Very well written summary! After a multi year study of the assassination, I would offer a few different perspectives:
There was not an immediate nationwide search for the assassin. A call was put out over the DPD dispatch describing a white male missing from the depository. Officer Tippit stopped to question Oswald, and you know the rest. The DPD quickly caught Oswald at the Texas Theater within a two hour time period.
The first shot hit an overhanging traffic signal pole over Elm street and deflected to hit the street curb which shot small chunks of concrete which hit James Tague by the triple underpass. Multiple people reacted on the Zapruder film included the president who stopped waving, and the little girl running stopped and looked up at the depository. The second shot went through the neck of the president and into the back of Connally and finally off his wrist. The shot lines up perfectly with a computer analysis done in the nineties. The third shot clipped the top of the head and exited the right front causing a slight forward motion between frames 312 and 313. There was no evidence of a shot from the grassy knoll, keeping in mind Jackie would probably have been struck also.
The CIA involvement theory is the one I have come to believe….that Oswald was prompted to do the deed by others. Whether in Mexico City, or while in New Orleans, he may have met with individuals setting him up…hence the patsy comment. Oswald probably had an escape plan via the Red Bird airport, where a couple of Mexicans were waiting to pilot him away. This is speculation on my part, but there was testimony to that effect.
The HSCA concluded conspiracy based on the “acoustic evidence” tape. This was shown to be entirely bogus and debunked by the dispatcher at the time, who stated the officer with the stuck microphone was not in Dealey plaza at the time of the shooting.
So…my two cents worth is that the CIA has promoted multiple theories throughout the decades in order to defect the involvement of Oswald with the CIA. And I expect this is what the final document release will hopefully show. We shall all see together!
Very well written summary! After a multi year study of the assassination, I would offer a few different perspectives:
The CIA involvement theory is the one I have come to believe….that Oswald was prompted to do the deed by others. Whether in Mexico City, or while in New Orleans, he may have met with individuals setting him up…hence the patsy comment. Oswald probably had an escape plan via the Red Bird airport, where a couple of Mexicans were waiting to pilot him away. This is speculation on my part, but there was testimony to that effect.
The HSCA concluded conspiracy based on the “acoustic evidence” tape. This was shown to be entirely bogus and debunked by the dispatcher at the time, who stated the officer with the stuck microphone was not in Dealey plaza at the time of the shooting.
So…my two cents worth is that the CIA has promoted multiple theories throughout the decades in order to defect the involvement of Oswald with the CIA. And I expect this is what the final document release will hopefully show. We shall all see together!