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

It's important to remember that Oswald was innocent, so he had no reason to lie to the police.

How stupid would it be to start lying to the police when you're innocent? Extremely stupid because it makes you look extremely guilty. If you lie to them about anything, why should they believe you when you tell them that you're innocent?

Would you lie to police in order to protect someone else? I'm sure that's happened, but it doesn't apply here. It's true that he didn't say anything about his intelligence connections, as far as we know, but you can be sure that he wasn't asked. They didn't want to know anything about that. It's not as though Oswald had anyone to protect personally.  Plus, he didn't have the luxury. He was being accused of killing the President of the United States and a police officer. That is a heap of trouble to be in, and he had his hands full thinking about himself. 

So, if you know that Oswald was innocent, then you should realize that he had no reason to lie to police, and there is no reason to think that he did.

So, when he said that he rode a bus and cab, you should believe him. And when he said that he never went to Mexico except for Tijuana, you should believe him. And when he said that he encountered a police officer in the lunch room, you should believe him. When he said he was out with Bill Shelley in front, you should believe him. And he was certainly talking about DURING the assassination when he said that. Who cares where he was after the assassination? That doesn't matter. He needed to establish where he was DURING the assassination. It's called an alibi. And he had one; he was out with Bill Shelley in front. Shelley wasn't even out in front at the time Oswald left. 

When he denied claiming that he went to Irving to get curtain rods for his apartment (which already had curtain rods) you should believe him. When he said that he brought his lunch with him, consisting of a cheese sandwich and an apple, you should believe him. When he said that he ate it in the Domino room before the assassination and that Junior Jarman and Harold Norman came in, you should believe him. When he said he didn't own a rifle and never ordered one from Klein Hardware, you should believe that too.

And when he said that his face was superimposed over the body of another man in the Backyard Photos, you betcha- you should believe him. 

And when he said to the whole world... 

"I don't know what this situation is about. Nobody has told me anything. I know that I am accused of murdering a policeman; I know nothing more than that." 

...you should believe him. And if you're any judge of character, you know from watching him and hearing him say that that he wasn't lying. He wasn't acting. He was telling the truth.