Post by Rob Caprio on Oct 23, 2018 9:28:37 GMT -5
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These 15 questions (there are more too) were not answered by the Warren Commission (WC) in 1964 and they have not been answered in the many years that followed. I will avoid the obvious ones where the existing evidence is highly suspect too (i.e. magic bullet, extant Z-film, Walker bullet, etc…)
(1) What was Lee Harvey Oswald’s (LHO) motive for killing President John F. Kennedy (JFK)?
This is an important part of the process in any investigation as it can show who was more likely to want that person dead. Motive is usually something like money; jealousy; passion; something to gain professionally or personally, and hatred to name some of the more common reasons.
No one has ever showed why LHO would have been motivated to kill JFK. The common reasons just don’t hold up as he could not have been killing JFK for fame as he NEVER claimed credit for one of the greatest shooting feats in history! Furthermore, if he was a Communist as the WC and others have claimed (and there is NO evidence that shows this to be correct), why would he shoot a president who was open to working with the Soviet Union, Cuba and other Communist countries and, thus, give the job to a man who would be determined to fight Communism everywhere?
(2) What weapon did LHO use IF he was the shooter?
The WC claims they had evidence linking LHO to the Texas School Book Depository (TSBD) rifle, but upon examination this does NOT hold up as the ordering evidence points to an entirely different type of rifle (36” Carbine). There is NO evidence supporting the receiving and ownership issues as the closest we can get is the Backyard (BY) photographs. These bring up many new issues like are they genuine? Is LHO in them?
Even if they are genuine, and that is a HUGE IF, so what? How does posing with a pair of guns equate to shooting the president and a police officer?
As for the actual alleged murder weapon they could not link it to LHO beyond a highly questionable palm print in the least. J.Edgar Hoover said in a memo that they could NOT find any prints (beyond the questionable palm print that was NOT there when the FBI first received the rifle) on the rifle, the shell casings or the clip that matched LHO’s. How is this possible for a man who was NOT wearing gloves?
The rifle also was never determined to have been fired the day of the assassination so this alone makes the point of it being used by LHO more easy to refute.
Finally, none of the ballistic evidence that was linked to the alleged murder weapon could be tied to either victim. How is this possible IF LHO shot them and used the weapon they claimed he used?
I don’t even want to get into the J.D. Tippit (JDT) aspect in full here, but the ballistic evidence is horrible there too. Ditto the General Edwin A.Walker (EAW) shooting.
(3) Why did LHO allegedly shoot at an extreme right-wing General AND a supposed very liberal President?
What kind of person does this beyond a hired killer? We have never been given evidence to show us LHO was a gun for hire, so this out of the equation. Why would he target these polar opposites (supposedly Richard Nixon too if we buy what Marina Oswald was saying) then? We don’t know because beyond accusing LHO of committing the acts the WC never gave us any info on why! Ditto the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA).
(4) Why did the Dallas Police Department (DPD) use a description of the JFK shooter to arrest LHO for the shooting of JDT when that went out supposedly a half-hour BEFORE the incident?
I think the sentence pretty much sums it up for us! The DPD used a description of a shooter (minus the clothes he was wearing) that matched half the men in Dallas (many more so than LHO too!) to arrest him for the shooting of a cop many miles away! How many times has this happened in the annals of police work?
(5) If LHO did the shooting as the WC and others have claimed, why is the evidence so poor in showing this?
I think the word “poor” is a compliment too considering the evidence they gave us. Why couldn’t the WC, HSCA et. al. show us evidence that left either no doubt or very little doubt in regards to LHO doing the deeds he was accused of?
(6) Why would LHO choose to use a rifle instead of using a pistol when NO one had ever used a rifle before to shoot a president?
LHO could NOT drive so why did he not choose the simplest way to shoot JFK IF that is what he wanted?
For years I have asked the question of why not shoot JFK at Love Field with a pistol? I mean this is much easier than the alleged shooting feat he had to do in Dealey Plaza (DP), isn’t it? JFK came right up to the fence and shook hands and the Secret Service (SS) could not stop someone from shooting him if that is what they wanted to do.
Why was JFK allegedly obsessed with a “high powered rifle from a high building” scenario too as he commented to several people about this in the weeks leading up to his murder? (Note: In the years since I wrote this it has become clear that JFK never said anything about a high-powered rifle being used to kill him, but instead mentioned someone taking a PISTOL out of a briefcase in a crowd and shooting him. The rifle allegation came from one of his most trusted aides and was never confirmed. This aide is also highly suspicious to me as well as I show much later in this series.)
