A Farewell to Justice: Jim Garrison, JFK's Assassination, And the Case That Should Have Changed History
by Joan Mellen
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Author: Joan MellenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-03-22
ISBN: 1597970484
Number of pages: 468
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
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Summary: 5 Stars
The Jim Garrison investigation of the assassination of Jack Kennedy was described by writer Carl Oglesby as a "contoversy within a controversy." Researchers have long been divided by Garrison's prosecution of Clay Shaw and his theory of a CIA orchestrated plot. Now, at last, this authoratative, scholary work presents the evidence that should bring them together.Mellen demonstrates beyond any reasonable doubt that Shaw was in fact the infamous Clay Bertrand, that he was a CIA asset and that he was involved in the "sheep-dipping" of Lee Harvey Oswald. Those who have claimed that Garrison was a power hungry monster, knowlingly hounding an innocent man, will have to admit that not only did he have a case against Shaw, he had a damn strong one. And that to me is really the point of this book. Whether or not Shaw participated in the planning of the assassination, a seperate legal point, there was more than enough evidence to warrant bringing it to trial to let a jury decide. The jury may have decided that Garrison was wrong about Shaw, but that doen't make him a liar. Prosecutors lose cases all the time without being accused of the type of innapropriate conduct Garrison was accused of. As Mellen shows, witnesses were indeed being bribed and threatened down in New Orleans, but not by the D.A.'s office. It was Walter Sheridan and co. who made a determined effort to stand in the way of justice.
Mellen shows just how the CIA and the FBI used the American media to ruin Garrison's investigation by attacking his character. (a more in depth analysis of this can be found in Bill Davy's brilliant book, "Let Justice Be Done", which proves it's point with the goverment's own documents) She also shows us the most realistic version of Jim Garrison yet, not the saint of Oliver Stone's "JFK" or the monster of Pat Lambert's "False Witness", but a man like any other doing what he thought was right.
Of course, the book has already been attacked by those with an agenda (i.e. Lambert and Mel Ayton) who have chosen to to contest the credibility of Mellen's witnesses rather than attemt to directly challenge the evidence itself. Which of course they cannot. But they've said it all before and frankly the smart amongst us weren't fooled then and we won't be decieved now. But don't belive me, read the book, do your own research and make up your own mind. Jim Garrison once said that "history will show we were right" and Joan Mellen has done just that.
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