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  1. It appears from the Ravens website where his photo is found (link below) that Pakse Base Man was one of the Ravens, USAF volunteers flying as forward air controllers out of Pakse in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

    If he was indeed a regular USAF pilot prior to the CIA's creation of the Ravens in Laos in 1966, it's doubtful he would have been in Laos in 1963, or in Dallas except by some remote coincidence.

    This leads me to believe that Pakse Base Man and the man on the lamp post at Main and Houston were not the same person, despite the striking resemblance.

    http://www.ravens.org/kham/kham.htm

    Ron

    Hi Ron,

    Thanks for the link to that web site. It's a good one.

    The whole Pakse Base Man thing came about after I did a photo montage for Larry Hancock's book which was related to David Morales being the Base Chief at Pakse in 1966. That photo was one of those used.

    The resemblance to the man on the lightpole in Dealey Plaza was noticed and what ifs were asked.

    I do not believe Pakse Base Man and Lightpole Man are one in the same. I also have my doubts that David Morales is Lightpole Man.

    FWIW.

    James

    Ron and James,

    The man in question having been named Pakse Base Man was confirmed to me after 6 months of fairly intense research as being a CIA case officer. He was not a Raven FAC. The Ravens I was in contact with dropped me like a hot potato when I pressed them for info. There were indeed CIA reps at Long Tieng, as at other bases in Laos. I attempted to contact the photographer(Chaophakhao Red), who is currently living in the States. He would not speak to me. I am absolutely convinced PBM (or LTM) is the man on the lamppost at Main and Houston, and FWIW, anyone can tell that Lamppost Man is not Morales. Not even close.

    RJS

  2. I was wondering if anyone here has a bit more paranoia than they did before they began researching. I know I'm definitely more observant now, and more skeptical, but with the risk involved by getting too close - does it make you paranoid? Do you question the motives of ordinary people?

    I've noticed that I pick up on liars more easily in real life, and my mind works better at puzzle solving, and I pick up on things that seem to be unimportant details.

    Hi Nic,

    I can relate a personal experience, albeit a minor one, about paranoia in this case. I emailed my brother a series of photos and explanations about certain parties I believe were involved, some of whom are still alive. He didn't respond. The next time I saw him, he said "don't email me that kind of stuff again". He was serious. Some members of my family think I'll be paid a visit by men in black someday.

    There are those still alive today who strike fear into into others who even consider talking. It would be nice to ask Antonio Veciana and Alfredo Duran, and to have answered truthfully, who they still fear after all these years. I am sometimes reluctant to post certain names on forums(one in particular), and not for fear of lawsuits.

    Bernardo De Torres

    Now I've done it.

    RJS

  3. I joined this forum at the special INVITATION of John Simkin, who felt that my photographic research would be a useful addition to his forum. I feel that I am doing John a "favor" by sharing my research for your members. If you wish me to cease, just say so, and I will quit sharing my research.

    Jack :rolleyes:

    I have to agree with a response that Richard Smith posted only briefly before it turned up missing for some odd reason ... and it said words to the effect that 'posting those ridiculous Apollo observations is a waste of forum space, especially one that deals with the assassination of JFK.'

    John Simkin also invited me here as well if I am not mistaken and I am sure he wouldn't want me running up photographic space by posting images of Bigfoot and UFO's which happen to be subjects outside of the JFK assassination that I have an interest in.

    Bill Miller

    My response was that White's statement was one of the most arrogant obnoxious posts I've read on any forum. I said he was on the moon, his poorly done DP work was crap anyway, and you blow him out of the water. I also said something like "aren't you the guy who found Badgeman?? What a letdown since then". Then I said many researchers, including me, were invited by John to join his forum. I concluded by saying he should poke a hole in his swelled head.

    My post was deleted without notice.

    RJS

  4. Hi John,

    I have been Googling Forrestal and he does indeed appear to have been involved with the 'MJ12' group.

    The link below speaks about his death which includes an extention to UFO's.

    FWIW.

    http://keyholepublishing.com/Death%20of%20...20Forrestal.htm

    James

    As an aside, the aircraft carrier Forrestal was named after him. It was the Forrestal that Senator John McCain called home as a US Navy aviator, and was also the site of the deck fire in July 1967 in which 134 were killed. The Forrestal is currently a museum in Baltimore's harbor.

    RJS

  5. Never mind. I had a typo in the type of file. I typed

    a comma instead of a period (,jpg instead of .jpg)

    If I reach a limit of space for posting images, I will

    just stop posting. My research deals with photos, not

    words. No images I post become obsolete.