Could it be he was hearing these same “rumors” too? How did he hear about these “rumors” if it was just LHO doing the shooting? Furthermore, how did the attempts in Chicago and Tampa (and some say Miami too as his motorcade was cancelled at the last minute) come about IF LHO was the ONLY one who wanted JFK dead as we are told?
Also, let’s use Marina’s own testimony to show this is NOT a crazy CT idea, okay?
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know where he practiced with the rifle?
Mrs. OSWALD. I don't know where. I don't know the name of the place where this took place. But I think it was somewhere out of town. It seems to me a place called Lopfield.
Mr. RANKIN. Would that be at the airport---Love Field?
Mrs. OSWALD. Love Field.
Why would LHO be practicing with a rifle at Love Field? Could it be there was a thought of shooting him here instead of DP? What went wrong? It would have been easier since JFK came to the fence and was NOT in a moving vehicle too!
For a solitary man, as the WC claimed, nothing is easier than shooting someone UP CLOSE with a pistol yet the WC never entertained the idea of why would LHO pick such a difficult scenario when he did not have to.
(7) Why would LHO choose his workplace as the location for shooting JFK?
Doesn’t this strike anyone as quite odd? I mean generally if you want to try and get away with a crime I would imagine it would help to do it where NO ONE KNOWS WHO YOU ARE! In 1963 they did NOT have the type of equipment they have now to quickly ID you and track you via GPS and other methods, so if you are unknown this greatly increases your chances of getting away with it! As for the claim of “Well he wanted to be famous” we have to go by his behavior after he was arrested! Did it strike anyone as wanting to be famous?
Also, the excuse DVP gave me years ago for not committing the crime at Love Field was that he couldn’t get his rifle there without being seen! First of all, he didn’t need “his” rifle (something I don’t think ever existed by the way) as he could have used a pistol instead and that could have easily been hidden from a cab driver (much better than a bus scenario as again it creates less people who can remember you).
Secondly, don’t you think the SAME logic applies to getting a ride from Wes Frazier and then lugging the rifle two to three blocks to the TSBD and then lugging it around until you hide it in the TSBD for later use? These were people who KNEW you too by sight and in some cases by NAME!
Also, it would seem DP was a much tougher place to get away from. At the airport he could have dropped the gun and disappeared into the crowd and then even got on a flight out of town. This sounds much more plausible than the OFFICIAL scenario to me.
When one adds in the fact LHO was NOT very good with a rifle this would seem to make this the ONLY scenario to me.
(8) Why did the folks who told LHO to go to Mexico City supposedly NOT let him visit the Cuban Consulate and the Russian Embassy?
I am firmly in the camp of LHO did not go, but if solid evidence (i.e., evidence not like what we currently have) were to emerge that showed he went I would change my mind. Like the BY photos having LHO in Mexico City does NOT mean he shot anyone, instead, it REINFORCES the notion of a conspiracy! This is why I am always disappointed in the fact NO one can show us he went for sure when THE OFFICIAL SIDE KEPT SAYING HE WAS THERE!
IF they had said he did NOT go I would expect the evidence to be suspect, but THEY WANTED LHO THERE AND IT IS STILL HIGHLY SUSPECT! In addition, it is not primary evidence in the sense it does NOT show he went by ITSELF! A visa, a letter, a FM-8, a hotel registry, a notation in LHO’s supposed notebook and some people on a bus do not show he went for sure and when these are looked at individually, they crumble like the rest of the evidence in this case.
So I ask again, IF the CIA, the WC and the HSCA wanted LHO in Mexico City when they claimed – why is there NO solid evidence showing he went? In addition, why would the people that made LHO go there NOT send him to the embassies when they were under 24 hour surveillance and they would have had proof he went?
NONE of this makes any sense to me, so based on this above data, I have to say he did NOT go. Can anyone provide things that show he did go or at least answer the question?
(9) What was the purpose of all the sightings of LHO in the weeks prior to assassination?
