Terry Adams

I read this article recently and instantly,of course, thought of the JFK case. What if this method could be applied to the three spent cartridges found on the 6th floor of the TSBD? I would say though, that getting access to these pieces of evidence would take an act of Congress (literally), and that is not likely going to happen. Anyway, I wanted to present this to the forum for some input from others; experts in the field, as well as lay persons such as myself. I feel that this alone could open the doors wide for a new investigation, especially if prints other than Oswald's were found. And, possibly equally as important, if the test results showed that, in fact there were fingerprints of LHO on the shells. So, I hope that everyone will take the time to read it and give their thoughts on the matter.

Terry

Breakthrough technique reveals fingerprints on bullets even if they are wiped clean:

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 12:35 PM on 05th September 2008

Experts have been able to detect corrosion from sweat on bullet, even if they are wiped clean

It's a discovery that would make even Sherlock Holmes proud.

British scientists have developed a new crime-fighting technique that allows police to lift fingerprints from bullets even if a criminal has wiped down a shell casing.

Authorities in Britain and the United States used the method to re-open three cold cases, including a U.S. double murder that police are now optimistic of solving, said John Bond, the physicist who developed the technique.

'In one case there was enough evidence that could lead to an identification of an offender,' said Bond, a researcher at the University of Leicester and consultant at Northamptonshire Police.

The conventional method of taking fingerprints has been around for more than 100 years and involves creating a chemical reaction with the sweat left behind on an object to produce an image police can use.

But if a criminal wipes away the sweat, there is little left to react with the chemical and regular methods are useless, Bond said.

The new technique allows police to outwit a criminal and produce a fingerprint even if there is no sweat impression to work with.

The British experts focused on hair-width bits of corrosion that sweat often leaves on certain metals in bullets and bombs.

They cover the metal with a fine powder and apply a strong electrical charge that makes the dust stick to the corroded areas, producing a potential fingerprint, Bond said.

'That very fine powder only sticks to the metal where it is corroded, which means it is only sticking where the fingerprint is and means you see the image of the fingerprint,' said Bond, whose team has published its findings in the Journal of Forensic Sciences and the Journal of Applied Physics.

The technique is not foolproof and some people do not secrete enough salt in their sweat to corrode the metal to the point police can get a print, he added.

But for some seemingly dead-end cases it can provide crucial evidence and point to the person who loaded a gun used in a crime.

Detective Christopher King of the Kingsland Police Department in Georgia sought the British team's help to crack an unsolved 10-year-old double murder case and said the method had helped reignite the investigation.

'The results are surprising but to say that I am pleased would be an underestimate,' he said in a statement.

'I feel very optimistic.'

"People's Forum" column in 1963 and 1964, has stated for the record that the DMN received

$241,000 from readers in donations for MARINA OSWALD."

Don,

I wonder if there were records kept as where the money came from. As you have so vividly pointed out, the amount is huge. I cannot imagine that it came in $5 & $10 amounts (@$10.00 donations, it would require 24,110 people). I personally do not think, with the mood of the country that this amount was given to Marina by the masses. (Mrs. Tippitt, YES, Mrs. OSWALD, no.)

Terry

Bill,

As I watched the tribute to Ted Kennedy, I was thinking; maybe Robert Jr., possibly Caroline, and then I realized just as you have written above. It is over. This was a living memorial. The last of the Kennedys is passing. It seemed to me that it was just as clear to him. Although he spoke of the future, he knew that he was part of the past. When the "old Lion" passes, that will be that. Camelot is fading, the lights have dimmed and it is not so far into the future that they will have burned out.

Terry

"CBS4 Investigator Brian Maass reported one of the suspects told

authorities they were "going to shoot Obama from a high vantage point

using a ... rifle … sighted at 750 yards."

750X3=2,250 feet. Is this something that someone would actually attempt. That is nearly 1/2 mile. Albeit, the distance would make for an easier escape attempt, but is it realistic thinking that one could hit the target at 750 yards. Maybe the huge amount of methamphetamines discovered with the guy had something to do with his rationalization. Comments, anyone?

Terry

I'm going to go off the wall here and say that there appears to be a new conspiracy of some kind.. That old man just caan't (my emphasis) be Sirhan Sirhan. LOL In reality though, it is certainly shocking to have the face of time thrust upon you like that. We see JFK and RFK as young men every time we look at photographs of them, forgetting all the years that have passed until a stark reminder like this one comes along.

