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

 I just discovered something that I have been wondering about for decades. Why is the door to LBJ's Secret Service car open in the Altgens photo? It looks like it's still in the intersection. I presumed that since the door was open, the vehicle must have stopped.

But, that assumption was false. The truth is that they were driving along with the door open. You can see them doing it in the Muchmore film. The car was cruising behind the Veep car with the door open.

They made an attempt to blur it, but that didn't work. And as soon as I saw it, my first thought was that it must also be that way in the Nix film, which also captured Houston Street. But, I checked it, and the Houston Street portion of Nix ends before the Veep-SS car comes into view. Now, did it really end there, or did they crop it just because the door was open?

So, the door was open even as they were cruising along Houston. Now, why would that be? I can only speculate.

So, they were there to protect LBJ. And LBJ certainly knew that bullets were going to be flying on Elm Street. We know that LBJ had his driver stay farther back than the usual spacing. We know that LBJ ducked down. We can see that in both Nix and Muchmore.

And in Altgens, we can't see him at all, but I think that's because he was crouched down, and it showed. So, rather than showing that, they just removed him completely. Did I mention that LBJ killed Kennedy? He did. He was one of the principal plotters, and he rose to the top for the obvious reason that he was going to become POTUS. That pretty much makes you King of the Hill.

So, why would LBJ's SS agents be driving along with their door open? I think it was to be able to respond fast if LBJ came under fire. LBJ was really worried about that. It wasn't just that he was entering a Kill Zone and might get shot accidentally. Being a very evil man who had arranged murders before this one, it occurred to him that his enemies might have engineered a simultaneous attack on him and JFK. He knew very well that there were a lot of people who hated his guts.

I'm sure they didn't have the door open the whole motorcade route. But, once they entered Dealey Plaza, which was at the corner of Main and Houston, the danger began. So, they opened the door so that they could get out fast, in case they had to return fire, or run to LBJ.

I tell you, the film-alterers really should have gotten rid of that. It's a bit of a smoking gun. Because, let's face it: there is no innocent excuse for it. You could probably come up with some funny ones. I'll go first: He had the door open because the A/C was broken, and he was trying to create a breeze. He had the door open because it was an isometric exercise, and this trip had cost him a workout. He had the door open because the guy sitting next to him had bad, unrelenting gas.