These obviously show a conspiracy, but of what kind? I realize they have been tied to framing LHO to the JFK murder, but could they have been for something else? IF you believe the research of Waldron and Hartman they could have been for the overthrow of Cuba and the killing of Castro. This is not a theory that can just be swept away as they do present some interesting evidence for this case and four years later one would see the same pattern used on James Earl Ray (approached by FBI who were working with Cubans to overthrow Castro).
First of all, in all cases it has been documented over the years the REAL LHO was at work or somewhere else, so we know these were NOT him! What would be the benefit to LHO if they were him? I mean if you are planning on shooting the president would you go around pretty much announcing it? Or at least drawing a ton of attention to yourself? How did he get to all of these places too? That is the argument used in the Walker incident whereby he BURIED his rifle because he couldn’t be seen with it on a bus. Well, how did he get to the shooting range with it? How did he get to “Love Field” with it if you believe Marina’s testimony? Who was driving him if you don’t believe he used a bus? Doesn’t that mean a conspiracy?
It would seem to me a man like LHO, a supposed loner, would not go around shooting his mouth off in the weeks before the biggest thing he will ever do! IF he wanted to be famous as the WC said, why would he risk all that by doing these things?
As usual, the WC and other official bodies contradict themselves yet again!
(10) Why did LHO go to a movie theater after allegedly shooting the president and a police officer?
Does this make any sense IF we believe what the WC told us? Is this the normal reaction for most people? I mean the Mexican border was not that far away and research has shown NONE of the bus, rail or air terminals were alerted or blocked off so LHO could have hopped on any of these things and gotten clean away!
Yet he instead goes to a movie theater! Why? We have NO clue as the WC only told us he was walking down the street (another dumb thing to do) when a cop car scared him into the movie theater. The thing that got him noticed supposedly was the act of NOT paying when he had the money on him! This is up there with him littering his shell casings at the TSBD and the JDT scenes (at this location it has been said he left his wallet with identification in it for good measure!)! Yet none of this “catch me if you can” behavior was shown when he was arrested as he said he was innocent and did NOT confess to anything they claimed he did!
If you don’t believe in a conspiracy, how can you explain this very odd behavior? YOU can’t so you call others who point it out all kinds of names!
(11) Why was NO APB put out on LHO after he left the TSBD?
IF he was “missing” as claimed by the WC and this was a bad thing, why was NO APB put out for him by the DPD? They did this for Charles Givins who was also missing.
Why should we believe the claim of LHO NOT being in the TSBD means he was “fleeing” when NO APB was issued for him? Does this sound like the DPD thought he was the shooter? NOT to me.
(12) Why did a man with Army Intelligence call Ilya Mamantov to translate for Marina Oswald on 11/22/63?
This is an intriguing question and here is the relevant portion of his WC testimony.
Mr. MAMANTOV. Excuse me, I was called by somebody else, a couple of minutes ahead of Lumpkin--is it important?
Mr. JENNER. I don't know--you might state what it is.
Mr. MAMANTOV. All right. I was called by Mr. Jack Chrichton, C-h-r-i-c-h-t-o-n (spelling)--I don't know how to spell his name right now, but I guess it is that, but I can find out in a day or two.
Mr. JENNER. And who is he?
Mr. MAMANTOV. He is a petroleum independent operator, and if I'm not mistaken, he is connected with the Army Reserve, Intelligence Service. And, he asked me if I would translate for the police department and then immediately Mr. Lumpkin called me.
Why was a man connected with Army Intelligence calling Mr. Mamantov to translate for Marina? Why did he feel the need to call the FBI with information after hearing LHO’s name on the radio?
Mr. JENNER. And you then came to the Dallas City Police Department, did you?
Mr. MAMANTOV. Right. However, I called FBI about half an hour before the police called me. You see, I was in the dentist's office when I heard Lee Oswald's name, and when this name appeared on the radio, I felt it is my duty to notify the FBI that I know of him and knew fairly well his background here in Dallas.
Mr. JENNER. And you so advised the FBI?
Mr. MAMANTOV. Yes.
What did he know about LHO’s “background” that would have interested the FBI?
Mr. JENNER. When you got into the room, now, whom did you see there?
Mr. MAMANTOV. When I got into the room I saw Marina, I saw Mrs Paine, whom I knew, who has been once in our house, and I have numerous telephone conversations with her in regard to her learning Russian.
What a small world it seems Dallas is when we are discussing LHO, huh? It would seem his mother-in-law and Marina had conversations quite a bit too!