Terry

Steve,

I think that it is essential that we elect a lawyer so that he can finally put to rest the conundrum of "it depends on what the definition of "is" is. As you and the rest of the world are fully aware, this statement was presented by a lawyer who just happened to be president, so it would seem only appropriate that one of his kind ( the answer is obviously above the understanding of the "common" people) should answer this very perplexing question for the rest of us.

Terry

Thomas,

Not to mention the newspapers that he is holding. Since they are anti-each other, why use both. Was someone trying to show us that the pictures were fake, by having these obvious problems, ( the stance, etc.)or was it just a hurry-up thing with nobody double-checking. Or, is it as Mr. Dulles said, " no one will look (read this)anyway" (paraphrasing).

Terry

Here's hoping that he will finally come forth with some facts that he has kept hidden since 1964. When he was recovering from the earlier bout with Cancer is when he asked Fidel Castro if he had anything to do with the assassination. I am certain that he was very troubled then for him to be so blunt with Castro, but when he recovered, all was left as it was (denial, deceit). Any thoughts, anyone?

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Gary Mack's response to our email:

Please fix this erroneous statement on your website:

"Features David Kaiser, author of "The Road to Dallas", and Max Holland, author of the "Kennedy Assassination Tapes". Heads Up: All guests believe Lee Oswald acted alone."

David believes there was a conspiracy, though I don't know his details. And I'm on the show, too, and my personal support of the HSCA acoustics evidence of two gunmen has never wavered.

My response:

Gary,

...I thought from your recent statements on the news that you considered LHO to be the lone gunman although previously you have supported the acoustic evidence. Kaiser has not made a statement that I am aware of that he believes in more than one shooter.

Best,

Debra (Conway)

Is everyone as surprised as I am to read this? I was under the impression that Gary Mack was an early believer in "Badgeman" as a shooter, but later changed his mind. Are we guilty of a hasty rush to judgment where Mr. Mack is concerned?

Terry

"Maybe it is time - in fact long overdue - for a Citizen's Campaign to write to the DA and urge him to do the right thing and that there are millions who what to try to get to what truths can still be brought to the fore and whatever Justice remains. Bill Kelly - if your dream of Grand Jury ever had a chance and the proper venue...this is it. Grab the Gold Ring and talk to him!" (Peter Limkin Quote)

Bill,

I can't add anything to what Peter has written above other than to say that when I was watching the Dallas County District Attorney during the news conference, I was thinking that if you had seen it you had to feel that this just may be the opportunity that we have all been waiting for. I remember you stating that this had to be brought before a grand jury by a DA, and it looks as if this is our man to do it. He mentioned that he was not born until five (5) years after the assassination, but I am sure that he is well read about how the Kennedy's were working hard to bring equal rights to the Blacks in the south, and the incredible opposition that they encountered. I feel confident that he will, at least, look at what you have. What do you think?

Terry

What a contrast to what happened to the presidential limousine. It was taken apart and then rebuilt for LBJ to ride around in to show off his 'trophy'. I simply cannot believe that it was not either preserved in the exact state it was in on that day (minus the gore) or destroyed. Certainly it was not proper for Johnson to use it as his personal car and act as if it was okay for him to ride on the very seat where JFK was shot down in the streets of Dallas. I truly feel, as I have stated on the forum before, that he used it for bragging rights.

Terry

Greg and Bill,

Thank you for your responses. My father was a WW II veteran, and died at 51 years of age. His service, in the army, was in the Rhineland as well as France, having received three purple hearts for gunshot wounds. He was given both the Bronze and Silver stars for valor and bravery. So, my feelings for the Red, White, and Blue began with him. He and I (12 years old at the time) sat glued to the television following the days of the assassination, even to and including seeing Oswald shot and killed before a (live) shocked nation. He told me then that President Kennedy's death was the result of a conspiracy. I too, am a very patriotic American. I love this country, and will stand in it's defense with my life. I want nothing more than to see the perpetrators of this crime brought to justice, albeit posthumously. Tosh, I really appreciate you taking the time to respond, and I wish to take this time to say that it is people like you that keep people like me involved and holding out hope for the truth concerning 11-22-1963

Terry

Will anything change about what is written down as the official version of what happened on that fateful day? As each day/year passes, it becomes less likely. I am of the opinion that history will record that a nut who supported Castro shot the president, or even that Castro had it done.

