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The Warren Commission (WC) claimed that Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) assassinated President John F. Kennedy (JFK), shot and killed Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit (JDT), wounded Texas Governor John B. Connally (JBC) and attempted to kill retired General Edwin Walker. The evidence supporting these claims is absent from the WC’s twenty-six volumes of exhibits and testimony however, therefore, this has left many questions for us today. I have asked so many questions in this series already, and now it is time for another.
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Why did the Secret Service (SS) ignore their own procedures on November 22, 1963?
In CE 1021 we find a series of questions and answers provided by the SS via its Director, James J. Rowley, to the General Counsel, J. Lee Rankin, of the WC.
On page six we find this question and answer.
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Question:
d. Had the Secret Service ever suggested to a President that agents ride at all times on the running boards or rear steps of the Presidential car? Would this have constituted an important added safety factor?
Answer :
It is not practical for agents to ride the running boards or the steps of the Presidential car at all times. As the speed of the car increases it is dangerous and difficult to stay on the car and still be effective as a screen. When the speeds are slow, considerations concerning this use of this type of screen are similar to those set out in the answer to 3(c). The indiscriminate use of a screen would provide an important added safety factor; but Presidents, including the late President Kennedy, have preferred not to be constantly ringed by agents and cut off from the public. Accordingly, screening is only when the agent in charge believes the potential danger inherent in a specific situation requires it. (CE 1021, p. 6 original document; p. 709)
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The reason given for why agents should not ride the running boards or rear steps at all times might seem reasonable until you consider two things.
Firstly, in regard to the rear steps, I thought the large handles on the rear of the Presidential limousine were designed to help the agents stay on the back of the car. No one would expect them to stay on the back of the car on a highway, but the limousine never went that fast during the motorcade. After the turn onto Elm Street even the WC said it was only traveling at about 8-11 m.p.h. Furthermore, at the time of the head shot fifty-nine witnesses said that the limousine either had come to a near stop or had stopped, thus, no one was expecting them to hang on at a high speed.
Secondly, if riding the running boards wasn’t practical as the answer states, why were agents riding the running boards of the follow-up car for the whole motorcade? Who were they protecting?
These sound like contrived excuses for why their charge was not adequately protected on November 22, 1963. We also see JFK being blamed for why he was not adequately protected repeatedly as well.
It finishes with the comment that the agent in charge could override anyone, including JFK, if he felt that there was a potential threat. Given what had happened to Adlai Stevenson just a short time before, the exposed plots in Chicago and Tampa, and the number of threats that JFK received, how could he not prepare as if there could be trouble?
The next question deals with an emergency situation.
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Question:
e. What formal or informal instructions did the agents in the motorcade have regarding emergency procedures for a contingency such as that which occurred in Dallas?
Answer:
The Secret Service has consistently followed two general principles in emergencies involving the President. All agents are so instructed. The first duty of the agents in the motorcade is to attempt to cover the President as closely as possible and practicable and to shield him by attempting to place themselves between the President and the source of danger. Secondly, agents are instructed to remove the President as quickly as possible from known or impending danger. Agents are instructed that it is not their responsibility to investigate or evaluate a present danger, but to consider any untoward circumstances as serious to afford the President maximum protection at all times. No responsibility rests upon those agents near the President for the identification or arrest of an assassin or an attacker. Their primary responsibility is to stay with and protect the President.
Beyond these two principles the Secret Service believes a detailed contingency or emergency plan is not feasible because the variations possible preclude effective planning. A number of steps are taken, however, to permit appropriate steps to be taken in an emergency. For instance, the lead car is always manned by Secret Service agents familiar with local law enforcement officials; the radio net in use in motorcades is elaborate and permits a number of different means of communication with various local points. A doctor is in the motorcade. (CE 1021, pp. 6-7 original document; pp. 709-710)
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Does anyone honestly believe that the SS actually shielded and protected the President from danger on November 22, 1963? Did one SS agent attempt to put himself between the President and danger in Dallas? Only one agent, Clint Hill, acted at all, but by the time he did JFK was effectively dead. Furthermore, since he was Jackie Kennedy’s SS agent it could be argued that he only acted because she was climbing onto the trunk of the car. Thus, his action could have been to help or stop her, and not to assist JFK.
Without a doubt if agents had been on the running boards and the rear steps JFK would have been protected much better.
Can any official narrative defender explain why SS agents could ride on the follow-up car’s running boards, but not on the Presidential limousine’s running boards? Also, can any official narrative defender explain why not one SS agent attempted to shield JFK or at least put themselves between JFK and danger? Finally, why was no SS agent standing on the rear steps when the limousine was going so slowly in Dealey Plaza?
These questions raise many concerns and again illustrate that the conclusion that the WC reached is incorrect, thus, it is sunk.
