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copies of Final Judgment to not only John F. Kennedy, Jr., but to all of the
editors of his monthly magazine George. I'm sure that the editors had an
interesting time reading the book and discussing it among themselves, but I
don't frankly expect to see a story about it in George
However, I do know for a fact that members of the Kennedy family have
heard about Final Judgment. First of all, a friend of mine who lives in Rhode
Island met Congressman Patrick Kennedy (son of Sen. Ted Kennedy of
Massachusetts) at a public function. There he showed a copy of Final
Judgment to young Kennedy and pointed out that the book implicates the
Mossad and the Lansky Crime Syndicate in the assassination. According to
my friend, the young congressman recoiled in horror.
I'm not surprised. After all, no politician in America would want to be
identified with a conspiracy theory critical of Israel—particularly, of course,
after what happened to John F. Kennedy when he went head-to-head with
Israel. And as I said, if anybody knows who really killed JFK, it's his
family, so to hear that a book had actually been written on the subject must
have come as a real surprise.
But, finally, on December 20, 1995 I had occasion to speak briefly, for the
first time, with a member of the Kennedy family about this book. I was at
Union Station in Washington, D.C. and much to my surprise
Congressman Joe Kennedy, son of the late Robert Kennedy, walked in my
direction. He stopped less than ten feet from me. He was in the company of
an attractive woman whom I later identified as his second wife.
Frankly, I did not want to badger the man. He is very much a public figure
and a member of a very public family that has been subjected to an immense
amount of scrutiny by the big media in America (the same media that has
kept the truth about the assassinations of both his father and his uncle under
wraps). Yet, on the other hand, I had written a book on that subject (and, by
this time, it was a book that people were beginning to take quite seriously.)
So I felt obligated to speak with him.
The congressman glanced in my direction and our eyes met. He knew I
recognized him and I suspect that he also knew I wanted to speak to him
and I made up my mind that I would. I approached him and said,
"Congressman, I want just 22 seconds of your time." He smiled. I knew
he'd heard words to that effect so many times and I'd deliberately chosen
that approach and I think he appreciated the irony, inasmuch as I spoke in
an amused tone as if to say, "Yes, I know you've heard that one before."
He nodded his head, and I said, "I have to introduce myself first. I'm
the author of a book called Final Judgment. Have you ever heard of it?" He
shook his head in the negative as he was running the title through his mind. I
didn't tell him that I had sent a copy to his office (which I had). I didn't want
to waste any of my allotted 22 seconds of his time.
I pressed on. "The book documents the role of a Middle Eastern nation
that has a very powerful lobby here in Washington in the assassination of
your uncle." (I wasn't going to say the word "Israel.") Kennedy's eyes