Ashman,C. The CIA-Mafia Link. 1975
Ashman, Charles. The CIA-Mafia Link. New York: Manor Books, 1975. 234 pages.
This book deserves credit as the first to explore the CIA's ties to the
Mafia in the context of various assassinations. It was published in 1975,
when the Church Committee -- the Senate's select committee to study
governmental operations with respect to intelligence activities, chaired by
Idaho Democrat Frank Church -- was preparing for hearings. Chapters include
the Rockefeller Commission cover-up, the assassination of Sam Giancana, the
CIA's Castro capers, the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the assassination
of Rafael Trujillo, miscellaneous murders, and a final chapter on the
backgrounds of the Church Committee members.
In 1975 Charles Ashman was a Los Angeles-based late-night talk show
host on syndicated television, and had already published books with titles
such as "Kissinger: The Adventures of Super-Kraut," "The Finest Judges Money
Can Buy," "Martha [Mitchell]: The Mouth that Roared," and "Connally: The
Adventures of Big Bad John." It might be called pulp nonfiction, as they
were probably shipped out in a hurry to capture the topical interests of the
masses (this book has no index). Nevertheless, they are considerably more
comprehensive than what the newspapers had to offer; apparently it doesn't
take much to improve on mainstream journalism. By 1988 Ashman was foreign
correspondent for the Sunday Express of London.
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