Mr. JENNER. Nor with Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mr. MAMANTOV. No, sir; but Marina and my mother-in-law had telephone conversations from my home, so I knew of her quite a bit through Mrs. Paine and Mrs. Gravitis, but I never had seen her in person, but I never had talked to her before, so from that room I was taken into another small room, and after a while Mrs. Paine and Marina was brought in and she also had a baby.
Look at what Mamantov did.
Mr. JENNER. Most of these other people have the qualifications or are interested in what?
Mr. MAMANTOV. De Mohrenschildt has the same or a little bit low----
Mr. JENNER. As yours?
Mr. MAMANTOV. As mine. We are both geologists and might be called miners, and the Voshinins are the same.
The world just gets smaller and smaller, doesn’t it? So Mamantov is called by a man in Army Intelligence and he has a very similar background to George de Mohrenschildt. Was he a backup handler for LHO? I mean his mother-in-law (Dorothy Gravitis) and Marina had regular phone conversations. Why didn’t the WC find any of this suspicious? We will never know because they did NOT explore this with Mr. Mamantov.
(13) Why did SS Agent Roger Warner go to Fort Worth to question Donald Wayne House?
We don’t know as he quickly disappeared from the official record after doing this. If you go to CE-2554 (a synopsis of his actions on 11/22/63) you will see on the second page at the bottom, “Special Agent Howard stated that a SUSPECT had been captured by Ft. Worth police and that he wished me to accompany him to Fort Worth to question the suspect.” (Emphasis added) He reported this and was given permission to depart.
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The ONLY other mention of this suspect is found in CE 705 on page 380 when it states the following.
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Why are they saying they are not “sure if it is HIM or not at that time?” Doesn’t this sound like the broadcast at the library when they said they had the “wrong man?” It sure does to me. It sounds like they know WHO the suspect is already, and they are trying to match him to a person they apprehend.
Why did we NOT hear more about Donald Wayne House from the WC. Why was he stopped by the Ft. Worth police in the first place?
(14) How did Jack Ruby constantly get off with no conviction?
The WC said Jack Ruby did NOT know many cops on the DPD, but if one looks at his record you would have to disagree. Between 2/4/49 and 3/14/63 Ruby had NINE charges lodged against him but was given NO conviction.
If we go to CE 1528 you will see the nine offenses.
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Without the help of the DPD and various judges there is NO way he could have walked on all of these. Before the WC defenders get in an uproar and challenge me on this simply go to CE 1746 and see for yourself.
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On the sheet on the right side, under Walter C. Lewis, you will see in the third paragraph the following, “C. Lewis stated that he personally did not like Ruby as Ruby always attempted to be the big shot and boasted not only to him but to other people in his presence that he COULD DO ANYTHING HE WANTED in Dallas as he had enough information on the POLICE DEPARTMENT and JUDGES that he COULD NOT BE CONVICTED.” (Emphasis added)
I would think based on his arrest record this has been borne out, don’t you? What information did he have on them? Was this why they were so quick to give him a death sentence (it was being appealed at the time of his death)? To get rid of him and what he knew?
One answer may come from Harry Hall who had been at one time an informant for the SS. He told Special Agent Horn that he had had business dealings with Jack Ruby before. He was currently in prison for defrauding boxing promoter Truman Gibson out of a large sum of money.
Hall would say, “Ruby on occasion provided Hall with a bankroll and introduced him to likely victims, with Ruby taking 40% of any deal with Hall collecting 60%. RUBY’S CUT WAS BECAUSE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE INFLUENCE WITH THE POLICE, so that he would have no worry about any gambling arrest.” (Emphasis added)
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(15) Did LHO get the alias, if he ever really used it, from a fellow Marine?
On his application for employment for the William B. Reilly Coffee Company LHO listed a number of references. In a FBI report (CE 1894) you can find these.
The document we are looking at is on the right side of the page. The second character reference he lists is:
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Has anyone done any research into this person? I am curious if you have. IF not, we have to wonder if this is where the name “Hidell” came from for the rifle and pistol order that LHO allegedly made. Perhaps this Robert Hidell made the order for him? Just wondering.
We again see evidence that disputes the claims of the WC, thus, their conclusion is sunk again.
