Ghosts in the Wind (Case File #19): The "Suicide"-"Overdose"-"Epileptic" Death of Leon Ameer From: "Malcolm X" africaresource.com " ... On February 21, 1964 in front of a crowd in the Audubon Ballroom in New York City, Malcolm X was shot to death by three men. Labeled as angry NOI members, the three were convicted with Malcolm’s death. However a host of suspicious events and contradictory information presented at the trial have led many to speculate whether more sinister forces, namely the US government, may have been behind his death. The only acquaintance of Malcolm to attempt to prove this point immediately following death, Leon Ameer, died of a sleeping pill overdose before his case could be presented. ... " http://africaresource.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=221:malcolmx&catid=profiles&Itemid=352 ••••••• From: "Who Killed Malcolm X?" " ... Leon Ameer was an associate of Malcolm X and a leader of his Organization of Afro American Unity. In March of 1965 he stated, "I have facts in my possession as to who really killed Malcolm X." referring to the Chicago headquarters of the Nation of Islam, he declared, "the killers aren't from Chicago, they're from Washington." Ameer said he would hold a press conference and release the incriminating documents and audio tape that he claimed to possess. The next day, he was found dead in his Boston hotel room. Police stated that he'd died of an epileptic seizure, despite his wife's assertion that a recent doctor's exam had shown whether or not they had a role in the assassination, government officials certainly considered Malcolm X a threat, one to be watched and controlled. The FBI had begun monitoring Malcolm X as early as 1953 ... " http://www.etext.org/Politics/Buzzkill/buzzkill.7 •••••• From: "THE ASSASSINATIONS OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. & MALCOLM X (Part 3 of 4)" Dave Emory Lecture: ... One of Malcolm's top aides, Leon 4X Ameer, went to the FBI, about, I think it was ten days after Malcolm was killed, and indicated that he felt that there were elements not only within the Nation of Islam proper, but within the US government that were behind Malcolm's assassination. He then was found dead, himself, a few days later at the age of 32 in his apartment in Boston. Initially, they said it was suicide, then they changed that to a drug overdose, but the final