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• THE FRANKLIN COVER·UP
not pursue. Documentary evidence presented in this book,
never before made public, makes it possible to contrast the
assurances of local and state officials that there was little or
no Franklin-related abuse, with what those agencies had in
their own files.
The chapters of this book dealing with Franklin are based,
apart from my direct experience, strictly on documents available
and documented facts. I do not claim to know the accuracy
or veracity of every statement made by every witness or other
person, recorded in these documents. I do claim, however,
that the statements and the evidence were officially presented
exactly as described. Readers can draw their own conclusions,
as to what is or is not believable.
I have been very careful to present only material and documents
which I can legally and properly, in my opinion,
make available.
I also must state, that I received none of the Franklin committee
documentation from the committee's chairman, Senator
Loran Schmit, other than what I was entitled to as attorney for
Paul Bonacci. Some people inevitably will claim, as they did
when I issued the DeCamp memo in January 1990, that Senator
Schmit, whose private attorney I am, "leaked" everything to
me. I said then, and I say now, that nothing could be further
from the truth.
Neither is anything whatsoever from grand jury documents-some
of which I had access to-presented here, because
I am not allowed to disclose this information. I wish I
could. I wish everything about Franklin could be made public.
Then, the public could judge even more thoroughly about what
is true and what is false. I believe that sunshine and exposure of
all facts from all agencies that have information about Franklin
would establish the truth of the stories of drug abuse, child
abuse, pedophilia, abuse of positions of public trust, cover-up
by institutions of government, and, most tragic, involvement
in this conduct and later cover-up by some of our most respected
and wealthiest citizens.
I believe that the record must get out into the open, to the
extent possible, and that the public has to share the information.
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