What possible connection could there have been

between George H.W. Bush and

the assassination of John F. Kennedy?

Or between the C.I.A. and the assassination?

Or between Bush and the C.I.A.?

For some people, apparently,

making such connections was

as dangerous as letting one live wire touch another.

Here, in anticipation of

the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination in November,

excerpts from,

Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, America’s Invisible Government

and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years.