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No fake

It is one of the iconic images from American history: accused John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, holding a rifle and Marxist newspapers. Oswald and others claimed that the incriminating photo was a fake, noting the seemingly inconsistent lighting and shadows. But after analyzing the photo with modern-day forensic tools, Dartmouth computer scientist Hany Farid says the photo almost certainly was not altered. "Those who believe that there was a broader conspiracy can no longer point to this photo as possible evidence," Farid says.

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