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  1. Jon G. Tidd
    My take on Nagell, based on what I've read, based on my education and training as an army intelligence officer, is that Nagell was a disturbed individual. He behaved erratically. Yes, he was persecuted. That's the way the system worked back then. To argue he was a truth-teller is to maintain he told the truth. What proof is there that he told the truth?
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    Paul, I know little about Walker. I defer to your factual knowledge of him. I do know something about army life, doctrine, and training. When Walker was serving, the U.S. Army had three combat branches: armor, artillery, and infantry. I understand that Walker was an artillery-branch officer before he became a general officer. General officers as such belong to no branch. It's fair to say most general officers have a combat-arms background. It's also fair to that when Walker was serving, West Point graduates dominated the ranks of general officers. I know something about West Point education. The basic education always has been in engineering. Physical training has been a big part of the education, as has been military history. West Point never has trained its cadets in political assassination. Period. Neither has the Army War College, which trains mid-level army officers. To a large extent, army officers receive on-the-job training. Guaranteed there never has been OJT for political assassinations. Finally, Paul, when Walker took the oath as a second lieutenant, he swore to protect and defend the U.S. Constitution. No army officer worth his or her weight has ever taken that oath lightly. That oath, binding for life, would not have barred Walker from protesting at Ole Miss. It would have barred him from harming JFK.
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    Lance, are you a lawyer admitted to a state bar?
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    Jim Di, I don't know about you, but I'd agree with DVP or Lance or anyone else if I saw documents to back up their claims. The strength of the LN crowd lies in government and other public documents. The strength of the CT crowd lies in government and other public documents.
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    Martin, I believe each individual counts as much as the next, except as to cattle-class airplane seating. So, a 400-pound musician counts as much as a 105-pound musician. In the law that is, Perhaps the 400-pound musician is a far better cellist than the 105-pound musician. Or vice versa. On this forum, I believe, we don't take gender or size into account, unless necessary. Although I suspect Kathleen Collins is taking size into account in another diary thread.
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    FWIW, I've never believed Oswald abused Marina physically. It's easy for me believe they argued; all married couples argue. Nonetheless beating and even raping one's wife was pretty much the norm in this country into at least the 1980s. Certainly it was the norm in the early 1960s. This was an easy card for the WC to play. Real easy.
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    Bank stamps have been discussed at length elsewhere in this forum. Whatever Wilmouth said or didn't say about bank stamps is immaterial.
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    Kathy, I've read elsewhere the argument that Tippet's body was substituted for JFK's. Because I put nothing past the plotters, I believe there is substance to the argument. It's difficult for me to believe Humes, Boswell, and Finck worked on Tippet's not JFK's remains. But I put nothing past those three. It's easy for me to believe all autopsy photos and x-rays are fabrications.
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    Thanks, Paul. I do have two other questions. 2. What did Ruth think of Marina's husband before the assassination? 3. Did Ruth talk with Michael by telephone on 11/23 or 11/22 about who killed JFK? Many thanks to you and Ruth.
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    Paul Trejo, You have talked with Ruth Paine recently? Today is February 22, 2016. Paul, may I ask Ruth three questions. The questions are: 1. Did Ruth take the pictures of June in New Orleans? End of questions.
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    If Paul Trejo is correct that Edwin Walker masterminded JFK's assassination, the assassination today means very little if anything. Who would care today if JFK was taken out at the direction of Edwin Walker? But the cover-up would matter. In fact, no matter who had JFK killed, his murder all by itself doesn't mean much today, UNLESS some culpable party is still kicking around, which I believe is possible. Truth is, no one here in the CT camp appears to care much who pulled the triggers. They were the murderers. Their commanders and associates were accomplices -- call them co-conspirators. But all of 'em surely are dead now; well, almost surely. I find Harry Holmes, an immediate cover-up operator, much more interesting than DAP, JJ Angleton, Richard Helms, LBJ, Carlos Marcello, David Ferrie, Guy Bannister, Edwin Walker, et al. Even LBJ stayed his hand, pretty much, from the cover-up. I find John Armstrong's recent piece on the Rifle far more interesting than anything pertaining to pre-assassination shenanigans. Armstrong deals with verifiable facts. He injects his opinions but provides a basis for his opinions. Almost end of incoherent rant. Almost end, because no one here can prove Paul Trejo wrong. But that misses the point. The issue today is not who had JFK killed. The issue today is why was there a cover-up and why does the cover-up continue?
