Final_Judgment

Appendix Six
Retribution?
The Strange Deaths of William Colby and John Paisley
Was There a JFK Assassination Connection?
The death of former CIA director William Colby in a
strange boating "accident" in the spring o f 1 9 96 g a v e
conspiracy theorists much grist for the mill. Colby's death
was highly reminiscent of the equally bizarre death in 1978
of former CIA official John Paisley. Both Colby and Paisley
were sharp critics of Israeli influence at the CIA and Colby
himself was preparing—before his death—to begin active
work on behalf of the Arab cause. There is indeed strong
historical evidence to suggest that both men died precisely
because of their opposition to Israel. And, at least in the
case of Paisley, there's an unusual JFK assassination
connection that definitely needs further exploration.
The August 20, 1996 issue of The Sun, a supermarket tabloid, carried
an exciting "newsflash" which announced "Dead CIA Chief Was Set to
Finally Blow Lid on JFK Assassination." 894 The tabloid announced that
former CIA director William Colby had been planning to blow the whistle
on the truth about the assassination of President Kennedy. Although the
tabloid provided no evidence whatsoever that this was the case, there is no
question but that Colby's strange demise did give many people—and not
just so-called "conspiracy theorists"—reason to pause. Colby himself had
indeed made cryptic remarks about the JFK assassination in one interview
shortly before his death, so perhaps there is reason for suspicion.
However, as we shall see, there is strong evidence to suggest that if
indeed William Colby did have "inside" knowledge about the assassination
of President Kennedy and knew that Israeli intelligence was indeed
involved—Colby would have been the most likely former high-ranking
intelligence figure to blow the whistle.
Upon what basis can such an assertion be made? The fact is, that while
serving as CIA director, William Colby was considered hostile to Israel's
interests, so much so that it was Colby who actually fired the Mossad's
longtime agent-in-place at the CIA, James Jesus Angleton, who has been
documented in Final Judgment as the key CIA player in the JFK
assassination conspiracy.
ISRAEL THE SOURCE OF FRICTION
Evidently, most press reports at the time, describing Colby's sacking of
Angleton, didn't tell the whole story. However, according to Wolf Blitzer,
longtime Washington correspondent for the Jerusalem Post: "CBS News