Gaeton Fonzi was and investigative reporter for Philadelphia magazine who also had his work published in the Philadelphia Inquirer. He gained the attention of the people in Washington for his probing questions of fellow Philadelphian Arlen Specter and his scathing reporting of the Warren Commission. His reporting earned him the wrath of Warren Commission apologist Gerald Posner.

His skepticism also earned him positions as researcher for the Church Committee and the House Select Committee on Assassinations. His focus was on Cuban Exile Groups and their connection to the CIA in General and David Atlee Phillips in particular as he was in contact with Lee Oswald.

This connection brought him to the attention of the CIA who began an investigation into whether or not he violated the non-disclosure agreement they had when he was doing earlier. It turns out that he had not and no action could be taken. The details of his relationship with the CIA are part of this book The Last Investigation.

The Last Investigation
by Gaeton Fonzi

Gaeton Fonzi’s masterful retelling of his work investigating the Kennedy assassination for two congressional committees is required reading for students of the assassination and the subsequent failure of the government to solve the crime. His book is a compelling postmortem on the House Select Committee on Assassinations, as well as a riveting account of Fonzi’s pursuit of leads indicating involvement in the assassination by officers of the Central Intelligence Agency.

First published in 1993 and now with a new foreword by Dick Russell, New York Times bestselling author of They Killed Our President! and 63 Documents the Government Doesn’t Want You to Read, Fonzi’s The Last Investigation was a landmark book upon its release. More than merely an indictment of the Committee’s work, The Last Investigation tells the story of the important leads Fonzi developed as an investigator, which sent him into the milieu of Kennedy-haters among anti-Castro exiles and CIA officers. In this highly readable book, the author follows the trail to formerly obscure CIA officers such as David Atlee Phillips and David Morales. New records declassified under the JFK Records Act have only added to the dark questions raised here.