Am I the only CT here who can meet the LN's more than half way? If not ...

[Dan DAlimonte]

he (Lee Oswald) must have been involved in something.... but what? That's the big question, as far as I am concerned, and I seriously doubt I will ever get an answer.

Perhaps since I've had the benefit ( or experience ) of being on the receiving end of an event that gave the illusion that I was guilty of some act when in reality I had no idea what was happening... I can visualize how Lee could have been duped by those he trusted.

It should be apparent to you that Lee was a bit "eccentric"....   He envisioned himself a being another "Herb Philbrick" an FBI agent who was a spy and led three lives...

what really happened and what Oswald's role in it was.

Since he thought ( dreamed ) that he was working for the FBI  ( or CIA ) the conspirators could manipulate him and trick him into playing a role that he thought was exciting and could elevate him to the hero like Herb Philbrick...Remember how he signed George De Morhenschildt's photo?   "Hunter of Fascists " .......  That was a role he was playing in April of 1963.....

Hey, Walt.  If the impressionable Oswald came to realize that there was a possibility
he was being set up ... why not call home and ask his wife in Russian to go to the garage
and check if the rifle was still there?  If it wasn't, then he could have had the, Oh, F ...
moment and know it for sure.   For him to guess and then leave is hard for me to believe.   

[Martin Weidmann]

Hey, Walt.  If the impressionable Oswald came to realize that there was a possibility
he was being set up ... why not call home and ask his wife in Russian to go to the garage
and check if the rifle was still there?  If it wasn't, then he could have had the, Oh, F ...
moment and know it for sure.   For him to guess and then leave is hard for me to believe.

Dan,

Why first assume that there was in fact (still or ever) a rifle in Ruth Paine's garage?

Other than that, I agree that Oswald leaving the TSBD so quickly is troublesome and does not bode well for him being an innocent bystander.

[Walt Cakebread]

Hey, Walt.  If the impressionable Oswald came to realize that there was a possibility
he was being set up ... why not call home and ask his wife in Russian to go to the garage
and check if the rifle was still there?  If it wasn't, then he could have had the, Oh, F ...
moment and know it for sure.   For him to guess and then leave is hard for me to believe.

Why would he think he was being set up?....He thought the whole thing was a hoax similar to the Walker hoax....and it would appear that he had taken a potshot at JFK which he thought would get him welcomed to Cuba....

[Dan DAlimonte]

Why would he think he was being set up?....He thought the whole thing was a hoax similar to the Walker hoax....and it would appear that he had taken a potshot at JFK which he thought would get him welcomed to Cuba....

And it would never have dawned on the impressionable Oswald that his handlers would really
kill Kennedy and he would be blamed for it? 

[Walt Cakebread]

And it would never have dawned on the impressionable Oswald that his handlers would really
kill Kennedy and he would be blamed for it?

He had been reassured that the FBI were well aware of the plots afoot to assassinate JFK...and they had everything under control....  He was being reassured by the very people who were stting him up....

[Dan DAlimonte]

He had been reassured that the FBI were well aware of the plots afoot to assassinate JFK...and they had everything under control....  He was being reassured by the very people who were stting him up....

And when he came face to face with Hosty he complained about the former
accosting his wife and says nothing on how his department set him up for killing Kennedy?

[Dan DAlimonte]

Dan,

Why first assume that there was in fact (still or ever) a rifle in Ruth Paine's garage?

Other than that, I agree that Oswald leaving the TSBD so quickly is troublesome and does not bode well for him being an innocent bystander.

Hey, Martin.  I was replying to Walt's comment but I forgot he believes Oswald did
take the rifle for a hoax shot towards Kennedy.