[Granny Bear]

It's been 3 years since I read "Reclaiming History", but I believe he addresses the questions you have here.

Bugliosi won a mock re-trial of the JFK assassination case in 1986. It was held in London with famed attorney Gerry Spence representing the conspiracy side and Bugliosi taking the side of Oswald as the lone gunman. The British jury ruled in favor of Bugliosi, who by the way, was the attorney who prosecuted Charles Manson.

The book written by Posner, also an attorney, started out as a book about a conspiracy. But Posner said as he got further and further into his research he saw that it was obvious that there wasn't a conspiracy, so he switched gears and wrote "Case Closed" about Oswald as a lone gunman.

The JFK conspiracy angle will always be out there. There's no stopping it. Why??? Because it sales books and makes money for those who keep it in the news. I've read some of Mark Lane's books. I don't even believe he believed himself what he was writing was true. But it made him a good living in book sales and the lecture circuit.

It's been about three years for me as well.

As far as Posner is concerned, I believe you have proven my point. Instead of researching and presenting his facts, he became convinced of something he believed as "fact", and presented his "opinion" of his research rather than the results of his research. In the later, one can read that and come to their own conclusion. It became apparent that he was trying to prove his case toward the later part of that book.

I do remember the trial with Spence and Bugliosi. Spence was busy promoting his, then brand new, cedar log home and threatening to stop Bugliosi's watch during proceedings. It was a little contrived for me.

As far as the conspiracy theorists are concerned I also agree with you. Money and fame will lend themselves to the conspiracy theme. But, as I stated above, I like to research myself and come to my own conclusion. I think it's dangerous to be spoon fed by the media and politicians of any party. Money and fame has leaked into those positions far more than any conspiracy theorists.