"If so, take heart that you've been part of enabling that falsehood by yielding it to future historians."

Greg,

Are you saying that I have posted something damaging to the effort to find the truth about JFK's murder,? Or, are you saying that I am part of the cover-up. Your words don't make any sense to me, as I was only stating my feelings out loud, with, I might add, received the response that I had hoped for, except for you. Tosh and Harry seemed to have similar feelings. I am very surprised, though, that more members of the forum have not responded. None the less, all that I was attempting to say in the sentence above is that the " official" govt. closure to the case will come after Castro's death by blaming him or if admitting conspiracy on any level by stating that people loyal to him were responsible. I do not believe this for a minute. The High Noon ambush in Dallas Texas was propagated or instigated by people inside the government of the United States.

Terry

Every morning when I open The Education Forum, I pause and think, maybe there has been something new overnight. Maybe someone has come forward with solid, irrefutable evidence. New documents have been found. Is this even possible? Will anything change about what is written down as the official version of what happened on that fateful day? As each day/year passes, it becomes less likely. I am of the opinion that history will record that a nut who supported Castro shot the president, or even that Castro had it done. I believe as Secretary of War Stanton said at the passing of Lincoln, "He now belongs to the Ages". I do not think that the Government of the United States will ever have the facts revealed. After all, as a consolation for his slaughter, they did allow him to have the title "Camelot". The final chapter has been written (officially).

Steve, maybe not a false alarm. The nurse could have been told to get O-negative. The same people worked on Kennedy and Oswald. Possibly a complete Coup de Grace?

Terry

Well, we may have to strike that after all. If Katlheen is correct (and I am sure that she is) about using blood type O, then I suppose it was, in fact, a false alarm.

Terry

"And then there is the cynical view. In some ways, the lack of a definitive answer suits all sides. The government can maintain its story that an al-Qaeda suicide bomb plot killed Bhutto, thus exonerating itself from negligence at best and complicity at worst. Meanwhile the PPP can leverage the insinuation of government culpability to keep Bhutto's death relevant as Pakistan prepares for the elections she died campaigning for. With reporting by Khuda Yar Khan/Islamabad"

Does this sound familiar as well, disinformationalists are at work here too! In reading the entire article, all one had to do was switch the names from Bhutto to JFK, and see that they are frighteningly similar. Another big issue is the Islamic faith about respecting the body, whereas it was to "protect" the Kennedy family that an autopsy was not done, nor will there be an exhumation (for the same reasons).

Terry

William, Dick Russell presents information in his book about two trips by Oswald to Mexico and about his visit

to the Hotel Luma, you will find detailed out in his book Richard Case Nagell.

-- Larry

Larry/All,

Are we, in the research community, accepting that LHO was in Mexico City during the times that have been listed by the CIA/FBI and others, as FACT. Was HE there or someone posing as him? Has this been established? ? Can a consensus be reached on this as a matter of fact. Are we still of the opinion, maybe-maybe not, some say he was- some say he was not. Where do we stand? I have been of the opinion that the trip was fabricated by the powers that be, so as to fit into the WHY.

Terry

"Sirhan was convicted and sentenced before William W. Harper, an independent ballistics expert, proved that the bullets removed from Kennedy and newsman William Weisel, were fired from two different guns"

I am curious to know how the ballistics test was received. Did the govt. say it was flawed? This is the first that I have heard of it. Evidently it was not accepted by the investigating panel as proof positive there was two guns. If this were the case, no one could have stopped an independent investigation, the people (public) would have demanded it.

Terry

The Postmortem Career of John Wilkes Booth

By R. J. Brown

Editor-in-Chief

Most historians allege that John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln, was killed in Garrett's barn on April 26, 1865. Because there was so much mystery surrounding the autopsy and subsequent burial of Booth, some held the belief that Booth didn't really die that night. Some claimed that Booth had actually escaped and that the man shot in the barn wasn't really Booth. They further believe that when officials in the American government discovered that they had the wrong man, to escape embarrassment, the matter was quickly covered up. The controversy settled down by the time that the conspirators' trial was over. There were a few brief rumbles again in 1867 with the John Surratt trial but they too quickly ended. In the Spring of 1898 there was much newspaper coverage relating that Booth had escaped death in the burning barn in 1865 and made his way to South America. It wasn't until 1903 that the question of Booth's escape surfaced again.

