Saint Fletcher the Obscure

[Jan Klimkowski]

Thanks Jan.

Is this statement by Coppens not true?

Still, he claimed to have managed an exclusive interview with a "purported member of the Iron Mountain Special Study Group", who told Prouty he "believes that the group's mission was delineated by McNamara, William Bundy, and Dean Rusk."

If Coppens is basing his statement about Prouty's view of "Iron Mountain" on the quotes I've transcribed in this thread, then in my judgement it's a misinterpretation.

Prouty clearly states that he has spoken with the author of the novel "Iron Mountain", Leonard Lewin, and suggests that the contents of the fictional Report within the novel "Iron Mountain" reflect insider elite thinking.

I find Prouty's comments entirely reasonable.

I also suspect that in JFK: The CIA, Vietnam and the Plot to Assassinate John F Kennedy, Prouty may be using "Iron Mountain" as a shorthand device articulating the type of thinking that was really taking place behind closed doors.

I have no problem with that either. Indeed, it serves its purpose well, even if such as Coppens have used it as fodder to attempt to bash Prouty.

However, I am still concerned about the claims that Prouty served as a witness, through affidavit, for L Ron Hubbard - testifying to Hubbard's military and intelligence service record, and possibly character.

If this is the loyalty of a friend and fellow combatant to a friend and fellow combatant, then so be it. However, Prouty must have known the real nature of the Church of Scientology. And that remains troubling to me.

Again with the caveat that the claims of the Prouty affidavit are unproven.