Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

The bus transfer ticket was entered into evidence at 4:05. It became part of the official evidence in the case at that time. It means that they were committed to it, and they couldn't revise it later. 

So, since they didn't start talking to Oswald until 3:15 to find out what he had to say, how could they possibly have come up with that ticket by 4:05? If you are going to say they faked it, then they must have gotten started faking it BEFORE they heard anything from Oswald. 

So, who decided that it was necessary to do that? And when was it decided? And how did they go about picking a bus on which to place Oswald? 

It was a VERY risky thing to do because Oswald could very easily have proven that he traveled by car (if he did). And sticking a bus transfer ticket in his pocket? Look: as long as they didn't do that, they could always play dumb if it went south. Even if it were proven that Oswald did something else, that would only mean that they were mistaken. No harm, no foul. But, a bus transfer ticket can't just jump into a man's pocket. If he didn't ride the bus, it means they planted it on him. So, why would they plant hard evidence on Oswald against themselves? 

They didn't need it. They could have claimed he rode the bus without it. And it would have left them an out. So, if they did it, it was really stupid. He wasn't even disputing it. He wasn't saying he did anything else.  Since he agreed with them, why plant phony physical evidence? It would have been really dumb to do that. 

So, who made the decision, Backes? Who decided to round up a phony bus transfer ticket and say it came from Oswald?