[breakem]

Lane, Mark. Plausible Denial: Was the CIA Involved in the Assassination of JFK? New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1991. 393 pages.

This bestseller recounts the defamation case brought by E. Howard Hunt against the newspaper Spotlight and its publisher Liberty Lobby. Hunt sued because of a 1978 article by another former CIA officer, Victor Marchetti, who wrote that an internal CIA memo had surfaced that placed Hunt in Dallas on the day of JFK's assassination. In the process of defending the newspaper, Lane was able to take depositions from David Atlee Phillips, Richard Helms and Stansfield Turner.

The trial featured the testimony of Marita Lorenz, Fidel Castro's former mistress, in which she said that she had been with Hunt, Frank Sturgis and Jack Ruby in Dallas on November 21. The jury concluded that Hunt lied about his whereabouts on the day of the assassination.

PS: In the book it says Hunt claimed to be home in Virginia on the day of the assasination, but his wife and kids never supported his story. Who here over the age of 55 doesn't remember where they were on that day?

[Ditter]

Absolutely, EVERYONE remembers where they were on that day. Just like people will remember where they were on the morning of 9-11.

[First Conservative]

It has been interesting, as a long time student of the murder of JFK, to read all the comments. Over the years I have accumulated quite a few of the books written about the event. >

Anyone that still believes the Warren cover-up or that Oswald even fired a weapon that day should wear a tin foil hat, because even the U.S. Congress had to finally admit there had been more than one shooter.>

A question, though. Why do you suppose that Gov Connally would not allow the bullet fragments in his leg to be removed? He and his wife always testified the bullet that hit him was NOT the bullet that first hit JFK! The bullet fragments would destroy Arlen Specter's "magic bullet" theory.)

Most of the known facts have been posted. Howard Hunt of later Watergate fame was apparently involved. The actual shooters (not Oswald, the "patsy," by his own admission when he was alive and realized what was happening to him) will probably never be known, but I also believe they tri-angulated with the fatal head shot coming from the "grassy knoll.">

Who benefitted the most from JFK's death? Obviously, it was LBJ and his subsequent actions as Pres reveal his motives. LBJ was capable of orchestrating the entire event - especially the cover-up as Pres - but I doubt we will ever know. Lincoln's assassination is still a controversial subject!>

Incidentally, although I was 35 in '63, I am one who does not remember where I heard the news. (Probably because I was conservative and did not like JFK!)>