Alistair Briggs

Ah good stuff. I think I had previously read somewhere on this forum you were in Liverpool... I must say my knowledge of Slovakia isn't too much; there was a Slovakian footballer, Vladimir Weiss, who played for the team I support, Glasgow Rangers, a few years ago. And I know thier team Captain, Martin Skrtel, played for Liverpool. Small world then. lol I digress. lol I'm always happy to throw out a personal opinion on something. Whether we agree or disagree on anything that's ok... my inbox is always open if you have any questions. Regards

I understand. Hopefully there may be someone out there who could act as a 'sounding board' privately and help you gather the proof you need. P.S. if you don't mind me asking, what country do you orginiate from? (I'm just being a bit nosey. lol) Regards

My opinion? FWIW... if the question is of Frazier's credibility, and it's raised because of a 'discrepancy' between what he said to the WC compared to what he has more recently said, I would personally have to consider what difference it makes, and also the context in which it was said. In terms of the 'discrepancy' I don't see any issue with it at all... he 'added' details later on... perhaps he was embellishing things, perhaps he just felt more comfortable in later years to 'reveal' what he had seen... perhaps at the time of the WC he didn't feel like saying it for whatever reason... I don't know... I just don't see it being an issue... and I don't think it, in and of itself calls in to question Frazier's credibility. *A neutral may well ask why is it so important to call Frazier's credibility in to question? Perhaps to offer up a response to that one should consider something that Frazier has always been consistent about (apart from the 'length' of the package. ) First, from his WC testimony; From his Clay Shaw trial testimony; From his 2002 interview; From his 2013 interview; Frazier has always been consistent on that point then that before, during and after the shots Sarah Stanton was standing near him. ... On page 54 of this thread, Andrej, you and I had a bit of discourse around this subject. at the end of which I stated: " in the 'photographic' evidence where is Sanders and Stanton? If they are to be ruled out then it must be shown where they are.". Your response was 53 years already passed and somehow no one saw them, my counter response to that was the somewhat 'jocular' " Maybe just maybe at least one of them has been 'hidden' in plain view all these years... maybe. " There is only a finite amount of space on the steps to accommodate all the people who said they were there... we have 3 different images (Altgens 6, Weigman Frame, Darnell frame) that shows some of the people some of the time... surely those can be used to place the known ones in the known places, then surely it is about 'filling in the gaps'... it's only a finite space after all... If I had the 'techincal abilities' I would have a go a it... perhaps Andrej you may be able to help me out? Regards I think I will take this opportunity to respond to Mr Doyle's protestation's First, yes I had noticed that " Stancak never answered your last post to him" whether a person responds to another persons post or not, well, that's surely their right, no? Secondly, " people who mock instead of acknowledging good evidence " yeah what an annoyance that is... spoiled somewhat by your continuing 'mocking' of people alas. Thirdly, and this is my favourite, you said, and I quote: " Frazier's 2013 statement, however, offers some very specific orienting detail that makes it the much more meaningful reference to Sarah Stanton's location. What do Alistair Briggs and Bart Kamp do? They totally ignore it while they ask people to take them seriously as Prayer Man analysts. " I genuinely lolled at that. Anyone who has read my posts on this would know that I haven't 'totally ignored' it, in fact I have gone as far as to highlight it on more than one occassion... I can also say categorically that I have never asked anyone to take me 'seriously' as 'Prayer Man' analysts - and my posts show that... Anyway, lastly, when you said, and I quote: "I don't know who this asshole Alistair Briggs is but while mocking me he ignores the entire intelligent argument I'm making while pretending to be a serious debater.". Nope, I have not ignored the entire 'inelligent' argument you are making, and nope not pretending to be a 'serious debater' either - I stand by my comment (said somewhat flippantly) earlier of you 'protesting too much'. Thank you kindly for validating it; your 'intelligent argument' rebuttal of calling me an 'asshole' did the trick... lol Peace.