    Thanks.

    Jack

    I found it very hard to believe it was possible or likely that even you had achieved the massive new allocation I had set for you only yesterday. :hotorwot

    Am I to take it from your last announcement that you have no interest in managing your uploads as I have requested?

    I am afraid I will be unable to give you any further space once this has gone.

    Andy,

    I assume others are still having the same problem, because no one is posting photos. I have been unable to post any photos for weeks, and I have no posts on this particular forum containing photos. The only photos I have on this entire site are the ones in my Rear Head Wound seminar. If I have to delete those, it essentially renders the seminar useless. I guess if I have to delete those photos to post something of great importance I will, but when members request photos I may have(such as the JFK wedding photos John requested), they may be out of luck(and allocated space).

    RJS

  6. Judyth's case looks like Deputy Sheriff Roger Craig's -both tell stories that bring them a lot of problems like threats, loss of income, health problems, people in the JFK research community helping her financially, etc. Judyth, I really hope you won't end up like him.

    Denis,

    Although Roger Craig was an actual participant in the circumstances surrounding the assassination, he also made claims that have never been proven, made many misstatements, and changed his story more times than I change my socks.

    RJS

  7. I completely disagree.  Reitzes repeats misrepresentations of issues and exacerbates his own ideas of issues.  What he is doing is simply muddying the water while pretending to present 'research'.  I don't find that helpful and it's not instructive either.  He and others who have continually refused to give Judyth an open forum are making well-intended researchers look bad.

    Until there is a process in place that will provide Judyth and other witnesses with a safe haven where they are not pressured to do anything they are not comfortable with, and an open forum where ideas can be discussed objectively and without personal attack there is no point to her entering into any conversation.  Can you carry on a discussion with sharks?  Can you debate ideas with pyrhanna fish? 

    Pamela

    Pamela,

    What Reitzes does is repeat Judyth's own statements. He doesn't need to muddy anything.

    http://www.jfklancerforum.com/dc/dcboard.p...mesg_id=1&page=

    Judyth has had an open forum, and leaves of her own choice because she is subjected to hard questions. There aren't "personal attacks". She put herself in this position, and has to answer why she has made so many conflicting statements.

  8. I don't intend to slam Judyth, but it's interesting that every time someone presented a good question, she attempted to make them feel lousy and like she only spoke to them out of the goodness of her heart, simply for not believing her 100%.

    Do I get that way when someone asks me if I'm from Texas, or if I'm 17? No, why? Because I'm not lying. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

    _______________________________

    Nic,

    I think Judyth got tired of being burned by people she thought she could trust. No matter how she answered a question she was screwed by those who were out to get her, and there are so many. WHY? If she is so unimportant, why bother or ask her...

    Dawn

    Nic is absolutely right. She viewed the evidence and objectively came to a conclusion as many of us do. I think Judyth is tired of having her proofless story questioned. The info posted by those like Reitzes is legitimate, doesn't matter who he is. He serves a purpose by disspelling the more ludicrous scenarios, such as Ms Baker's. And Bob Vernon has nothing to do with it. Does it enhance Judyth's story to criticize him or Reitzes or anyone else for that matter? Is it really the opinion of an attorney that if so many people disbelieve someone's story, it makes them more believable? Her story is full of holes. She has made statements then retracted them, presented some "facts" then changed them due to bad eyesight, and most importantly has presented zero evidence. You, as an attorney, certainly should know what evidence is all about. As for people "out to get her", haven't you ever cross examined a witness? Ever caught them changing their stories, gone for the "kill" to expose them, then sat back in your chair with a feeling of accomplishment because you caught them manipulating the truth? Would you not use your abilities to the fullest to prove a witness is giving false testimony, or would you say "no questions for this witness your honor" because you deemed the witness "unimportant"? In your summation to the jury, would you point out the witness presented their own scenario that contained no proof? How did the jury vote after you exposed false or misleading testimony, or testimony that contained no actual evidence? Would you, as an attorney, let your personal feelings convince you to ignore the actual evidence? Not likely, so why do it here?

    RJS

    PS: I have no agenda other than the truth, no matter how many emails you get to the contrary.

  9. What do members think about Gordon Novel? He is still alive and recently made threats against David Reitzes for calling him a conman. Retizes is ranked number one at Google if you do a search for “Gordon Novel”. Today I have done a page on Novel. Within a week it should replace Retizes at number one. Maybe Novel will then make contact with me.

