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

This is Part 5 of my analysis of Marina Oswald's testimony. I think she was programmed. I suspect that during her 2+ months of captivity, the FBI and SS agents asked her about the Walker shooting, the trip to Mexico, etc., and she would at first say that she didn't know. It is absolutely on record that that is true of the Mexico trip that when first asked, she didn't know a thing about it. But then it all came to her? I bet you they told her that she was traumatized, that her mind was playing tricks on her, blocking out memories, but that they could help her to get them back. And they produced things to show her that supported what they were saying: receipts, records, etc. And then they went over it with her again and again and again. And eventually, she robotically got it.

I suspect it was similar to what attorneys do to prep their clients for court,  except I'm sure it was much more protracted, much more intense, and much more MK-Ultra-like. 

This refers to his arrest in New Orleans:

Mr. RANKIN. Did you have anything to do with trying to get him out of jail?
Mrs. OSWALD. No. He was only there for 24 hours. He paid his fine and left. He said that the policeman who talked to him was very kind, and was a very good person.

I quoted that because there are some individuals who claim that Oswald was tortured by New Orleans Police, that they did some kind of pinching torture to him. I'm not going to mention any names. Richard Hooke. But, I think it's very clear that Oswald was not tortured by the New Orleans Police, nor was he harshly treated by them. There isn't a speck of evidence for that. 

Mr. RANKIN. What was your husband's attitude about your learning English?
Mrs. OSWALD. He never talked English to me at home, and did not give me any instruction. This was strictly my own business. But he did want me to learn English. But that was my own concern. I had to do that myself somehow. That is the truth.

We are often told that Oswald prohibited his wife from learning English, which would have been pretty darn crazy of him. So, I'm glad she said that he wanted her to learn English. As for him always speaking to her in Russian, I suspect he just wanted to stay practiced in it himself. 

Mr. RANKIN. Outside of the Murrets (Lee's aunt and uncle) were there other people from New Orleans that visited you at your home in New Orleans?
Mrs. OSWALD. Once or twice a woman visited who was a friend of Ruth Paine's. Ruth Paine has written her. She had written to Ruth Paine to find out whether she knew any Russians there. And once or twice this woman visited us. But other than that, no one.
Mr. RANKIN. What was the name of this woman?
Mrs. OSWALD. I don't remember. I only remember that her first name is also Ruth.
Mr. RANKIN. Did your husband have friends of his that visited you there at New Orleans?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, never.

Marina never said that in New Orleans Oswald spent a lot of time away from her and June when he wasn't working. She never said that he was gone a lot. I think that's significant.

Mr. RANKIN. Did your husband ever study Spanish that you know of?
Mrs. OSWALD. He didn't study it, but before his trip to Mexico he would sit down with the textbook and look at it.  (Later) He didn't speak Spanish.

Was there really a Spanish textbook? If so, what happened to it? Since her entire reference to him learning Spanish pertained to a trip to Mexico which he didn't make, we are left with nothing. I have no reason to believe that Oswald could speak Spanish. 

Mr. RANKIN. Did you notice any change in your husband after this trip to Mexico?
Mrs. OSWALD. In my opinion, he was disappointed at not being able to get to Cuba, and he didn't have any great desire to do so any more because he had run into, as he himself said--into bureaucracy and red tape. And he changed for the better. He began to treat me better.
Mr. RANKIN. Will you tell us how he treated you better?
Mrs. OSWALD. He helped me more although he always did help. But he was more attentive. Perhaps this was because he didn't live together with me but stayed in Dallas. Perhaps, also because we expected a child and he was in somewhat an elated mood.

So, in the weeks before the assassination, he was in an "elated" mood? How does a guy like that decide to kill the President of the United States? I guarantee you that Rankin wasn't happy about this testimony. It's not what he wanted to hear. 

Mr. RANKIN. After your husband returned from Mexico, did you examine the rifle in the garage at any time?
Mrs. OSWALD. I had never examined the rifle in the garage. It was wrapped in a blanket and was lying on the floor.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you ever check to see whether the rifle was in the blanket?
Mrs. OSWALD. I never checked to see that. There was only once that 1 was interested in finding out what was in that blanket, and I saw that it was a rifle.
Mr. RANKIN. When was that?
Mrs. OSWALD. About a week after I came from New Orleans.
Mr. RANKIN. And then you found that the rifle was in the blanket, did you?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, 1 saw the wooden part of it, the wooden stock.