From a linguistic perspective pronounciation of words is quite interesting (to me anyway. lol)... ... as I mentioned earlier, some of the Russians would say he was called Alik, others Alek, that to me sounds like the I and E sound are the same... indeen with Marina's name the I has an E sound, so it doesn't surprise me one bit that Marina would see Hidell and pronounce it 'Heedel'. From thinking of as many Russian first names I can think of, I feel there would be a certain appeal for Oswald to adopt the name of Alek as it is common enough in Russia to be a Russian name but also common enough to not be a 'foreign' name too (if that makes sense. lol) I do like names and that. *Bit of a coincidence that the name Ekdahl can be found within Alek Hidell. lol

Andrej, I will respond to this in more detail later on. In the meantime, just to share, here is part of an interview from Buell Frazier from 19th June 2002 in which he mentions seeing Lee after the shots...

lol Me thinks he (Doyle) doth protest too much. Small point - Sanders didn't say 'standing right next to her', she said 'standing next to her'. Small point - from the time Sanders reached the steps (12:20) and the time of the shots (12:30) people could have moved. Anyway, regarding Andrej's transcript, I had a wee go at doing the transcript for myself; Anyroads, With the absolute greatest of respect... right at the start of the video it clearly states when it was recorded - July 13th 2013. Small point - Frazier does not say that he saw hime leaving the depository from the back of the building! What he does say is that he saw him walking along the side of the building and draws the conclusion that to be in such a position means he must have left via the docks, that's his inference but not the same as saying that he saw him leave via the back! Maybe that will be his 'ultimate card', maybe... it's a very interesting interview he gives, and when I first heard the bit about seeing Oswald after the shots I was surprised, genuinely I was... brand new and never heard infromation after fifty years indeed. What else surprised me was when he said, and I quote, "And so we looked bewildered. And I turned to Sarah: she said "She said somebody shot the President", I said I doubt that's what she said. She said that she did say that. So we stood there for a few minutes," kind of ties in quite nicely with what he said to the WC: " There was a lady there, a heavy-set lady who worked upstairs there whose name is Sarah something, I don't know her last name. " Frazier puts himself beside Sarah Stanton before, during and after the shots, the same Sarah Stanton that was mentioned as being out with Bill Shelley when Lovelady went and joined them... So in the moments just prior to the shots, do we know where Shelley and Lovelady are? Do we know where Frazier is? Where's Sarah then? And a little nugget that Frazier mentioned during the trial of Clay Shaw;

Not an alias for myself, well, not in a 'clandestine' way at least. lol But yeah, over the years I have, when writing stories had to come up with names for people and the way you have suggested there of taking a combination of first and last names never seen matched before is a good tactic. (Football (soccer) players is a very good source material, I find). Another way I have done it in the past is to think of 'rhymes' or 'anagrams' - I remember coming up with a set of brothers I named Malcolm Trent and Percy Trent (their personas were going to be 'malcontent' and 'persistent' lol), and I remember coming up with the name of Faith Skies when writing some 'spoof' articles (tis an anagram of This Is Fake). Perhaps it's a bit more, how shall I put this... more 'intricate' than that, more 'detailed' than that... in essence I don't think you are wrong, it's just there is much more to it than how you have painted it there... I shall try to explain... As for the name Alek - that was a name that he used whilst in Russia. There are plenty of examples out there that make note of the friends he had in Russia calling him Alek (or Alik). Here are a few examples (link to source in blue); Where did the name of Alek/Alik first come from? According to Mailer's book Oswald's Tale it was first suggested to him by Rimma Shirakova - "Since his name didn't sound Russian at all, he now called himself Alik - her suggestion." What is also perhaps of note is that when Oswald went to the OVIR (Passport and Visa Office), accompanied by Rimma and Rosa (Agafonava?) from Intourist, not long after arriving in Russia he was interviewed by Alexander Simchenko... So within a week of arriving in Russia, Oswald has been interveiwed by someone called Alexander and had started to call himself Alek/Alik - regardless of whether it was Rimma that came up with it or Lee himself there does seem to be too much of a coincidence there and it may not be 'direct' but I reckon that 'settles' where the name Alek came from. *As a slight aside, here are some parts from Mailer's book about Alexander meeting Oswald that are of some interest in regards to what we have discussed. Moving on to the Hidell part of the name; I too think that is incorrect... Marina may well have thought that was the case (after the fact) but likely it was just a guess on her part... Do the two even rhyme. lol I mean surely it is 'high-dell' and 'fid-l'... John Rene Heindell... in his affidavit he mentions being 'nicknamed' Hidell (to rhyme with 'Rydell' rather than 'Fidel'). Regards

