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In Defense of the Warren Commission
Garry Wills was an author, historian and philosopher who won a Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1993. The Capital Times, April...

Fred Litwin
Sep 63 min read
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Victor Navasky Reviews Mark Lane's "A Citizen's Dissent"
Victor Navasky would go on to become editor of The Nation. This review is from the New York Times of July 14, 1968: Money Quote: One...

Fred Litwin
Aug 252 min read
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Mark Lane and Jonestown
Mark Lane (one the right) with Jim Jones. For those of you who want to learn more about Mark Lane and his involvement with Jonestown,...

Fred Litwin
Nov 17, 20242 min read
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New York Times Profile of Mark Lane
February 4, 1979 Money Quote Seymour Ostrow, his law partner then, said recently that Mr. Lane's reputation was largely an illusion....

Fred Litwin
Nov 12, 20242 min read
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Nightmare Brought to Life
New York Times, April 23, 1981 Money Quote: As the disciples murmured and applauded, the visitor said he had traveled in Guyana on a...

Fred Litwin
Nov 11, 20242 min read
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Mark Lane, Again
Washington Post, December 5, 1978 From the article: It is just one excitement after another for Mark Lane. Only a few days before he went...

Fred Litwin
Jun 30, 20242 min read
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Mark Lane: A Bent for the Macabre Side
Philadelphia Bulletin, February 23, 1979 Lane seems perpetually attracted to mayhem, chaos, the ugly and the profane. He has a unique way...

Fred Litwin
Jun 23, 20242 min read
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Sylvia Meagher Corresponds with Philippe Labro
Philippe Labro was a French journalist who covered the JFK Assassination for France-Soir. He encountered Jack Ruby on November 23, 1963:...

Fred Litwin
Mar 31, 20244 min read
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Who Stole JFK's Brain?
Was it Richard Nixon? Gee, the answer was given in 1973 and I missed it. Of course, Gus Russo told the whole story of JFK's brain in his...

Fred Litwin
Jan 5, 20242 min read
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Mark Lane and The Progressive
Here is a note from the October 1968 issue of The Progressive magazine about Mark Lane: Sylvia Meagher sent this note to a variety of JFK...

Fred Litwin
Dec 26, 20231 min read
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Alfredda Scobey's TV Appearance
Alfredda Scobey, a lawyer on the staff of the Warren Commission, wrote an important paper about the admissibility of evidence if Oswald...

Fred Litwin
Oct 11, 20236 min read
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Mark Lane on Clay Shaw
Lane and Garrison in March 1967 in New Orleans I just blogged about Mark Lane's appearance on the Joe Dolan Show on KNEW radio after...

Fred Litwin
Jul 30, 20232 min read
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Mark Lane on the Joe Dolan Show
Joe Dolan had a radio talk show on KNEW in Oakland in the 1960s. Here is a transcript of a show with Mark Lane:: Lane had been in New...

Fred Litwin
Jul 29, 20232 min read
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Did the CIA Try to Kill Mark Lane?
An intriguing news conference: Beverly Hills Citizen News, July 31, 1968 Money Quote: In a press conference, Lane said he has received "a...

Fred Litwin
Jul 9, 20231 min read
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Mark Lane saw a conspiracy - as usual
Tampa Bay Times, November 29, 1979 Money Quote: In the many-layered horrors of Jonestown, the egregious lawyer has behaved in a manner so...

Fred Litwin
Jul 7, 20231 min read
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Mark Lane: The Left's Leading Hearse-Chaser
Here is another profile of Mark Lane, this time in the left-wing magazine, Mother Jones: Money Quote: Lane was not one to be fastidious...

Fred Litwin
Jun 13, 20232 min read
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Jim Garrison's Files and Mark Lane
New Orleans States-Item, March 29, 1974 (Original caption: Outgoing District Attorney Jim Garrison packs personal belongings into...

Fred Litwin
Jun 11, 20235 min read
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The Case Against Mark Lane
Esquire Magazine ran a profile of Mark Lane in its February 1979 issue. THE CASE AGAINST MARK LANE The conclusion: He has only two...

Fred Litwin
Jun 6, 202316 min read
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The Mark of Zorro
Anthony Lewis of the New York Times writes about Mark Lane: Money quote: A country that goes on listening to the likes of Mark Lane is...

Fred Litwin
Jun 3, 20231 min read
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Redactions, Redactions, Redactions...
We saw last week a repeat of a play that we've grown accustomed to. NARA publishes JFK assassination records, and the JFK conspiracy...

Fred Litwin
Dec 20, 20224 min read
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