Case Open: The Unanswered JFK Assassination Questions [Paperback]

Harold Weisberg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1994

No one knows more about the assassination of President Kennedy than Harold Weisberg, so said the FBI in open court. Harold Weisberg - a former OSS and Senate Investigator-wrote and published Whitewash in 1965, the first book criticizing the conclusion of the Warren Commission. Since then, he has written and published seven books on President Kennedy's assassination. Case Open is a book Mr. Weisberg felt compelled to write. He felt a need and determination to set the record straight. In proving that Gerald Posner, in Case Closed, has proven nothing, Mr. Weisberg has proven that President Kennedy was killed by a conspiracy. In analyzing Case Closed, he demonstrates that Gerald Posner has

* Distorted evidence

* Suppressed evidence

* Omitted evidence

* Developed no new evidence

* Omitted sources

* Misappropriated the research of others

* Misled the reader into believing that he had sponsored new scientific computer enhancements.

At best, Gerald Posner has provided a case for the prosecution. Now it is time to present the case for Case Open. Let the American public decide who has presented the stronger case: Gerald Posner or Harold Weisberg.

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Also called Case Open : The Ommissions, Distortions and Falsifications of Case Closed

Product Details

• Paperback: 188 pages
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub; Remainder Marked edition (May 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078670098X
• ISBN-13: 978-0786700981
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #340,469 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Weisberg scores a hit. Posner is a phony., July 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Case Open: The Unanswered JFK Assassination Questions (Paperback)

First the down side of Weisberg's book. The editor did a lousy job. A reference to New Orleans District Attorney as "John Garrison" proves that point.

As to the substance. I proudly own every book Weisberg's written. They are often tedious and difficult to read. However to those willing to invest the time, they contain outstanding scholarship and incredible amounts of research effort.

Weisberg attacks the central theme of "the slickster" Gerald Posner in Case Closed. Weisberg wins. Posner could not have done the research he claims in the short time span he's acknowledged.

Weisberg clearly demonstrates that Posner was aided by the CIA by showing how the agency made former soviet spy Nosenko available to him. They don't do that for just anyone. I am of the belief that Posner was a man on a mission and this mission was bought and paid for by the CIA and an establishment willing to kill the Warren critics once and for all.

If the book were edited better I'd give it a 4 or 5 star. However, even at 3 Weisberg kills Posner's slick tome. A good quick read and definately worth the effort.

22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Case Closed On "Case Closed", April 10, 2001

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Lance J. (Yuma, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Case Open: The Unanswered JFK Assassination Questions (Paperback)

In "Case Open", Harold Weisberg neatly picks apart Gerald Posner's thesis of Lee Harvey Oswald's guilt in the assassination of J.F.K. In doing so, he also exposes many of Posner's somewhat underhanded misappropriation of others' research; factual distortions; and outright dishonesties (whether intentional or not can be left up to the reader to decide). Though poorly edited, this book singlehandedly debunks the "Lone Gunman Theory" and tells us much about the mainstream media's continuing desire to force the "official" version of the truth on the people, despite mountains of evidence to the contrary. Though Weisberg's writing style is difficult at times, it is easy to see that he is far more intimately familiar with the facts of the case than Posner. I wouldn't recommend this book for those not familiar with the more complex and minute details surrounding the assassination (Summers' "Conspiracy" or Lane's "Rush To Judgement" would better serve as introductories to the whole affair), but as a total refutation to Posner's much-hailed work, it scores, taking down the Warren Report one more time in the process.

16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Weisberg 1, Posner 0, March 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Case Open: The Unanswered JFK Assassination Questions (Paperback)

This is a thin, quickly written and angry book. It clearly could use some editing and polishing. Nonetheless, it handily deflates Posner and his fans. The glaring omissions in Posner's book show that he his simply a con man, playing on the desires of many to believe the Warren Commission's myths. He saw an opportunity to make a buck, and he took it. This book is definitely worth reading if you can find it.