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THE STRATFOR WEEKLY 24 November 2003 by Dr. George Friedman The Mystery of Marina Oswald Summary With the passing of the 40th anniversary of the JFK assassination, Stratfor pauses to consider one of the less- examined aspects of the case: Marina Oswald. Her connections to the Soviet intelligence apparatus and odd marriage to Lee Harvey Oswald are seldom factored into any theories surrounding the assassination. However, the facts of the case make it clear that the Soviet government wanted Marina Prusakova and Oswald together in the United States. Analysis The 40th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination has prompted...

Oswald's mother helped reporter get close to big story He didn't know it, but history was calling him 11/21/2002 By MICHAEL E. YOUNG / The Dallas Morning News Bob Schieffer, brooding because he wasn't part of the biggest news story in the whole world, grabbed the ringing telephone on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram city desk. A woman asked if anyone could give her a ride to Dallas. "Lady, this is not a taxi, and besides, the president has been shot," the young police reporter told her none too diplomatically. "I know," she said. "They think my son is the...