[Ben Holmes]

This document, demonstrating an extreme interest in the JFK case, is totally and completely unexplained by believers, I certainly agree!

Only the theory of critics explains the CIA interest shown by this document.

Let me repeat that...

Only the theory of critics explains the CIA interest shown by this document.

And, as a demonstration of that, none of the believers here in this forum will dare touch the topic.

One website made the interesting assertion that:

Quote:This cultural phenomenon goes back to 1967. At that time, in response to questions about the Warren Commission Report (which President Ford helped create), the CIA issued a memorandum calling for mainstream media sources to begin countering "conspiracy theorists."  In the 45 years before the CIA memo came out, the phrase "conspiracy theory" appeared in the Washington Post and New York Times only 50 times, or about once per year. In the 45 years after the CIA memo, the phrase appeared 2,630 times, or about once per week.

Before the CIA memo came out, the Washington Post and New York Times had never used the phrase "conspiracy theorist." After the CIA memo came out, these two newspapers have used that phrase 1,118 times. Of course, in these uses the phrase is always delivered in a context in which "conspiracy theorists" were made to seem less intelligent and less rationale than people who uncritically accept official explanations for major events.

This supports that the CIA memo made a real tangible difference in American cultural life...