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Please I read Case Closed years ago and even have a copy of my own. It does not close the case by any means at least to any who have made a close study of the assassination. It is, however, an excellent example of using misleading information and verbiage to obstruct rather than to elucidate.

Yawn -- the usual empty ad hominem about "Case Closed" from a conspiracy theorist. How typical.

Tell you what, son, give us your single BEST example (i.e., no scattershot broadsides in the hopes that you can make up in volume what you lack in quality) of what's allegedly wrong with "Case Closed", and we'll consider it a litmus test of your ability to separate s**t from Shinola.

I understand why conspiracy nuts try so hard to dismiss Posner's book: before I read it, I had NO IDEA of the *vast* and *overwhelming* amount of evidence for the "Oswald did it" conclusion, and had no idea how badly the conspiracy theorists twisted truth, ignored indisputable evidence torpedoing their theories, or based their conclusions on isolated things taken out of context...

There are people who have some nutty ideas about JFK assassination related conspiracies. One of those categories is that there were hundreds of people in government who were involved in secret in the assassination before and after the actual event. Another category is that there was no conspiracy and that hundreds or thousands of people are engaged in a conspiracy of sorts to make everyone think that there was. The following is dedicated to that second group.

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Picking your nose and eating it is one of the best ways to stay healthy, according to a top Austrian doctor. Innsbruck-based lung specialist Prof Dr Friedrich Bischinger said people who pick their noses with their fingers were healthy, happier and probably better in tune with their bodies... And he pointed out that if anyone was really worried about what their neighbour was thinking, they could still enjoy picking their nose in private if they still wanted to get the benefits it offered.

That's been my approach. ;') It's not without risks, though...

All single assassin theories, including Cased Closed, are incapable of explaining Oswald's motivation since his attitude towards JFK was essentially favorable. None explain why he would do this deed and then deny it if he was attempting to become a World wide name denial makes no sense. And "he is crazy and thus inexplicable" dosn't cut it. His analysis of what would happen to US foreign policy was dead on and showed a clear understanding of why such a terrorist act would not lead to any significant change an could produce a change for the worse.

Nor do any explain how he got the gun in (the paper bag theory is full of holes), how a gun not properly sighted could be accurate or used without a LOT of practice so that its inaccuracies could be accommodated. Practice he never took.

I found much of Posner's work glib and certainly not definitive and I do not believe he did the research claimed.