My take on JFK Conspiracy Theories and Theorists.

[DanTex]

131. That's not true at all, and misrepresenting my argument doesn't help your case.

I specifically think that Mark Lane is a nut, not because he questioned the WC, but based on what I've read about him. In fact, elsewhere in this OP I learned that Thom Hartmann has written a book questioning the WC, and I do not consider Thom Hartmann a nut, and I am going to read his book. Maybe he's got something new to say.

I agree that it would be impossible to have a complete debate on this or any other discussion board because it would get too long. I also agree that the FBI and CIA withheld evidence, but of course that doesn't come anywhere close to proving a conspiracy. Since when have the FBI or CIA ever been forthcoming about anything?

The article you link to is typical of conspiracy evidence in that it doesn't prove anything. It just indicates that the Cubans knew about Oswald. Not particularly shocking. Even the guy who wrote that book concluded that what he found fell short of a conspiracy, but rather just encouragement. Like I said in the OP, this is the only kind of conspiracy theory that would be plausible -- Oswald and Oswald alone shot JFK, but maybe someone else influenced him. There are other anecdotes of people claiming that Oswald was involved in discussions about shooting JFK. But there is no evidence that anyone gave him any material or planning support, or paid him, or ordered him, or knew what he was going to do, or anything like that.