Final_Judgment

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Carroll & Graf do know something about JFK books. Jim Marrs' bestselling
book Crossfire is a Carroll & Graf product. They've also issued
books by one rather unusual JFK writer named Harrison Livingstone
(whom I've discussed in Final Judgment) and those books have been bestsellers.
But Carroll & Graf were not interested in Final Judgment. And I'm
certain that it wasn't because the book was an illiterate piece of trash.
So, in the end, there are 1) personality conflicts 2) political conflicts
and 3) financial concerns that prevent all of the various JFK assassination
theorists from either working together or, in my own area of interest,
working to explore the thesis laid forth in Final Judgment.
There are many people who believe that the story of JFK having an
affair with actress Marilyn Monroe is a myth. Yet you devoted an
entire chapter in Final Judgment to the subject. Aren't you falling into
the trap laid by the media dredging up the Marilyn Monroe myth?
The chapter on the Cohen-Monroe-JFK connection was not critical to
the thesis expressed in Final Judgment. The book could have been
published without this chapter and it would not have detracted in any way
from the overall thesis.
I included the chapter for a number of reasons: 1) it emphasizes the fact
that there is this strong Jewish and pro-Israeli influence in the arena of
Organized Crime, and specifically among those under the influence of
Meyer Lansky. 2) Cohen did have a long-standing connection with Marilyn
Monroe and it's interesting that his own memoirs which are rife with namedropping
never once mention her. It's worth mentioning, also, that Cohen's
co-author, John Peer Nugent, was reputed to be a CIA operative and that
Cohen himself has been mentioned as having been involved in the CIA's
anti-Castro operations. 3) Cohen and Jack Ruby were very close and did
have many mutual associates, including one Al Gruber.
It was Gruber whom Ruby was in contact with for the first time in
about ten years just after the JFK assassination. Gary Wean believes that
Gruber is the one who gave Ruby the order to "hit" Oswald.
I was frankly surprised by the number of people who did tell me that
they didn't believe the stories about Marilyn Monroe and John Kennedy,
inasmuch as I always believed the stories myself. However, I do know Gary
Wean (my primary source on the Marilyn-JFK-Cohen connection) and I
consider him a reliable source and felt it would be appropriate to include his
information in the book.
I have been told that Jim Marrs, the author of Crossfire, has disputed
the reliability of Gary Wean and suggested that his allegations are not
credible. My own suspicion is that Marrs is hesitant to give credence to
Gary's allegations because Gary himself has pulled no punches in
suggesting that there was Israeli involvement in the JFK assassination.
I find it somewhat ironic that Marrs would single out Wean since there
are so many sources that have been utilized by Marrs and others that I don't