On January 13, 1903 a man in Enid, Oklahoma, by the name of David E. George died. in his last dying statement, the man confessed to his landlord, Mrs. Harper, that he was in fact John Wilkes Booth. This was soon the topic of discussion around town. The January 22, 1903 Enid Wave bore the following article banked with headlines:

WAS IT BOOTH?

The Impression Growing, From Evidence,

Circumstantial and Otherwise, that

the Supposed Remains of

David E. George are None

Other Than the Remains of

JOHN WILKES BOOTH!

From the first the Wave has not believed that it is probable that David E. George... was John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln, however, it is possible. The evidence of Mrs. Harper as to the fact George confessed to her... that he was none other than Booth, the assassin, in connection with the striking likeness to the assassin and the general demeanor of the man in producing parts of Shakespeare's' plays and songs around the saloons leads to a possibility in this case...

The most remarkable circumstance surrounding the dead man, as links to the fact that his right leg was broken just above the ankle, years ago,... Besides these lines, comes to the fact that J. Wilkes Booth was born in 1839 and was twenty-six years of age when the assassination took place and sixty-three years old in 1902, if living, which is the exact age of George as found in his papers...

One thing is certain, the remains now lying embalmed in the Pennimann Undertaking Rooms should not be buried until the identity is made more clear..."

The remains of David E. George's body were mummified and kept on display at the undertakers' for many months. Shortly thereafter, Finis L. Bates, a Memphis Lawyer, bought the mummy and began presenting it on the circus side show circuit. Such were the beginnings of a second career for John Wilkes Booth.

THE CURSE

The postmortem career of John Wilkes Booth, whether it belongs to true history or folklore, none-the-less provides a fascinating story. The mummy scattered ill-luck around almost as freely as Tutankhamen is alleged to have done. Nearly every showman who exhibited the mummy was subsequently ruined financially. Eight people were killed in the wreck of a circus train in 1902 on which the mummy was traveling. Bill Evans, a wealthy carnival king, who bought the exhibit in later years was financially ruined by continual strokes of bad luck after the purchase. Finis L. Bates, the original owner, wrote a book in 1908 entitled "The Escape and Suicide of John Wilkes Booth" which attempted to prove that the mummy was in fact John Wilkes Booth. he suffered much ridicule because of that book and died penniless in 1923. Perhaps the only person to sponsor the mummy and not suffer strokes of financial bad luck was Reverend True Wilson. It must be pointed out that Wilson was largely responsible for originally getting the prohibition law passed. However, shortly after Wilson bought the mummy, the repeal of the prohibition law was made official. (Let each reader make their own determination as to whether this was a cause-effect in this case or not.)

A MOST UNUSUAL AUTOPSY

In 1931, at the urging of a showman that owned the mummy, the remains were X-rayed, operated on, and otherwise examined by a group of medical men and criminalists in Chicago, Illinois. It was claimed that the fractured leg, the broken thumb, and the scar on the neck were all verified. The panel was convinced that they had proven that the mummy was in fact the remains of John Wilkes Booth. Despite the fact that the panel consisted of recognized experts in their field, the investigation failed to gain wide publicity. A few pulp magazines and otherwise "tabloid" newspapers were the only ones to carry the story. This, combined with the fact that a showman brought about the investigation, tended to take credibility away from the conclusions of the panel.

The mummy had a strange knock-about existence. It had been bought and sold, held under bond, sized for debt, repeatedly chased out of town by local authorities for not having a license or for violating other ordinances, been threatened by indignant Grand Army of the Republic (Civil War) veterans, and, at least one time, kidnapped. (Ads in certain 1928 issues of "Billboard" offer a $1000 reward for its safe return.) Until 1937 the mummy had been a constant money loser.

PAY DIRT AT LAST!

1937 saw several events that helped to make the financial turn-a-round for the seemingly ill-fated mummy. This was the year that Otto Eisenschimil released his book "Why Was Lincoln Murdered?" This author produced a vast amount of documentation that suggested that Secretary of War Edwin Stanton was the ringleader of the plot to kill Lincoln and that Stanton arranged to facilitate the escape of Booth. This book, while not exactly expounding on the possibility for Booth's escape, none-the-less made it seem feasible. Another historical volume published in that year was "This One Mad Act" by Izola Forrester, a great daughter of John Wilkes Booth. This book presented evidence that members of her family were in personal contact with the assassin for a generation after 1865. As a result of these two books, 1937 saw much newspaper coverage of the controversy of the Lincoln assassination in general.