What???? Marina saw the stock of the rifle, but Michael Paine moved it around several times and thought it was either a folding shovel or tent poles??? Is it too late to make a citizen's arrest of that guy? And what about Ruth? It was her garage.

The stock of the rifle was in plain view, and Ruth never noticed it? God-damn Paines! Arrest them!

Mr. RANKIN. During the week when he was in Dallas and you were at Irving, did he call you from time to time?
Mrs. OSWALD. Daily, twice.

Sounds to me like Oswald loved his wife, and it's well known that he loved his kids. But, according to Attorney Belin, Oswald was going to escape to Mexico, never to see them again, all for the satisfaction of killing John Kennedy. Was he going to call his wife twice a day from Mexico? 

Mr. RANKIN. Did you have a special celebration for your husband's birthday?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. When was that?
Mrs. OSWALD. On October 18th.
Mr. RANKIN. Who was there?
Mrs. OSWALD. Ruth and her children, I, Lee, and Paine's husband, Michael.

Oswald had no friends. No friends, no friends, no friends, no friends, no friends. Ruth and Michael Paine were certainly not his friends; they were his trappers. So, Backes, your stupid idea that a friend pulled up at the Depository and yelled, "Get in the fuckin' car, Oswald!" didn't happen. He took the bus and cab. He had NOBODY who could possibly pick him up. He had no friends.

Here was another disappointment for Rankin:

Mr. RANKIN. On these weekends, did you ever observe your husband going to the garage, practicing with the rifle in any way?
Mrs. OSWALD. No.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you see him leave the house when he could have been going to the garage and practicing with. his rifle?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, he couldn't have practiced while we were at the Paine's, because Ruth was there. But whenever, she was not at home, he tried to spend as much time as he could with me--he would watch television in the house

How do you practice with a rifle in a garage? Do you just hold it up like you're aiming it at a target and say "ka-ching" like a kid? And the rifle was disassembled, remember? Because: they determined the length of the bag that Frazier saw based on the rifle being disassembled. The whole feasibility of Frazier having seen Oswald with the rifle depended on it being disassembled. So, did Oswald go out to the garage and assemble the rifle just to say "ka-ching"?

This is touching about the birth of Rachel. Wasn't he devoted?

Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall the weekend that you went to the hospital for your baby?
Mrs. OSWALD. Very well.
Mr. RANKIN. Did your husband go with you at that time?
Mrs. OSWALD. No. Ruth drove me at that time. He remained with June because June was crying and we could not leave her with strangers.. He wanted to go with me, but we couldn't arrange it any other way.
Mr. RANKIN. After the baby was born, did he come and see you?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Did. he say anything to you about the baby?
Mrs. OSWALD. Every father talks a lot.
Mr. RANKIN. Did he talk about the baby?
Mrs. OSWALD. About me and the child--he was very happy. He even had tears in his eyes.
Mr. RANKIN. Did he call you from Irving when you were in the hospital?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, he was working at that time, and he called me from work. But I didn't talk to him. He merely asked the nurse how I was doing.
Mr. RANKIN. And those conversations would be reported to you by the nurse, then?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, she didn't tell me about them. Because he telephoned to find out when I should be brought home, and he telephoned Ruth and asked her to let him know. But the nurse did tell me that my husband had called.

That was just several weeks before the assassination. He had a lot going on in his life, and it's obvious that, despite the separation, he was very devoted to his wife and his kids. It's where his mind was. So, the idea that a few weeks later, he read about a motorcade and decided to kill the Leader of the Free World is just plain wacky. It has no credibility at all. It is preposterous. It's insane. 

It's ironic because their saying that he was insane (which he would have to be to do what they claim he did) was insane. The saying of it was insane. 

Mr. RANKIN. Were you present on November 5, 1963, when FBI agents Hosty and Wilson interviewed Mrs. Paine at her home?
Mrs. OSWALD. 1 was in my room at that time busy with little Rachel, and I heard voices which I thought were voices of the FBI. I came out of the room and they were in a hurry to leave. They did not talk to me at that time, other than just a greeting.

What??? Hosty went to speak to Ruth Paine in her home on November 5? And then he winds up in the first interrogation with Oswald? Hosty went to talk to Ruth Paine? Why should those two have had any association at all at that point?