Post by Rob Caprio on Dec 16, 2020 21:21:50 GMT -5
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The Warren Commission (WC) claimed that Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) assassinated President John F. Kennedy (JFK) all by himself on November 22, 1963. They stated that this was a certainty. If so, why is there so much evidence thst calls this conclusion into question?
One witness, Associated Press (AP) photographer, even took a photograph that appears to show LHO out in front of the Texas School Book Depository (TSBD) during the assassination.
That leads us to this question.
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Why was Associated Press photographer James Altgens ignored by the WC?
This is an important question. On June 5, 1964, the Department of Justice wrote a memorandum regarding James Altgens. It noted how it had not gone unnoticed that the WC had shown no interest in Altgens.
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On May 25, 1964, the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation advised that there appeared in the “Chicago American”, page 7 of the Monday, May 25, 1964, issue, in the column entitled the “Daly Diary” the following;
“Isn’t it odd that J.W. Altgens, a veteran Associated Press photographer in Dallas, who took a picture of the KENNEDY assassination – one of the witnesses closest enough to see the President shot and able to describe second-by-second what happened – has been neither questioned by the FBI nor the Warren Commission?” (Chicago American, May 25, 1964, p. 7; CE 1407, p. 790)
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Why was Altgens ignored by both the WC and the FBI prior to June 2, 1964? For the same reason many others were – because of what he saw on November 22, 1963, and for what his famous photograph showed.
On June 2, 1964, he was finally interviewed about what he saw and heard that day. After going over the basics he told them where he had positioned himself for his famous photograph. He then made a comment about something that is really popular now.
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He also said this picture depicts an individual standing in the in the doorway of the entrance of the Texas School Book Depository building who resembles LEE HARVEY OSWALD. (Ibid.)
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This could be reason number one why neither the WC nor the FBI were interested in speaking with him as neither wanted to hear about a man resembling LHO being out front of the TSBD when they were claiming that he was up on the sixth floor firing at JFK.
His next comment was cause for concern too if you were them.
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ALTGENS related that he was standing about thirty feet from the President when he took this picture. He recalled that at about the instant he snapped the picture, he heard a burst of noise which he thought was firecrackers. He advised he does not know how many of these reports he heard since they had no significance to him at the time, and he was unaware of what was happening. (Ibid., pp. 790-791)
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Do you think that either the FBI or the WC wanted to hear from a person who was only thirty feet from JFK saying that he heard a “burst of noise” when the alleged assassin is allegedly firing at JFK with a bolt-action rifle? This is simply impossible.
Another comment he made also would have been cause for concern to these groups.
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Altgens advised that as the President’s car disappeared he observed some Secret Service Agents and police officers with drawn guns on the north side of Elm Street running in the direction of the top of the triple overpass. He said he thought they were chasing someone who fled from somewhere behind the President. Altgens related that he also ran in this direction. (Ibid., p. 791)
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There were no Secret Service (SS) agents in Dealey Plaza (DP) so who were these men that he saw? It has been claimed before that all these men thought to be SS agents were actually plainclothes police officers, but who was assigned duty on the overpass or Grassy Knoll (GK) area? Remember, Altgens said he saw them running as the President’s car was disappearing, thus, they had to be there already to react so quickly.
Then of course we have to wonder why they seemed to be chasing someone who had been in front of the president when the shooter was supposedly in the TSBD? Who could this have been? What could they have done to make these men think that they may have been involved?
As you can see Altgens saw and heard things that are a problem for the official story, therefore, he was ignored by the WC and the authorities. Could this professional photographer be “mistaken” about what he saw and heard during and after the assassination?
Can any WC defender offer reasonable explanations for what he saw and heard on November 22, 1963?
The question posed in this post again cast serious doubt on the official conclusion by the WC. Even if some can be reasonably explained or answered there is still enough doubt to conclude that the answers that we were given are not adequate. To me there is enough doubt to sink the conclusions the WC provided us with.
