Mark Lane (author)

Mark Lane is the author of the book Rush to Judgment. This book was one of two major books published in the immediate wake of the JFK assassination which questioned the conclusions of the Warren Commission. Rush to Judgment was made into a documentary film in 1966.

In 1968, Lane appeared on the ballot as a third party vice-presidential candidate, running on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket with Dick Gregory.

The 1973 movie Executive Action is largely based on Lane's writings concerning the assassination.

Mark Lane also wrote books on other topics such as the Jonestown mass suicide and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., in which he alleged a conspiracy and/or government coverup. Lane also directed the little known, and rare short film I Left my Wallet in Cafe Nero.

Lane represented the right-wing group Liberty Lobby as an attorney when the group was sued over an article in The Spotlight newspaper implicating E. Howard Hunt in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Hunt sued for defamation and won a substantial settlement. Liberty Lobby won the lawsuit on appeal, and this became the basis for Lane's book Plausible Denial.

It was later charged that the KGB was providing Lane with funds for research and travel. . Mark Lane refutes these charges.

External links

• Implausible Assertions: Did Mark Lane Convince a Jury that E. Howard Hunt was a Kennedy Assassination Conspirator?
• Biography of Mark Lane
• A Letter to The Nation from Mark Lane, refuting the charge that he was a paid KGB asset