    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKnovel.htm

    According to Alan J. Weberman: "In his youth, Gordon Novel belonged to a neo-Nazi group and was arrested and charged with bombing a Metairie, Louisiana, theater that admitted blacks". In the early 1960s Novel ran an electronics firm in New Orleans which specialized in selling equipment used for bugging.

    It was claimed by Jim Garrison that Novel was formerly a member of the Central Intelligence Agency and was an associate of Sergio Arcacha Smith, David Ferrie and Guy Banister. It was also reported that Novel worked with the Cuban Revolutionary Front during the Bay of Pigs operation via the CIA proprietary, the Evergreen Advertising Agency.

    According to William Torbitt Novel had been seen by a Dallas attorney having meetings with Jack Ruby and William Seymour in the Carousel Club during October and November, 1963. Another author, Paris Flammonde (The Kennedy Conspiracy), claims that Novel was questioned on five separate occasions following the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

    Jim Garrison discovered that Sergio Arcacha Smith, David Ferrie and Guy Banister had been involved in a CIA operation to pick up "war material" for the Bay of Pigs attack at from the Schlumberger Well Company. Garrison subpoenaed Novel but he fled to Ohio. However, the James Rhodes, the Governor of Ohio, refused to extradite him unless Garrison agreed not to question him on the assassination.

    A few weeks after Novel fled from New Orleans a woman cleaning his old apartment found a penciled draft of a letter wedged under a plastic cover alongside the kitchen. The letter was addressed to a Mr. Weiss. This letter was passed to Jim Garrison who concluded that it was a letter to Novel's CIA contact. "I took the liberty of writing you direct and apprising you of current situation, expecting you to forward this through appropriate channels. Our connection and activity of that period involves individuals presently about to be indicted as conspirators in Garrison's investigation."

    Novel also said in the letter: "We have temporarily avoided one subpoena not to reveal Double Chek activities or associate them with this mess. We want out of this thing before Thursday 3/67. Our attorneys have been told to expect another subpoena to appear and testify on this matter. The fifth amendment and/or immunity (and) legal tactics will not suffice." Alan J. Weberman has pointed out that E. Howard Hunt worked for Double Chek in Miami.

    In an article in Ramparts Magazine, William Turner claims that Novel admitted that the pick up at the Schlumberger Well Company was one of "the most patriotic burglaries in history." Novel is also said to have confessed that on the day the munitions were picked up, he "was called by his CIA contact and told to join a group which was ordered to transport munitions from the bunker to New Orleans."

    In 1974 Jack Anderson reported that as a result of Watergate Charles Colson asked Novel to build a "degaussing gun" to erase tapes stored at the CIA and the White House that would incriminate Richard Nixon.

    IMO, Gordon Novel is the spitting image of Umbrella Man. I would post a photo comparison, but I'm having a problem uploading photos due to "error, exceeding the limit set...". I've reduced the photo size until they were almost non existent, and still can't upload them.

    John, I've emailed you to ask what the attachment limit is.

    RJS

  10. Hello to all:

    We're in the third generation since the assassination, the significant players are all dead, the "usual suspects" are all dead... everything but a confession has been wrung out of the few witnesses alive today, certainly "The Conspiracy" is dead.  I believe if someone were to give a death-bed confession to everything while connected to a lie detector, the pursuit still would not end. 

    One of the members in this forum, Dawn Meredith, said something in one of her posts that was intriguing.  She thought the passion was spiritual.  Is that it?  I have to know.  The answer may be the only pure, clean thing to come out of that dreadful day so many years ago.

    Paul,

    First of all, several of the significant players are still alive. Secondly, I won't give a speech about truth, justice and the American way(well, maybe justice). What bothers me the most is that several agencies of the United States government and its employees were either involved, had prior knowledge of the event, or knew what happened after the fact, and did or said nothing. For me there is nothing spiritual about it. The President was murdered as a result of a conspiracy, for political reasons, whatever they may be. Everyone has their own opinion as to why, and I have mine, but the basic fact of the matter is that there are conspirators running around free, the US government knows it, and in many cases, has protected them and covered up their deed for 41 years. It's about time the lies stop, and those responsible are identified and dealt with.

    RJS

  11. Judyth, the fact that Mcadams and his servant Reitzes are so relentless in their attacks and smear attempts, only adds to your credibility.

    Wim: THANK YOU!!!  You said it so much more eloquently than I could have.

    Dawn

    The fact that people are so relentless in their attacks only adds to the credibility of the story.

