Final_Judgment

Chapter Fifteen
The Twain Shall Meet—
The Permindex Mystery:
Israel, the CIA, the Lansky Crime Syndicate
and the Plot to Kill John F. Kennedy
Central to understanding the joint Mossad-CIA-Lansky
Organized Crime Syndicate nexus in the plot to assassinate
John F. Kennedy is to recognize the importance of a littleexplored
corporate entity based in Rome and known as
Permindex. New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw, indicted
by Jim Garrison for conspiracy in the JFK assassination,
served on the Permindex board of directors.
Many assassination researchers have contended that
Permindex was a covert CIA money laundering operation.
Shaw, of course, did have ties with the CIA. Others have put
forth the theory that Permindex was a front for a Nazi
remnant left over from World War II. This theory, exciting
though it may be, falls far off the mark.
All of the firm evidence indicates Permindex was an
Israeli operation—with close CIA connections—and tied
inextricably with the Meyer Lansky Organized Crime
Syndicate.
Unraveling the mystery of Permindex explains the web of
intrigue that ties all of the key players in the conspiracy
together. The Permindex connection is also the fa mous
"French connection" to the JFK assassination. And as we
shall see, the French connection is, actually, the Israeli
connection.
In Oliver Stone's film, JFK, actor Kevin Costner (portraying Jim
Garrison) confronts actor Tommy Lee Jones (portraying Clay Shaw) and
displays Italian newspaper articles exposing the activities of a Rome-based
operation known as Permindex. Shaw, an international trade executive,
served on the board of Permindex. The film audience is left with the
impression that Permindex was a covert CIA operation, the purpose of
which—at least in the film—is never defined.
However, as the evidence now shows, Permindex was a Mossad arms
trading and money laundering venture operating in conjunction with the
Lansky Organized Crime Syndicate. And Clay Shaw, a longtime CIA asset,
serving on the Permindex board, was a prime player in the New Orleans
phase of the JFK assassination conspiracy.
Therein, quite simply, lies the key to the mystery behind the JFK
assassination. Therein lies the explanation as to why Jim Garrison's
investigation of Clay Shaw, a director of Permindex, had to be scuttled. Not
only had Garrison stumbled upon a definitive CIA link, but he had also
(inadvertently) discovered the Israeli connection. But at the time Garrison