The theory of Propinquity was one of Jim Garrison's main investigative techniques. Here's how staffer Tom Bethell described it: (from his essay "Was Sirhan Sirhan on the Grassy Knoll?" in his book The Electric Windmill ) "If two people lived near one another, say within two or three blocks, it's suspicious. If any closer - they are 'linked.' If, on the other hand, they live at opposite ends of the city, get a list of friends of each (from their address books). Two such friend

“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” George Orwell The QUICK article clearly demonstrates that Jim Garrison, in late February and early March 1967, put homosexuality at the heart of his investigation into the JFK assassination. It's consistent with what Garrison told journalists like Hugh Aynesworth, James Phelan, Jack Anderson, Merriman Smith, and Art Kevin. Garrison repeated the same nonsense to the Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles Times, March 2

Sergio Arcacha Smith, an anti-Castro Cuban, was sent to New Orleans from Miami as a delegate to the Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front....

Ah yes, more propinquity. This memo comes complete with Jim Garrison notations. There is no date on the memo. Perhaps he wrote this for...

Here's a good example of Garrison's theory of propinquity at play. Clay Shaw lived on Burgundy Street in 1960, so Garrison looked at phone directories to see who else lived there. Mr. Todd, because he lived on Burgundy Street, needed to be investigated. The last sentence is important – Garrison had this belief that one of the gunmen on the grassy knoll had a scar on his face. Investigating Mr. Todd led to Mr. Bertram. He was now a suspect because he lived across the street fr

One business day after Clay Shaw was acquitted, Garrison charged him with two counts of perjury - for denying that he knew David Ferrie...

As promised, here is Garrison's second memo on Propinquity. Does it get any crazier than this? The connections in section one between Oswald and Ferrie belies belief. The reporter Jim Phelan told Patricia Lambert that when he went to Las Vegas to hear Garrison's story, Garrison couldn't stop talking about propinquity. Phelan told him, "I can't write that!" Garrison then gave Phelan the documents about Perry Russo (the so-called Sciambra memorandum), and he was off with a big

Jim Garrison had a very important investigative technique to get at the truth - his unique theory of propinquity. What a great word! But, not so great a concept. Here's how staffer Tom Bethell described it: "If two people lived near one another, say within two or three blocks, it's suspicious. If any closer - they are 'linked.' If, on the other hand, they live at opposite ends of the city, get a list of friends of each (from their address books). Two such friends are very lik