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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.
13: “*9 int: hef--re .1 grand jun‘ t\_tcctin_c in cl-iwil '~l'\'W-11, he t~.qitttt'x\. - Vrrnnn ll. lluntlv, in the l’.1ri\h Primn alter the he.tr- ing had hegun. :\.\.\i\t.1nt District t\t- turney Charles Ila)" \\';tril and uther mt-mhers of (i:|rrismt's,.ummer of ‘I963, While he was |ire|\tritig tn publicly far in a'lY-111" mf, the tri.-\1__smm: inject the contents ttf t\\'tt eapsttles ttf of the more senmtititml aspects of the ht-ruin into his nrtn, he $a\\' t\\'u Case, thus helping tn Slllfl\|l.'\lC puhltc men meet on the shore til Lancei ' Pontchartrain, fill the out.\ltirts of Newinterest. \Vhethcr nr Hit! Lv.1t'ri.tiltl'twn rnntr:idictiir\'>tut-les-tine had tlisettsst-tl such det:|ils' .-is the need in his first interview with $ci.tt1il~r;\,tl\e fnr “tll\‘t'fSir|n.!f}‘ tactics,“ the “trian-_ nther in emtrt, after being questittneil gul.1tiun" of crossfire, :tntl_thc selt‘Ctit\n under l|_t_'pnttsi_<. l’hel.1tt tlisetwered the -of .-in apprnprinte “scnpt-goat," they tliscre|m'nry ,wh<.-n _G.1rri.<tut, with his ended the cnn\'crs:tt_inti by bickering custtunnry gencrmity to jnurmilists, - ' .. supplied him with :t ttieiittitntitltttn over \:trmus metlmds of escape Under cross-rxamin:tti<m ‘the ful in" tl:t\-, Russo admit lnw- uf Rtt.s.<n’s first interview. .\'ti\\"here ted that he had not in this, document, which ran tu thirty-:~ . . - 4 _ - ht-cn able to identify Osw.-tld ptvsitively five hundred wtirds, was the sttppnsetl tmtil after an artist in the District .-\t- meeting among Shaw, Ferric, and tnrncy's nffice spent six hnurs dr:tvt'ing Oswald mentioned, either directly or ,]ifl'¢y¢m bard; on photographs of Os— Intplicttly. Yet two weeks -later, in" ' d d 5 ' wald. It was also revealed that, before court, Russo $l1lC§_l__tl_l-1(_‘tl‘l).'! e mie- .7- 'l\' t;iltvn pl.ire. ltt h_i\ tint ittten-icw, ttiwtw-vi-r, l'(u\~.\ did nut state that he llilll ever tnet Sluw, .u\tl he him- self mntic mi metiti-in whatever tit a llertr:mtl—either_ Clay or Clem. .-\t<i\t.~mt l)i=trict .~\ttt\rne_v Seiambra, who cttmlueted this titseinterview and wrt-tr up the ntemimtndum, later laid that l(u~.m did teil him i-f the :twt<\in.1tint\ plut - hut that he forgtit ta inrlndt: it in his report. Yet Sci.1mhra's mun wtmls in the memo- r.-mdtttn wmtld appear tu belie this explana- tion: "The next picture that he lRlI\$O] identi- fied w.1.\ that of Clay Shaw. lle said that he .<;iw this man twice. The fim time was when he pulled intu l'ierrie's serv- ice st.-ttittn tn get hit car fixed. Shaw was the pcrstm sitting in the eutnpact rnr talking with Ferrie. He retttemhers seeing him again at the .\';tsh\rille Street \Vl|.1rf when he went tu set: _l.l‘_.K. spezilt." lien: Sci.1ml\r.t .<|\-cifie.-ill)‘ states that l(u.wi said he stw $h.tw twice, attdi tieitln-r t-rcnsit-n invnlvetl :t r-:mle1.vmts in l"erric's an.-trtment during which Shziw, l"rrrie, and Oswald pl.Itl|It‘ll the :tSS.‘l.\'|iIt-‘ltiltrt. H Rust: wen: on to de- $(|'il\t: .1 tltirtl enemmter, and that was the t-nly one reletattt l‘-‘J C.1rristm's lease it. is diificult m iimtt-tst:ittd huwQ Seiatnhnt could have neglected to in- clude it in the DN‘l’t1t\rLlI\\l\ll1\. Murc- twer, nccitrtlittg tn llillingx Scizttttlmt did nut int-ntitm the alleged “third en- cmttiter” in an nral report he made to Unrrismt the tlrty after the interview. Scittttilvrn rt-ported that Rttsw mid he h.1d seen Shaw nnly t\\-Sce—-—mt¢e at l-'errit-'< scrviCc'St.1tinn and unce at the t\'.1sltvillt: Street \\'h.1rf. In fact, the lirst titnc llillings heard of the third t-ttcuutiter, during \\‘lIl\‘l’\ Rum» was supptist-tl tudmve m-erhcanl liertrnutl, Ferric, and ()sw.1‘ltl pl:ttutittg.the ais- &1i§i|l-'lIl'|ll in Ft-rrie's aturtntettt, was whett Scintnhra him.<clf wit’ Rum» that he had |Tl'.'fl[ftlflL‘&l the n.1me _ller~‘ tr.1ntl and had deserihed the meeting in l-i'errie's .1p:trtment. This was niter RINS" had taken the “truth serum." *_\tttl Rttsvi still, at this time, said, that he cuuld nut remember .\n_\"<-ne t\.1tit'v:tl Tlertrand. ‘ If zt witttms tells twin contrntlietiiry stories, eitternal evitlettee may tnalce it possible tn Clmnsc between them. ln Rum-'s case, the curri\ht\r.1tive evidence :t\'.1il.1hle caste dnuht on his S-t‘Ct||]tl 5:9. r_\'~—thc tine he ttiltl in court. He tes- tified that Oswald Wu Ferric’: runni- m:t_te in early Sq3ten1i~er,,l963, yet there is evidence that at that tirne 0&- ~ 1
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