B. A. Copeland

Well typically, Doug's shows has an intro song > sponsor message > podcast > a break/interim song > podcast > outro song type format. Its not so bad and honestly you can skip. I would encourage you to check out his podcasts as they are quite good and certainly worth listening to even if there were undesirable audio bits. The good far outweighs any bad someone might find whilst listening. One things for sure, I don't think anyone can walk away from his shows thinking it was horrible in content. His guests are also pretty learned in the case (Akhtar, Hancock, Boylan, Simpich, Clark, Brown, Kamp, Rubenstein, et.al) As for the subject, I personally will not conclude that we see Lansdale in Dealey. I'm open but even Krulak believing it is him doesn't prove it as such. Its possible but nothing concrete as of yet. Has anyone ever asked Lansdale about the famous photo when he was living?

I think we've got to seriously consider the power of the media in relation to the decline. In an ideally democratic society, the media would, I imagine, assist in keeping this subject relevant due to its very nature and significance in history. Of course I don't believe that the U.S has had a (generally) honest media for a very long time....and I believe that we see the opposite due to....well, I don't wish to get into how or why but I think there are tragic clues we find when digging into this case that the media, its sponsors/supporters, etc, do not want this case solved with integrity and honesty. I would even go so far as to opine that the U.S Congress itself does not want the case solved. If the JFK murder was a cancerous tumor found on the heart of the republic, there are no doctors that wish to operate and for those that are willing, they are shoved aside, threatened or somehow silenced...its sad, annoying and frustrating. Michael Swanson had an absolutely awesome thought on this very subject himself. He likened the case to the relevance of the Civil War (or WW1, cannot remember) of our day.....and how we should do what we can to prevent it.

It is absolutely reasonable to conclude that LHO did not shoot anyone that day when the evidence is considered today. I would love for the case to go to court officially and Mexico City comes up where someone clearly impersonated LHO on the telephone, not to mention clarifying the Odio incident...We also have the late SR/CI Chief Pete Bagley stating to Blunt that LHO had to be a witting asset. Do I dare mention Westbrook and his very suspicious role within the DPD (among notable others?) These are whats called game changers, powerful counterpoints to the historical narrative we've been given officially. As a result, we must rethink what we think we know about LHO or the assassination narrative as a whole.

Also Jim, these days some browsers come with plugins that allow you to manage privacy as well, etc.

Thats huge Larry. Thanks. I couldn't agree more David. I believe that is definitely they key to a strong research community. I don't and cannot know it all, so I welcome error in my own thinking and research, study, etc, as well as welcome the study, thinking and opinions of others.

Well Doug Campbell had a very interesting audio on Nagell recently. I think its definitely worth considering before we wholesale dismiss Nagell. Perhaps there is something there with him, perhaps not. https://www.spreaker.com/user/7338953/144-december-14-2018-a-cabinet-of-curios Essentially the bit on Nagell is "about the strange tale of Richard Case Nagell and an Army Intelligence Agent murdered in Japan", which I've never heard before but I believe this was from the recent file release.

Again Rich, we should deal with what Dunne presented and be cautious of those claims. I'm open that Lee did it but Dunne presented a good evidence-based argument against those popular LHO abuse claims as well is all I'm saying.

I hear ya lol. I'd also like to point out and as I believe you mentioned in Doug Campbell's wonderful podcast w/Boylan, that you're pleased to have a work that you can just keep updating, fleshing out, etc. This is exactly what Simpich expressed concerning State Secret. You sort of lay out a template, you research, and you then update accordingly. Its just great and I'll devour every revision to the paper in full. I have always, always felt Wheaton has been one of the lesser focus of researchers perhaps because he doesn't mention the "sensational" bits (if you will) powerfully similar to John Martino. Please keep up the great work.

But Jim, what if the info is just too vast and 6 (or even more) are needed? I mean at least its Newman and at any rate, its just more to learn about the case from his research. i guess what i'm saying is that, once you've invested in learning the truth, does it matter how many volumes? (no sarcasm intended of course!). You're the expert compared to myself but I was curious about your perspective.

That is deeply fascinating Steve, thank you.

Larry I've been devouring your (and David's) report as presented at lancer and all I can say is wow....thank you. Its been great reading and re-reading.

Now with those fascinating bullet points Jim, if we could narrow down the focus to what Morales/Harvey/AMOTS (basically JM/WAVE/FBI, etc) were specifically up to down there we’ll have an even clearer picture. I also listened to your BlackOpRadio audio. Good listening as always. You and Len actually have me laughing out loud sometimes while out and about.

I’ve seen it stated here a couple times that LHO may have treated Marina badly (physical abuse, etc) whereas Robert Charles Dunne gave a very good (seemingly, in my mind anyway) defense against the popular claim that LHO abused Marina. I’d encourage anyone to take a look and analyze it for yourselves. I’m cautious to call LHO “abusive”, etc. K&K (kennedysandking) reproduced the post found here at the EF: https://kennedysandking.com/john-f-kennedy-articles/was-oswald-a-serial-wife-batterer Its a great (and pretty funny to me) yet powerful analysis of the abuse claims.

So then...could her marriage to Porter be considered almost a Counterintelligence play to some extent? Speculative reasoning but I couldn’t help but wonder given that amazing blog post (thanks Steve!)

I would even add that very powerful yet subtle (and very clear) foretelling of the strong dislike and eventual dealing with of RFK by that Cuban mechanic at Red Bird with January...and to think that Boylan/Hancock wonder if that mechanic has a deep anti-Castro history. Just a chilling and amazing event.

Thanks Jim.

I understand and thanks for the clarification mate.

Well said Jim. I'm curious, is there absolutely any way I can view or listen to that seminar Dr Aguilar gave? I would love to if possible. Thanks for all you do.

Well in direct response to your opening post: I can certainly buy that Hoover may have been directed (even though, in my own understanding, I don't see direct evidence for it, I can definitely believe he was directed or intimidated, etc) but that a conspiracy would originate from Hoover? I see many other suspects that the conspiracy would've had to originate from is all I meant.

It’s been proven (moreso than its negation) that LHO was impersonated on the phone and that is evidence that *must* be dealt with and understood. David Josephs and countless other competent researchers believes the FBI when they said “that wasn’t Oswald’s voice on the phone” do you?

Well, Danny with all due respect, logic may suggest it, but the gathered best evidence and research doesn’t seem to.

Larry do you think that such a move by Jim makes him somewhat complicit? That is pretty sly of him to do that, especially when you're telling a guy like Harvey. I have always thought about (or wondered) Tracy Barnes because he is so involved with the agency at that time yet hardly ever talked about as far as I am aware.

Thanks an absolute ton Paul. Not so sure why I am urged to pick up an entire book for 1-2 footnotes and source of a powerful claim. Paz says that Metta has even a different source which would be pretty incredible if it checks out as I mentioned earlier. While the book may be worth its weight in gold (I don't know) I'd like to check it out someday but for now, I am digging deep in other research. The CMC/Italian angle is certainly relevant for sure, no doubting that.

I swear....EVERYONE gets debriefed except for a genuine REDEFECTOR....the kind of asset Angleton cherished almost more than anything else lol...interesting person for sure. I just find it impossible to believe LHO was never debriefed. He would’ve been *prime* debrief ‘material’.

Ahhh interesting and thanks as always for the info. That late summer/early fall '63 connection is potentially huge...