Wide-spread newspaper coverage of the topic certainly helped make more people aware that there were still some unsolved mysteries surrounding Lincoln's assassination.

As an interesting side point here, I have conducted extensive research and discovered that in the height of his career John Wilkes Booth earned about $20,000 a year. (This was both by acting fees and profits from investments.) In 1937, the mummified remains of the alleged John Wilkes Booth earned in excess of $100,000.

Mr. and Mrs. John Harkin owned the mummy from 1937 until at least 1942. (Mr. Harkin had been the former tattooed man for the Wallace-Hagenbeck Circus.) They toured the country with the Jay Gould Million Dollar Shows for several seasons. After that point in time, I have lost track of just whom owned the mummy or where it went.

HOW THE STORY OF THE MUMMY BEING J. WILKES BOOTH GOT STARTED

In 1903 when Finis L. Bates (mentioned earlier) read the news concerning the death of David E. George in Enid, Oklahoma, he rushed to Enid to check it out. Bates, in the early 1870's, in Texas, had been a close friend with a man going by the name John St. Helen. When St. Helen became very ill he confided to Bates (he thought he was on his death-bed) that HE was John Wilkes Booth. St. Helen recovered. Later, when Bates asked St. Helen about the confession, St. Helen denied he ever said it. When Bates read the news of David E. George, nearly 30 years later, claiming to have been John Wilkes Booth, Bates became curious. he wondered if John St. Helen and David E. George were one in the same person.

Upon arriving in Enid, Bates headed to the Pennimann Undertakers Rooms to see the body of David E. George. Yes! This was the man he had known as John St. Helen. Bates secretly bought the mummy and took it back to Memphis. He spent five years conducting what he called research to prepare a book about this matter. (He hid the mummy in his garage during this time!) In 1908, Bates released his book. According to his book, the main plot goes something like this:

One the afternoon of April 25, 1865, Booth remembered that he had left his diary, wallet and other personal effects in the marsh a few miles from the Garrett farm. He asked a man by the name of Ruddy, who was caretaker at the Garrett farm, to retrieve them for him. Ruddy left to get them. Meanwhile, Booth got wind that government agents were closing in on him so he took off on his own leaving Herold behind. When Ruddy returned with Booth's personal items he found that Booth was gone. Expecting him to return, Ruddy kept the personal items on his own person. Herold and Ruddy slept in the barn that night. When the government agents arrived this is why the man in the barn denied he was Booth. This is also why Booth's personal belongings were found on the body of the man shot in the barn. Lastly, Bates made the claim that no reward money was ever actually paid to anyone for the capture of Booth but yet rewards were paid for the capture of Atzerodt and Payne. Therefore, this proved that the government knew they had the wrong man and that Booth was never caught.

WAS THE MUMMY REALLY JOHN WILKES BOOTH?

Transcripts of the trial of the conspirators relate the following as to how the body taken from the Garrett farm was identified. Colonel Everton J. Conger was present at the Garrett farm for the entire ordeal. he testified at the trial the he had met John Wilkes Booth in Washington on several occasions prior to the incident at the Garrett farm. he further stated that both men were the same. Also on the witness stand were L. B. Baker, Lt. Doherty, and several others. Each told of how they knew the body was that of Booth.

At the Surratt trial in 1867, a new piece of information became known. Lt. Luther Byron Baker testified that "there was a pin which Colonel Conger took off his undershirt after we tore open the collar." Baker then identified the pin which had been taken from Booth's body. Conger then took the stand and testified that after Booth was shot and before he died, he took a stone set in jet from Booths' person on which was engraved "Dan Bryant to J. W. Booth." (Bryant was an actor and friend of the Booth family. I have found two independent sources from prior to the assassination that confirm that Bryant did in fact give Booth such a pin and that he kept it pinned to his undershirt.)

While Booth, as Mr. Bates' book suggests, might have left his personal belongings in the marsh and that a man, under instructions from Booth, go to retrieve them, it strains the probabilities to expect the pin belonging to Booth to also be fastened to his undershirt where John Wilkes Booth kept it. The fact that he even had a pin and that he kept it fastened to his undershirt was not public knowledge at the time.

In the matter of the unclaimed reward money, one only need look in the National Archives in Washington, D. C. to see the original signed receipts. In addition, the Congressional Globe (Part 5, 1st session, 39th Congress), made their report on July 26, 1866 and appropriation was made by the acts of July 28, 1866. (14 stat, 341.)

