Reply #67: Whether or not the HSCA conclusion is itself doubtful is beside the point...

[AntiFascist]

my statement was soley about the HSCA conclusion in and of itself, and that conclusion specifically stated that there was probably a conspiracy. Furthermore, the HSCA explicitely carved out the possibility that individual actors who were members of the mafia or anti-Castro groups may also have been involved. This "carving out" of possibility was based on their analysis of Oswald's associations as well as those of Jack Ruby, which the committee felt was inadequately done by the Warren Commission. For instance, they did not explicitely carve out the same possibility that invidivual members of the FBI or Secret Service may have been involved because they did not run across any significant evidence supporting those instances. So, you're statement that the conclusion was only based on the dictabelt recording is itself false. The dictabelt recording was the "smoking gun", so to speak, supporting the cnclusion of conspiracy, but there was also plenty of other material underlying their conclusions. As I mentioned at the beginning of this thread, even if Oswald was the lone gunman, he could have still been involved in a conspiracy, and the fact that valuable information is being witheld to this day, relating to CIA associations, should be a significant issue.