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Frank Sinatra ae oe i EDGES Og casas AD | remove that” suspicion. To refer to this conduct - oa - |as “perhaps causing some embarrassment"..48 tO 2005 us | dndicate a lack of sensitivity as to the harm “9° done by the claim of “hoax’. . oa Oo ye f * "Aside from what you-refer to as "embar- |.» rassment", their conduct in permitting this claim of "hoax" was, in my opinion, another crime against. society. This claim meant that both the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were either parties to the "hoax" or too stupid to _ realize that the kidnaping was a "hoax", Insofar as Mr. Keenan is concerned, I think due credit should be given to him that he did net get on the stand and perjure himseif in. | an attempt to give some small measure of, substance .. to the charges of "hoax". Keenan did mutter at the time of sentencing that he was sorry for the “embarrassment” caused the Sinatras by the trial. However, Mr. Amsler's attorneys at the time of : sentencing made statements which were cleverly < a worded tn ‘an attempt to’gTve’the press a quote ~ which could again tie in with the claim of "hoax". ; In my opinion, Mr. Amsler and the other defendant, Mr. Irwin, deliberately lied on the stand concerning this fabricated defense of "hoax". It would seem to me that if Mr. Amsler were indeed sorry and wanted to make amends, he would be man enough to insist that his counsel publicly dis-~ close that the "hoax" defense was a hoax perpe- trated by defendants Amsler and Irwin upon the eourt and the public. . rb requikeencke than expressions of regret to a Chaplain or to others at your Medical ‘Center to atone for sins - particularly when those