
It has been said that the American people are the only jury that Lee Harvey Oswald will ever have. It is our responsibility, then, to examine with utmost care and objectivity the evidence for and against him, and to reach an independent verdict.
Fair Play Issue #19, November-December, 1997
In This Fair Play...
- The Gun that Didn't Smoke was co-authored by Walter Graf and Richard Bartholomew. Mr. Bartholomew says of this piece, "It will hopefully begin a dialog about the [Mannlicher-Carcano] ammunition clip that we have been wanting to see in the research community for a long time." The article is divided into four parts for faster browser loading.
- The Diary of Clay Shaw The ARRB recently released excerpts from Clay Shaw's diary. Do they represent what was really on his mind? Or are they cynically self-serving? You decide.
- Conspiracy Classics An Open Letter to Assassination Researchers was written by Christopher Sharrett, and first appeared in The Continuing Inquiry in 1978. The author has provided a new introduction to the article's appearance here.
- The Single Bullet Theory was Caused by a Traffic Jam is an account of the serendipity at play for several assassination eyewitnesses. Article by Ian Griggs.
- Telling Truth from Disinformation is a look at a new book called The MK/ULTRA Secret: An Account of CIA Deception by Frank Camper. Review by Richard Bartholomew.
- A Gathering in Grand Rapids describes a recent weekend in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at which assassination researchers shared ideas and information. This article was written by Martin Shackelford, who participated. There are also comments from three other participants: Russ Burr, Greg Jaynes, and John McAdams. Most of the material presented here was derived from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's startext.jfk web site.
- Miscellanea, Errata, Et Cetera is a collection of stuff that didn't quite fit anywhere else.
- Important Notice! A word from Fair Play HQ.
- Updates From time to time, there is information we'd like to add, post-deadline, to Fair Play. We invite all readers to check back now and then to take a look at each of our two "Updates" files. ARRB Updates consists of press releases from the Records Review Board. Updates has various items that develop post-deadline; this file may well be empty.
- Who's Who and What's What What organizations are actively working toward resolving the JFK case? Where can you locate that hard-to-find assassination title? Fair Play presents a catalogue of the sources and resources we're aware of.
- JFK Bibliography A Fair Play listing of books relating to the Kennedy assassination.
- The ARRB On Tape Audio recordings of the Review Board meetings are now available at reduced prices. Here's info on how to get stuff.
- Reader Feedback A sampling of reader reaction to Fair Play, which first came online November 22, 1994.
- Excuses Those of us responsible for Fair Play.
- Some Interesting Links to JFK-related Web sites can be found in this file.
- Fair Play Back Issues are now available. Everything we've done (except regular features like the Bibliography) is now in one convenient archive.
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