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

 Marina did go to the DPD on Friday. We have images of her there in two different outfits, one light and the other dark. The Portal of Texas History lists both of these as November 22, but since she's wearing different clothes, one has to be Friday and the other Saturday. 

 But, her presence there on Friday means that the narrative of Allan Grant from LIFE magazine isn't credible because he claimed to be with her at the Irving house from that afternoon until dark. 

First, in L.A., he hopped a plane to Dallas after JFK was shot at 10:30 L.A. time. And Grant said that it was at 11:05 on the plane that the pilot announced that Kennedy had died. But, how could his trip have progressed that far in 35 minutes? 

Grant didn't say what time they reached the Paine house, but it had to be day. They didn't even have the address, and it's unimaginable that they would have been looking for the house in the dark. They saw a guy parked in the driveway who was getting groceries out of his car. So, they approached him. He was Michael Paine, and his response was to invite them inside.   

It wasn't even his house. He and Ruth were separated and heading for divorce. So, wouldn't he have checked with her before inviting strangers in?

But, what time was it then? I don't know, but Marguerite was already there. So, how did she get there? Remember: she lived in Ft. Worth, and Bob Schiefer went and got her. 

But, it must have been after the trip to Dallas because otherwise, how could Marguerite be there? 

So, they're all inside gabbing away. Grant admitted that their goal was to kidnap the Oswalds so that they would have an exclusive. So, when Marguerite asked about them driving them to Dallas to see Lee, they jumped on it. But, how could that happen without it being said that they were just there? Here is how Grant put it:

"Would it be possible," Marguerite asked, "for Marina and I to go with you to Dallas to see Lee Harvey?" Tommy offered not only to drive the women to Dallas but to give them our rooms at the Adolphus Hotel where they could spend the night and where they would not only be comfortable but in the morning, would practically be next door to the Dallas Jail where Lee was being held. Marguerite liked the idea, but Marina didn't want to wake the children. She told Ruth Paine in Russian she thought it best to pick them up in the morning."

But wait. If they were there on Friday and didn't see Lee, why would they just assume that if they went on Saturday they'd get to see him? Was it arranged in advance? Not according to Grant. He said that the next day, from his hotel room, Marguerite called Captain Fritz and asked if they could see Lee. So, they drove to Dallas on a lark? And they discussed it all without revealing that they had been to Dallas?

The whole story isn't credible, including the part about them not taking Marina back home and just assuming that they couldn't do that. It was really about moving Marina out of that house, and the reason reporters were doing it is because it would have been inappropriate for the feds to do it when Oswald was still alive.

And the weirdest thing of all is the way they described it as if it was a foregone conclusion that Marina couldn't go back home. Of course, they were going to take her to a hotel because she couldn't go back home. Why? Don't ask because you're not supposed to think about it.  

We have an affadavit that Marina signed on November 22 that was notarized.

The affidavit is weird because it states that when first asked if Oswald owned a rifle, she said he used to, a hunting rifle, but it got sold. Actually, it was a shotgun, which was all you could own in Russia. And that statement was consistent with him not currently owning a rifle. The only reason to mention a previously owned rifle is if he didn't currently own one. 

But then, she said that she knew there was "a" rifle in Ruth Paine's garage, that two weeks before, she saw a blanket with something wrapped in it. She opened it and saw that it was a rifle. And then, she related the incident of going into the garage with the cops and seeing the empty blanket on the floor. 

So, what should we make of this? She never claimed that that rifle belonged to Lee. 

So, did the plotters plant the rifle wrapped in the blanket in the garage? Did Michael Paine plant it there? Who else could have done it?  

However, it is impossible to correlate these statements with the ones that Marina eventually made to the Warren Commission. To them, she waxed on and on about Oswald and his rifle. But, I maintain that all that was the result of her being MK-ULTRA'd.  

So, Marina's statement that Oswald used to own a rifle is tantamount to her saying that he didn't currently own one. And therefore, everything that followed was cognitive disconnect. Marina's affidavit is exonerating of Oswald and damning to the official story. An intelligent person who reads it is going to smell a rat. 

So, there are two take-aways here: The first is that the purpose of the LIFE reporters was to move Marina out of the Paine house for the feds. The feds were in charge. They were calling the shots. It's apparent that they were trying to mesh the timing of their complete take-over of Marina's life with Oswald being declared dead. The idea was to make it look like it didn't start until after he died. But, in reality, it started before, They just cloaked it with the LIFE reporters. They absolutely knew that his death was coming. All their actions, including the actions of Grant and Thompson, were based on, not just the expectation, but the certain knowledge that Oswald was going to die. I don't say that Grant and Thompson had that knowledge. They just had an assignment. But, it is a smoking gun that the feds started taking control of Marina, in a step-like way, before Oswald died, and we need to start talking about it that way.  

And the second thing is that the only solid statement Marina made about Oswald's rifle is that he didn't own one. All the rest is noise- and the manipulation of her and us.