A minor debacle developed over LBJ in the Altgens photo. He can't be seen in it. And since he can't be seen in it, the story became that he got down on the floor of the convertible. Actually, he was blackened out because he was scooting down, making sure his head was lower than the back of the seat, to make sure he wasn't hit by a stray bullet. And since that would have looked bad, they took him out of the photo.

However, they couldn't admit that they tampered with the photo, so the story became that he was sprawled down on the floor of the car. And since that idea was just as bad, or even worse than what happened, the story became that it wasn't his doing, that Rufus Youngblood, his Secret Service agent, grabbed him and thrust him down and then got on top of him.

It's funny if you think about it: these two big men sprawled on the floor of the car, one on top of the other, right over the feet of Lady Bird and Senator Youngblood.

But, rest assured that that did not happen. However, that didn't stop LBJ from holding a ceremony to honor Youngblood for his brave, selfless action in the line of duty. They did it at the White House, with all the pomp and circumstance. Even Youngblood's wife and kids were there to celebrate his greatness, although all an effinn' lie.

I suspect that the Altgens photo is the most altered photo in the history of photography. It's amazing what Brugioni's team got done in just 5 hours. That's how much time they had: from 12:30 to 5:30 Central when Walter Cronkite showed it on national television for the first time.

I am reminded of the old adage: Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we venture to deceive.

I know it’s hard for people to accept that the Dallas Police killed Oswald and framed the hapless, hopeless Jack Ruby.  Even Ruby’s lawyers didn’t figure it out, or get close to figuring it out, even though they were given hints. They had Ruby telling them that he had no thought of shooting Oswald-ever; and neither did he have any memory of doing it. His whole basis for accepting that he did it was the Dallas Police telling him that he did.

Then, they had another big clue. It was the fact that the photos showed that the Shooter used his middle finger to pull the trigger. Why would Jack Ruby do that? His lawyers asked him why he did it, and his response was that since he had no thought or memory of doing it, he had no idea why he used his middle finger.

Handguns are designed to fit your hand using the index finger as the trigger finger. Even little kids, when they’re playing cops and robbers, get it that they pretend-shoot their toy guns using their index finger on the trigger.  The fact was that Ruby’s left index finger was partially amputated. It is extremely likely, bordering on certain, that the people who staged this had the wrong information. They, apparently, believed that Ruby’s right index finger was the one amputated. Hence, they had James Bookhout use his middle finger.

There are several other facts that should help you get over the mental illness that I call “Americana” which is the belief that police committing cold-blooded murder doesn’t happen in America because this is America.

1 Ruby could not have had any intention of shooting Oswald because if he did, he would have showed up on time, that time being 10 AM. And Ruby said that not only did he have no intention of shooting Oswald, but he had no intention of even seeing him. So, all that leaves is that it was, for Ruby, a sudden impulse. But if so, why didn’t he remember it? How could it possibly have happened without him knowing it and recalling it?

2 The Dallas Police lied. Jim Leavelle lied through his teeth. He said that he recognized Ruby in the garage and saw him closing in. He said that he tried to jerk Oswald behind him to protect him. He made no such jerk. It was a complete lie. And then he said that he thumped Ruby on his left shoulder with the heel of his right hand. He did not. That was another complete lie. Then, when he was asked on 11/24 who helped him carry Oswald into the Jail Office, he stammered and hesitated and then said that he couldn’t remember. Now, that is ridiculous, and surely you agree. The reason he didn’t want to cite anyone is because it was no one. No one helped him carry Oswald into the Jail Office because he didn’t carry Oswald into the Jail Office. Oswald got up and went in on his power. And since Leavelle was handcuffed to Oswald, how could he lift him? Since his left wrist was tied to Oswald’s right wrist, it meant that anywhere Leavelle’s left wrist went, Oswald’s right wrist had to go. So, how could Leavelle get his hands underneath Oswald to pick him up when he was handcuffed to him?

