[Sample B: Approval/Signature Sheet] - George Mason University

assassination. In his book, Lane accused Hunt and other CIA officers of setting up
Oswald to take the fall for the assassination. They had created “a domestic legend for
Oswald to complement the international legend already in place.” 584 Oswald’s ties to the
CIA were kept secret while he became a “publicly known activist, Marxist and
troublemaker.” 585 In particular, Lane accused the CIA of faking Oswald’s visits to the
Soviet and Cuban embassies in Mexico City. He stated that “Lee Harvey Oswald may
never have visited Mexico City” as the Warren Commission alleged. 586 There were no
pictures or audio recordings showing Oswald visiting the embassies despite heavy CIA
surveillance. Lane pointed to information that Hunt had been the acting CIA station chief
in Mexico City at the time.
He also presented the testimony at the Hunt vs. Liberty Lobby libel trial that
Hunt was in Dallas the day before the assassination meeting with Jack Ruby and other
conspirators to plan for the assassination. This testimony came from Fidel Castro’s
former lover, Marita Lorenz, who was recruited by the CIA in a failed attempt to poison
the Cuban leader. She claimed that she drove to Dallas with some of the anti-Castro
conspirators, including future Watergate burglar Frank Sturgis, and that she attended a
meeting with Hunt and Ruby.
While the testimony of one person would not be enough to win a murder
conviction, Lane successfully undermined Hunt’s credibility and his alibi witnesses.
Lane emphasized Hunt’s past as an illegal operative for President Nixon in the Watergate
584 Plausible Denial, xxiii.
585 Plausible Denial, xxiii.
586 Plausible Denial, 54.
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