Martin and Gerry, the shooting of Oswald is to me still a CT nightmare question and gives me a hard time being a CT.
If Oswald shot JFK then there would be no conspirators to want to Kill him. If he was totally innocent how could you have guaranteed him keeping out of sight at the right moment of time (by the minute) in two successive murders. Furthermore I would not give Jack Ruby even 50 percent chance of killing Oswald under those desperate circumstances. It could not have been planned that way.
However, had Oswald somehow participated believing that something else was going to happen and that the plan had been to finish him off earlier then perhaps a lot of things would be easier to explain. That's the reason for me to suggest that CTs may consider the possibility of Oswald being an intelligence asset (not necessarily exactly how Walt would explain it but close enough)
Jorn,
You are repeating yourself and, it would seem, are pushing towards your preferred conclusion that Oswald was an intelligence asset. You may well be right, but Oswald is such an enigma that anything is possible. There are so many things going on with that guy which can in no way be associated with the penniless loser he was made out to be.
If he was totally innocent how could you have guaranteed him keeping out of sight at the right moment of time (by the minute) in two successive murders. First of all, it has been a question of debate for over half a century if Oswald was indeed at, or anywhere near, 10th/Patton when Tippit was killed. Some claim he was, others point to the timing problem and conclude he physically couldn't have been.
As for the Kennedy murder, if Oswald was set up by a conspiracy it wouldn't really matter where he was, because that kind of information could "disappear" during a cover up, provided Oswald was no longer around to dispute it.
Furthermore I would not give Jack Ruby even 50 percent chance of killing Oswald under those desperate circumstances. It could not have been planned that way. Maybe, but it could have been a back up plan, after the original plan failed.