To The Editor of "The Continuing Inquiry" letter to Penn Jones from R. B. Cutler

              PENN JONES T H E
CONTINUING
INQUIRY
VOLUME I V , NUMBER 10 MAY 22, 1980
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Editor's Note: All JFK researchers are familiar with the "umbrella man" seen above in the
famous Bothun U photo. Likewise most of you are familiar with the attempt to identify this
man by researcher Robert Cutler of Massachusetts, Cutler's theory of the umbrella as a
"flechette" poison dart launcher certainly deserves serious consideration (although TCI
prefers the theory that the umbrella man was a signalman). In 1979 Cutler named his chief
^jaspect on radio, TV and in print (see December 1979 "Grassy Knoll Gazette") as a well-known
•i'ormer CIA man long associated with the case. Now Cutler is being threatened with a libel
suit by this man. Vie print the following letter from Cutler to keep researchers informed
about the unresolved mystery of Cutler's TUM, The Umbrella Man.
TO THE EDITOR OF "THE COITINUING INQUIRY"
Dear Penn:
In response to your welcome suggestion for a bit on The Umbrella Man, we must start at the
beginning. First, Bond 9 was printed in "Six Seconds in Dallas"; next, on page 67 of your
'^<Jrgive My Grief IV" you wrote the caption under Bothun U, which shows the umbrella man
sitting next to another fellow "holding the first of several after-action conferences."
Following is my update of your correct evaluation.
TEK (my acronym for The Egocentric Kid) is my candidate for TUM (The Umbrella Man). He
denies picking up an umbrella, sitting on the grassy knoll's grass, talking to someone
sitting next to him, holding an open umbrella over his head, launching a self-propelled
flechette, tracking the president, designing the covert firing system, knowing where the
OFL (Overhead Flechette Launcher or umbrella) is today. He denies being in Dealey Plaza
on 22 November 1963, saying that he had lunch with friends in New York City that day and
names four witnesses to back him up.
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These questions were among 155 asked of him by Psychological Stress Evaluator Examiner
K. Brondum of Metairie, Louisiana, on September 7, 1979 (see complete transcript of
^lE examination in "The Grassy Knoll Gazette"). His answers to the above questions, when
analyzed by PSE expert Brondum, indicate deception. To put it another way, TEK (TUM) is
a liar; some consider him a pathological liar.
TEK is not the only liar. TFUM (The Fake Umbrella Man) is a liar too. TFUM is an
introverted, middle-aged man dredged up by HSCA (House Select Committee on Assassinations)