Andrej, just wondering, did you make that transcript? Regards

Regarding the fliers, it seems that Oswald ordered 1,000, some of them ended up being stamped with the Camp Street address, some with his own address on them and some with the name of Hidell and the PO Box no on them. I wonder what the purpose of doing it that way was? Was there some kind of advantage to putting 3 different 'contact addresses' on them... ... considering he 'hired' two people to help distribute them, surely it wouldn't take that long for 3 people to hand out 1,000 fliers. Yet there were two separate days that Oswald was handing them out - on which of those did he have the help with him? I have an idea running through my mind just now but need to do a bit more digging. Just wondering Paul, what do you make of the name A J Hidell? Regards

Is that the same Fred Crisman that battled against mysterious and evil underground creatures to escape a cave during World War II? lol Seriously though, I am a bit cynical at the moment with regards to the link you have proposed between Walker and Banister - sure, I understand the two of them were both 'politicians' who ran for public office on the segregation platform, and that both shared a 'favourite' slogan, and that both may well have attended the same rallies and had shared 'friends' in common... all of that could be true of two people who wouldn't be 'phone buddies'... idk Is there much evidence out there showing that Oswald was 'invited' to go to New Orleans at that time by Ferrie (or by someone else)? Regards P.S. Just in case you missed it, have a look at the previous comment from Mark Knight.

Ach aye, nae baw hair a' aw! (translated: Oh yes, no bother at all) lol Regarding the stamped address on the leaflets, not all of the 1,000 he ordered were stamped with that, some were stamped with his Magazine Street address, also some were stamped with the name of Hidell and the PO Box no. I don't know how many were stamped with each of those.. any ideas? Considering what your 'CT' consists of, how would New Orleans fit in to that? Regards

... In furtherance to what Jeff has rightly said about the last day being October 8th. Oswald recieved a total of 13 checks from Leslie Welding - paid weekly. He started on the 17th July and first check 'given' on 21st July and thereafter checks given weekly... 6189 - 21st July 6315 - 28th July 6422 - 4th August 6557 - 11th August 6677 - 18th August 6797 - 25th August 6952 - 1st September 7067 - 8th September 7192 - 15th September 7296 - 22nd September 7419 - 29th September 7511 - 6th October 7619 - 13th October NB: The last check was only for $9 and change which equates to one day of work that week, which would have been the Monday 8th October. NBB: Oswald didn't always 'cash' the checks immediately! Regards

Btw, I'm not from 'down under' - I'm from Scotland. I share the disappointment in Oswald. The moving with a bad crowd, the behaving badly, the 'neglect' of his wife and babies, the 'Beetle Bailey' attitude, I can almost put all of that down to a collectiveness of circumstances throughout his life,The instability of his childhood and through his formative years - the moving so often, the changing school so often, would not be helpful... *From this article here; Anyway, just for the ease of any readers and ourselves, here are the links to the WC testimony of the 3 people from Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall - Robert Stovall (President), John Graef (Oswald's supervisor) and Dennis Hyman Ofstein (employee) I wonder how difficult it would be for a person so used to moving about throughout their life to settle in to a job - would there come a time quite quickly when they feel their time is almost up, as if they have been pre-conditioned to not stay any place too long - would the job start to seem mundane and not challenging enough - talented enough to do the job and talented enough to rise up the pecking order, and yet probably a feeling that the work was not 'intelligent' enough for him... I wonder! It is interesting to note, Paul, that you then mention the 'playing spy' and also mention the " fantasy that George and Volkmar would approve, and recommend him for a full-time job in the CIA ". I can imagine that that would appeal to Oswald's sensibilities, he probably saw himself as being a perfect fit for being a 'spy'. Lots more that you have mentioned in your previous post that I will get round to addressing. Regards

