Did Captain Fritz show Mr Oswald a Mauser?

[Bill Chapman]

The whole thing was a sham, Bill. Once Lee was dead and buried, they pretty much could say whatever they wanted to and the end result proves this. Hoover said they had to lead the public and K-Bach pretty much said the same thing. Even Dan Rather, supposedly NOT working for the government as an "independent" news man, started spreading the lies too on national TV Sunday night - again after Lee was dead.

It was all a very corrupt whitewash. The real truth was never going to be revealed and the murder of Oswald pretty much made their jobs very easy to do because there was no dissenting voice that we would have heard and seen during a real trial.

That's it. It's all over now. Poor dumb cop.

[Richard Smith]

There is nothing inconsistent or sinister about the investigators concluding from the evidence that Oswald was guilty and suggesting that they wanted the public to be convinced of his guilt.  The WC had a dual role.  Investigate the crime and satisfy the American public that the anyone involved in the assassination of the President had been brought to justice.  The investigation confirmed that Lee Harvey Oswald was the assassin and there was no credible evidence that he was involved in any conspiracy.  That remains the case nearly 60 years later.

[Steve M. Galbraith]

There is nothing inconsistent or sinister about the investigators concluding from the evidence that Oswald was guilty and suggesting that they wanted the public to be convinced of his guilt.  The WC had a dual role.  Investigate the crime and satisfy the American public that the anyone involved in the assassination of the President had been brought to justice.  The investigation confirmed that Lee Harvey Oswald was the assassin and there was no credible evidence that he was involved in any conspiracy.  That remains the case nearly 60 years later.

It's always odd how the conspiracists point to the Warren Commission and complain about Oswald somehow being mistreated and ignore the HSCA's conclusions. Did the HSCA somehow violate Oswald's "presumption of innocence"? Was that an unfair investigation too?

Jim Garrison accused Oswald (and others) of all sorts of crimes - even in open court. But the Oswald defenders seldom condemn him for those claims.

It's always the Warren Commission. Was the commission supposed to stop when they started finding evidence of Oswald's guilt? What exactly should they have done? The WC said "Ruby shot Oswald." Was that a violation of Ruby's rights or presumption of innocence?

In any case, the US has held dozens of commissions and congressional committee investigations that have accused all sorts of people of crimes. Does the 9/11 Commission come to mind? Yet it's the WC and only it that upsets these people.

Oswald is seen here as an American Alfred Dryefus, an innocent man set up by the evil secret cabal that took JFK's life and stole America. We call it an "Oswald cult" for a reason. This is why.

[Michael Walton]

The whole thing was one big whitewash. If this had happened today, it would have been exposed much quicker and easier. Unfortunately, social media didn't exist back then, every city in the land had three - at most - TV stations, and of course newspapers. That was it. So it was very easy for Hoover to set up the marching orders and have it flow downward that "...Oswald did it and he had no confederates." And because the media back then could be massaged by the government to do its bidding, it continued on that way until Stone surprised them with his film. Then, we saw the media doing it all over again - a redux if you will - by passing on the same tireless, corrupt and inaccurate storyline.

That's why other parts of the world never bought into the hogwash that the WC came up with.

It was a sham, pure and simple.

[Bill Chapman]

The whole thing was one big whitewash. If this had happened today, it would have been exposed much quicker and easier. Unfortunately, social media didn't exist back then, every city in the land had three - at most - TV stations, and of course newspapers. That was it. So it was very easy for Hoover to set up the marching orders and have it flow downward that "...Oswald did it and he had no confederates." And because the media back then could be massaged by the government to do its bidding, it continued on that way until Stone surprised them with his film. Then, we saw the media doing it all over again - a redux if you will - by passing on the same tireless, corrupt and inaccurate storyline.

That's why other parts of the world never bought into the hogwash that the WC came up with.

It was a sham, pure and simple.

'pure and simple'
Oswald killed Tippit and probably shot Kennedy.
Pure and simple.

'It was a sham'
Sure it was. Thanks for the update.
I'll add it to my 'Book of Oswald':

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CT WONDERLAND
BOOK OF OSWALD
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BOOK I: LUNATIC FRINGE
Nothing is Knowable
Nothing is Provable
Nothing is Believable

BOOK II: CULT OF OSWALD
Everything is Sinister
Everything is a Lie
Everything is Planted
Everything is Faked
Everything is Altered
Everything is a Hoax
Everything is a Sham

BOOK III: MINUTIAE
Trivia writ Large

BOOK IV: OZZIE RABBIT
AKA LEE HARVEY OSWALD
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[Alan Ford]

The whole thing was one big whitewash. If this had happened today, it would have been exposed much quicker and easier. Unfortunately, social media didn't exist back then, every city in the land had three - at most - TV stations, and of course newspapers. That was it. So it was very easy for Hoover to set up the marching orders and have it flow downward that "...Oswald did it and he had no confederates." And because the media back then could be massaged by the government to do its bidding, it continued on that way until Stone surprised them with his film. Then, we saw the media doing it all over again - a redux if you will - by passing on the same tireless, corrupt and inaccurate storyline.

That's why other parts of the world never bought into the hogwash that the WC came up with.

It was a sham, pure and simple.

Well said, sir!

The 'investigation' to whose defense our Warren Gullible friends still devote themselves was an analog-era cover-up that simply cannot sustain the scrutiny of the digital age

[Walt Cakebread]

Well said, sir!

The 'investigation' to whose defense our Warren Gullible friends still devote themselves was an analog-era cover-up that simply cannot sustain the scrutiny of the digital age

I'll second Mr Ford's statement , Mr Walton.... 


The whole thing was one big whitewash.
 it was very easy for Hoover to set up the marching orders and have it flow downward that "...Oswald did it and he had no confederates." And because the media back then could be massaged by the government to do its bidding, it continued on that way until Stone surprised them with his film. Then, we saw the media doing it all over again - a redux if you will - by passing on the same tireless, corrupt and inaccurate storyline.

And I might add they continue with the bullspombleprofglidnoctobuns to this very day....right here in this forum.

[Bill Chapman]

Here
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