My take on JFK Conspiracy Theories and Theorists.

[DanTex]

41. Well, I didn't mean it to be offensive, only descriptive.

As far as your claim that nobody has scrutinized the WC's theory, that is simply false. It's been scrutinized by hundreds of authors that doubt the lone gunman version of the story. The problem is that the evidence for the WC theory is far greater than that for any other. What WC doubters generally come up with is apparent contradictions or inconsistencies in the WC theory. For example, things like the backwards head movement of JFK, the fact that paraffin tests didn't find any residue on Oswald's cheek, the fact that an eyewitness placed Oswald on the second floor of the building shortly after the shooting, etc.

However, no other theory has anywhere near the same level of positive evidence as the WC theory. For one, there is no other individual suspect with any evidence at all against them. Whereas with Oswald, there are fingerprints, there is plenty of evidence that he owned the rifle (it was delivered to his PO box, the order was in his handwriting, he was photographed with it, etc.), Oswald worked at the TSBD, he was not seen by anyone else at the time that JFK was shot, his rifle was found along with three empty shell casings, the bullets were matched to his gun, people one floor down heard the shots being fired above them, there are eyewitnesses that he shot a police officer shortly thereafter, and so on.

There is no positive evidence of a second gunman. There is no positive evidence of anyone trying to frame or setup Oswald. There is no positive evidence of someone unknown other person being in a position to fire shots from the TSBD. There is no positive evidence that Oswald was working for the CIA/KGB/Mafia/Castro/etc. There is suspicion, and there is conjecture, but the evidence is not there, at least not from what I've seen.