13-02-2020, 08:13 PM
Thank you, Mr. Thorne for honoring my post with your thoughtful reply, sincerely.
My book is currently in libraries in 7 countries (literally on every continent). It has been in several more including Azerbaijan. I have dealt first-hand with JFK assassination doubters. I have read 200 books on the JFK murder and/or closely related 60's history. My publisher made it clear to me that he could sell many more books pushing the lone gunman theory, rather than the "conspiracy" theory. Maybe some people have cashed in on that sad fact.
I have talked face-to-face with people who have not read any books on JFK, and I have read around 200. And yet these people are absolutely sure they know better than I who murdered JFK. This is true even with people I know who have PhD's. They know better. IMHO this is a sad situation. Not a single book have they read, but they are the experts. Go figure????
Since you refer to "the rest of us" regarding the JFK research community, I would respond as follows:
1. Your suggestion that I call up Skyhorse (when Skyhorse is willfully withholding the book) would be naive on my part. That would be like calling up the CIA and asking them if they were involved in the JFK assassination. All you have to do is look at the 3 to 4 year delay and the "divorce" between Ganis and Albarelli to know that there are undisclosed forces at work in this situation.
2. Your self-styled "rest of us" includes people who have given the "silent treatment" to the books by Ganis on Skorzeny and by Dr. Jeffrey Caufield on General Walker. Further, the bizarre over-reaction to the J V Baker book has never been explained on this site IMHO. My own book has never been discussed "on the merits" anywhere, (although I just got two favorable reviews on Amazon), so things are still in motion. Thank goodness for that.
3. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously wrote "I can't define pornography, but I know it when I see it". This is also true about JFK assassination books. I can't define what makes a top-flight JFK assassination book, but after reading between 150 and 200 of such books, I think I can recognize a legitimate book which is not a "red herring" book or a book of disinformation.
In 2017, Trump refused to release all the secret JFK files. So this issue is still officially up-in-the-air even after 56 years.
But the larger problem, which is that of some people covering up for the misdeeds of the National Security State is, unfortunately, raging hotter than ever. Maybe in our lifetimes, the dust will settle on all of this stuff and we will be back to dealing with truth, rather than doing frantic CPR on National Security State lies.
James Lateer
My book is currently in libraries in 7 countries (literally on every continent). It has been in several more including Azerbaijan. I have dealt first-hand with JFK assassination doubters. I have read 200 books on the JFK murder and/or closely related 60's history. My publisher made it clear to me that he could sell many more books pushing the lone gunman theory, rather than the "conspiracy" theory. Maybe some people have cashed in on that sad fact.
I have talked face-to-face with people who have not read any books on JFK, and I have read around 200. And yet these people are absolutely sure they know better than I who murdered JFK. This is true even with people I know who have PhD's. They know better. IMHO this is a sad situation. Not a single book have they read, but they are the experts. Go figure????
Since you refer to "the rest of us" regarding the JFK research community, I would respond as follows:
1. Your suggestion that I call up Skyhorse (when Skyhorse is willfully withholding the book) would be naive on my part. That would be like calling up the CIA and asking them if they were involved in the JFK assassination. All you have to do is look at the 3 to 4 year delay and the "divorce" between Ganis and Albarelli to know that there are undisclosed forces at work in this situation.
2. Your self-styled "rest of us" includes people who have given the "silent treatment" to the books by Ganis on Skorzeny and by Dr. Jeffrey Caufield on General Walker. Further, the bizarre over-reaction to the J V Baker book has never been explained on this site IMHO. My own book has never been discussed "on the merits" anywhere, (although I just got two favorable reviews on Amazon), so things are still in motion. Thank goodness for that.
3. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously wrote "I can't define pornography, but I know it when I see it". This is also true about JFK assassination books. I can't define what makes a top-flight JFK assassination book, but after reading between 150 and 200 of such books, I think I can recognize a legitimate book which is not a "red herring" book or a book of disinformation.
In 2017, Trump refused to release all the secret JFK files. So this issue is still officially up-in-the-air even after 56 years.
But the larger problem, which is that of some people covering up for the misdeeds of the National Security State is, unfortunately, raging hotter than ever. Maybe in our lifetimes, the dust will settle on all of this stuff and we will be back to dealing with truth, rather than doing frantic CPR on National Security State lies.
James Lateer