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1) There is no question that Berlet has collaborated closely with the<br />

ADL to the point that they consider him little more than a "shill" for the<br />

ADL and at worst, possibly one of its paid operatives; and<br />

2) Berlet himself may also have covert connections to the CIA,<br />

including involvement with a CIA-financed "student" group of the 1960's.<br />

There are others who have pointed out that despite his preppy<br />

nickname, Berlet's real name is John Foster Berlet. He was named after<br />

former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, who was apparently<br />

associated with Berlet's father. Dulles' brother, Allen, of course, was not<br />

only fired as CIA director by JFK but later went on to serve as a member of<br />

the Warren Commission which covered up the truth about the assassination.<br />

So inasmuch as <strong>Final</strong> <strong>Judgment</strong> indicts the CIA for collaborating with<br />

the Mossad in the JFK assassination we can understand why Berlet (and<br />

Posner) are eager to keep <strong>Final</strong> <strong>Judgment</strong> under wraps. Obviously, the ADL<br />

directed the Los Angeles Times to both Posner and Berlet, knowing that the<br />

two CIA-connected "authorities" would come through as they did.<br />

The Times also quoted Roy Bauer, a philosophy instructor, at the Irvine<br />

Valley College, as referring to me (and the other scheduled speakers at the<br />

conference) as "crackpots." (It was Bauer, it seems, who originally called the<br />

ADL to complain about my impending presence at the seminar.)<br />

I am certain Bauer never read my book, so for him to accuse me of<br />

being a "crackpot" is malicious and baseless name-calling of the worst sort.<br />

What's more, although I am not familiar with the "philosophy" espoused in<br />

the classroom by the good professor it is clearly not a philosophy in line<br />

with the American tradition of freedom of speech.<br />

I made repeated efforts to contact Bauer to speak to him directly but he<br />

refused to return my calls. When I finally did reach Bauer, he told me that<br />

he had been "advised" not to speak with me and promptly hung up. This<br />

advice, I'm sure, came directly from Bauer's friends at the ADL. For years<br />

the ADL has maintained a policy of "refusing to debate" those it otherwise<br />

so feverishly attacks through the press. The anguished Bauer, evidently was<br />

comfortable throwing brickbats from afar and by calling in the "thought<br />

police" at the ADL, but he didn't have the fortitude to confront me directly.<br />

The Los Angeles Times also reported, incidentally, that college trustee<br />

Steve Frogue, the sponsor of the ill-fated college seminar, had claimed<br />

some time ago that "the ADL was behind" the Kennedy assassination.<br />

Frogue did not say this. What Frogue, in fact, said was that there was<br />

evidence (clearly documented in <strong>Final</strong> <strong>Judgment</strong>) that it was possible that<br />

Lee Harvey Oswald's strange activities in New Orleans were part of one of<br />

the ADL's famous (or infamous) "fact finding" operations.<br />

The Times reporter (perhaps) misunderstood Frogue's remarks about<br />

the ADL's connection to Oswald, but now that misinterpretation has been<br />

reported again and again and has taken on a life of its own. But Frogue<br />

didn't say what he was alleged to have said. However, in <strong>Final</strong> <strong>Judgment</strong><br />

Oswald's (surprising) ADL connection(s) are examined for the first time.<br />

Poor Mr. Frogue. As a young admirer of JFK, Frogue was preparing to<br />

join the Peace Corps, inspired by Kennedy's New Frontier. Upon the death

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