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The Warren Commission (WC) claimed that Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) assassinated President John F. Kennedy (JFK), shot and killed Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit (JDT), wounded Texas Governor John B. Connally (JBC) and attempted to kill retired General Edwin Walker. The evidence supporting these claims is absent from the WC’s twenty-six volumes of exhibits and testimony however, therefore, this has left many questions for us today. I have asked so many questions in this series already, and now it is time for another.
*****************************************
Why did the Secret Service (SS) ignore their own procedures on November 22, 1963?
In CE 1021 we find a series of questions and answers provided by the SS via its Director, James J. Rowley, to the General Counsel, J. Lee Rankin, of the WC.
On page six we find this question and answer.
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www.historymatters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh18/pages/WH_Vol18_0362a.gif
Question:
d. Had the Secret Service ever suggested to a President that agents ride at all times on the running boards or rear steps of the Presidential car? Would this have constituted an important added safety factor?
Answer :
It is not practical for agents to ride the running boards or the steps of the Presidential car at all times. As the speed of the car increases it is dangerous and difficult to stay on the car and still be effective as a screen. When the speeds are slow, considerations concerning this use of this type of screen are similar to those set out in the answer to 3(c). The indiscriminate use of a screen would provide an important added safety factor; but Presidents, including the late President Kennedy, have preferred not to be constantly ringed by agents and cut off from the public. Accordingly, screening is only when the agent in charge believes the potential danger inherent in a specific situation requires it. (CE 1021, p. 6 original document; p. 709)
www.historymatters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh18/html/WH_Vol18_0362a.htm
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The reason given for why agents should not ride the running boards or rear steps at all times might seem reasonable until you consider two things.
Firstly, in regard to the rear steps, I thought the large handles on the rear of the Presidential limousine were designed to help the agents stay on the back of the car. No one would expect them to stay on the back of the car on a highway, but the limousine never went that fast during the motorcade. After the turn onto Elm Street even the WC said it was only traveling at about 8-11 m.p.h. Furthermore, at the time of the head shot fifty-nine witnesses said that the limousine either had come to a near stop or had stopped, thus, no one was expecting them to hang on at a high speed.
Secondly, if riding the running boards wasn’t practical as the answer states, why were agents riding the running boards of the follow-up car for the whole motorcade? Who were they protecting?
These sound like contrived excuses for why their charge was not adequately protected on November 22, 1963. We also see JFK being blamed for why he was not adequately protected repeatedly as well.
It finishes with the comment that the agent in charge could override anyone, including JFK, if he felt that there was a potential threat. Given what had happened to Adlai Stevenson just a short time before, the exposed plots in Chicago and Tampa, and the number of threats that JFK received, how could he not prepare as if there could be trouble?
The next question deals with an emergency situation.
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Question:
e. What formal or informal instructions did the agents in the motorcade have regarding emergency procedures for a contingency such as that which occurred in Dallas?
Answer:
The Secret Service has consistently followed two general principles in emergencies involving the President. All agents are so instructed. The first duty of the agents in the motorcade is to attempt to cover the President as closely as possible and practicable and to shield him by attempting to place themselves between the President and the source of danger. Secondly, agents are instructed to remove the President as quickly as possible from known or impending danger. Agents are instructed that it is not their responsibility to investigate or evaluate a present danger, but to consider any untoward circumstances as serious to afford the President maximum protection at all times. No responsibility rests upon those agents near the President for the identification or arrest of an assassin or an attacker. Their primary responsibility is to stay with and protect the President.
Beyond these two principles the Secret Service believes a detailed contingency or emergency plan is not feasible because the variations possible preclude effective planning. A number of steps are taken, however, to permit appropriate steps to be taken in an emergency. For instance, the lead car is always manned by Secret Service agents familiar with local law enforcement officials; the radio net in use in motorcades is elaborate and permits a number of different means of communication with various local points. A doctor is in the motorcade. (CE 1021, pp. 6-7 original document; pp. 709-710)
www.historymatters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh18/html/WH_Vol18_0362b.htm
Quote off
Does anyone honestly believe that the SS actually shielded and protected the President from danger on November 22, 1963? Did one SS agent attempt to put himself between the President and danger in Dallas? Only one agent, Clint Hill, acted at all, but by the time he did JFK was effectively dead. Furthermore, since he was Jackie Kennedy’s SS agent it could be argued that he only acted because she was climbing onto the trunk of the car. Thus, his action could have been to help or stop her, and not to assist JFK.
Without a doubt if agents had been on the running boards and the rear steps JFK would have been protected much better.
Can any official narrative defender explain why SS agents could ride on the follow-up car’s running boards, but not on the Presidential limousine’s running boards? Also, can any official narrative defender explain why not one SS agent attempted to shield JFK or at least put themselves between JFK and danger? Finally, why was no SS agent standing on the rear steps when the limousine was going so slowly in Dealey Plaza?
These questions raise many concerns and again illustrate that the conclusion that the WC reached is incorrect, thus, it is sunk.