Playboy Interview: Jim Garrison
October, 1967
On February 17, 1967, the New Orleans States-Item broke a story that would electrify the world--and hurl district attorney Jim Garrison into a bitter fight for his political life. An enterprising reporter, checking vouchers filed with the city by the district attorney's office, discovered that Garrison had spent over $8000 investigating the assassination of President Kennedy. "Has the district attorney discovered valuable additional evidence," the States-Item asked editorially, "o...