And if anyone wants to do an experiment in which they handcuff themselves to someone and then try to pick them up and carry them, be my guest.

But, let’s go on with the police lies. All the detectives said that Oswald remained unconscious the whole time in the Jail Office. That is all except one. Detective Combest, alone, said that Oswald was conscious, that he opened his eyes, and he was responsive. Combest said that, in trying to get a confession from Oswald, he asked him if he had a statement to make-before it was too late. And Combest said that Oswald shoot his head “no.” Now, if that were true, don’t you think that other detectives would have seen it? Combest was also asked who carried Oswald into the Jail Office, and he said it was him, Leavelle, and Graves. Graves? Graves went with Bookhout. He was one of the Penguins who was hustling Bookhout through the corner door and keeping him covered up. And Graves himself said so. He said that he didn’t see Oswald again until he was lying on the floor in the Jail Office, and that he did NOT help carry him in.  And he said that Oswald was completely unresponsive.

Another liar was Detective Elmer Boyd. He claimed that he watched the Oswald shooting on television when he was having Sunday brunch at his in-laws’ house. That was a lie. He was there. We have an image of him hovering with the Shooter on the 3^rd floor, and with him was his partner Richard Sims, and another detective whose name was Hall. I’m attaching that image. It was taken just minutes after the shooting. The man in the middle is supposed to be Jack Ruby, but he is obviously not Jack Ruby.

3 The lying cops were the only ones who claimed to recognize Ruby in the garage. None of the reporters or cameramen claimed it. One of the reporters was Hugh Aynesworth who knew Ruby very well. He had eaten lunch with Ruby that week. Even though he saw the shooter zipping by, he didn’t know he was Jack Ruby until the police announced it. He did NOT recognize Ruby in the garage.

Now, I’ll point out that, as the years passed, that some of the men who were there, in talking about it would say things like, “and then I saw Ruby come out.”  But, what they meant was that, “and then I saw the man, who I later learned was Jack Ruby, come out.”

 4. Consider the suit that Leavelle wore: an Easter suit. Yeah, he came dressed up as the Easter Bunny. Why? I believe it was to create color contrast between him and Oswald. They put Oswald in black and him in white, so to speak. That way, it would help guide the Shooter. And Leavelle wore that suit on Saturday too. So, on Friday. the President of the United States, and his very good friend JD Tippit got murdered, yet, on Saturday he decided to wear an Easter suit? And then again on Sunday?

5 Dallas Police claimed to get over 100 phone calls threatening to kill Oswald. There is even a photo of Leavelle and others manning the phones, like at a PBS fundraiser. Do you believe that people called in that way? If you intended to kill Oswald, for what reason would you inform the police? And the police said over and over, on the radio, that they feared the attack would come during the Jail Transfer. Then why do it? Why not transfer Oswald in the dead of night without telling the public anything? You could tell them afterwards. Why did they have to make a public spectacle out of it?

6 There are people who believe that the Dallas Police conspired WITH Jack Ruby to kill Oswald. But, nobody in his right mind would trust Jack Ruby to do that. We’re talking about shooting somebody in a very small, crowded space, loaded with police. In other words, Ruby would be shooting in their direction. Jack Ruby was a nitwit. He was a scatterbrain. He was a character. He was like Lou Costello. Nobody in his right mind would have trusted Jack Ruby to do a shooting.  He was a nincompoop, and they knew it.

The idea that they would get Jack Ruby to do it is ridiculous in the first place. But, in the second place, how could they trust him to keep his mouth shut? Remember, it was going to be followed by them arresting him, charging him, prosecuting him, testifying against him, in an effort to secure a death sentence so that they could electrocute him. What if Ruby woke up one morning and decided that he had enough of that and was going to spill the beans on them? Do you think they were going to go to bed every night knowing that Ruby could betray them to his lawyers at any time? A cooperative conspiracy between the Dallas Police and Jack Ruby is absurd.

