Dallas Morning News: Gary Mack and the evolution of a JFK conspiracy theorist [View all]

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http://www.dallasnews.com/news/jfk50/explore/20130302-gary-mack-and-the-evolution-of-a-jfk-conspiracy-theorist.ece

Gary Mack was once a conspiracy advocate for the JFK assassination. He started the questions about "Badge Man" and also contributed to the Dictabelt "fourth shot" controversy. He now believes Oswald was the only gunman that day.

He's also the curator for the Sixth Floor Museum here in Dallas.

In the whirlwind surrounding the death of a president, perhaps no one witnessed more than Hugh Aynesworth. A reporter for The Dallas Morning News, Aynesworth saw the assassination, was with police when they arrested Lee Harvey Oswald at the Texas Theatre, and was stationed nearby when Oswald was mortally wounded by Jack Ruby.

And he remembers Mack in his younger days.

“He started out as a pretty vicious conspiracy theorist when he was with Channel 5,” said Aynesworth, who never bought into the conspiracy idea. “Gary made some pretty ridiculous claims.”

But over the years, Aynesworth said, he’s seen “a tremendous moderation” in Mack’s thinking — the theorist has grown into an authority.

“I have to tell you, I think he’s done a fabulous job there at the Sixth Floor,” he said. “The things he didn’t know and wasn’t involved with, he’s studied and learned. I’m impressed. If you ask him something about this deal, he knows the answer.”

Further in the article, he says he's "personally convinced there’s more than just Oswald involved," which he believes is connected to Oswald's time in Russia. However, the sole shooter that day was Oswald and the proof to anyone backing him in the act may never be found.

It's a good read.