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    Let's take "most." Most here (all musicians) means more than half; let's call most 50.1%. Accordingly, 99% of most = 0.99 x 0.501. Which is .496, or 49.6%. So, the fact that 99% of most musicians aren't geniuses means, at the very least, 49.6% of all musicians aren't geniuses. Which means, at the very most, 50.4% of all musicians are geniuses. It's rather profound.
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    DVP, I want to believe you are honest. I know about advocates. You are an advocate. Based on what you see, and I mean see clearly, do you believe beyond a reasonable doubt LHO killed JFK? If so, why?
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    The DPD handling of Oswald and his possession was remarkably sloppy, IMO. Does anyone here know how capable the DPD was at the time in the handling of criminal suspects and their possessions? In other words, as one looks back on the DPD's handling of Oswald, does one view the handling of Oswald and his possessions as usual, or as unusual?
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    John Armstrong does a masterful job, IMO, of poking holes in the U.S. Government's story about Oswald's buying the rifle. So much so, based on documents not mere opinions, that he undermines the entire U.S. Government version of the assassination. Think about it. Armstrong argues convincingly that the FBI fabricated various reports. Furthermore, the facts that the FBI "lost" the Klein's microfilm and the PMO defy belief. How can anyone here any longer subscribe to "cover-up lite", the notion that there was only some cover up, perhaps harmless cover-up? There was whole-scale cover-up.
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    Does anyone here know the size, location, and cause of JFK's wounds?
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    Paul Trejo, When I was in the army, I served under various field-grade Military Intelligence officers, including one who was promoted to Brigadier General. I got to know some of them fairly well as human beings. These were men deeply schooled, deeply experienced, in a broad array of intelligence matters. Several of them were West Point graduates. All were war veterans. None of these individuals, not one, had any training or experience in carrying out political assassinations. Sure, they were savvy in military history, doctrine, training, weapons, and other topics. But army never taught them how to carry out assassination of an American president or any other kind of political assassination. If these men knew nothing about high-level political assassination, how would Edwin Walker? You can convince me I'm wrong about Walker by documenting his training and experience specifically in high-level political assassination. Simply arguing that he was a two-star general who had combat experience signifies nothing; those guys were and are a dime a dozen.
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    DVP, the sore head came later, when my daughter began treating me as an ATM machine.
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    Great article, Jim. Do you know anything about Jeff Bezos's view of the JFK case?
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    This thread reminds me of whack-a-mole. At the beginning, the mole is hidden. Jim Hargrove begins the game. The mole appears. Whack! But the mole then pops up again. My daughter as a child routinely won this wonderful game at carnivals.
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    Pat, If I were an assassination planner, I'd want four things: [a] multiple wounds, wounds that defied precise description, [c] certainty of death, and [d] a designated patsy onto which the government, the media, and the public would latch. If you disagree with this view, please tell why. Thanks.
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    Jim, Everyone here has consented to be in the public arena. The stuff anyone posts here is non-copyright material unless so designated. No one who posts here can maintain a libel action against one who falsely portrays what was posted unless the false portrayal was made with knowledge of the falsity or reckless disregard of the falsity. In any event, it sounds to me that DVP is preaching to the choir. Which is OK.
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    Paul Trejo, You're arguing that Walker had training and experience as a warrior. A warrior has one skill set. A professional assassin or assassination planner has another skill set. The skill sets have little overlap. The warrior seeks to kill any number of armed opponents and doesn't worry about offending sensibilities, necessarily. The warrior may be skilled at large- or small-scale killing. Curtis LeMay vs. Carlos Hathcock. The high-level political assassin has one target, who is unarmed. The assassin works in the political arena. The warrior acts in the military arena. I can go on, but I expect you get the point.
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    Scott, Thanks. I wish I knew about dyslexia.
  25. Jon G. Tidd
    Scott, I know persons, creative and successful individuals, who rub many the wrong way. Why? Because they are dyslexic.
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