[Az Joe]

Paul Landis, a former Secret Service agent, and Gerald Posner, author of “Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK,” are connected by Landis’s recent revelations about the JFK assassination, which Posner has commented on, acknowledging the need to take Landis’s account seriously, but also expressing some doubts about the certainty of his memories after nearly six decades.

Here’s a more detailed breakdown:

Paul Landis’s Story:
In 2023, after decades of silence, Paul Landis, a former Secret Service agent who was present at Parkland Hospital during the JFK assassination, came forward with a new account, claiming he saw a bullet on Governor Connally’s gurney and took it, then left it at the hospital.

Gerald Posner’s Perspective:
Gerald Posner, known for his book “Case Closed,” which argues that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, has commented on Landis’s revelations. He acknowledges that Landis’s account “has to be taken seriously”.

Posner’s Doubts:
Posner also raises questions about the reliability of Landis’s memory after such a long time, noting that interviews from people inside the emergency room at Parkland Hospital do not mention Landis’s presence.

For Landis to wait 60 years to say anything, and he is in no one else’s memory as being in the ER at the time, makes his account not credible,

Case Closed. Best book of many that I have read and documentary’s I have watched and heard.

[Rockingham]

Gerald Posner and Vincent Bugliosi both put out well argued but much disputed books supporting the Warren Commission lone assassin conclusion. Bugliosi is deceased, while Posner now says that the newly released documents have him doubting his prior work.

Conceptually, there is a great difference between a lawyer's argument and a balanced evaluation by a judge or historian. For anyone arguing in favor of the Warren Commission, one has to ask, why would you take on such a task when you are denied thousands of pages of important evidence that could prove embarrassing when revealed?

As for Landis's account, he had good reason to keep quiet. He did not want to be fired by the FBI and disgraced by claims from them and from Warren Commission supporters designed to embarrass him and make him unemployable in law enforcement. For any man with a career and a family to support, it is a matter of keeping quiet to protect people you love and are obliged to put before yourself.