7. Ruby claimed to speak during the melee. “What are you doing? You know me. I’m Jack Ruby. I’m not some criminal. I’m not wanted.” And the cops also said that he did. But, we have the films, and the Shooter spoke or tried to speak. And nobody in the garage, other than the cops, said that the Shooter spoke. The reporters said he never did, and he didn’t.

We’re talking about two separate events, separated by about an hour. The first was the taking of Jack Ruby. He got to the basement much earlier than reported. He told the Warren Commissioners that he sent his money wire at 10:15. Of course, he was corrected right away, and by a Secret Service agent who was in San Francisco on the day it happened.  But, Ruby really did send it at 10:15.

So, that is when they grabbed Ruby, and they hustled him upstairs. And after that, they placed Roy Vaughn at the Main Street ramp. He had no idea that he was being set up. Vaughn was adamant that Ruby did not get past him. And Vaughn was no slouch. He went on to become the Chief of Police of the city of Midlothian, Texas. And after that, he became a municipal judge for 13 years, until his death. Vaughn was right that Ruby did not get past him. The whole bit at that ramp was a magnet for Ruby. It was an incoming ramp. So, why were people gathered there? Who were they waiting to see arrive? Nobody. So, it made no sense for them to even  be there. But, the stumbling, bumbling, drug-wrecked Ruby got there early and no doubt was coaxed down the ramp. And with Ruby tucked away on the 5^th floor, they put on the spectacle in the basement, and it was for television.

Make no mistake: Oswald was killed that day. There is no chance that he was let go. But, he was shot afterwards, He was not shot in the garage. They needed a surgically precise shot, and that is what they got. I’ve got to hand it to them. They knew what they were doing about that. They were out to get Oswald to bleed, and he bled so much, internally, that Parkland doctors had to replace his entire blood volume. But, even that couldn’t save him.

How long have you believed that Oswald was innocent? Well, it’s time that you start believing that Ruby was innocent too.

 Here, Detective Miller puts something over Bookhout's head after his hat fell off. The Penguins pause a bit for him to do that. 

 The gunblast has already gone off in this picture. Oswald has been shot, and he responded by slapping his arm to his chest (although we don't see that in the films). He's also writhing in pain and moaning. But, Detective Roy Lowery, on the left, is still clasping his hands in front like a Jehovah's Witness at the door. And notice how perfectly relaxed and settled he looks, like he's going nowhere. Did I mention that a gunblast has just gone off?

And Leonid Brezhnev, on the right, filling in for Blackie Harrison, is still puffing his cigar like he was Groucho Marx. That's what he's doing with his left hand. With his right hand, he is reaching for the gun to disarm the gunman. Who says you can't do two things at once?

Then, you've got the cop in back who is looking at the camera, frozen like a deer in the headlights.

There is nothing real about this. It is a staged photo, a propaganda photo, that was created because Jack Ruby did not shoot Lee Harvey Oswald. Stop believing the lie that he did. We were conned for 60 years. Isn't that enough?

 Dee McFarlane found another gem, which is SS Agent Mike Howard waxing on about his handling of Marina Oswald and taking her to the hospital. Before I tell you what he said, I am going to tell you that guys like him and Jim Leavelle, they were telling and repeating their lies so many times over not just years but decades, that, on some level, they may have come to believe what they were saying. It's almost like a conversion, a religious conversion.

But, this was very revealing. First, Howard claimed that Marina got to speak to Oswald on Friday night. That is not part of the story. The story goes that she got to see him on Saturday. But, Howard claimed that he took her up to see Oswald, and he observed their conversation. He claimed that Oswald balled her out for speaking Russian, that he said, you're in America now, so you have to speak English. Now, I ask you, at a time like that, when he was being accused of murdering two men, do you think he would fuss about her speaking Russian? Plus, there are other claims that he preferred that they communicate in Russian. Mary Bledsoe said that when Oswald was staying with her that every night he spoke to his wife on the phone in Russian. And just think of the advantage of him and Marina conversing in Russian at the pd; it gave them privacy. So, should we believe a word of what Howard said? No.

