Well both you and Axxman300 and now Jean know I was never one to look for conspiracies(JFK, Apollo, Okla. City, 9/11 etc.) my MO has been and continues to be Occam's Razor or KISS (keep it simple stupid) living through all the events of the past 70 some odd years. I'll have to take your(Axxman300, Hank and Jean) review of the books written by individuals for money not truth.
EDIT: I forgot to add the grand daddy, Alien visitation et. all
I'm a reformed CTist, JFK opened the door to that world thanks to my dad, who just couldn't believe Oswald did it alone.
I read ALL of the JFK CT books: Lane, Lifton, Mars, and close to twenty others in my day. The last one was "Oswald Talked" in 1996. I come it this purely as an act of penance for all the BS I spread during my time as a CT-loon.
I went to Dallas in 1996 and visited the 6th Floor Museum. It was instantly obvious that I had bought into a lie. It was just a damned easy shot from the 6th floor, and everything I had read told me it was impossible. Then standing on the sidewalk below the Grassy Knoll I realized that a gunman would have been visible - even in the worst photos and films.
In 1999 I began research for a book I hoped to write about an Army division, and that lead me to the firing range. That same year I took a pre-police academy class, and did a few ride-alongs with local cops. Between listening to hundreds of stories about guys shooting all kinds of weapons, shooting an MP-5, HK 40 USP, M-16A2, and a Benelli at the range, and observing good cops up close I was forced to change my world view.
Law Enforcement does the best they can with what they have, which isn't nearly enough. This applies to city, county, state, and federal agencies. Americans have a false sense of police forensic capabilities thanks to TV shows where CSI solves the crime in an hour, and a poor education in general science thanks to our school systems. This makes for unrealistic expectations from the public, and their elected representatives about what law enforcement can produce in the way of definitive evidence.
There is rarely 100% certainty based on the physical evidence alone, that's why good investigations look into the suspect's activities prior to the crime looking for motivation, and then look at what the suspect did after the crime to look for strange behavior.
So when you look at Oswald what do you see?
A guy with no money buying a cheap Italian Carcano rifle at a time when his marriage is falling apart. Shortly afterword someone fires a 6.5x52mm Carcano round through the window of General Walker's house, missing the target because he'd stooped to pick up a pen. Later, JFK is murdered by a gunman shooting from the 6th floor of the TSBD by a 6.5x52mm rifle. Oswald works on the 6th floor, and had bought something long wrapped in paper with him to work that morning.
Police search the 6th floor and find Oswald's rifle and spent shells. In the mean time, Oswald had left the building, hopped a bus, then took a taxi to his rooming house where he put on his jacket, and took his pistol. A short distance away DPD Officer JD Tippet is shot, the bullets match Oswald's gun - which he not only has on him at the time of his arrest but tries to shoot another cop in the process.
Here's the KISS part:
Oswald's rifle killed Kennedy, and wounded Connally.
Oswald fled the scene.
Oswald's handgun was used to kill Tippet, and Oswald then used the same gun to attempt to kill another DPD officer.
Oswald is guilty of two murders on 11.22.63.