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These 15 questions (there are more too) were not answered by the Warren Commission (WC) in 1964 and they have not been answered in the many years that followed. I will avoid the obvious ones where the existing evidence is highly suspect too (i.e. magic bullet, extant Z-film, Walker bullet, etc…)
(1) What was Lee Harvey Oswald’s (LHO) motive for killing President John F. Kennedy (JFK)?
This is an important part of the process in any investigation as it can show who was more likely to want that person dead. Motive is usually something like money; jealousy; passion; something to gain professionally or personally, and hatred to name some of the more common reasons.
No one has ever showed why LHO would have been motivated to kill JFK. The common reasons just don’t hold up as he could not have been killing JFK for fame as he NEVER claimed credit for one of the greatest shooting feats in history! Furthermore, if he was a Communist as the WC and others have claimed (and there is NO evidence that shows this to be correct), why would he shoot a president who was open to working with the Soviet Union, Cuba and other Communist countries and, thus, give the job to a man who would be determined to fight Communism everywhere?
(2) What weapon did LHO use IF he was the shooter?
The WC claims they had evidence linking LHO to the Texas School Book Depository (TSBD) rifle, but upon examination this does NOT hold up as the ordering evidence points to an entirely different type of rifle (36” Carbine). There is NO evidence supporting the receiving and ownership issues as the closest we can get is the Backyard (BY) photographs. These bring up many new issues like are they genuine? Is LHO in them?
Even if they are genuine, and that is a HUGE IF, so what? How does posing with a pair of guns equate to shooting the president and a police officer?
As for the actual alleged murder weapon they could not link it to LHO beyond a highly questionable palm print in the least. J.Edgar Hoover said in a memo that they could NOT find any prints (beyond the questionable palm print that was NOT there when the FBI first received the rifle) on the rifle, the shell casings or the clip that matched LHO’s. How is this possible for a man who was NOT wearing gloves?
The rifle also was never determined to have been fired the day of the assassination so this alone makes the point of it being used by LHO more easy to refute.
Finally, none of the ballistic evidence that was linked to the alleged murder weapon could be tied to either victim. How is this possible IF LHO shot them and used the weapon they claimed he used?
I don’t even want to get into the J.D. Tippit (JDT) aspect in full here, but the ballistic evidence is horrible there too. Ditto the General Edwin A.Walker (EAW) shooting.
(3) Why did LHO allegedly shoot at an extreme right-wing General AND a supposed very liberal President?
What kind of person does this beyond a hired killer? We have never been given evidence to show us LHO was a gun for hire, so this out of the equation. Why would he target these polar opposites (supposedly Richard Nixon too if we buy what Marina Oswald was saying) then? We don’t know because beyond accusing LHO of committing the acts the WC never gave us any info on why! Ditto the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA).
(4) Why did the Dallas Police Department (DPD) use a description of the JFK shooter to arrest LHO for the shooting of JDT when that went out supposedly a half-hour BEFORE the incident?
I think the sentence pretty much sums it up for us! The DPD used a description of a shooter (minus the clothes he was wearing) that matched half the men in Dallas (many more so than LHO too!) to arrest him for the shooting of a cop many miles away! How many times has this happened in the annals of police work?
(5) If LHO did the shooting as the WC and others have claimed, why is the evidence so poor in showing this?
I think the word “poor” is a compliment too considering the evidence they gave us. Why couldn’t the WC, HSCA et. al. show us evidence that left either no doubt or very little doubt in regards to LHO doing the deeds he was accused of?
(6) Why would LHO choose to use a rifle instead of using a pistol when NO one had ever used a rifle before to shoot a president?
LHO could NOT drive so why did he not choose the simplest way to shoot JFK IF that is what he wanted?
For years I have asked the question of why not shoot JFK at Love Field with a pistol? I mean this is much easier than the alleged shooting feat he had to do in Dealey Plaza (DP), isn’t it? JFK came right up to the fence and shook hands and the Secret Service (SS) could not stop someone from shooting him if that is what they wanted to do.
Why was JFK allegedly obsessed with a “high powered rifle from a high building” scenario too as he commented to several people about this in the weeks leading up to his murder? (Note: In the years since I wrote this it has become clear that JFK never said anything about a high-powered rifle being used to kill him, but instead mentioned someone taking a PISTOL out of a briefcase in a crowd and shooting him. The rifle allegation came from one of his most trusted aides and was never confirmed. This aide is also highly suspicious to me as well as I show much later in this series.)
