Why Would LHO Choose His Workplace As The Location For Shooting JFK?

[Jerry Freeman]

What has Mrs. Randle and Mrs. Paine got to do with Oswald's choosing his workplace to shoot Kennedy?

He didn't shoot Kennedy so the question is moot.

[Thomas Halle]

Rob...Oswald was "placed" in that job (by his "handlers")...as part of employing him as the designated patsy in the case. Nothing terribly complicated, actually.

[Tim Nickerson]

Rob...Oswald was "placed" in that job (by his "handlers")...as part of employing him as the designated patsy in the case. Nothing terribly complicated, actually.

Wow. Not complicated at all. How come nobody thought of that before? 

[Walt Cakebread]

Rob...Oswald was "placed" in that job (by his "handlers")...as part of employing him as the designated patsy in the case. Nothing terribly complicated, actually.

You are so right, Mr Halle......There's nothing at all complicated about this case. Lee was the sucker who thought he was working as an undercover agent for the FBI ( like his boyhood hero, Herb Philbrick)    What causes the complication for some folks, is that they have painted the FBI as an organization wrapped in the American Flag...and those folks simply cannot abandon worshiping that false idol.

Oswald was "placed" in that job (by his "handlers")...as part of employing him as the designated patsy in the case.

One of the key people in getting Lee Oswald in position at the TSBD was Ruth Paine.....   And she admitted that she was an FBI informant when she appeared before the kangaroo court which is politely referred to as "the Warren Commission".

[Ross Lidell]

Without sifting through 44 pages to see if someone has stated the obvious: Oswald did not "choose" his workplace as the location for shooting at President Kennedy.

Oswald read about the President's motorcade passing Elm Street Dealey Plaza. He read it in the Dallas Newspaper either on Tuesday 19 November or Wednesday 20 November 1963. So did thousands of others.

He recognized the possibility of assassinating President--on Friday 2 November 1963.

There were several factors that convinced him that it could be achieved:

-- His place of work was on the parade route.

-- His co-workers were likely to be outside the building watching the parade.

-- The 6th floor was likely to be abandoned during the lunch-hour.

-- The 6th floor provided a good vantage point to fire at a  person in a moving vehicle (convertible) driving at a slow speed.

-- He deduced a way to transport his rifle from the Paine's garage in Irving to the TSBD.

-- He thought of an excuse for bringing the rifle into the TSBD. Should his possessions be searched by law enforcement: He could claim he was taking the rifle to a Gunsmith to have it repaired or altered.

-- He thought it might be possible to kill President Kennedy with one shot. This would make it less likely that the location of the assassin would be pinpointed.

-- He thought it would be possible to flee the scene of the crime rapidly. Go down the 1st floor in the freight elevator and depart the TSBD from the door near the loading dock.

-- He may have considered the possibility of removing the murder-weapon from the scene of the crime. Making the package that concealed the rifle too short was a mistake. Disassembling the rifle to hide it in the package precluded placing the gun back in it and taking it from the crime-scene and disposing of it in the Trinity River.

In a way: Fate chose Oswald's workplace as the location from which he could assassinate President John F. Kennedy.

Do you realize Rob: The title of your Subject suggests a personal belief that Lee Harvey Oswald was the assassin of President Kennedy.

[Thomas Halle]

Yep, Walt. One of the things I stress in my book "Treason and Treachery in 1963 is that the WC was essentially a post mortem trial of suspect (and designated patsy) Mr. Oswald. And, this body was nothing less than a "Star Chamber" (or, yes, "Kangaroo Court") tribunal...mandated to convict the suspect (and push an "Official Narrative," which was meant to protect the perpetrators and assuage the fears of the American public).

[Thomas Halle]

Lidel's version of this is TOTAL bunk. Among other things....LHO had no motive, did not own "his rifle," was NOT on the sixth floor at the time of the shootiing...and the WR was noting less than a post mortem "Star Chamber" tribunal charged with turning in a "guilty decision." A TOTAL whitewash.

[Tim Nickerson]

Lidel's version of this is TOTAL bunk. Among other things....LHO had no motive, did not own "his rifle," was NOT on the sixth floor at the time of the shootiing...and the WR was noting less than a post mortem "Star Chamber" tribunal charged with turning in a "guilty decision." A TOTAL whitewash.

Oh boy. Need hip waders to get through that.