Because of his writings on the Kennedy assassination in the Post, New York Times, and his book Scandals, Scamps, and Scoundrels, many have harbored suspicions about Phelan's independence as a writer. What makes him even more suspicious is the company he has kept throughout the years, writes Jim DiEugenio.

Carol Hewett discusses the possibility of silenced weapons having been used in Dealey Plaza, an idea which up to the time of publication of this article in 1995 had been surprisingly unexplored.

The following is the transcript by Dave Manning of Jim DiEugenio's interview with John McCarthy concerning McCarthy's court martial trial for murder, in South Vietnam, January 29-31, 1968 and the involvement of Colonel Pierre Finck in a cover-up of exculpatory evidence.

Knowledge of the background of men like Fisher, Gordon, Hannah, Sterling and Bromley make it increasingly difficult to ... [believe] that "each has acted with complete and unbiased independence, free of preconceived views as to the correctness of the medical conclusions reached in the 1963 Autopsy Report and Supplementary Report", writes Lisa Pease.

One thing seems certain: what did the majority of witnesses hear when Connally was shot? Nothing, writes Milicent Cranor.

Remarks on Nagell's often humorous code.

A letter from Richard Case Nagell to his friend Arturo Verdestein.

The organizational hierarchy of the ARRB is discussed.

The first fight with ARRB over declassification of files: the FBI digs in its heels over 15 it deems "sensitive".

In which La Fontaine accuses Carol Hewett of plagiarizing her work on John Thomas Masen.