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different banks. Neither was a subsidiary of the other, nor does Reid ever
suggest as much.
However, the Torbitt Document's misinformation (and misstatements
of Reid's actual statements) has the effect of hiding precisely which bank
was the primary funding agency for the Permindex group. By directing
attention away from Rosenbaum's BCI, the Torbitt Document is thereby
directing attention away from the Israeli connection, all the while trying to
find some "Nazi" connection. I realize that all of these facts will do nothing
to convince people such as Kenn Thomas and Dave Emory and others that
there really was not a Nazi plot behind the assassination of John F.
Kennedy, it might make a few honest researchers realize that the Torbitt
Document simply isn't really that reliable. But it gives the hobbyists a horse
to rock around on, for sure!
I have to say that I was astounded to see that in his 1996 introduction to
the Torbitt Document that Kenn Thomas cited Final Judgment in a footnote
when he said that Major Louis Bloomfield's "links to the Meyer Lansky
crime syndicate and his controlling interest in the Permindex corporation
have been the subject of further recent study." That's all well and
good—and quite true—but Thomas never once (not once) made any
reference to the real point of my examination of Permindex: its Israeli
connection.
So inasmuch as the original Torbitt Document did appear around the
time of the Garrison investigation, my feeling is that once the investigation
was underway and it became apparent that Garrison was touching too
closely into Shaw's connections to Permindex that somebody decided that it
was time to cook up a "mysterious document" and give it some circulation
and get it into Garrison's hands in order to point him in the wrong direction
by mixing up enough real facts with enough nonsense to muddy the waters
and confuse Garrison and his investigators altogether. We're talking about
good old-fashioned disinformation.
The Torbitt Document has taken on a life of its own. It's appeared on
the computer networks. And because it's one of these "underground"
documents, it unfortunately seems to have a greater credibility among some
people than things that are more aboveboard.
In his book, Called to Serve, Colonel Bo Gritz relies on this document
and as a consequence many of those who have read the book or heard Gritz
speak have had their views shaped by this document of unknown origin.
The fact that the document has such widespread devotion continues to
amaze and puzzle me at the same time. However, I would urge people to
avoid relying on this document. That's one reason why I never once
referenced it in the pages of Final Judgment.
Are there any connections between the assassination of Martin
Luther King and the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
I want to emphasize that I have not studied the assassination of Dr.
King in detail. Those who are interested in the subject should refer to at