What I was refering to by Oswalds mental instability was that it seems to me that an assassination of the president would require a pretty stable thought process and if he were too unstable he might not be able to plan something like this on his own.

I have been reading through this thread although I admit I haven't read it all, I got through the 3rd page I think and I have come to the conclusion that the lone gunman therory is the most likely case given the evidence availible and all of the testing and analizing that has gone on.

However I think most of you will admit that a conspiracy could have been possible and it's exactly the kind of thing I would expect from the kind of wheeling, dealing under the table atmosphere that exsists in washington even today.
I suppose I just assumed that there was a conspiracy based on my cynical opinion of most politicians.

So am I a convert to the no conspiracy camp? Yes I suppose so, Evidence gathered and analized by more patient people than me has convinced me. At least in this case. It's not a big blow really, like I said I was never a real diehard fan of the CT about JFK. It just seemed like there were alot of conflicting things about it that made me think there was some validity to the conspiracy. I do however maintain that goverment conspiracies are a very real possibility given the amount of secrecy they demand. Some of that secrecy is I admit nessaccery but not all.