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time, of course, the Lansky syndicate had already set up international heroinrunning
from Southeast Asia through the CIA-linked Corsican Mafia in the
Mediterranean. The joint Lansky-CIA operations in the international drug
racket were a lucrative venture that thrived as a consequence of deep U.S.
involvement in Southeast Asia as cover for the drug smuggling activities. We
know today that the Mossad has emerged as a major player as a
"middleman" in much of this drug-smuggling activity.
ISRAEL, THE CIA & THE LANSKY SYNDICATE
John F. Kennedy's bitter behind-the-scenes conflict with Israel brought
him into combat with an ally of not only the CIA but also the Lansky
syndicate, both of which entities also maintained intimate connections to
the anti-Castro Cubans. Vice President Lyndon Johnson's Lansky-Mafia and
defense industry ties, coupled with his close relationship to the Israeli
lobby, and his long-standing friendly dealings with both the CIA and
Hoover's FBI made Johnson an acceptable alternative (among these diverse
special interests) to a Kennedy dynasty. Kennedy himself had long been
suspect in the eyes of Israel and its allies as we saw in Chapter 4.
We also now know that even the famed "Chicago Mafia" under Sam
Giancana was heavily immersed in wide-ranging international dealings with
Israel's Mossad—largely through the good offices of the real boss of the
Chicago syndicate, Meyer Lansky's partner-in-crime, Hyman Lamer. So the
theory that even "the Chicago Mafia killed JFK"—we find—has a very
distinct "Mossad connection" beyond any doubt.
MICKEY COHEN
As early as 1960 (as we documented in Chapter 13), Meyer Lansky's
West Coast henchman, Mickey Cohen, was using Kennedy's filmland bedpartner,
actress Marilyn Monroe, as a conduit for attempting to learn
Kennedy's intentions toward Israel. Kennedy's introduction to Miss Monroe
by one of Cohen's associates, we have learned, was for this very purpose,
and also, perhaps, for ultimately blackmailing JFK.
Although "official" history acknowledges the president's stormy affair
with Miss Monroe, its real origins—and the intent for which it was
orchestrated—have been covered up and forgotten. ("Official" history would
have us remember—instead—Kennedy's other widely-publicized illicit
relationship with Judith Campbell, mistress of Chicago Mafia boss Sam
Giancana.)
Cohen, a long-standing disciple of Israel and one of its earliest
adherents, had more than a passing interest in the Middle East state.
According to one account, we have discovered, Cohen was less than happy
with Kennedy's stance toward Israel.
BEN-GURION AND THE ISRAELI NUCLEAR BOMB