#1260 – Jeff Meek/ Joan Mellen / John Barbour

Jeff Meek discusses Joan Mellen His interview Article Here Part Two @ 22:40 - Joan Mellen from Black Op Radio #382 July 10th 2008 Joan appeared on Black Op Radio 17 times ! Joan's book "Jim Garrison: His Life And Times" Available at Amazon All Joan Books at Amazon.com Here A history/bio of Jim Garrison rendered from 1500 to 300 page perfect bound soft cover Who Garrison was before he gave up politics and immersed himself in the JFK case It's primarily the battle between Garrison, Pershing Gervais and others A web article on Pershing Gervais and his attempt to frame Jim Garrison Garrison was an articulate, honest and talented man who enjoyed life Corrupt practices in New Orleans at the time and how Garrison began to clean it up Joan talks about the most surprising thing she discovered about Jim Garrison Surprising news about Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Martin The book also shows the colorful use of language in New Orleans at the time Garrison and Dachau Concentration Camp Joan relates several parallels that occurred in Garrison's life Garrison wasn't a saint but he seemed to always reject the easy road in favour of the honest road Physically and intellectually, Garrison was bigger than life Joan talks about Bugliosi and his cowardly slander of her in his book How the lack of cohesion in the assassination research community hurts the work It is astounding what Garrison accomplished with a staff of about 10 investigators Joan puts Garrison up as one of the great characters in American history Joan: "He was Unique, Special" Part Three @ 121:20 - John Barbour discusses Joan Mellen The Last Word on the JFK Assassination