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Nick was a veteran of the drug years. His jobs included: lifeguard in nearby Ormond until thrown off the corps for dereliction of his tower (he took long lunches); mate on a charter fishing boat; bagman for a big lettuce caper; treasure hunter for a load of cocaine left in the ground by dealers near an old launching pad near Cape Canaveral (foiled by a flash flood); and stunt car driver for a shoestring film that ran out of money. His heritage was Greek, and he knew all about fencing things in underground Daytona, and who burned down what restaurant...
When Nixon's crony and bagman Charles "Bebe" Rebozo was under investigation by Newsday's great (in girth and ability) Bob Greene, John Dean, the president's counsel, decided to win one for Bebe. He sicced White House enforcer Jack Caulfield (so Caulfield has secretly testified) on the unsuspecting Greene. Caulfield suggested to the IRS that they audit Greene. Sure enough, at IRS urging, Greene was audited by New York state. He owed not a penny: the audit cost him only his time, accountants' charges and his peace of mind...
...knew, of course, that so-and-so was the "bagman," a collector of graft and bribes for Mayor Frank Hague, whose machine Kenny served and then ousted. That somebody's indolent cousin had been put "on the pad" by some ward leader's exertions. That every year on "Rice Pudding Day" those lucky enough to receive city patronage or employment kicked back a certain percentage of their gains. That "the little guy" himself distributed work tickets early in the morning to men going to the docks for the shape-up. That, as a matter of course...
...Bagman. Bishop supports the Warren Commission's findings-one unassisted assassin, three bullets. He says that the first bullet shattered on the pavement, the second wounded both Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally, and the third struck Kennedy in the head. He offers a couple of other, less credible ideas. He says that until Johnson received the oath of office he was powerless to act as Chief Executive. This statement adds a certain breathlessness and suspense to Bishop's narrative, but it is hardly to the point, considering Lyndon Johnson's character. Moreover, competent legal opinion holds...
Bishop says that during the Dallas confusion, the White House "bagman"-the officer who carries the codes for nuclear attack-was at one point nowhere to be found. "As the clock hung silent, the United States of America stood, for a little time, naked." This is nonsense. Kennedy's military aide, Ted Clifton, knew where the bagman was and where Johnson was. And Bishop's statement to the contrary, Johnson had certainly been briefed at least twice on the use of the nuclear emergency system. Clifton, who established communication with the White House, was also in continuous touch...