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This CIA-held copy of a 13 July 1968 magazine article, "A Reporter at Large," was written by the author of the book "Inquest." It examines New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison's investigation into the Kennedy assassination and his arrest of Clay Shaw. The author concludes that Garrison mishandled evidence and decoded address book numbers without sound basis. It also says the only evidence the author saw connecting Shaw to the assassination was fraudulent. Flying saucers come up only in passing.
\ I 5 t l i t. t t ~-t- a . V _ uh» m.tt!e 1 nt:t:tl‘er tit tights.-\t ;tl~iut the time of the l‘l.t_r of Pigs Pl-‘R -- ittmsiiiti. in l‘7¢i[' 1|; b\‘\"\“\C _te. \\::h Ferric in --rder tit gain his etttt!§~ sociatetl with sortie Cuban (‘\ll(“\ .tmi,l ‘l¢"\‘t‘. mil .\lf\~tto l"1i\\'lt"r. -1 Ctilitn acctirtling to one of them, he flew tire x eule .tml the llzreet--r oi ltttetmti.-;i.tl . . lmmh mid; Jgnittsl Cttlu and lteltx-tl -l\el.\ttdsts t't.r the Litt of t\'t_\\ ()rlc.tn;\, :uiti-Castm tefttgt-cs e.d¢l¢t~(i\-¢ ||;i|~i1¢tl cording (0 .\l!t\tl‘.t'|‘, Ferric luttl .1 \\‘nri '17,“-,»;¢ Md ¢m;,~,¢-ti ()_-H hut, according to F.B.l. reports, ;\l.tr-' C-""l‘ 5"'¢*"» -1 l‘i\\‘i1 i"‘l"‘ll\= ‘vil- ti mlmitted that he had tnzttle up the llitlll B. Reil_\' Comp;in_\", wheren wlmle story, and Ferric w.-is released. U-1¢ll, Ami one The F.B.l. mat‘ not have thought oi the questions the \\';trr¢n much nf M.1rtin's'tip, hut it was this C~\="I11is\l\-in V. llil‘ dflelnping tir.tm.\. Lewis, . Oscr q\U.’$(ifl|\ttl the trlnrc ilItf\0l'!.ll\( cl-timed that he had bssn wit- wimcssu and P,-tp‘-tr‘-d thc legal nesstoa meeting among Ban- '1 gmuntlworlt. Other tasks were |\er- i$!<‘f. Ffl'Fi<‘. I-< ymti-C-xstro fm-mcd by 9”“: Qf Gaf[i5(yn'§ p¢r5t\gy;\l ltitlef CItl'l0S Quirtlget, and 3 \| (_} I permn he called Leon Os-‘fricnds4zmong them 1 ax onzaes, . . hailaw clerlt in the crimitul court and 2 Wild» Wh" l\'~' ll!" Lhvug I m1__'I\t he l_ve :!:t_r\t~t (let;-_\,,t_ .'\l:.'muL;lt l,c\\ts ,\\~ti iic \\’.\_s \‘\‘I‘I-H11 that tfm tttnctrttg lt.ui weir-‘retl in 8°01.-.t !f:l‘llC‘\\hg‘n _(\~\\'.tltl \\'.\< kmittn gt. l\~ fie- in; in Texas, and .xlth-nigh Qwmgri (‘.1lt‘g<\fl\'.‘lll\ tien.'\~ti th.tt such .1-tneettttg-ixul ever ~t.1ken place, (_i.trrts~n iutensi~ 4 tied his etiorts in this tiirectitin. He l*eg:tn diggittg into the ac- tisities of anti~L'.tstm Culuns, . and discovered the sites of_._~» ._.._ what hail been two secret training camps in St. Tamrn.tn_\' Parish. Ferric was rumored to have us-J one of th;-m .1-\ train his corps of eiimmandos. In i the hope of itlentifting the men untler 5 Ferric-'s commrtntl. Gnrrisott hiretl Ber- innrdn Torres, :1 private \lck\‘li\'t.‘ (mm !.\li.tt'ni who claimed to hltve ztssistetl the Secret Service h_\‘ spitting poten- ti:tll_\‘ tlntigerrtts Cubans tluring ;i visit llresitlettt Kcnttetly m.1tie to \li;ttt\i in ‘ l‘763. in llet‘etnl'\er, l956, .tntl _l:tntt- :.tt’_\'. i967, the iti\'t*sti;;;tti<v|i \\'_ts l'\rtv:ttl- gcnetl in inclutle \".1ri.i\ts etiiirts Kn track :\ltI\\ll' with 'l'orres's help, ;tnv Cubans -in .\li:ttni who might h_t\'e littnwtl l"t'r~ tic. 'l'l|t~.<c efforts tttrnetl out to he un- protitwtive hut quite e\;~et1si\-e~-|nt.n_- than h_tli the total e.\peniiiturts~—.1ntl Garrisott ht-gm In sttgxwt th.it 'l‘tirres's :tcti\"it_\" tliti not jttstiiy the twpensc. Tn- \\'.1r\l the end of _l.tnt::tr_t", the l"lurid.1 m.tnhuttt was calletl oti. . lint Grtrrison liatl other lezitls tn inl- lt-w—~niit:ihl\" an tiltl cine from ll t\'t.'w ;()rle:tns l;l\\'_\iCl’ nnmetl llenn :\tl.1|\\s 2.-\ntlrews, Jr. .-\ntlrews' tirigitiztl stnr_\', which he ttiltl tn the $ecret Service shortly alter the :t&s"1ssitt.1tiott, \\';tS that ,(ls\\'.1ltl had come to his otlice .1 few ' times tluring the sunttner of I963 in the hone of rintlinq st-tut: l1\\‘;ltt$ by wliiclt the “untlesir:thle" iii<ch.irge he hrttl been given hf; the .\l.trine Corps cuiiltl hf! cnntertetl intn :\t\ l:t\n4tr:tl\lt: one. The d.1_\' after the .1e\\‘i§-itt.1titin, .-\ndrews, who \v.1s in the lmspit:tl un- tler setlntion rt‘enu-ring t'i'om pneumo- nia, stid he received :t plume call lrtim a man he lcnew gs Clay lit-rtr.1ntl,‘i "it-htim he tlescrihetl .-ts “.1 l.\\\'_\~er \vith- . tint J hriefcase“ for local homo.<cxt|:tls. .-\ceortling to :\ntlre\\'s, B-.-t*tr.1nil..1.~’ke_"d‘ ‘ V‘ - him toyigo tn Dallas anti defend Os- wald. \\'hen .~\ntlre\\'s was qttestionetl by the F.li.l., he gztfe sen-r.1l dif- lerent tleseriptions of Bertrand, and tin_1llt- s1itl that the character bearing that name was l’llL‘l"Cl_\' .1 tigment of his_ . itttngizttttit-n. .-\ few months later, he again chattged his story, telling the .\\':trrv:n Commission that he had re- , centl_\' seen Bertuttd in ;t Eur, anti de- scribing him as “u b0)"' who was "5 loot 3 inches" antl hail “.uttti_\' hair."
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 19 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.