Michael Clark

Great thread....

C'mon DVP, blow that character's face up and put it next to your best compatible known JR pic for a good side-by-side comparison.

Lol, his eyes are blacked-out. I though he was wearing sunglasses. I definitely did not want to slip into a photo-alteration scheme. I try to avoid that stuff. Ha ha! Calling Bill Miller!

It looks more like JR than it doesn't. Thats just. 49% vs. 51% comparison. If you were to ask me if I would identify that person as JR, I would say no.

No one in videos or photos of the LHO murder looks like JR.

Who has seen this movie? What did you think? I saw it on HBO, back in 1984 or 5. I was 15 years old and it struck me very deeply. I knew that there was something messed-up with the official story. My parents never discussed it; slightly to the point where it's non-discussion made it suspicious to me. I was a curious kid; curious about History and Politics. I know that I watched too much TV with my dad. He never watched anything that was of any interest to anyone but himself. So, as a child, I watched to much news, politics, war documentaries, and golf. I hate golf. In the movie, Flashpoint, you get no clue that the movie is about the JFK Assassination until the end. I remember being shocked, and wondering if I should have been watching it at all. That is an indication about my sensibilities regarding the subject, as a 15 year old, in 1984. It took some time but thereafter I slowly opened-up to the subject as something that could be discussed. Anyway, I, for the first time since 1984, recently watched the movie. I think it is a great movie. Cheers, Michael

Greg, can you, or anyone else, say whether or not you have any confidence in Weberman's claim that Seymour Weitzman identified Bernard Barker as a fake Secret Service agent on the Grassy Knoll? Cheers, Michael

The existence of Gary Marlow is sketchy. AFAIK, it is limited to Files' statement as to who the guy is in two photographs, with Files. I have not had luck posting photos or I would do it myself; but, if you Google James Files and click photos, two pictures of the young James Files are prominent. In one photo, Files is playing a guitar (uncropped) while "Marlow" is wearing sunglasses. In the other photo, they are both wearing tuxedos. Now.... If you Google Frenchy Brouillette, and click on photos, you will see a mugshot of Frenchy. Compare that to the "Marlow" in the tuxedo. I hate wading into photo analysis because it gets too contentious. But I think that Frenchy looks more like "Marlow" than he doesn't. Frenchy was a mobster known as Mr. New Orleans. He was Oswalds age and I don't see how Frenchy could not have been aware of Oswald, Ferrie, Bannister, Shaw, Oswalds uncle, and Carlos Marcelo himself. To be sure, Frenchy's full name is Kent "Frenchy" Brouillette. AKA Mr. New Orleans. It would be interesting to see what Files has to say about Frenchy now that he is dead.

That is an interesting follow-up Andrej. I believe you are being more than fair in suggesting, hinting, that a CIA or other intelligence position may have been waved under the nose of LHO by Ruth's sister, and not Ruth herself. Perhaps there was no change with the move to Dallas but maybe there was a "one last job" delay for him to do, in Dallas, before gettting a real job near Washington. This would be a good plan for LHO. It would get him away from the Cuban's and others with whom he had interacted, down south, prior to the assassination.

There are so many Russians wandering around this case. Are they still there? Are they, even now, blackmailing our government, politicians and Elite Guard with regard to the JFKA? It becomes difficult to even detect some of these Russians since some use America names. Bernard Barker's father was Russian Ralph Paul was a Russian immigrant. This subject could use it's own thread.

This situation helps to fill out my working pet-theory.... This murder would fit into my pet theory as such: An individual who could or would be later identified as a Pro-Castro Cuban was murdered near the GK. This would be part of the fulfillment of the plot to blame a Communist conspiracy, including LHO, for the murder of JFK. As part of the double-cross, this murdered individual was made to disappear; and the story changed to a lone nut scenario. This individual, like Bernard Barker (as per Seymour Wetzman) would have been carrying fake Secret Service credentials.

This link is broken. Here is a video of the interview with Jim Coley "At the News"

Robin, can you reload the photo that I presume you posted here? ***** editing the following so I don't bump the thread.. Lee Foreman's link from the previous page was broken. This one works... http://www.kenrahn.com/JFK/History/The_deed/Sneed/Drain.html

The fact, as I understand it, that Bell, General Dynamics and Dallas itself were about to dry-up and blow away without the TFX contract and the Vietnam war ties the Paines to the plot, arguably, when you throw in the the CIA connections. Add the corporate security functions, the United Fruit/NOLA angle....... it just becomes such a juggernaut, and the Paines are just right there in the thick of it all. It just begs for a full analysis and all I have is just a pile of legos in front of me.

I'll give this a bump along with the Ruth Paine thread edit**** adding this so I don't have to bump it: "McCord worked for the Central Intelligence Agency. In 1961, and under his direction, a counter-intelligence program was launched against the Fair Play for Cuba Committee." (Wikipedia; Oswald and the CIA by John Newman p.138)

There is so much great info in this thread. My interest in then Phillipines, MacArthur and Landsdale was piqued by the above post.

A collection of threads related to the Manlicher Carcano rifle order.

A couple relevant threads....

I have come to a conclusion about how Tommy ticks. I read one of his posts where he mentioned how he may have set-back the learning curve of Czech students taking English courses. He suggested it was his "Over-the-top Socratic Method" The Socratic method assumes that knowledge is latent in the student and the teacher assists the student in "giving birth" to that knowledge by asking probing questions. Tommy refuses to answer questions and insists on being the one who asks questions. Since I hold the idea that asking a question as the answer to a question is generally rude, I have taken to just not responding to him; that is a sad state of affairs, passive aggressive, a zero-sum game, and ugly. It is, however, what it is.

James Jesus Angleton

The KGB didn't didn't turn LBJ's hand, before or after the fact. The KGB didn't force a DPD stand-down, or Secret Service stand-down for that matter. The KGB didn't set-up the parade route, put Oswald in the TSBD or que-up the Mafia to do their parts. and the list goes on.....

I found this ROKC thread regarding Croy https://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t655-kenneth-hudson-croy

Steve, regarding this... "Mr. GRIFFIN. How did you go from where you had your lunch or dinner to your mother's and dad's house? Mr. CROY. Straight out north on Hampton." I am reading this as:'"How DO you get from the Bull-Pen to your parents place. I don't think he actually went there, and he met his wife with his uniform on. Am I wrong or missing something? Of course it may be just as it is written and he may have gone to his parents after eating. Are you reading this similarly? BTW, they are calling it Austin's. It must have changed hands and it's name quickly after the assassination. In Yvonnes's testimony it was still being referred to as the Bull-Pen. The event that Yvonne testifies to happened on 11-23, Croy is testifying to events on 11-22. It's probably just notional, but the dates and names are reversed.

I have not gone in depth on this yet. I did read his testimony and followed along on a map as best I could. I would have to start by making a coherent geo-timeline, starting with a timeline from his testimony. After a few readings it doesn't seem coherent, but I have to write it down to say for sure. I think that I see what you are getting at though. Couple notes, all at first glance: -I wonder if his trip to his parents is corroborated. -At a glance, I don't see how he could know that things at the theater were under control -His account of his visual take on the theater does not jibe. -His radio capabilities and cues don't make sense. -He is in the thick of everything -His presence at the Tippit scene begs corroboration.

I just finished it. I'll do the map check. I had Deja vu with the parents house story, like I had read it before.