NP RE: Another Holocaust-denier Bites the Dust

[Paul Mackin]

I think Sharpton may well play a Mark Lane like role. It is interesting to
speculate upon these gentlemen  as agents provocateurs though perhaps only
unwitting ones. Both are unscrupulous opportunists at the very least.

            P.



Robert Pirani wrote:

> There was certainly one group of researchers into possibilities that JFK's
> death was not the result of the lone actions of LHO who felt that Lane was
> a disinformation agent His work had the effect of 1) discrediting
> legitimate research 2) diverting efforts to areas that would prove
> dead-ends. I can't recall all the items that were mentioned to prove this
> thesis, but I do recall that his subsequent involvement with Jim Jone's
> People's Temple served to substantiate the assertion with me, at least.
>
> If we were to look for a figure who seems to be playing a similar
> "provocateur"  function today I might suggest Al Sharpton -- but not being
> in N.Y. I haven't followed his career closely enough to be absolutely
> convinced. And their provocateurs both witting and un.
>
> Regards,
> Robert
>
> At 09:17 AM 7/21/01 -0400, Paul Mackin wrote:
> >A good and balanced bio of Lane it seems to me. I was a subscriber to The
> >National Guardian during this period and was good friends with one of its
> >chief writers. I remember reading Mark Lane's early pieces on the
> >assassination. He did a creditable enough job in pointing out problems with
> >the official investigation I guess. I was also a subscriber to Ramparts
> >Magazine and if Warren Hinkle took an instant dislike to and distrust of
> >Lane and I can certainly see why. I believe the conspirary theory developed
> >by Lane and others is quite beyond serious belief. It's not that I don't
> >think conspiracies happen. This just isn't one of them. IMHO.
> >
> >Seems to me it would be good if the whole course of events could be thrashed
> >out on the p-list including the strange latter-day involvements of Lane. In
> >a way the topic is NP but in another way we all can appreciate I think it is
> >very much p-related.
> >
> >                P.
> >
> >
> >
> >. ----- Original Message -----
> >From: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>
> >To: "Bill Blue" <peterredzinger at hotmail.com>; <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> >Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 9:29 PM
> >Subject: Re: NP RE: Another Holocaust-denier Bites the Dust
> >
> >
> >> Thanks. A bio here:
> >>
> >>     snip
> >>
> >>     When someone announces confidently that "conspiracy in the JFK
> >>     assassination is historical fact," as people like George Michael Evica
> >>     and Charles Drago have been doing for several years, their
> >>     pronouncements are meaningless.
> >>
> >> http://kenrahn.com/JFK/The_critics/Lane/Lanebio.html
> >>
> >> best
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> on 7/21/01 10:50 AM, Bill Blue at peterredzinger at hotmail.com wrote:
> >>
> >> > www.alltheweb.com
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> From: jbor
> >> > Anyone got any more info. on this guy and his
> >> >> conspiracy theories?
> >> >
> >> >
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