In 1869, when the body was finally turned over to the Booth family, to make absolutely certain that the body was really Booth, they had the family dentist examine the remains. Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes, represented that the family dentist identified the body as that of John Wilkes Booth by a close examination of the skeletons' teeth. The dental work corresponded. Edwin and the rest of the family were satisfied that they body was really that of John Wilkes Booth.

To lay the matter to rest (pun intended), yes there was a mummy that its owners represented to have been the remains of John Wilkes Booth. No, the remains were not those of John Wilkes Booth. Rather, they were those of David E. George -- a man unknown in life that became famous in death.

"in Marina's recent interview with Vincent Bugliosi she made it clear that she does not believe that Lee shot Kennedy but is still convinced that LHO shot at Walker because, "he (LHO) told me so."

I always felt that Marina was pressured into saying that LHO shot at Walker, but this recent statement by her seems to nullify that. Has anyone (besides Bugliosi), that we know of, spoken to her recently about how she came to justify her change of heart about Oswald's guilt.

Terry

'Wasn't that like the Bay of Pigs thing?"

Well. she did quote Nixon correctly. Shouldn't she get points for that.

Terry

" provided there are limits on the extent of the hostile interrogation. " (Tim Gratz)

I don't think that the definition of "hostile interrogation" (whatever that is) should even be considered when you "know" that there is a plot and you "know" Hunt has the information that you want. I think the mode of interrogation would be "whatever it takes" There are times and circumstances that have to take precedence over decorum. When the life of the president of the United States is at stake, one does what one must to retrieve the answers to the questions. Also, after the fact, unless there are extenuating circumstances (i.e. we don't want to know), the same rules should apply.

Terry

“The goals of liberty and freedom, the obligations of keeping ours a government of and for the people are never-ending."

]Just one sentence, but this says it all. Written exactly 44 years ago, these words serve to remind us all that there is still so much work to do. Lest we forget.

President John Fitzgerald Kennedy

May 29, 1917- November 22, 1963

On November 19, 1963, just three days before his death, President Kennedy wrote this message for the rededication ceremonies of the national cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania:Copyright RFKin2008.com. All rights reserved.

"Senator Thomas Dodd had at least one Mannlicher-Carcano rifle ordered in the name of Lee Harvey Oswald or Alek Hidell in September 1963." One of the "facts" that Peter posted that were made by George Michael Evica. This is the first that I have heard of this. Was this just Mr. Evica's opinion or is there documentation of such an act on the part of Senator Dodd?

...I find these kinds of dramatic forum exits to be totally ridiculous.

...

I do too.

Such "exits" strike me as hyper-theatrical.

And the erasing of all past posts is hyper-theatrical to the point of absurdity.

Virtually every week someone emails threatening to resign from the forum because of the antics of a fellow member. Usually they name Tim Gratz but recently John Bevilaqua has become a figure they want removed. Despite these threats they rarely do leave. The reason being is that people join this forum for purely selfish reasons. They use the forum to promote their views, their website or their latest book.

...

John, you've expressed this viewpoint more than once and I don't understand the logic at all. If sincere researchers have a common goal of spreading the truth about the murder of President Kennedy it makes sense to pool resources, to use all possible means of reaching people, and to go where like-minded people are to discuss theories and evidence. Furthermore, I can't imagine a less selfish endeavor than striving to inform an uncaring populace about the hideous crime(s) committed by a "government" of gangsters. If we fail at the endeavor we're beating our heads against the wall year after year decade after decade. If we succeed, presumably that means selling a lot of books or making a high profile movie, then we make enemies of the government gangsters. There's almost no scenario where truly selfish motives can come into play for sincere (non-xxxxx) researchers.

If you're sincere about spreading the truth, and I think you are, then I fail to understand why you begrudge fellow researchers the resources you freely and willingly provide.

...

Sure, members sometimes go off in a sulk and stop posting for a couple of weeks. In reality, they are addicted to this forum and cannot give it up.

...

That part I agree with.

"The reason being is that people join this forum for purely selfish reason."

Myra,

I think that John simply left out the word "some", in that; some people join.... I am sure that he is aware that a full 99% of us on this forum are here for a common goal. We want, with everything inside of us, to bring the truth about the JFK murder into the light of day.

Terry