Giancana had been in the hospital). [It] had been decided that it was going to interview him to see whether it would be worth it to call him as a witness. He had not been contacted yet and he had not been subpoenaed."
Madigan said the first serious study of the Giancana was that of the Church committee headed by Sen. Frank Church and has since been replaced by a newly formed committee headed by Sen. Daniel Inouye (D., Hawaii) and Sen. Howard Baker (R., Tenn.). In its final report, the former committee severely criticized the CIA for continuing to use the investigation of recent CIA activity as well as continuing to probe the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
"HANK SAID FRIDAY there are still unanswered questions about Louis Roselli's (Roselli's) motive and possible CIA involvement."
"We do know," he said, "that Giancana had been telling us that JFK was killed by the CIA under orders."
"The death of Roselli under mysterious circumstances is one of the most important factors for our committee," Madigan said. "We feel the Roselli murder was carried out by a hit man."
"Committee investigators feel Roselli may have found out too much. They have evidence he had been ordered to kill Castro. Roselli, who engineered a CIA-Mafia plot to kill Castro, was found dead in a steel drum floating in a Florida bay."
"We feel Roselli's death is directly related to his activities," Madigan said. "He probably knew too much."
"His body was found in a steel drum in the bay of Florida waters."
"Giancana's body floated to the surface of New York Harbor off Staten Island on Aug. 4, his body wrapped in a padlocked chain and weighted by two 15-pound boat anchors. Police said he had been strangled, possibly by strangling, according to investigators."
"New York City detectives said that Giancana "knew Giancana" but they have not been able to pin down a motive in his death."
"The Washington Star, quoting an unidentified FBI source, reported that Giancana had met with Roselli in Chicago about two months ago."
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