[Ben Holmes]

Patrick C Wrote:I checked with Martin to see if Harry Holmes knew of the alias and as far as Martin knows , he did not - see below:

"Hi Patrick,
Thanks for the heads up. As far as I know, Holmes didn't know about the alias, no. Actually, that part of my writing that's been quoted was badly worded in that regard. "

I recall some one on Amazon accusing me of making stuff up that I knew Martin, was it Nickname ? Or was it Garry or David - I simply cannot recall...?

Anyway, this rather weakens the point - which I have to say was a good one - but no surprises there - I would suggest Martin is one of THE leading amateur JFK buff world wide and I would expect him to dig into the more worrisome areas of the conspiracy case.

(Incidentally Martin does not think the neck wound was an entrance either)

Holmes didn't know what was on the registration paperwork for Oswald's P.O. Box???

ARE YOU KIDDING US?

Let's presume he didn't even know OSWALD'S name... then he'd had to have been reporting on the P.O. Box itself.

Which means that it doesn't "weaken the point" at all. But, of course; you're doing what you always do - you speculate, then use that speculation to overcome evidence you don't like. (Or, as you're doing here, presenting someone else's speculation)

And if Martin Hay doesn't accept the evidence that the throat wound was an entry, and actually believes in the SBT... then he's certainly no critic. I predict that he would do no better than you have in refuting the evidence of non-transit.

We've seen a lot of so-called "critics" who toe the line on the important issues.