JFK Assassination Forum

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Investigative journalist and assassination expert Gus Russo maintains that elements of the Cuban intelligence service (known as the G-2, or DGI) likely encouraged Lee Harvey Oswald to assassinate President Kennedy in retaliation for continuous U.S. plots to overthrow or assassinate Fidel Castro.

Russo, along with other researchers, argues that Oswald—a fervent Castro supporter—traveled to Mexico City in September 1963 and made contact with Cuban diplomats and intelligence operatives. According to Russo's investigations (detailed in his book Live by the Sword), members of the Cuban regime were made aware of U.S. attempts to assassinate Castro, and they may have in turn accepted or encouraged Oswald’s offer to eliminate Kennedy.

Russo's research builds on declassified documents and interviews with Cuban defectors. For instance, a controversial 2006 documentary co-authored by Russo (Rendezvous with Death) further alleged that Cuban intelligence contracted Oswald to carry out the assassination.

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I have watched the Rendevous With Death documentary, and it is pretty good.


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Due the cadence or sequence of bullet strikes on JBC-JFK, the LNT-SBT JFKA theory does not hold water.

Most JFKA researchers, being lefties, then fabricate elaborate tales of a Deep State JFKA.

Some righties, such as James Woolsey, blame Moscow.

Seems to me a low-level plot involving LHO and some G-2'ers, or Alpha 66'ers (who may have been G2 double agents), is more probable.

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Remember:

Connally: I was knocked over, just doubled over by the force of the bullet. It went in my back and came out my chest about 2 inches below and the left of my right nipple. The force of the bullet drove my body over almost double and when I looked, immediately I could see I was just drenched with blood. (1 HSCA 42)

Explain to me when this happens, in what frames of the Z-film?

This focus on wallets is another fine example of CTs focusing on all the wrong things. The right thing to focus on are these.

1. When arrested, Oswald had in his possession the only revolver in the world which could have fired the shells that the shooter emptied from his revolver as he fled the scene.
2. Oswald had the same two makes of bullets, Remingtons and Winchesters, that were removed from Tippit's body.
3. Oswald's jacket was found on the route the shooter had fled after shooting Tippit.
4. When he was arrested, Oswald tried to shoot the arresting officer.
5. Numerous witnesses IDed Oswald either as the shooter or the man they saw fleeing the scene with a gun in his hand. I don't normally place much faith in UNCORROBORATED witness accounts. These witnesses are corroborated by the fact the person they IDed had the murder weapon in his possession when arrested.

Knowing all this, do we really need to focus on wallets to figure out who shot JDT?

Yes, I've read John Corbett's latest reply. It is so loaded with evasion, distortion, deception, and error that it's not worth answering. If anyone has any questions about any of his statements, feel free to message me or post them here. Anyway, moving on. . . .

For those who might be interested, another worthwhile discussion on some of the major problems with the autopsy evidence is presented in chapter 8 of Dr. Don Thomas's 2010 book Hear No Evil: Politics, Science, & the Forensic Evidence in the Kennedy Assassination. Dr. Thomas is a retired USDA research scientist. He's had over 100 articles on biology, entomology, DNA, phylogeography, and ionizing radiation published in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

He discusses the impossibility of an FMJ bullet "shearing off" a sizable fragment (or any fragment) at its entry point on a skull, the photographic and x-ray evidence of a frontal shot, the conflict between the head photos and the skull x-rays regarding missing frontal bone, and other important issues relating to the autopsy evidence.

MTG: Dr. Thomas is a retired USDA research scientist.

He's an entomologist, an expert on insects. That doesn't make him an expert on gunshot wounds or on proper autopsy procedure.


MTG: He discusses the impossibility of an FMJ bullet "shearing off" a sizable fragment (or any fragment) at its entry point on a skull, the photographic and x-ray evidence of a frontal shot, the conflict between the head photos and the skull x-rays regarding missing frontal bone, and other important issues relating to the autopsy evidence.

This is nothing more than an attempt at Appeal to Authority, except the "authority" isn't actually an authority.

What we know is that from Z224 to Z225, JFK's right hand was still moving down. You need enlarged stabilized frames to see that which DVP's outstanding website provides. Both of JFK's arms start rapidly upward at Z226, which is the same frame we see JBC's injured right arm move up. This is the most compelling evidence we have of the validity of the SBT. Contrary to what many LNs were arguing a generation ago, it is not necessary to believe JBC had a delayed reaction to being shot. The upward arm movements of both men were in perfect unison in reaction to the same bullet which struck them roughly 2 milliseconds apart. Even looking at the Z-film in normal speed and time without enlargements, we can discern both men reacting simultaneously.

I do not follow where are you getting that Baker maintained possession of the wallet on his person in a way contradicting others having access to it, after he received it from Bentley. Based on Walker and maybe Rose's account too, it seems like there were multiple officers browsing through it after Baker received it. Also, there is a phenomenon in which multiple persons present at an event will all claim to have personally done the same thing. e.g. there are at least four officers who claimed personally to be the first to have discovered the rifle on the 6th floor TSBD! There are several officers who claim they were the one personally who told Fritz that the man he was looking for, Oswald, had just been brought in under arrest. Several of the officers present at Oswald's arrest claimed they personally were the ones who put the handcuffs on Oswald, etc. It isn't evidence of multiple rifles on the 6th floor, multiple Oswalds handcuffed in the Texas Theatre, or multiple wallets with Oswald ID at the police station. Its messiness of hearsay and witness accounts.

I'm not sure what to make of this word salad, but I'll give it a try.

I do not follow where are you getting that Baker maintained possession of the wallet on his person in a way contradicting others having access to it, after he received it from Bentley.

I haven't got a clue what you are talking about. According to Bentley (and Hill) Baker received the wallet that Bentley took from Oswald some two hours after Oswald arrived at City Hall. By then Guy Rose had already talked to Oswald and a wallet had been submitted to the evidence room.

Based on Walker and maybe Rose's account too, it seems like there were multiple officers browsing through it after Baker received it.

It seems?... No, Bentley said he had the wallet he took from Oswald until he gave it to lt Baker at around 4:00 PM.... that's at least two hours later than Guy Rose talked to Oswald.

Also, there is a phenomenon in which multiple persons present at an event will all claim to have personally done the same thing.

And it doesn't concern you that the investigators did not want to find out what the actual story is? Besides, when you are a police officer, you either have or don't have evidence. Are you now claiming that Walker just made up that he had a wallet?

e.g. there are at least four officers who claimed personally to be the first to have discovered the rifle on the 6th floor TSBD!

And you don't care that they never investigated those claim to preserve the chain of custody?

There are several officers who claim they were the one personally who told Fritz that the man he was looking for, Oswald, had just been brought in under arrest. Several of the officers present at Oswald's arrest claimed they personally were the ones who put the handcuffs on Oswald, etc. It isn't evidence of multiple rifles on the 6th floor, multiple Oswalds handcuffed in the Texas Theatre, or multiple wallets with Oswald ID at the police station. Its messiness of hearsay and witness accounts.

No, it's evidence of police incompetence