Glad you liked it. As a slight aside, I mentioned earlier that I hadn't heard the word 'scuttlebutt' before and had to Google it to find out what it meant. I must also confess that I had to Google 'Beetle-Bailey' to understand that reference - it put cartoons in my mind, and then, whilst reading the testimony of Thornley, I came across this line... and it made me think of a Scottish cartoon called 'Oor Wullie' who often sat in an inverted bucket... Anyway, Yep I concur. I also find them to be honest and unbiased towards Oswald. Not the worst thing to be interested in though... Under different circumstances, I feel that things could have worked out a lot better in their marriage. If Lee's intelligence was put to good use he may have found himself a job that would have seen him rise in position to a point of making enough money to be able to have a more comfortable home life, and yet he probably also had a mind-set based in 'frugality', a mind-set that 'rejected' materialistic attitudes...

lol when I pointed out (in another thread) that the it had been discussed two years previously I was called a 'xxxxx' and put on ignore. lol

Alas, that is not true whatsoever. The other thread had nothing to do with photographs or the day of the assassination, so why Brad decided to post in it about a photo on the day of the assassination is, well, unkown really. And he directed his post directly to me and I responded, apparently responding to someone asking you a question is 'trolling' and unless one agrees 100% then they are put on 'ignore'. lol Anyway, here is the video link that Brad posted in the other thread if you are interested in it John. (btw, as Brad said in the other thread - " Possible Hearing Damage Warning! Turn your headphones volume way down during the beginning of the video! ") A very interesting video indeed. Regards

I've not got round to Thornley yet, but will read that one next... ... I was just reading Nelson Delgado and came across another couple of books that Oswald is said to have read (I am trying to compile a 'full' list) - Mein Kampf and Animal Farm. The part about Animal Farm I found to be somewhat amusing (I have a strange sense of humour sometimes ); because it almost becomes Delgado questioning Liebler. lol From the affidavit of Richard Dennis Call; I wonder who the other Marine was that did that... sounds like they all enjoyed a good bit of banter amongst them... *I'm not really making any point with the above comment btw... anyway, think I will go read Thornley now. Regards

Yep, and I think you make some great points with the rest of your comment too. I'm currently making my way through the WC testimony of those he was in the Marines with,.. ... just as an aside, I wonder what it must have been like for the people that previously had known Oswald - what their thoughts would have been. Would the ones that liked him be biased towards him, the ones that disliked him be biased against him... probably. Regards P.S. I must confess that I had to Google the word 'scuttlebutt' to see what it meant. lol

Had he broached even one alternative I can only imagine how much larger his book would have ended up being. lol Anyway, Just to ask, what (if anything) do you make of the following bit of testimony from Daniel Powers;

Paul, can you do me a favour and let Brad know that he may have misinterpreted my point? He has put me on ignore and (presumably) thinks I have a 'hidden agenda'. Yet the good points you brought up are the same as I brought up but I get ignored. lol EDIT: And ask him why he didn't start a thread to discuss it, instead of 'hijacking' this one.

Oh don't go Brad, I was just about to show you some new analysis that shows it was actually Paul Trejo in the window. lol

Just because a video was posted yesterday doesn't negate an image therein from having been discussed previously (and it's not just on past threads here it has been discussed by the way)... the image from Leroy Blevins that shows 'Oswald' in the window predates the creation of the video... New? Not only was it being discussed in November 2014 but at that time Blevins claimed that he had that image that showed 'Oswald' in the window for 7 years previously... Small point but he is in the window beside the sniper's nest window... and what happened to his body?

The 'Oswald' face in the Dillard photo has been discussed before in this thread here. I have quoted a comment from that thread from David Von Pein so he gets a notification here and hopefully he will be able to go in to a bit more detail about it...

I'm both surprised and not surprised by your response there Paul... surprised because there is much in his book that backs up your thinking, and not surprised because there is much that goes against your thinking. lol Setting aside Mailer's 'conclusion', the work he has done on the time Oswald was in Russia is impressive - the KGB transcripts for example are quite the window in to Lee and Marina's marriage. And the work he does on Lee's time in the Marines is quite the eye-opener (even if sometimes he implies things that probably aren't true - hint: Schrand).

Just out of curiosity, have you read Norman Mailer's Oswald's Tale?