Final_Judgment

[514] Final Judgment 610
that I was writing the book. I didn't want Mark—or anybody else—to judge
the book prior to its completion based on a sketchy overview. I wanted
Mark (and others) to read the book in its entirety. I presented the completed
first draft to him and said, "Well, let me know what you think."
Mark's response was heartening. He said that the book did make a
"strong case" for Mossad involvement and he did not believe that the book
conflicted in any way with his own book, Plausible Denial, which
pinpointed the CIA's role in the assassination of President Kennedy.
Whether the actual idea for the assassination first originated at the CIA
or at the Mossad, the fact remains that those at the CIA who were the prime
CIA players in the assassination conspiracy were intimately tied to the
Mossad and were operating in its spheres of influence, even including in the
so-called "French Connection." So in the JFK assassination the CIA and the
Mossad were essentially two sides of one coin.
As far as Mark Lane's opinion of Final Judgment is concerned, it was
suggested to me prior to publication that I ask him to write an introduction
to the book. I rejected this suggestion out of hand. Not that it wouldn't have
been an honor and a privilege to have Mark write the introduction.
However, the fact is that Mark has stirred up a hornet's nest with his own
books on the JFK assassination and on other subjects for that matter.
Mark had not researched the Mossad aspect as I had, so I didn't feel it
would be appropriate to expect him to put his name in defense or
endorsement of a thesis—quite a revolutionary one, I suppose—that he
himself had not originated. Additionally, because of the very fact that Final
Judgment tied Israel to the JFK assassination I did not think it would be
appropriate for Mark to have his name appended to an introduction to the
book, precisely because of the fact that Mark himself had become involved
in the Middle East controversy and had been a critic of Israel.
I recognized that the thesis of Final Judgment was inflammatory on its own
and I didn't want to put Mark in the position of having to defend my work.
He's been busy enough as it is fighting off the efforts of the CIA and the
FBI and the media to ignore or suppress or distort his own efforts.
Doesn't Final Judgment conflict with Mark Lane's book, Plausible
Denial, which contends the CIA was responsible for the JFK
assassination?
There is no conflict whatsoever. Plausible Denial is first and foremost
an account of Mark Lane's defense of The Spotlight newspaper against E.
Howard Hunt's libel suit. Final Judgment, in my view, amplifies many of
the findings in Plausible Denial and further confirms the conclusions of
Plausible Denial and adds further details that prove that the CIA was indeed
involved in the assassination. The greatest strength of Mark's book, I
believe, is that it demolishes the myth that there were "rogue elements" of
the CIA involved in the president's murder. These were not "rogue
elements." The assassination was an act that involved the CIA at its highest
levels—and specifically James Angleton, the Mossad's ally at the CIA.