So, what I'm saying is that this is an example of made-up story that was told and retold to colorize, and by that point, Howard was probably incapable of distinguishing lies from truth, which was also true of Leavelle.

Howard said that he got the order on Friday evening to place Marina in "protective custody" and that it came from LBJ. Of course, he repeated the story that she was in danger, and they were protecting her. But, there is no evidence that she was in danger. They made it up. But, there was an important legal issue, and that is that they were charging and prosecuting Oswald for double murder, and Henry Wade announced on Friday evening that he would pursue the death penalty. Well, you cannot confiscate a man's wife when you're doing that. She is, by law, his witness. It's presumed that she will be his witness, and she cannot be asked to divulge any communications between them. It's called spousal privilege. How dare they confiscate the man's wife, and without even asking him or telling him?

So, Howard said he got the order from Sorrels to pick up Marina. But, this was after she left on Friday evening. And since Dallas Police drove her to the PD on Friday, I presume they returned her to Irving. And then, Howard just glibly said that "we found out on Saturday that some reporters had set her up at the Executive Inn on the outskirts of town." How could anyone just say that? Why were reporters relocating her? And how did he find out about it? Did the reporters call him afterwards? How could they possibly have done that? So, this is an example of a glib story that is just tossed out even though it lacks any explanation. It's completely apart from anything tangible.

Anyway, after finding out about the Executive Inn, he said that he and another agent went out there, and they spent the night, taking turns guarding the rooms. Then, early the next morning, Sunday, they got them and took them out for some food. And then, they started driving to the Inn of the Six Flags. Well, that isn't the reported story either. The reported story is that they took them to Chief Currie's house, where she called Ruth Paine and asked her to pack her stuff. But, in this telling, Howard left that out completely.

Then, he said that they heard on the police radio that Oswald was shot. Well, Oswald was shot at 11:20, and he wasn't declared dead until about 1:00. He said Marina said she wanted to go see him. But, if that were true, they would have gotten there when Oswald was still alive. But, that isn't part of the story either.

So then, Howard said that he took Marina and Marguerite to Parkland hospital, and they went in the same entrance that JFK did. That can't be true. We have the photo, including the one of Marguerite hugging the pretzel cannister, and they are obviously not at the entrance of Parkland Hospital as per Kennedy.

And then he said that when they saw the body, that she wanted to know about his swollen eye, not anything else. But wait. That doesn't make sense. According to him, she saw Oswald both on Friday evening and on Saturday, and she talked to him. So, she already knew about the swollen eye because he had it then. If she was curious about that, she would have asked him about it. So, how could she act surprised to see it on Sunday, especially with what had just happened to him? By that point, wasn't the swollen eye like ancient history? Yet, according to Howard, that's all Marina wanted to ask about.

Here's the link. His part about Marina starts at 1:24:40.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2wvG6Yi71Y

Howard claimed that he attended an Oswald interrogation on Friday evening, but the only SS agent reported to have attended any was Forrest Sorrels. And every Oswald interrogation was led by Captain Will Fritz. It was a police interrogation, not a Secret Service interrogation. What Howard said here was all horse shit that he was spewing glibly because he had been doing it for so long.

"We found these people (Marina and Marguerite). The News media had them in a room at the Executive Inn..."

How the mother-flook could he just say that as if it was coherent? It was not coherent. And how can people be so stupid as to hear him glibly say it and be content with it, as if there's nothing missing, as if it makes complete sense? It doesn't make any sense.

 

You can hear the reporter say, "The fear arises and grows stronger that someone may attempt to take the life of the man accused of murdering the President of the United States." 

Living History with Rio Sam Pierce - YouTube

Isn't that a bit too obvious? And isn't it a bit too dramatic? To me, it's like something out of vaudeville. They were setting up the public to expect that something would happen to Oswald because they knew that something was going to happen to him.

