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[RZM]

One reason for the staying power of conspiracy theories is that they are so much more fun to believe than mundane explanations. The idea that Oswald acted alone isn't as sexy as the idea of a vast conspiracy. I don't know which was the case, though given the information I've been exposed to, my personal belief is that Oswald acted alone.

A big problem with conspiracies is that the larger they are, the harder they are to keep bottled up. The more people that are brought into it, the more chances there are that somebody is going to spill the beans. And if there is one thing I know about human beings, it is that many of them have a very difficult time keeping their mouths shut. With all of the obsession over the Kennedy assassination and all of the investigations over the years, both by people within in the power structure and those outside of it, it doesn't bode well for the conspiracy theorists that they've never uncovered a witness with credible inside knowledge of a large-scale plot.