JFK Assassination Forum

So is Ben McKenna going to name his mysterious "soldier" that he keeps posting about in multiple threads? You know, the one who was Lee Oswald's "handler" ? Let's see some ... any! ... evidence.

Mr. BELIN. All right. Could you see the man's trousers at all?
Do you remember any color?

Mr. BRENNAN. I remembered them at that time as being similar to the same color
of the shirt or a little lighter. And that was another thing that I called their attention to at the lineup.

Mr. BELIN. What do you mean by that?
Mr. BRENNAN. That he was not dressed in the same clothes that I saw the man in the window.

Mr. BELIN. You mean with reference to the trousers or the shirt?
Mr. BRENNAN. Well, not particularly either. In other words, he just didn't have the same clothes on.

Mr. BELIN. All right.
Mr. BRENNAN. I don't know whether you have that in the record or not. I am sure you do.

oops...'we do now'...so then....

Mr. DULLES. Any further questions?
I guess there are no more questions, Mr. Belin.

Mr. BELIN. Well, sir, we. want to thank you for your cooperation with the Commission.

FAILED TO IDENTIFY:

The "getaway" car . . .

Dear Sonderführer Storing,

Why do you continually call it the getaway car in scare quotes?

-- Tom

That "getaway" car just sat in that, "NO PARKING At Any Time" zone for at least 3+ Hours. This 3+ hours include the time period when Dealey Plaza was cleared out for the CSI work.  The "getaway" car and Inspector Sawyer's car were the only vehicles there in front of the TSBD during this point in time. Nobody was even standing on the steps or the landing in front of the TSBD front door. That place was an absolute Ghost Town. But that "getaway" car remained right there.

Dear Sonderführer Storing,

Why do you always call it the getaway car in scare quotes?

Are you afraid not to?

-- Tom

SMG-

Thanks for your collegial comments.

Some quickies:

1. LHO may have brought the rifle into the TSBD earlier, as in overnight, or in parts. The 11/22 bag, as seen Wesley's Frazier's car, does seem a little small.

2. There are memos from Hoover 11/24 that the JFKA perp is in custody. LBJ was also loath to fully explore LHO's links, and told Earl Warren so. The Katzenbach memo.

AI-generated: "Yes, the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico in 1963, Thomas C. Mann, had immediate and significant knowledge of Lee Harvey Oswald's suspicious activities in Mexico City (trying to get Soviet/Cuban visas), suggesting ties or at least awareness of Oswald's interactions with Soviet/Cuban contacts that linked to the assassination, but was told to stay quiet; Oswald's Mexico City trip involved alleged phone calls, potential impersonation, and links to KGB assassin Kostikov, all part of a complex intelligence situation where the CIA was monitoring him, creating deep secrecy and questions about who knew what about Oswald's Mexico City dealings."

As I recall, Ambassador Mann lost his job over this matter. I think it is fair to say LHO's foreign connections were downplayed by the WC, and then largely overlooked by the HSCA (which was Mafia-obsessed under Robert Blakely, or CIA-obsessed on the part of some staffers).

Now, usually left-wing ideologues say this was all a clever plot to cover up US security agency and globalist-capitalist warmonger management and involvement in the JFKA.

Victor Marchetti offered that the CIA was covering-up intensive KGB infiltration of the CIA.

To me, it suggest that leads linking LHO to G2 or KGB were not followed up as much as they should have been.

As stated, my read on the Z-film is that there had to be a second gunsel somewhere behind to JFK limo, and also likely someone behind the GK smoke-and-bang show.

OK, were the LHO accomplices G2-affiliated? No one knows.

My guess is G2 and KGB are more likely than CIA or US security agencies.

Alpha 66 is interesting also.