    This type of statement is ridiculous. It couldn't be further from the truth. Nearly everyone disagrees vociferously with the Files story. Does it give his story more credibility? We as researchers relentlessly attack the official story of the assassination of JFK. Does it give more credibility to the "Oswald did it alone" theory? Is the official story true and do we have an "agenda"? Is there convincing evidence that Ms Baker is everything she claims to be? No. Does it give her more credibility that so many people don't believe her story, and an LN like Dave Reitzes has found many many conflicting statements that can't be explained away? No.

    Because so many dissent doesn't always make it more credible.

    RJS

  12. "It seems that you and I are about the only ones who recognize how important Duran may be. I honestly believe that he may eventually speak regarding the assassination."

    James,

    I recall reading an interview(or article) about Duran, and I got the distinct impression he knew plenty, and felt somewhat remorseful. I agree he is probably the only person alive who was involved on the periphery and will eventually speak. Duran's explanation of the feeling of the exile groups at the time, and the meaning of "dialogueros" was bonechilling, and was the final straw that convinced me of exile involvement.

    What may help loosen Duran's lips is that he is now considered a "dialogado" after his 2001 visit to Havana during the 40th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs. Duran is very active in overturning the US embargo of Cuba. Contrary to what some others may think, I believe Duran was an observer in Dealey Plaza on 11/22/63. He was an active member of Brigade 2506 and a past president of its veterans association.

    http://www.watsoninstitute.org/Cuba/photoe...onference7.html

    RJS

  13. When it really comes right down to it, what evidence is there to suggest that any one organization or person was involved in the assassination?  (I assume, of course, the existence of a conspiracy so I am not talking about evidence to prove a conspiracy.)

    See Jeff Morley's article "What Jane Roman Said". There is absolute proof the CIA had something going on with LHO right up until 6 weeks prior to the assassination. CIA HQ even lied to their own Mexico City office, saying they had known nothing about Oswald since just after he returned from the Soviet Union. They also obviously withheld information from the Warren Commission and the HSCA.

    http://www.history-matters.com/essays/fram...RomanSaid_1.htm

    RJS

  14. To John's list and Tim's additions, I think we should add:

    Dick Whatley

    Edmund Kolby

    Alfredo Duran

    I would also like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy new year from Down Under. Not only do I hope that we can all work together for a common goal, but that we do it safely.

    Cheers,

    James

    James,

    I agree with John's list, as well as yours. Duran is critical, and may be one who would eventually tell what he knows(albeit on his deathbed). Most however, will not talk, and a few, well, as you said, safety first.

    I would love to talk to Marita Lorenz.

    I would especially love to see Marina Oswald Porter take a polygraph, then file a wrongful death lawsuit against the DPD. If anyone can open the can of worms, she can.

    And I would like to see Hemming finally come clean about what he knows instead of playing the games he plays.

    I also have a few more names to try for identification of Pakse Base Man, who I think was the guy on the lightpole at Houston and Main.

    RJS

  15. To me the most interesting thing is the large hole in the back of JFK's head which several people including medical doctors saw but which wasn't there. This is one of the great paradoxes of all time, and perhaps the most remarkable mass hallucination ever to occur, particularly since the hallucination was not mass in the sense of a single occurrence observed by many, but rather occurred at different moments to different people, some of them halfway across the country from each other. This is truly baffling and would take a Peter Jennings to explain.

    Ron

    Ron,

    I wholeheartedly agree, and the way you phrased it was superb. Most CT's know about the large wound in the rear of the head yet seldom use this as evidence of conspiracy. I can point to the 3 or 4 responses to my seminar on the rear head wound, or the limited response to Pat Speer's seminar. The way I look at it, you have to prove conspiracy first beyond a shadow of a doubt (well beyond "reasonable doubt") before you can tackle the "who done it". One of the things I enjoy most is presenting medical evidence that is overwhelming, then sitting back and listening to LN's stumble through an explanation. It typically is "the witnesses were mistaken" and "Boswell was mistaken when he placed the back wound where he did on the autopsy face sheet, then was mistaken again when he revised it in 1977.

    My second great interest is the CIA/Cuban exile connection to the assassination. As most are aware on the forums I visit, I feel 100% sure that the exiles were the boots on the ground in Dealey Plaza. I believe it is well beyond coincidence that CIA and exile types showed up in photos to watch the "show".

    RJS

  16. Hasn't this been listed before, and no one bit? I don't think anyone needs to give this guy anymore attention than he already has.

