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The timing of Oswald's employment at the book depository is only a tiny part of Posner's case. I haven't seen the TV special refered to in post #7, but I have read Posner's book. Have you read it? What do you think if you did? (If you haven't, I recommend it, it's an easy read and a textbook example of how to debunk conspiracy theories)

Have you read it?

Yes, I read Posner's book the year it was published, 1994. I'm a little rusty on all the arguments he brought to bear to make his case. The reason I remember the timing argument is because that's the one that most impressed me. According to Posner, Oswald not only took the job at the TBD before Kennedy had decided to go to Dallas, but he also got the job through a friend of his wife, a woman who certainly was not connected to any conspiracy.

In order to convince his readers that Johnson sponsored Oswald, McClellan must show that Johnson had plotted to press Kennedy to go to Dallas before Oswald was employed at TBD. McClellan must show that Johnson would have had good confidence that the motorcade would pass through Dealy Plaza. Johnson (or his agents) would then have told Oswald to find a sniper's perch somewhere in the plaza. The friend of Oswald's wife who asked a friend to hire Oswald, under this scenario, simply may have been an unwitting dupe who fortuitously arrived on the scene and was artfully "gamed" by Oswald.

It's a bit of a stretch, but it's not totally outside the realm of possibility.

I have indeed read Posner and have a copy. It is a perfect example of burying the question in irrelevencies and using information to hide other information. Read his treatment of Ruth Paine and her husband and then find out from others their connections.

However, the people connected to Ozzie are fascinating particularly de Mohrenschieldt (sp). "Suicide" after testifying before the House committee. Some one mentioned Rosselli's mysterious suicide by 55 gallon drum but neglected the little fact that he testified before the same committee shortly before. Or Sam Giancana's mysterious death right after HE testified. Under 24/7 watch by law enforcement, he was killed as a message while the cops were pulled away to investigate a non-existant crime.

One can only believe in no conspiracy by ignoring all these strange and unbelievable coincidencies. It this was not a conspiracy someone is doing their level best to convince us there was.