ANOTHER DEFENDER OF THE SHROUD BITES THE DUST. The crucial question in the continuing debate over the Shroud of Turin is: How old is the cloth itself? A "researcher" who supported the Shroud's authenticity now appears to have been a pure charlatan. Here's the fascinating article--from the current issue of The Skeptical Inquirer--that provides a full account of the bizarre story of Dimitri A. Kouznetsov.