    There is one thing that stands out in his answer to Debra:

    "But to make it more substantive [read: couldn't be bashed by fly-bys], it needs document support. I have that too, a package of information to wrap around it. "

  17. W - Where did you serve?

    JF – I was in the army, 82nd Airborne. I took my basic at Fort Leavenworth, Missouri...

    RJS: Fort Leavenworth is in Kansas. That's like a Marine saying he took his basic training at Camp Lejeune Virginia.

    WD: Yes, and on the other side of the river is Missouri. Big deal for a school dropout.

    Wim,

    Perhaps you should do some research on what Files tells you before you post this junk for everyone to see. Some people actually do follow up with real research.

    "We did no basic training here at Fort Leavenworth (Kansas); you may be thinking of Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

    Janet Wray

    Public Information Officer

    Fort Leavenworth KS

    So now let's hear that Files made a mistake and meant to say Fort Leonard Wood instead of Fort Leavenworth.

    Busted again.

    RJS

  18. The guy had a a bad back was on medician up to numbness and when he wasn't taking medician he was in so much pain he couldn't hardly move.

    This story is NOW OLD and run of the mill and also gone so out of hand it is rediculius.

    JFK was a flirt no doubt about that one. Also, it ran into his family and again no doubt about that one. But, if you have a very bad back you don't have extra marital sex in numbers.

    Nancy, Nancy, Nancy,

    Calling JFK a flirt is quite an understatement. A skirtchaser perhaps? Not quite there yet. A White House intern admitted a year or so ago she had an affair with JFK. In the White House. Going a bit further? Sure what the heck. I recall reading somewhere he was banging hookers 2 at a time. In the White House. While Jackie was in France. Bad back or not, it didn't stop him from his appointed rounds. His sexcapades are well documented. Bad back and all.

    RJS

  19. From an FBI report on interviews of Marina Oswald in December 1963 (FBI File # 100-10,461, Commission Exhibit 1403):

    “MARINA did not see OSWALD either take the rifle with him from the house in New Orleans or bring it back with him to the house on any occasion. She never saw him clean it, nor did he ever hold it in her presence as best she can recall.

    “She cannot recall that he ever practiced firing the rifle in New Orleans or in Dallas. She does not think he did practice in New Orleans because as a rule he stayed home when he was not working. When he did go out, she did not see him take the rifle.

    “OSWALD did not have any ammunition for the rifle to her knowledge either in Dallas or New Orleans, and he did not speak of buying ammunition.”

    Now see her WC testimony on February 3, 1964:

    Mr. RANKIN. Now, do you recall your husband having any ammunition around the house at any time?

    Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.

    Mr. RANKIN. And where do you remember his having it in the places you lived?

    Mrs. OSWALD. On Neely Street, in Dallas, and New Orleans.

    Mr. RANKIN. Do you know whether that was rifle ammunition or rifle and pistol ammunition?

    Mrs. OSWALD. I think it was for the rifle. Perhaps he had some pistol ammunition there, but I would not know the difference.

    Mr. RANKIN. Did you observe how much ammunition he had at any time?

    Mrs. OSWALD. He had a box of about the size of this.

    Mr. RANKIN. Could you give us a little description of how you indicated the box? Was it 2 or 3 inches wide?

    Mrs. OSWALD. About the size here on the pad.

    Mr. RANKIN. About 3 inches wide and 6 inches long?

    Mrs. OSWALD. Probably.

    Thanks for posting this Ron. This never made any sense to me either, other than to prove her testimony was coerced.

    Al

    A great post by Ron indeed. This once again leads one to suspect everything that ever came out of Marina. I just think it goes way beyond coercion. There's something else there. I received an email the other day from someone who had spoken to Marina a few years ago and had asked her about the backyard photos. She apparently said the photos weren't the same as the ones she took. So in that mini-interview, she took photos, but the ones released weren't the ones she took. Her odd response led the interviewer to suspect she knew she took photos of Lee Oswald, but it wasn't HER HUSBAND Lee Oswald(the "Harvey and Lee" thing?). Since I don't buy the 2 LHO theory, IMO the answer lies elsewhere. Whatever the case, Marina needs to come clean under oath, and submit to a polygraph. She's been all over the map. It's about time she stopped going in circles and told the truth. About Lee, about the rifle, Walker, the photos, the whole nine yards. Always seemed odd to me she won't.

