The Last Investigation: What Insiders Know about the Assassination of JFK

496 Pages·2013·2.34 MB·English

by  Gaeton Fonzi

THE LAST
INVESTIGATION

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“Time is precious, but truth
is more precious than time.”
—DISRAELI
For my grandchildren—
in the hope that their future will be
more precious than our past.
CONTENTS
Preface 2013, by Marie Fonzi
Prologue
Introduction
PART ONE
A PANDORA’S BOX
ONE
Of Truth and Deception
TWO
Haunting Questions
THREE
The Right Place, the Right Time
FOUR
In Miami, the Seeds of Vendetta
FIVE
A ‘Traitor’ in the White House
SIX
Seduced by the Web Weavers

SEVEN
Searching for Ghosts in Key West
EIGHT
Boozy Revelations in Powder Springs
NINE
A Funny Kind of Guy
TEN
High Noon in New York
ELEVEN
Strangers at the Door
TWELVE
Waiting for the Man in Atlanta
THIRTEEN
Something Happened
FOURTEEN
The Spy Master Pulls the Strings
FIFTEEN
The Subplots of Deception
SIXTEEN
An Offer He Couldn’t Refuse
SEVENTEEN
A Very Familiar Face
EIGHTEEN
Strange Silences in the Library
NINETEEN
Confrontation in Reston
PART TWO
THE INVESTIGATION
TWENTY
Off to a Stumbling Start
TWENTY-ONE
Programmed to Self-Explode
TWENTY-TWO
Chaos in Washington, Death in Manalapan
TWENTY-THREE
Truth and Consequences
TWENTY-FOUR
Inside Betrayals and Dirty Deals
TWENTY-FIVE
New Priorities, Same Old Game
TWENTY-SIX
Spooks, Rats and ‘Reality’
TWENTY-SEVEN
Good Guys, Bad Guys and the CIA
TWENTY-EIGHT
Some Kind of Investigation
TWENTY-NINE
A Massacre from Within
THIRTY
Setting Up the Scenario
THIRTY-ONE
Slip-sliding Away from the CIA
THIRTY-TWO
Signals from ‘The Night Watch’
PART THREE
A VERY PECULIAR SERVICE
THIRTY-THREE
Squirming Out of the Box
THIRTY-FOUR
Show & Tell in Mexico City
THIRTY-FIVE
Polishing the Badge of Honor
THIRTY-SIX
The Name Game
THIRTY-SEVEN
‘Uncle David’ and the Ties that Bind
THIRTY-EIGHT
A Brotherhood of Deception
THIRTY-NINE
A Conflict of Recollections
FORTY
Murder Through a Forest of Mirrors
FORTY-ONE
The Crack in the Covert Web
FORTY-TWO
On the Trail of the Shadow Warrior
FORTY-THREE
Confessions of a Home Town Hero
FORTY-FOUR
The Final Confirmation
FORTY-FIVE
The Only Way Out
EPILOGUE
Looking Beyond the Conspiracy
The Last Note
Epilogue 2008
Selected Chronology
Acknowledgments
Index