Final_Judgment

Foreword: The Other Side of the Jigsaw Puzzle . . .
So evidently Caroline has probably heard about Final Judgment—as have
several members of her family and possibly her late brother, as we will see.
In any case, as a direct consequence of its hysterical (and successful)
effort to prevent me from appearing at the seminar in Orange County, the
ADL suffered a historic (and much-deserved) "double-whammy" within
eight days time, stemming directly from the controversy.
First of all, on October 12, 1997 the Orange County Register, the
biggest daily newspaper in one of the most densely populated metropolitan
regions in the country, published a lengthy commentary in which I
responded to the ADL's attacks and outlined the thesis of the book.
This was the first time since Final Judgment was published in January of
1994 that any "mainstream" newspaper gave any substantial publicity of any
kind to the allegations made in the book.
Although a flimsy attempt at a "rebuttal" by an ADL spokesman,
Bruno Medwin, was published in conjunction with my commentary, the
ADL's lame response never once attempted to refute any of my specific
allegations. The ADL commentary actually misled readers by suggesting
that the ADL believes that "mainstream" theories about a possible JFK
assassination conspiracy have a right to be heard.
In fact, as noted previously, ADL national director Abe Foxman had
said elsewhere that any theory of any kind relating to the assassination is
potentially dangerous and has no basis in fact. Evidently, the ADL is ready
to shift its position, depending upon the audience—which, of course, says a
lot about the basic dishonesty of the ADL to begin with.
Then, just one week later—on October 20, 1997—the ADL suffered an
even more critical blow. At a meeting of the South Orange County
Community College District (SOCCCD) Board of Trustees, the board's
president, Steven Frogue—who had invited me to the JFK seminar in
Orange County—was re-elected by a 4-3 vote, much to the ADL's dismay.
Although the ADL clamored for Frogue's head and sent its supporters
to lobby for his resignation from the board—or his forced removal—that
effort failed. Then, another board member, Marcia Milchiker—herself a
member of the local ADL chapter's board of advisors—introduced a
resolution for Frogue's ouster, but her scheme fell flat.
The failed attempt to punish Frogue came following a raucous crowded
public meeting in which some forty people from the general public were
permitted to speak and most of them—average citizens, teachers, students
and others—rose in Frogue's defense, publicly defying the ADL even
though ADL operatives were on hand taking photographs of the meeting's
participants. "This is thought control," said one speaker, James Scott,
denouncing the ADL campaign, saying (to much applause) that "the buck is
stopping here tonight."
When the ADL's Marcia Milchiker saw that there was such a genuine
grassroots outcry against her effort to dislodge Frogue—as opposed to the
orchestrated campaign by the ADL—Milchiker could only respond in a
rambling, disjointed and rather pathetic fashion that led to other board
members asking that she cut her remarks short.