Q: Please appraise the work of the Dallas Police in light of what we know today A: Jim - In a word "debacle"; Wes Fraser's gun bag not photographed in place; 4 bags? 2 FBI memorandums A: John - Too many conspirators; Oswald's prints on the bag; the dented Carcano cartridges Counterpoint: Jim - A bag was sent to the Paine's, was returned and sent to Irving; experts could not have dented the shell Counterpoint: John - HSCA said you 'could' dent the cartridge that way; why would the conspirators mail the bag? Q: Who controlled the Warren Commission? A: John - Earl Warren and the staff A: Jim - Allen Dulles, Gerald Ford and John McCloy; Warren a figurehead; Oswald stories rehearsed Counterpoint: John - Sen Russell didn't find Connally's evidence credible; the report written by the staff not the panel Counterpoint: Jim - Russell decided early the commission was a farce; Hoover's lies Q: Who shot J. D. Tippit and why? A: Jim - The first weapon was an automatic; bullets don't Match; the bullets were added later A: John - Explaining the difference in bullets; Oswald had two kinds of bullets on his person after the arrest Counterpoint: Jim - The police line-up; chain of evidence in the bullets Counterpoint: John - Helen Markham talking to Tippit after he was dead -- not true Q: Could Oswald have done what he is accused of doing inside the TSBD on 11/22/63? A: John - Did Oswald have the 8.4 seconds? The test rifle jammed... A: Jim - Oswald had very poor shooting skills; the rifle was an awful weapon; the oak tree blocked the shots at Kennedy Counterpoint: John - Witnesses say Oswald was an average shot; the scope could've been misaligned while discarding it Counterpoint: Jim - The FBI stated it was a very poor weapon; Oswald still a poor shot; Oswald would have had to have used the scope Q: What was Oswald up to in New Orleans in the summer of 1963? A: Jim - Oswald in a CIA effort to make him a Communist while remaining a right-winger; Ruth Paine separates Lee from Marina for the assassination A: John - Ferrie never worked for the CIA; Bannister was not used by CIA; Jack Martin's testimony grew and grew Counterpoint: Jim - Ferrie did work for the CIA; Ferrie recruited anti-Castro mercenaries; Bannister was CIA Counterpoint: John - Ferrie a recruiter of frogmen ridiculous; no evidence Oswald interacted with Ferrie Counter 2: Jim - Oswald was the Marine that used the phone; the 544 Camp St. address stamp Counter 2: John - The stories changed; the Clinton/Jackson witnesses not reliable Second Half: To be picked up next show

[ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:00:00 -0700 ]

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