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his four codefendants and their law-
'No matter which face Flannery's
yersclungfor thetwomonthsofthe
attorney assumes, he manages t
trial and take the stand to provide
'the connecting thread to Harrison's
communicate a sense of outrage.
.'claim-gf U. S.-govermment sanction
for his two decades of shipping of
guns to the IRA.
"Your honor, I call Michael Flan-
*nery, Kennedy says, and the gal
lery stiffens and breathes as one..
"Have you, sir, over'the years,
“And is that 'a tradition that has
gotten moneyfortheuseoftheIrish
continued to this date?
Republican Army?" Kennedy asks
“It.is."
Flannery, after establishing his resi' “I would like to direct your atten-
dency in America since _1927, his ac-
tion to the iate '50s or early *60s,
quisition of. American citizenship in , Kennedy says in a slowed; careful
1933 and his employment·bythe,
voice. He is. now at the epicenter of
Metropolitan: Life, Insurance Co. the defense's purpose for having
from.1928-to 1968.
. *'Flarinery take the. stand. -Did there
"I'have," Flaninery answers., come a time when George Harrison
"There had been a general exodus of . came to see you with a particular
young men and.women from Irelandp
plan or proposa?'
from 1924 to 1927,and 1 came here
"Correct,"-Fiannery answers.
purposely to organize them, so they . “He came and told'me he.had got' a.
would be a help to.the IRA at home, . very good source, government pro-
to complete the freedom of Ireland.” * tection, to' send arms .to Ireland.*
"During the time of the fighting, . "And did he mention the name, if ·
1920, 1921, do. you know where it : you'can-recall, of this :very good
was.that the bulk of money and the ' source, with - govermment connec-.
weapons for the IRA,to' carry on.:
tions?
..
their fight were coming from?? Ken-
nedy asks.
"What was the name of that man?
*"From America,
Flannery an-: *DeMeo.? Mission accomplished
.- + Job well done, Lt..Flannery._ :
swers:

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