The Dallas Police and FBI orchestrated the shooting of Oswald, and they knew they were only going to get one chance. If Oswald had survived the shooting; if doctors had been able to save him, it's not as though the cops could do it again, or stage some other way for him to die. Even the dumbest pluck who just fell off the turnip truck would cry, "No way!" if it happened again.

So, they had to make sure it was lethal, and the way they did that was to hit his major blood vessels, his aorta, vena cava, and superior mesenteric artery. To that end, it was a downward shot. The bullet entered Oswald at the 7th rib, and it came to rest under the skin at the 11th rib. You know that the 11th rib is a lot lower than the 7th rib. For the Garage Shooter to have done that, he would have had to raise his elbow up and shot down into Oswald. Of course, he didn't do that, and you wouldn't expect him to. You expect that he would just point the gun at Oswald and fire.

But, the fact is that there was no shooting at all in the garage. It was all an act. And Oswald was in on it. I'm sure he moved into the Jail Office on his own power. And that's why when Leavelle was asked on 11/24 who helped him carry Oswald into the Jail Office, he stammered and said he couldn't remember. Of course, because it was nobody.

I think what really happened is that once they got inside, somebody plunged a syringe with a strong sedative into Oswald, and he passed out. Then, they carried him into a room and lied him down on a table. They had silencers for 38s in 1963. The shot was taken with surgical precision to do the maximum damage and rupture his largest blood vessels.

And ironically, the same thing happened months later when JFK's lover, Mary Pinchot Meyer was murdered. The assassin put the gun to her back and angled the shot so as to strike her aorta. And that killed her very quickly. So, that too was a precision shot with a very specific intention.

Anyway, listen to the reporter prepare everyone for what was coming. And I don't say that he was in on it. He was just reciting a script that he was given. But, if they were that fearful of an attack, why were they doing it? Why didn't they just wait and move Oswald without any fanfare in the dead of night? It's because killing him was the whole purpose of the jail transfer. It was that, and only that.

 Dee McFarlane pointed me to something that I consider very big. Ex-officer Napolean Daniels did an interview with Mark Lane in which he said that he was there at the Main Street ramp on Sunday, November 24, and he saw Ruby enter. Lane asked him to describe Ruby and asked specifically about his hair. Daniels said that Ruby's hair was brown but he was bald on top.

https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxLS855g7ZffPHFRuoVbO9mk2vomnuMFbg

Right away, Dee wondered, "What about Ruby's hat?" Did he not wear one? From this, we would have to conclude that he didn't. And that's not surprising because there are very few images of Ruby wearing a hat. Usually he didn't. I've only seen one image of Ruby wearing a hat. Note that when Ruby went to the DPD on Friday evening, he did not wear a hat.

But, the Garage Shooter definitely wore a hat, and he wore it low on his head. And I know why: it was because he wasn't Jack Ruby. He was FBI Agent James Bookhout masquerading as Ruby.

But, would they have had the nerve to have Bookhout wear a hat when Ruby didn't? If that was so, then they probably got Ruby's hat from his apartment, so that it was his hat that Bookhout wore and left behind. We know that the Shooter's hat came off during the melee, and then Detective Miller put something over his head. So, was it the plan all along to leave the hat in the basement? It would have been no good for them if the hat stayed with Bookhout. So, maybe that was all planned to replace Bookhout's hat, which was Ruby's hat, with something else.

But, the other big thing is Daniels saying that Ruby had brown hair but was bald on top. I have been saying for years that Ruby was bald on top, and that all the images of him with hair are fake. They were paint-jobs. And since they had to be done one by one, and by different artists, they came out differently each time. It varied from just a few strands on top to a full head of hair. The reason they had to give Ruby hair is because Bookhout wore such a thick wig. It was truly like a rug. That's why Ruby had to have hair, so they gave it to him, but not in a consistent way.