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The book is based around the little known libel trial in which E. Howard Hunt sought damages from Liberty Lobby as a result of an article published in one of their magazines by Victor Marchetti - author of The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence. Lane - himself a lawyer - represented Liberty Lobby in that case in which the jury found that Howard Hunt was not entitled to damages because the substance of the article - that Hunt was involved in the assassination - was true.
Indeed the evidence provided through depositions of former directors of the CIA, Hunt himself and the star witness Marita Lorenz, does convince the reader that Hunt was indeed involved in the assassination in some form. Lorenz had been Castro's girlfriend until she was recruited by the CIA. She became a CIA agent and claims that she was taken to Dallas by Hunt and Frank Sturgis for the purpose of assassinating JFK.
The trial is hugely significant in historical terms as it is the only time in which a jury has found that any individual has been invovled in the assassination of JFK. This book, written by one of the central characters of the assassination story should be read by any serious student of the assassination.
Obscure publisher Liberty Lobby (a company Lane has no great respect for) publishes an article by ex-CIA 'asset' Victor Marchetti, which implications assorted CIA characters (including Watergate buggers E Howard Hunt and Frank Sturgis) in a plot to kill Kennedy. Hunt successfully sues for libel and Liberty Lobby stares bankruptcy and closure in the face - it's apologies were naturally not enough for Hunt.
Liberty Lobby turns to Lane, who built his reputation earlier when he destroyed the Warren Commission's report in a great book 'Rush To Judgement', to fight a last-ditch appeal.
Lane agrees but on one condition... they abandon attempts to suggest the libel was not intentional and return to the best defence against any libel accusation - that the story was true.
Lane gets to cross-examine key witnesses (including a CIA agent sent to Cuba to kill Castro, who inconveniently fell in love with him and stayed) and asked questions not asked publicly before and... sorry to ruin the ending... the jury of Hunt's peers finds in Lane's favour - the story was not libellous because it was true! Liberty Lobby was saved but much more importantly some key pieces in the JFK jigsaw were filled in.
JFK conspiracy theorists will love it... so will any intelligent person.
Must read for anyone interested in the Kennedy murder. A.T.Kiln
But on page one it already dropped to four stars. Read more
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