09-10-2012, 10:25 PM
Quote:Therefore, to be on the safer side, I wish to urge caution and sagacity here, because premature conclusions may mislead or discourage the search for more information and validation by investigators of the next generation. Like others here, I, too, await more information, some of which is probably stashed away in NARA in classified documents, if not destroyed, or some other information whch may have been already discovered by newer investigators. At this time, I know of only a few who are actively seeking such information on Rivera, but there are many other actors who were also involved in the assassination of whom we know very little, if anything.
I would rather seek and await more information than advance ideas and make assumptions which cannot be confirmed. I have witnessed too much of that in the history of my own scientific field, as well.
My thinking at this time is and has been tentative. I have only made suggestions and used words such as "may" or "might" rather than "is" or "has to be", or their equivalents. Believe it or not, we are all dealing with various hypotheses, rather than with proven theories. I am using the proper and clear definition of those two words, hypothesis and theory.
If anyone wants to propose Rivera's role in all this, go right ahead. I will defend your right to say it as a matter of "freedom of speech," but will agree with you only if your proposal turns out to be true. And that may take some time.
Adele