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

Let's remember that Lee Harvey Oswald said he rode the bus and cab. It's in the Fritz notes. Just as much so as Out with Bill Shelley in front. It's in the Kelley statement, the Bookout statement, and more. Do you think they made it all up? Do you think they had a big pow-wow where someone said, "Now, everybody say that Oswald said he took the bus and cab." Is that what happened? Have you even thought about it? Or do you think that Oswald made it up, that he lied himself because he had his own reasons for wanting to hide the fact that he left Dealey Plaza in a private car? Do you think everybody was lying? Oswald and his interrogators? And if you think that all were lying, explain how they got McWatters, Whaley, Bledsoe, and Jones to participate. Why were these people willing to do it? Were they threatened? Were their families threatened? You think all that was going on behind the scenes on November 22 and November 23? Because it seems like an awful lot to contend with on what was otherwise a very busy day and time.

If there was such a vast conspiracy to concoct this story, rife with phony witnesses, who do you figure was the kingpin? It had to start with somebody. Deciding to do a thing like this is not an automatic thing that would have naturally occurred to a bunch of people. There had to be somebody who conceived it. Who do you figure that was? And how was that person so powerful and so persuasive as to get a vast number of policemen and detectives and agents to go along with it, as well as the witnesses? Exactly how did it go down?

Because what you are talking about here is a very separate plot within the conspiracy. This was a grand and gargantuan venture to frame Oswald for riding a bus and cab.

So, did they talk about it openly to each other (what they were doing) or did they talk about it in code? When was there an opportunity to coach the witnesses about what to say? And where were they given instruction? At the police station? Do you know if they required much practice? I imagine it was hard for Mary Bledsoe, who was an older woman who had trouble following directions. She stumbled and labored over simple questions, so do you really think she was able to learn the script? Why did they pick her in the first place?

And why did they make the story so complicated? A walk, a three block bus ride going the wrong direction, another walk, a cab ride that overshot his destination? If it didn't happen and somebody made it up, why'd they complicate it so much? Why not keep it simple and make your life easy? Do you think maybe it was so that people like me would be fooled?

And have you figured out why they picked up Oswald with a Nash Rambler in broad daylight when it wasn't what they wanted? I mean that they didn't want it to be seen. But, don't you automatically assume that things you do in broad daylight will be seen? If they didn't want it to be seen, why didn't they have the Nash Rambler go around the back and have Oswald leave through the back door or the loading dock? There would have been a lot fewer people there than on Elm. The risk of being seen would have been a lot lower. Why didn't they think of that?

Why did they have Oswald running and acting wild and the car speeding away? Wouldn't it have been better if he had just come out calmly and acted discreet? Why do it in such a flamboyant way if you don't want to be seen? And where were they going that made haste such an imperative? If they were just driving directly to the theater, why not do it at a normal pace? How much time do you save by running down a hill? A few seconds? Is there some reason why they had to race?

And what was Oswald doing inside for a whole 15 minutes? He had his encounter with Truly and Baker at 12:31.5. He got a Coke and walked past Mrs. Reid. Then he proceeded to the front and gave a couple of guys directions to the pay phone. But what are we talking about here time-wise? I figure maybe 12:35? So, what was Oswald doing the other 10 minutes? Just hanging around? Waiting?

Don't you think you need to figure some of this stuff out before you go hog-wild?