Attorney Mark Lane questions witness Marita Lorenz in the trial, Hunt v. Liberty Lobby. Excerpted from the book Plausible Denial by Mark Lane. Lane: During and before November of 1963, did you work on behalf of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Miami area? Lorenz: Yes. Lane: Did you work with a man named Frank Sturgis, while you were working for the CIA? Lorenz: Yes, I did. Lane: Was that in Miami, during and prior to November 1963? Lorenz: Yes. Lane: What other names, to your knowledge, is Frank Sturgis known by? Lorenz: Frank Fiorini, Hamilton; the last name, Hamilton. F-I-O-R-I-N-I-. Lane: Was Mr. Fiorini or Mr. Sturgis, while you worked with him, also employed by the Central Intelligence Agency? Lorenz: Yes. Lane: During that time were payments made to Mr. Sturgis for the work he was doing for the CIA? Lorenz: Yes. Lane: Did you ever witness anyone make payments to him for the CIA work which you and Mr. Sturgis were both involved in? Lorenz: Yes. Lane: Who did you witness make payments to Mr. Sturgis? Lorenz: A man by the name of Eduardo. Lane: Who is Eduardo? Lorenz: That is his code name; the real name is E. Howard Hunt. Lane: Did you know him and meet him during and prior to November 1963? Lorenz: Yes. Lane: Did you witness payments made by Mr. Hunt to Mr. Sturgis or Mr. Fiorini on more than one occasion prior to November of 1963? Lorenz: Yes. Lane: Did you go on a trip with Mr. Sturgis from Miami during November of 1963? Lorenz: Yes. Lane: Was anyone else present with when you went on that trip? Lorenz: Yes. Lane: What method of transportation did you use? Lorenz: By car. Lane: Was there one or more cars? Lorenz: There was a follow-up car. Lane: Does that mean two cars? Lorenz: Backup; yes. Lane: What was in the follow-up car, if you know? Lorenz: Weapons. Lane: Without asking you any of the details regarding the activity that you and Mr. Sturgis and Mr. Hunt were involved in, may I ask you if some of that activity was related to the transportation of weapons? Lorenz: Yes. Lane: Did Mr. Hunt pay Mr. Sturgis sums of money for activity related to the transportation of weapons? Lorenz: Yes. Lane: Did Mr. Sturgis tell you where you would be going from Miami, Florida, during November of 1963, prior to the time that you traveled with him in the car? Lorenz: Dallas, Texas. Lane: He told you that? Lorenz: Yes. Lane: Did he tell you the purpose of the trip to Dallas, Texas? Lorenz: No; he said it was confidential. Lane: Did you arrive in Dallas during November of 1963? Lorenz: Yes. Lane: After you arrived in Dallas, did you stay at any accommodations there? Lorenz: Motel. Lane: While you were at that motel, did you meet anyone other than those who were in the party traveling with you from Miami to Dallas? Lorenz: Yes. Lane: Who did your meet? Lorenz: E. Howard Hunt. Lane: Was there anyone else who you saw or met other than Mr. Hunt? Lorenz: Excuse me? Lane: Other than those? Lorenz: Jack Ruby. Lane: Tell me the circumstances regarding your seeing E. Howard Hunt in Dallas in November 1963? Lorenz: There was a prearranged meeting that E. Howard Hunt deliver us sums of money for the so-called operation that I did not know its nature. Lane: Were you told what your role was to be? Lorenz: Just a decoy at the time. Lane: Did you see Mr. Hunt actually deliver money to anyone in the motel room which you were present in? Lorenz: Yes. Lane: To whom did you see him deliver the money? Lorenz: He gave an envelope of cash to Frank Fiorini. Lane: When he gave him the envelope, was the cash visible as he had it in the envelope? Lorenz: Yes. Lane: Did you have a chance to see the cash after the envelope was given to Mr. Fiorini? Lorenz: Frank pulled out the money and flipped it and counted it and said "that is enough" and put it in his jacket. Lane: How long did Mr. Hunt remain in the room? Lorenz: About forty-five minutes. Lane: Did anyone else enter the room other than you, Mr. Fiorini, Mr. Hunt, and others who may have been there before Mr. Hunt arrived? Lorenz: No. Lane: Where did you see the person you identified as Jack Ruby? Lorenz: After Eduardo left, a fellow came to the door and it was Jack Ruby, about an hour later, forty-five minutes to an hour later. Lane: When you say Eduardo, who are you referring to? Lorenz: E. Howard Hunt. Lane: When did that meeting take place in terms of the hour; was it daytime or nighttime? Lorenz: Early evening. Lane: How soon after that evening meeting took place did you leave Dallas? Lorenz: I left about two hours later; Frank took me to the airport and we went back to Miami. Lane: Now, can you tell us in relationship to the day that President Kennedy was killed, when this meeting took place? Lorenz: The day before. Lane: Is it your testimony that the meeting which you just described with Mr. Hunt making the payment of money to Mr. Sturgis took place on November 21, 1963? Lorenz: Yes. [Note: Marita Lorenz returned to her home in Miami that same night, but said Frank Sturgis later told her what she had missed in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963: "We killed the president that day."] |