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The Warren Commission (WC) claimed that Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) assassinated President John F. Kennedy (JFK) all by himself on November 22, 1963. They stated that this was a certainty. If so, why is there so much evidence thst calls this conclusion into question?
One witness, Associated Press (AP) photographer, even took a photograph that appears to show LHO out in front of the Texas School Book Depository (TSBD) during the assassination.
That leads us to this question.
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Why was Associated Press photographer James Altgens ignored by the WC?
This is an important question. On June 5, 1964, the Department of Justice wrote a memorandum regarding James Altgens. It noted how it had not gone unnoticed that the WC had shown no interest in Altgens.
Quote on
www.historymatters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh22/pages/WH_Vol22_0410b.gif
On May 25, 1964, the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation advised that there appeared in the “Chicago American”, page 7 of the Monday, May 25, 1964, issue, in the column entitled the “Daly Diary” the following;
“Isn’t it odd that J.W. Altgens, a veteran Associated Press photographer in Dallas, who took a picture of the KENNEDY assassination – one of the witnesses closest enough to see the President shot and able to describe second-by-second what happened – has been neither questioned by the FBI nor the Warren Commission?” (Chicago American, May 25, 1964, p. 7; CE 1407, p. 790)
www.historymatters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh22/html/WH_Vol22_0410b.htm
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Why was Altgens ignored by both the WC and the FBI prior to June 2, 1964? For the same reason many others were – because of what he saw on November 22, 1963, and for what his famous photograph showed.
On June 2, 1964, he was finally interviewed about what he saw and heard that day. After going over the basics he told them where he had positioned himself for his famous photograph. He then made a comment about something that is really popular now.
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He also said this picture depicts an individual standing in the in the doorway of the entrance of the Texas School Book Depository building who resembles LEE HARVEY OSWALD. (Ibid.)
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This could be reason number one why neither the WC nor the FBI were interested in speaking with him as neither wanted to hear about a man resembling LHO being out front of the TSBD when they were claiming that he was up on the sixth floor firing at JFK.
His next comment was cause for concern too if you were them.
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www.historymatters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh22/pages/WH_Vol22_0411a.gif
ALTGENS related that he was standing about thirty feet from the President when he took this picture. He recalled that at about the instant he snapped the picture, he heard a burst of noise which he thought was firecrackers. He advised he does not know how many of these reports he heard since they had no significance to him at the time, and he was unaware of what was happening. (Ibid., pp. 790-791)
www.historymatters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh22/html/WH_Vol22_0411a.htm
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Do you think that either the FBI or the WC wanted to hear from a person who was only thirty feet from JFK saying that he heard a “burst of noise” when the alleged assassin is allegedly firing at JFK with a bolt-action rifle? This is simply impossible.
Another comment he made also would have been cause for concern to these groups.
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Altgens advised that as the President’s car disappeared he observed some Secret Service Agents and police officers with drawn guns on the north side of Elm Street running in the direction of the top of the triple overpass. He said he thought they were chasing someone who fled from somewhere behind the President. Altgens related that he also ran in this direction. (Ibid., p. 791)
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There were no Secret Service (SS) agents in Dealey Plaza (DP) so who were these men that he saw? It has been claimed before that all these men thought to be SS agents were actually plainclothes police officers, but who was assigned duty on the overpass or Grassy Knoll (GK) area? Remember, Altgens said he saw them running as the President’s car was disappearing, thus, they had to be there already to react so quickly.
Then of course we have to wonder why they seemed to be chasing someone who had been in front of the president when the shooter was supposedly in the TSBD? Who could this have been? What could they have done to make these men think that they may have been involved?
As you can see Altgens saw and heard things that are a problem for the official story, therefore, he was ignored by the WC and the authorities. Could this professional photographer be “mistaken” about what he saw and heard during and after the assassination?
Can any WC defender offer reasonable explanations for what he saw and heard on November 22, 1963?
The question posed in this post again cast serious doubt on the official conclusion by the WC. Even if some can be reasonably explained or answered there is still enough doubt to conclude that the answers that we were given are not adequate. To me there is enough doubt to sink the conclusions the WC provided us with.