Some of the Secret Service members in charge of protecting President John F. Kennedy might have been impaired the day he was killed. That’s what author Susan Cheever says in her new book “Drinking in America: Our Secret History.”
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Susan Cheever: The Secret Service men who were guarding the presidential motorcade, who are in the follow-up car to JFK and Jacqueline Kennedy during the Dallas motorcade in 1963, had been out drinking until 2, 3, 4, 5 in the morning.
So those guys who were responsible for saving the lives of JFK and Jacqueline were clearly impaired.
What happened was the night before they were all in Fort Worth with the president. They hadn’t gotten anything to eat all day.
So after the president and first lady went to bed seven of the Secret Service men went out looking for food.
And first they went to the Fort Worth Press Club where they had heard there would be some food, but there wasn’t any.
So they had a beer, a couple scotches. whatever, and then some of them went back to the hotel and a few of them went on to another club called the Cellar Coffee House.
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Which Chief Justice Earl Warren was furious about this when he found out.
And in the Warren Commission report there is Chief Justice Earl Warren exploding about this and he calls the Cellar Coffee House some hippie joint, right.
So some of them stayed at the Cellar Coffee House until 5 in the morning for a 8:48 call.
So you know, if you’re up until 5 in the morning, if you’ve had anything to drink, you’re not your best self at noon or 1230 the next day. – Susan Cheever
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