    RJS

  20. "According to your rationale, the entire science of building demolition can be rewritten to something far simpler: douse a tall building with jet fuel part way down from the top and set it ablaze. The four corners will melt uniformly, regardless of the random application of said jet fuel. The simple and inexplicably uniform melting of the corners will cause the top part of the building to demolish the entire building perfectly vertically, with no toppling effect."

    Let's be real Tim. That's not what happened. The design of the building, the crashed airliners, and the burning jet fuel were all contributing factors. The building fell exactly as would be anticipated under the circumstances.

    "Your concept of Occam's Razor re 9/11 is not unlike the SBT"

    The SBT was and is not the simplest explanation, all things considered, although the WC tried to make it so. IMO you cannot compare 9/11 to the SBT or the JFK assassination for that matter, with the possible exception of the moronic attempts at covering up by the Bush administration(and unfortunately, the American public's wearing of blinders). And not that there was an American conspiracy to bring down the World Trade Center, but that the Bush's Iraq policy superceded the Clinton, CIA, and high ranking dissenter projections that terrorists such as bin Laden would attack us and were ignored. More can be tied to the assassination regarding current Bush policy against Cuba and for Cuban exiles than 9/11.

    RJS

  21. http://www.blackopradio.com/

    Robert Groden is one of the most realistic, objective and knowledgable researchers I know.

    Listen to the interview and hear for yourself. He blows away a lot of myths and his comments on Blakey are extremely interesting.

    Wim

    Bob Groden is a genuine patriot, and a hero in the reseach field. That he has managed to maintain such a calm, generous and decent demeanor through all these years and with upstarts like myself is further tribute to his character.

    Tim

    Unfortunate Bob had to get involved in that OJ civil trial mess. What a disaster.

  22. Some time back, I posted on another forum, the issue of missing ammunition and cleaning supplies for the Oswald rifle. I don't know if it has been touched on here, but feel it needs to be pointed out to those who support Oswald as a shooting in DP.

    The official findings found that Oswald was proficient with this rifle and had not only practiced with it but also fired at General Walker using it. If this is the case, then where is the cleaning supplies, such as rods, bore brushes, bore jags, solvents, oils, patches, etc., that he used to maintain the weapon and have it in the condition as it was found.

    The ammunition was packaged in boxes of 20. He supposedly fired one round at Walker, three at JFK and one live round was found in the chamber. That totals five with fifteen outstanding. Did he practice with fifteen and simply come to DP with four rounds remaining from the box?

    Where did he purchase the ammunition? The FBI was unable to track it down, even though there was limited retailers who sold the ammunition in the N.O. and Dallas area. Since he purchased the rifle and scope through mail order, why did he not purchase the hard to find ammo on the same order, as it was available through Klein's on the order form?

    Has Marina ever mentioned seeing cleaning supplies or ammunition for the rifle she claimed her husband practiced dry firing?

    Would Oswald take the time to dispose of the cleaning supplies and traces of ammuntion (extra bullets, box(es), etc.) when he left an easily traceable rifle at the scene of the crime? It was easily traceable as he supposedly carried his false ID at the time of his arrest, in the name of which it was purchased and shipped to the PO Box.

    Comments?

    Al

    Hi Al,

    This has always struck me as strange, If one practices as much as the WC tried to make us believe Oswald did, then something would have turned up , empty ammo cartons, cleaning rods, bore patches, cleaning solvents, oil , etc.

    Of all the years ive been shooting, I never seem to get rid of something after I clean up after a shoot, just last night I found my bushing wrench for my 1911 that I was looking for for 6 months lol, and a set of NM sights for one of my M1's . I had stored these in a box in the garage and for the life of me couldnt remember where I placed them.

    IMHO Oswald was told to order that rifle, nothing more, nothing less. It reminds me of how the gangbangers work over here, telling the little guy to "hold" this until I need it. As they dont want anything linking them to the gun while not in use.

    It just makes no sense if Oswald owned that rifle and shot it as much as the WC said he did, that there was not "extras" found........Makes no sense.

    And his revolver goes right along with this.......

    Ryan,

    You may have a point about the rifle. I don't think there's any question in my mind LHO ordered it and had it in his possession. It gets pretty foggy after that. For someone that's been around guns, a cleaning kit is an essential. For someone who's not, who knows? Know of any of those gangbangers who sit around the kitchen table smokin crack cleaning their pistol after going to Wal Mart to buy a cleaning kit?

    Al,

    One thing I forgot to ask in my answer to your post...

    Since you been involved in many criminal investigations, how often have you gone to a crime scene at a house where gunplay was involved, and not found a cleaning kit or a box of ammo?

    RJS

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