Could it be he was hearing these same “rumors” too? How did he hear about these “rumors” if it was just LHO doing the shooting? Furthermore, how did the attempts in Chicago and Tampa (and some say Miami too as his motorcade was cancelled at the last minute) come about IF LHO was the ONLY one who wanted JFK dead as we are told?
Also, let’s use Marina’s own testimony to show this is NOT a crazy CT idea, okay?
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know where he practiced with the rifle?
Mrs. OSWALD. I don't know where. I don't know the name of the place where this took place. But I think it was somewhere out of town. It seems to me a place called Lopfield.
Mr. RANKIN. Would that be at the airport---Love Field?
Mrs. OSWALD. Love Field.
Why would LHO be practicing with a rifle at Love Field? Could it be there was a thought of shooting him here instead of DP? What went wrong? It would have been easier since JFK came to the fence and was NOT in a moving vehicle too!
For a solitary man, as the WC claimed, nothing is easier than shooting someone UP CLOSE with a pistol yet the WC never entertained the idea of why would LHO pick such a difficult scenario when he did not have to.
(7) Why would LHO choose his workplace as the location for shooting JFK?
Doesn’t this strike anyone as quite odd? I mean generally if you want to try and get away with a crime I would imagine it would help to do it where NO ONE KNOWS WHO YOU ARE! In 1963 they did NOT have the type of equipment they have now to quickly ID you and track you via GPS and other methods, so if you are unknown this greatly increases your chances of getting away with it! As for the claim of “Well he wanted to be famous” we have to go by his behavior after he was arrested! Did it strike anyone as wanting to be famous?
Also, the excuse DVP gave me years ago for not committing the crime at Love Field was that he couldn’t get his rifle there without being seen! First of all, he didn’t need “his” rifle (something I don’t think ever existed by the way) as he could have used a pistol instead and that could have easily been hidden from a cab driver (much better than a bus scenario as again it creates less people who can remember you).
Secondly, don’t you think the SAME logic applies to getting a ride from Wes Frazier and then lugging the rifle two to three blocks to the TSBD and then lugging it around until you hide it in the TSBD for later use? These were people who KNEW you too by sight and in some cases by NAME!
Also, it would seem DP was a much tougher place to get away from. At the airport he could have dropped the gun and disappeared into the crowd and then even got on a flight out of town. This sounds much more plausible than the OFFICIAL scenario to me.
When one adds in the fact LHO was NOT very good with a rifle this would seem to make this the ONLY scenario to me.
(8) Why did the folks who told LHO to go to Mexico City supposedly NOT let him visit the Cuban Consulate and the Russian Embassy?
I am firmly in the camp of LHO did not go, but if solid evidence (i.e., evidence not like what we currently have) were to emerge that showed he went I would change my mind. Like the BY photos having LHO in Mexico City does NOT mean he shot anyone, instead, it REINFORCES the notion of a conspiracy! This is why I am always disappointed in the fact NO one can show us he went for sure when THE OFFICIAL SIDE KEPT SAYING HE WAS THERE!
IF they had said he did NOT go I would expect the evidence to be suspect, but THEY WANTED LHO THERE AND IT IS STILL HIGHLY SUSPECT! In addition, it is not primary evidence in the sense it does NOT show he went by ITSELF! A visa, a letter, a FM-8, a hotel registry, a notation in LHO’s supposed notebook and some people on a bus do not show he went for sure and when these are looked at individually, they crumble like the rest of the evidence in this case.
So I ask again, IF the CIA, the WC and the HSCA wanted LHO in Mexico City when they claimed – why is there NO solid evidence showing he went? In addition, why would the people that made LHO go there NOT send him to the embassies when they were under 24 hour surveillance and they would have had proof he went?
NONE of this makes any sense to me, so based on this above data, I have to say he did NOT go. Can anyone provide things that show he did go or at least answer the question?
(9) What was the purpose of all the sightings of LHO in the weeks prior to assassination?
These obviously show a conspiracy, but of what kind? I realize they have been tied to framing LHO to the JFK murder, but could they have been for something else? IF you believe the research of Waldron and Hartman they could have been for the overthrow of Cuba and the killing of Castro. This is not a theory that can just be swept away as they do present some interesting evidence for this case and four years later one would see the same pattern used on James Earl Ray (approached by FBI who were working with Cubans to overthrow Castro).
