Warren Commission Defense Won’t Wash

Regarding Richard Mosk’s Counterpunch, “The Plot to Assassinate the Warren Commission” (Dec. 30): It is predictable that Mosk would be defensive regarding the film’s questioning of the single-bullet-theory conclusion drawn by the Warren Commission nearly 30 years ago, a commission on which he served.

Mosk took the predictable route of attempting to reduce the intent of the film’s political inquiries to the high jinks of media moguls who would misrepresent historical facts in order to make a fast buck. How sophomoric! The film “JFK” is not the first, nor will it be the last inquiry into this set of circumstances that resulted in deep political and economic disturbances within this country.

Mosk and others who served on the Warren Commission may defend the single-bullet theory because to question the findings would lead to speculation that he and others had been duped.

The fact is, we may never know the truth until all documents and X-rays are released. If the Warren Commission and its collegial agencies had nothing to hide, why were these documents sealed and continue to be sealed? One does not need to see “JFK” to know that the evidence that contradicts the Warren Commission’s single-bullet theory has been irresponsibly and inexcusably ignored and misrepresented for almost 30 years.

JANE WINCHELL

Los Angeles