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

 I am reading James Hosty's book ASSIGNMENT: OSWALD. It is terrible. It's just a pack of lies. I mentioned that he said Bookhout had to stand on a pedestal in the hallway to find him, and that was not a lie. But, that is his only reference to Bookhout in the whole book. Bookhout attended every one of the interrogations. Hosty only attended the first one. So, wouldn't it seem like he would cite Bookhout about what Oswald said at the other ones?

But, he didn't want to talk too much about Bookhout because he knew the truth. Yet, he foolishly included that remark about him standing on a pedestal. It was like him screaming, BOOKHOUT WAS SHORT! BOOKHOUT WAS SHORT! BOOKHOUT WAS SHORT!

Another example is that he admitted visiting Marina twice in Irving, on November 1 and November 5. He said he did it because it was a "classic counter-espionage concern." Could either of the Oswalds be Soviet intelligence agents, he wondered.

But, the Oswalds got here in June 1962, and the FBI never showed any interest in Marina then. They did talk to Oswald right away. They had sessions with him in Dallas as soon as he got there. So, why would they start suspecting Marina of counter-espionage a year and a half later? What happened? What was she doing to arouse suspicion? The answer, of course, is nothing.

I know the real reason why Hosty went to talk to Marina: it was to assess her. He needed to find out how submissive and respectful she was: to Authority. He knew they were going to kill Kennedy and then would have to kill Oswald. And, they knew that Marina was going to be VERY important in the aftermath. Would she support the government's narrative? Would she get onboard with Oswald having ordered a rifle, and shooting at General Walker, and going to Mexico City, and being a monster, through and through? Of course, he wasn't a monster, and he didn't do any of those things, but could she be manipulated and brainwashed into believing it, on some level, and saying so?

Hosty needed to find out how plastic she was, and he knew that it would depend on how docile she was, and how prone she was to respect and submit to Authority.

I'm sure she was perfectly respectful and compliant, and maybe even trembling and fearful, which was all good. If she had been hostile, defiant, and uncooperative, and if they expected her to be antagonistic after the assassination, and defend her husband and deny his guilt, I just don't know what they would have done. There is zero chance they would have deported back to the USSR becasuese then they would have had her. So, I don't know what they would have done.

And Hosty could also have been appraising her desire for money. We know that a lot of money was given to Marina after the assassination; the equivalent of well over a million dollars today. It may have been closer to $2 million in today's dollars. So, he may have been trying to feel out how receptive she would be to a green poultice.

But, there was zero suspicion that she was a spy. That was a lie. And there was zero information about Oswald that they needed from her. HOSTY'S INTEREST WAS IN HER, not Oswald. You can be sure of that.

Hosty was the one who filled in for Black Harrison in the staged Jackson photo. Here is a comparison of him to "Brezhnev" as I call him. And notice how perfectly identical the noses are. And Blackie Harrison's nose was not like that. What are the odds that James Hosty and Blackie Harrison would have identical noses? Noses come in all different shape, sizes, and forms.

There will be more coming about Hosty's book.