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

Unlike Joseph Backes, Lee Harvey Oswald wasn't stupid. He would have known that lying to police, telling them that he took a bus when he didn't, would open up a can of worms. 

He'd have expected them to follow it up with, "Where exactly did you get on the bus? Exactly what time was it? How long did you ride it? Where exactly did you get off?" What did you do after that?"

He would have had to keep going with the lie, weaving it into an elaborate story, one that he didn't have prepared. He'd have been stammering and stuttering, and very quickly, it would have fallen completely apart, and he'd have been exposed for having lied.

Oswald was innocent. Completely and totally innocent. And when you're innocent, you have NO reason to lie to police. It is not in your interest to lie to police. Lying to police makes you look guilty. 

Getting picked up from a friend and driven home is NOT a crime. No one has ever alleged that any crime was committed on that ride home. So, why wouldn't Oswald have admitted that he was driven home by a friend if that's what happened.

Do you think it was because Oswald wanted to protect his friend? But, did he have that luxury? He was being accused of killing the President of the United States and a policeman. He was in the most trouble that any human being could possibly be in. He had to protect himself. He had to act in his own behalf. 

Besides, he would have known that the police were bound to learn the truth anyway. If he got picked up right on Elm Street in broad daylight, surely he would consider that individuals probably saw him.  What would be the point of lying about it?

But, if police had concocted the story, they would have had the exact same thought. If they knew that Oswald was picked up on Elm Street in broad daylight, they'd have known that individuals might be coming forward to report it. So, how could they expect to get away with a phony story about him taking a bus?

The Idiot Backes doesn't think through his childish visions. And he doesn't think about the verbal exchanges that would have been involved. "Now, listen up everybody. This is your Captain Will Fritz talking. We need to place Oswald on a bus. He said he rode a bus, but we know he really got picked up in a car. So, he lied to us, but now we have to concoct a story to support his lie. Why, you ask? Well, first of all, Oswald didn't kill anybody. He's just the patsy in this thing. But, frame him we must, and believe me, that's coming down from someone in a much higher pay grade than I'm in. So, we need a phony bus driver and some phony witnesses. And feel free to make up witnesses, like maybe a former landlady who doesn't like him. Use your imagination. And shake a leg. We have got to come up with something pronto."