First of all, in all cases it has been documented over the years the REAL LHO was at work or somewhere else, so we know these were NOT him! What would be the benefit to LHO if they were him? I mean if you are planning on shooting the president would you go around pretty much announcing it? Or at least drawing a ton of attention to yourself? How did he get to all of these places too? That is the argument used in the Walker incident whereby he BURIED his rifle because he couldn’t be seen with it on a bus. Well, how did he get to the shooting range with it? How did he get to “Love Field” with it if you believe Marina’s testimony? Who was driving him if you don’t believe he used a bus? Doesn’t that mean a conspiracy?
It would seem to me a man like LHO, a supposed loner, would not go around shooting his mouth off in the weeks before the biggest thing he will ever do! IF he wanted to be famous as the WC said, why would he risk all that by doing these things?
As usual, the WC and other official bodies contradict themselves yet again!
(10) Why did LHO go to a movie theater after allegedly shooting the president and a police officer?
Does this make any sense IF we believe what the WC told us? Is this the normal reaction for most people? I mean the Mexican border was not that far away and research has shown NONE of the bus, rail or air terminals were alerted or blocked off so LHO could have hopped on any of these things and gotten clean away!
Yet he instead goes to a movie theater! Why? We have NO clue as the WC only told us he was walking down the street (another dumb thing to do) when a cop car scared him into the movie theater. The thing that got him noticed supposedly was the act of NOT paying when he had the money on him! This is up there with him littering his shell casings at the TSBD and the JDT scenes (at this location it has been said he left his wallet with identification in it for good measure!)! Yet none of this “catch me if you can” behavior was shown when he was arrested as he said he was innocent and did NOT confess to anything they claimed he did!
If you don’t believe in a conspiracy, how can you explain this very odd behavior? YOU can’t so you call others who point it out all kinds of names!
(11) Why was NO APB put out on LHO after he left the TSBD?
IF he was “missing” as claimed by the WC and this was a bad thing, why was NO APB put out for him by the DPD? They did this for Charles Givins who was also missing.
Why should we believe the claim of LHO NOT being in the TSBD means he was “fleeing” when NO APB was issued for him? Does this sound like the DPD thought he was the shooter? NOT to me.
(12) Why did a man with Army Intelligence call Ilya Mamantov to translate for Marina Oswald on 11/22/63?
This is an intriguing question and here is the relevant portion of his WC testimony.
Mr. MAMANTOV. Excuse me, I was called by somebody else, a couple of minutes ahead of Lumpkin--is it important?
Mr. JENNER. I don't know--you might state what it is.
Mr. MAMANTOV. All right. I was called by Mr. Jack Chrichton, C-h-r-i-c-h-t-o-n (spelling)--I don't know how to spell his name right now, but I guess it is that, but I can find out in a day or two.
Mr. JENNER. And who is he?
Mr. MAMANTOV. He is a petroleum independent operator, and if I'm not mistaken, he is connected with the Army Reserve, Intelligence Service. And, he asked me if I would translate for the police department and then immediately Mr. Lumpkin called me.
Why was a man connected with Army Intelligence calling Mr. Mamantov to translate for Marina? Why did he feel the need to call the FBI with information after hearing LHO’s name on the radio?
Mr. JENNER. And you then came to the Dallas City Police Department, did you?
Mr. MAMANTOV. Right. However, I called FBI about half an hour before the police called me. You see, I was in the dentist's office when I heard Lee Oswald's name, and when this name appeared on the radio, I felt it is my duty to notify the FBI that I know of him and knew fairly well his background here in Dallas.
Mr. JENNER. And you so advised the FBI?
Mr. MAMANTOV. Yes.
What did he know about LHO’s “background” that would have interested the FBI?
Mr. JENNER. When you got into the room, now, whom did you see there?
Mr. MAMANTOV. When I got into the room I saw Marina, I saw Mrs Paine, whom I knew, who has been once in our house, and I have numerous telephone conversations with her in regard to her learning Russian.
What a small world it seems Dallas is when we are discussing LHO, huh? It would seem his mother-in-law and Marina had conversations quite a bit too!
