Guy Banister
William Guy Banister (March 7, 1901 – June 6, 1964) was a career employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a private investigator. After his death, he gained notoriety from allegations made by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison that he had been involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Prior to the assassination, Banister had worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and was a former Assistant Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department.He was an avid anti-communist, alleged member of the Minutemen, the John Birch Society, Louisiana Committee on Un-American Activities, and alleged publisher of the Louisiana Intelligence Digest. He also supported various anti-Castro groups in the New Orleans area: "Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front"; "Anti-Communist League of the Caribbean"; "Friends of Democratic Cuba". According to the New Orleans States-Item newspaper, "Guy [Banister] participated in every anti-Communist South and Central American revolution that came along, acting as a key liaison man for the U.S. government-sponsored anti-Communist activities in Latin America."
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| Birth date | March 07, 1900 |
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| Birth name | William Guy Banister |
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| Date of death | June 06, 1964 |
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