On Sep 15, 2010, at 9:09 PM, frank theriault wrote: > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> I agree. I don't understand why the newspaper insisted on >> investigating and reporting on this either. He was a good >> photographer, and took some great images of the civil rights movement. >> I am confident nothing he told the FBI harmed Martin Luther King or >> the movement. Why drag it up now? > > As his daughter pointed out, the man's not here to defend himself. > > If this is true, we have no idea why he might have passed on this > information. He might have been paid, yes, but he might have also > done it under duress. He and/or his family might have been > threatened. They might have had some information on him and > threatened to use it to ruin his career. He might have been > threatened with a lengthy jail sentence. > > And as Peter said, he may have needed the money. > > I guess some reporter got his/her story. But with all the main actors > now passed on I don't think it had to be told just now. > > cheers, > frank > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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