tures of women in sundresses and guys who look remotely middle eastern is a pretty silly thing to sell as investigation.
If there are readers here who are looking for something substantial, they should probably check out the work of real investigators like Ted Charach.
You say by my comments I will only invite ridicule...I say, "Bring it on."
Mel Ayton - 7/3/2007
Rowe's comments about organized crime - "You'll be very disappointed to find out that killings quite often do have hidden motives and 'conspiracies' behind them. I'm so sorry to be the one to have to break that to you" - are really rather silly and add nothing to any understanding of this crime.Like many others who post knee-jerk reactions to HNN articles, he should provide something substantial for the reader. Until that time his comments will only invite ridicule.
This isn't the first time Mr Rowe has made a fool of himself. Please see - http://hnn.us/readcomment.php?id=110930&bheaders=1#110930 - in which I advised him to spend some time researching this case before posting.
Mel Ayton - 7/3/2007
If you had taken the time to view the 'You Tube' link - go to menu - you would have understood that these clips contain the source for my previous paragraph in which I state that: "Richard Houston, who was in the pantry at the time of the shooting, said he had seen a "girl in a black and white polka dot dress with ruffles around the neck." Houston said he heard the girl say "We shot him" as she ran from the pantry. I believe this girl can be identified in a clip from news film footage taken shortly after the assassination. The girl has joined a group of Kennedy supporters in an ajoining area to the Embassy Ballroom, praying for the Senator. It would appear obvious to most that such a conspirator was unlikely to remain in the vicinity of the shooting if they had indeed been a participant in a conspiracy to murder Robert Kennedy."
Robert Douglas Rowe - 6/29/2007
I'm no clairvoyant or genius, but I am willing to bet anything Mel has never worked anywhere near organized crime or talked at any length with anyone who has. His idea that 'things just happen' would not be useful in any 'real' investigative capacity. Only in the world of armchair theorizing is this kind of notion useful, and I suppose profitable.
Unlike Mr. Ayton's crime investigation experience, organized crime really DOES exist.
You may want to talk sometime to a federal agent or prosecutor who has spent some time with an organized crime task force. You'll be very disappointed to find out that killings quite often do have hidden motives and 'conspiracies' behind them. I'm so sorry to be the one to have to break that to you.
Robert Douglas Rowe - 6/29/2007
Does Mel include the YouTube clip for any meaningful reason? Is there something there that supports the 'points' he's trying to make?
Robert Douglas Rowe - 6/29/2007
It's really all very arbitrary. Arguments can be made to either extreme. Mr. Ayton's very broad definition would include so many crimes, we may be hard pressed to find a killing that wasn't "terrorism." By the definitions that others may choose, they may limit terrorists to only a few. While I do understand why academics love to debate these things to no end, I'm afraid it means little outside of academia.
Robert Douglas Rowe - 6/29/2007
Everything you've said here is either speculation, incomplete, or just plain false. Where should I start?
Robert Douglas Rowe - 6/29/2007
Your comments suggest to me that you have little to no knowledge of the details surrounding these events. Even if you have preconceived notions about what you would conclude in the end, why wouldn't such a case interest you enough to motivate you to read a little? And yet, you still seem very motivated to push conclusions.
Robert Douglas Rowe - 6/29/2007
A groupie so interested in being noticed would not be difficult at all to find after the fact.
Robert Douglas Rowe - 6/29/2007
When an individual suspected of having connections to organized crime is murdered, it is usually the assumption of the investigator that the killing wa