Posner’s book has been shot full of so many holds it is completely discredted. I read it and even own a copy. There is nothing in the Lone Assassin theory which holds water. In particular, there is no motive since Oswald is on record of having been an admirer of JFK.
Jack Rudy is the clearest evidence that the Official Explanation is a joke. He had been involved in Mafia/CIA activities in Cuba from before Castro took power. None of the classified info from CIA/FBI files was available to the Warren Commission. It was kept from them because of a fear that it would show a conspiracy which could have been blamed on Cuba or the USSR.
Mafia political hits were set up with a “patsy” available to take the blame, a dead patsy. Guatamala in the mid 50s was the prototype political hit. Oswald was manipulated by a Carlos Marcello operative, Guy Banister, while in New Orleans to bring him to the attention of the media as “communist”. Oswald’s uncle was a bookmaker for the Marcello ring.
Traficante’s lawyer, Rugano, has stated that T confessed that he was part of a plot to kill JFK. Traficante had been run out of the country to avoid the Senate Committee JFK and RFK were running against the mafia, Marcello had been literally kidnapped and thrown into the jungles of Guatamala and Hoffa was RFK’s favorite whipping boy. They all were reported by informants as threatening JFK.
Jack Rudy was part of Marcello’s outfit through Joe Civello in Dallas. The idea that he shot Oswald for any love of JFK or concern for Jackie is as laughable as it gets.
The Kennedy’s had the mob on the run everywhere in the country. It had never been attacked like that. Bobby knew immediately that the mob had done it and told his associates just that.
All the “evidence” proving Oswald the lone killer is so inconsistent and shoddy it would never hold up to examination. Virtually every claim about the case is invalid. Particularly laughable is the claim that LHO, a poor shot, could carry a rifle back and forth across Texas and La. reassemble it and shoot JFK with no practice no sighting in the sights. Expert snipers have said they could not duplicate the shooting and it has not been done even with stationary targets.
The Army Ordinance Laboratory technicians were afraid to even fire it for fear it would blow up in their faces. The sights were so misaligned the Lab had to physically shim it up to get any accuracy from the notoriously inaccurate gun. And the Magik Bullet is beyond laughable getting into the Surreal. It is something only the media could swallow. And that is exactly who was pushing Posner as hard has it could.
And the claim about an inability to accept that a loser could kill the magnificent JFK is just another misdirection.
Anyone who knows any American history can tell you that it was just such a character who shot at Andrew Jackson; killed
Garfield; killed McKinley; shot at Teddy; shot at Ford; wounded Reagan; killed the Mayor of Chicago, Carter Harrison. It is a claim which answers nothing since it is easy to believe or even KNOW about just that kind of thing happening. It did not happen here.
It appears we will just have to disagree on this matter.
So much Barbara Streisand! I might have been willing to be at least skeptical about what you posted but for one thing.
When I visited Dealy plaza, I was shocked at how small and closed in every thing is there! I always imagined a vast expanse of space but it seemed to me that anyone could reach out with a flyswatter from the Texas School Book Depository's sixth floor window and slap anyone on Elm Street. Oswald's shot was much easier than most have reported through the years.
The Army Ordinance Laboratory technicians were afraid to even fire it for fear it would blow up in their faces. The sights were so misaligned the Lab had to physically shim it up to get any accuracy from the notoriously inaccurate gun. And the Magik Bullet is beyond laughable getting into the Surreal. It is something only the media could swallow. And that is exactly who was pushing Posner as hard has it could.
As for the sights being so misaligned, every person's eyesight is different. Misaligned sights for you may be in perfect adjustment for me or even for Lee Harvey Oswald. As for Oswald being a poor shot, extensive practice can make the poorest shooter a master marksman. With a little practice an individual can compensate for a mis-mounted scope.
Occam's Razor must be applied. Oswald was a crazy nut as evidenced by his whole life up to his infamous deed. He alone assassinated President Kennedy and was in turn assassinated by Jack Ruby. Now put it to bed, Johnson is dead.