Some of the finest JFK assassination researchers took part in this debate: David Lifton, author of Best Evidence, which convinced many people that Kennedy's body was altered before the autopsy; Jack White, a photographic expert who has provided proof that the backyard photographs of Oswald with a rifle and pistol were fake; and Jim Fetzer, editor of a series of books that, among other things, provides convincing evidence that the Zapruder Film was tampered with to hide government criminal conduct.
I announced my support for Baker and observed the exchanges of emails and made some contributions. The split in opinion became obvious early on as almost everyone declared their belief or disbelief in her story. Interestingly, Lifton and White, who had each sided with Fetzer on several issues before this one, opposed Fetzer's hypothesis that Baker has told the truth.
The proponents kept naming and showing the corroborating sources for Baker's story, including a pay stub from their company that verifies they worked together; Anna Lewis, who said on tape that she and her husband double-dated with Baker and Oswald; and videotapes of Baker recounting her experience in the laboratory and her recollection of her superior there, Dr. Ochsner, who had ties with anti-communist organizations and the FBI.
Most participants said they did not believe Baker. When pressed by proponents as to why, they responded they needed "independent corroborating evidence" and "bona fide witnesses," although they never stated any examples of either or what they meant.
Instead, the critics took aim at her for what they believed were inconsistencies in her present and past statements on trying for asylum in Sweden, where she and Oswald would rendezvous and which animals she used for experiments. Each time they brought one of these collateral issues, Baker battled back with her response.
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