The Nation - News from Sept. 4, 1988

There is “no pervasive evidence” to support conspiracy theories in the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Justice Department said in closing out its inquiries into the killings. A recent but undated memo obtained by San Diego ophthalmologist Louis P. Kartsonis under the Freedom of Information Act contained the department’s belated response to a 10-year-old request by the House Assassinations Committee for an inquiry. That panel had concluded that conspiracies were likely. It was the first time that the Justice Department has stated a formal conclusion on the assassinations.