Tony Rose

Could have been a transistor radio. Or something more nefarious made to look like a transistor radio.

I think you've got them flipped. Johnson/Connally vs Yarborough.

Past Nazi affiliations never seemed to bother the CIA.

The Dorman film is from the 4th floor, right?

Absolutely. Read Secret Agenda.

Ya'll are missing an element in your timelines. What Johnson finally went with was just what Alsop proposed: a group of heavyweights who were going to put a stamp of approval on the FBI's report. It was the staff attorneys who realized that they would have to do some investigating of their own to make up for inadequacies in the FBI verson. They also -- I'm theorizing -- thought it would be good for their burgeoning careers.

Johnson was AT MOST one connection away from killers he could direct.

"he screamed I'm just a patsy, as he was shoved into an elevator" Your words. "Scream" generally results from pain or fear, with a connotation of hysteria. "Yell" additionally be from surprise or enthusiasm. As said, some might see this a picking nits, but I would not qualify Oswald as hysterical, but insistent.

The first makes sense. The last, the use of flashbulb, I agree with, but this is unlikely to be caused by the flash.

Stalin supported communists all over the world. And we supported their opponents. This is one of the strands in our support of fascists, reactionaries, and dictators of all stripes.

This may seem like nitpicking, but Oswald didn't scream anything. He raised his voice. "Screamed" carries a helluva lot of connotations that are not present in "in a loud voice." Precision in language would be the savior of out grand investigation if we all engaged in it, instead of e-screaming.

Photo analysis is the most intriguing and worst documented aspect of the case. And people get so het up about it. Now, somebody tell me why that open container has light on the side opposite the window?

It was Jackie who insisted on wearing the blooding clothes. "I want them to see what they've done." And, LBJ was more than capable of lying by telling multiple stories about events, as it please him.

A tremedous amount of valuable work, Robert. Thank you. I hope it stiumlates a lot more work from others, as well.

Is that sarcasm?