Mr. JENNER. Nor with Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mr. MAMANTOV. No, sir; but Marina and my mother-in-law had telephone conversations from my home, so I knew of her quite a bit through Mrs. Paine and Mrs. Gravitis, but I never had seen her in person, but I never had talked to her before, so from that room I was taken into another small room, and after a while Mrs. Paine and Marina was brought in and she also had a baby.
Look at what Mamantov did.
Mr. JENNER. Most of these other people have the qualifications or are interested in what?
Mr. MAMANTOV. De Mohrenschildt has the same or a little bit low----
Mr. JENNER. As yours?
Mr. MAMANTOV. As mine. We are both geologists and might be called miners, and the Voshinins are the same.
The world just gets smaller and smaller, doesn’t it? So Mamantov is called by a man in Army Intelligence and he has a very similar background to George de Mohrenschildt. Was he a backup handler for LHO? I mean his mother-in-law (Dorothy Gravitis) and Marina had regular phone conversations. Why didn’t the WC find any of this suspicious? We will never know because they did NOT explore this with Mr. Mamantov.
(13) Why did SS Agent Roger Warner go to Fort Worth to question Donald Wayne House?
We don’t know as he quickly disappeared from the official record after doing this. If you go to CE-2554 (a synopsis of his actions on 11/22/63) you will see on the second page at the bottom, “Special Agent Howard stated that a SUSPECT had been captured by Ft. Worth police and that he wished me to accompany him to Fort Worth to question the suspect.” (Emphasis added) He reported this and was given permission to depart.
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The ONLY other mention of this suspect is found in CE 705 on page 380 when it states the following.
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44 – DD 4857. Subject in green and white Ford 1957, apprehended in Ft. Worth. Not sure at this time whether or not him, but was apprehended in Tarrant County. (CE 705, p. 380)
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Why are they saying they are not “sure if it is HIM or not at that time?” Doesn’t this sound like the broadcast at the library when they said they had the “wrong man?” It sure does to me. It sounds like they know WHO the suspect is already, and they are trying to match him to a person they apprehend.
Why did we NOT hear more about Donald Wayne House from the WC. Why was he stopped by the Ft. Worth police in the first place?
(14) How did Jack Ruby constantly get off with no conviction?
The WC said Jack Ruby did NOT know many cops on the DPD, but if one looks at his record you would have to disagree. Between 2/4/49 and 3/14/63 Ruby had NINE charges lodged against him but was given NO conviction.
If we go to CE 1528 you will see the nine offenses.
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Without the help of the DPD and various judges there is NO way he could have walked on all of these. Before the WC defenders get in an uproar and challenge me on this simply go to CE 1746 and see for yourself.
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On the sheet on the right side, under Walter C. Lewis, you will see in the third paragraph the following, “C. Lewis stated that he personally did not like Ruby as Ruby always attempted to be the big shot and boasted not only to him but to other people in his presence that he COULD DO ANYTHING HE WANTED in Dallas as he had enough information on the POLICE DEPARTMENT and JUDGES that he COULD NOT BE CONVICTED.” (Emphasis added)
I would think based on his arrest record this has been borne out, don’t you? What information did he have on them? Was this why they were so quick to give him a death sentence (it was being appealed at the time of his death)? To get rid of him and what he knew?
One answer may come from Harry Hall who had been at one time an informant for the SS. He told Special Agent Horn that he had had business dealings with Jack Ruby before. He was currently in prison for defrauding boxing promoter Truman Gibson out of a large sum of money.
Hall would say, “Ruby on occasion provided Hall with a bankroll and introduced him to likely victims, with Ruby taking 40% of any deal with Hall collecting 60%. RUBY’S CUT WAS BECAUSE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE INFLUENCE WITH THE POLICE, so that he would have no worry about any gambling arrest.” (Emphasis added)
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(15) Did LHO get the alias, if he ever really used it, from a fellow Marine?
On his application for employment for the William B. Reilly Coffee Company LHO listed a number of references. In a FBI report (CE 1894) you can find these.
The document we are looking at is on the right side of the page. The second character reference he lists is:
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Sgt. Robert Hidell, Active Duty, U.S.M.C. (CE 1894, p. 696)
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Has anyone done any research into this person? I am curious if you have. IF not, we have to wonder if this is where the name “Hidell” came from for the rifle and pistol order that LHO allegedly made. Perhaps this Robert Hidell made the order for him? Just wondering.
We again see evidence that disputes the claims of the WC, thus, their conclusion is sunk again.