Bond of Secrecy

Overview

A shocking revelation from a spy mastermind to his son

A father’s last confession to his son about the CIA, Watergate, and the plot to assassinate President John F. Kennedy, this is the remarkable true story of St. John Hunt and his father E. Howard Hunt, the infamous Watergate burglar and CIA spymaster. In Howard Hunt's near-death confession to his son St. John, he revealed that key figures in the CIA were responsible for the plot to assassinate JFK in Dallas, and that Hunt himself was approached by the plotters, among whom included the CIA’s David Atlee Phillips, Cord Meyer, Jr., and William Harvey, as well as future Watergate burglar Frank Sturgis. An incredible true story told from an inside, authoritative source, this is also a personal account of a uniquely dysfunctional American family caught up in two of the biggest political scandals of the 20th century.

Reviews

"An important piece of history . . . a great story."  —Oliver Stone, filmmaker

Author Biography

Eric Hamburg is a writer and film producer. He is the director of the 2009 documentary Preventing Genocide and the author of JFK, Nixon, Oliver Stone and Me. He is a former aide, legislative assistant, and speechwriter to Senator John Kerry and also worked on the staff of the House Foreign Affairs Committee for Congressman Lee Hamilton. He lives in Los Angeles. Saint John Hunt is the son of former CIA operative E. Howard Hunt. He is currently working as a musician and health-care provider. He lives in Eureka, California. Jesse Ventura is the former governor of Minnesota and author of four national bestsellers, including 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read and American Conspiracies. Ventura is the host of the television show Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura on truTV.