5 Comments
User's avatar
Michael J. Ard's avatar

Good article. Yes, the article was a complete nothingburger. But JFK conspiracy theories are mainstream. MSM WAPO is parroting the views of Morley, its former staffer. And Congress has been a major promoter of the conspiracy since the 1970s and the House Select Committee on Assassinations. Not just a MAGA thing.

Expand full comment
Chuck Beatty's avatar

Thanks for getting into the weeds, and citing Litwin. I've read from the start, the 1970s that is, the conspiracy books, and only in recent years book reading which I've taken up again, have I learned the fuller context, meaning CIA has secrecy rules for a purpose, and they are not secretive just to cover up.

Well thankyou all here on SpyTalk. For, an undereducated layman US citizen, I appreciate your views sharing, and pointing to best evidence.

Reading lots of books, I've concluded, and re-reading some, is the best way long range to understand the world. Just read all the good books, and as many of the conspiracy books as you can stand. (or read Russo and Litwin who keep up on the conspiracy stuff)

Expand full comment
Martin Belderson's avatar

Just as evidence-based medicine is the best way to treat an illness, insisting on evidence-based reporting is the best way to deal with journalism raddled with conspiracy theory. Nice work, fellers.

Expand full comment
Jeremy Bigwood's avatar

I have no idea of what really happened during and after the JFK assassination, but I find your arguments fuzzy and dubious. It seems that now you want to minimize the revelations (two of them, not just one) about the deceptive spook Joannides and simultaneously discredit the troublesome Mr. Morley. Can you give us more on Joannides, please?

Expand full comment
Thomas Graves's avatar

A 2020 scientific study by Brian Roselle and Kenneth Scearce of the conscious reactions in the Zapruder film of seven witnesses (including JFK, Jackie, Gov. and Mrs. Connally, and Secret Service agent Roy Kellerman in the limo and two people near it) to the sounds of the first, missing-everything shot concluded that former Marine sharpshooter Lee Harvey Oswald killed JFK by firing three shots at him over 10.2 seconds in the echo chamber known as Dealey Plaza.

Expand full comment