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In reply to the discussion: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy believed President Kennedy was killed by a conspiracy. [View all]MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)I've heard an actual debate between Jim DeEugenio and McAdams... Are you interested in ideology or facts?
In review of the Bugliosi book you mentioned up thread, which in your view is the only reference anyone would need.... many holes and omissions result in consistent problems in a book that took him so damn long to put together. It fails over and over again.
Example from the two books, one is Bugliosi's and the other is DeEugenio's review of the book.In one tiny example, it includes inherent problems with Oswald's Carcano rifle. This was a mail ordered rifle Oswald was proposed to have ordered and magically carried to the book depository. Klein's stocked a forty inch rifle in 1963. From the available records it appears that in early 1962 they were phasing these out. But around this time they placed an order for the 36 inch variety with Crescent Firearms. And they advertised this rifle from February of 1962 to March of 1963. In March of 1962 they began offering a four power scope with the 36 inch variety. The Commission says that this is what Hidell/Oswald ordered.
So, this was a problem with Bugliosi's prime exhibit in his book. There is a question as to whether or not Klein's had a forty inch Carcano in March of 1963. If they did not, then where did the Warren Commission's rifle come from? Secondly, in the ad that the Commission says Hidell/Oswald ordered his rifle with, it was the 36 inch length MC that was offered with the scope. The Klein's employee who originated the idea of mounting a scope on the rifle was Mitchell Westra. He told the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) that Klein's only mounted the scope on the 36 inch MC. (HSCA interview of Westra 2/20/78) The man who actually mounted the scopes for Klein's was Bill Sharp, their in-house gunsmith. He confirmed what Westra testified to: the package deal with the scope and MC rifle was used by Klein's to market the 36 inch MC. (HSCA interview of Sharp, 2/21/78) Again, if this is so, where did the Warren Commission's rifle -- a 40 inch MC with scope -- come from?
it appears that both the FBI and the Commission realized they had a serious problem connecting Oswald to the rifle. So they did what they usually did in these situations: they did not ask the right questions, failed to interview important witnesses (like Westra and Sharp), made evidence disappear and got witnesses to say things that were contradicted by the record. An example of the latter is the date when Klein's received the wholesale shipment in which C 2766 was supposed to be included.
Like I said upthread... read more material that doesn't just fit your ideology.