Rollie Zavada, age 98, passed away last month. He was a highly credentialed Kodak employee who consulted with the ARRB on Zapruder film authenticity. His obituary may be found here.

Webmaster note: I only found out about this very sad news today when I called his wife, Carol, to check on Rollie's condition, as I knew he suffered from a bad stroke shortly after my November presentation on Z-film alteration. I had the honor and pleasure of spending a day with Rollie and Carol shortly before his stroke. I found them both to be not only intelligent but also warm, kind, and very honest. Rollie led an exemplary life. During one of my many calls with Rollie after my visit, the research community may be a little surprised to learn that he mentioned (without my questioning) that he believed there was a conspiracy. As an avid aviator, he has taken his final ascent. Our deepest condolences to Carol and their family.

Bill Kelly, a longtime and valuable researcher and blogger on the John Kennedy case, has passed away. Dan Alcorn pays tribute. Read here.

Author Joseph McBride reviews his two careers, one as a film historian and one studying the JFK assassination. He comments to interviewer Danny Peary about his two JFK books: Into the Nightmare and Political Truth.

On the death of Michael Parenti let us heed his and John Judge's words against Noam Chomsky on the JFK case. And let us note, Chomsky is undergoing a reevaluation due to his ties to Epstein, Bannon and Ehud Barak, which he referred to, Jimmy Walker style, as "good times."

Craig Bouzarth, who made a very influential talk at the three Dallas conferences last year, will be on Black Op Radio this week to discuss his research into the authenticity of the Zapruder film. The discussion will air starting Thursday evening, February 12th here. (Click on the 'archived shows' tab)

Robert Tanenbaum, a professional prosecutor who was once in charge of a congressional investigation of the murder of JFK, has now passed on. Jim DiEugenio pays his last respects to someone who really wanted to solve the JFK murder.

Former HSCA Deputy Chief Counsel during its first phase, Robert K Tanenbaum, has passed on. He and his superior Richard Sprague really tried to find out the facts of the JFK case. Read here.

CAPAis offering highlights from past conferences and also is enlisting nominations for new Board members. Read here.

Paul Bleau has a suggestion for ABC executive producer Eileen Murphy in the wake of that network's very poor Truth and Lies special on the JFK case, a program that was utterly obsolete on arrival.

ABC conceals who Jack Ruby really was, and ignores how he got into position to kill Oswald. It then seals the deal with a reprise of Dale Myers' faulty computer simulation that tries to revive the dead corpse of the Magic Bullet.