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A fundamental issue with “Oswald the assassin” is who was he really. He has been purported as a loner, a communist, a man who felt that he had not received the greatness he deserves. But what are the facts and how did the WC come to its conclusions? The answer is simple by putting together [...]

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The House Select Committee on Assassination (HSCA) request as part of their investigation the Naval Intelligence Files on Lee Harvey Oswald – files that were never shown to the Warren Commission.
The files could however not be furnished to the HSCA as they had be destroyed in 1973 as part of a routine procedure.
I can understand [...]

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As part of the investigation into Oswald’s life, the FBI found pamphlets for a pro-Castro organization (Fair play for Cuba Committee). Some of the pamphlets indicated that the FPCC was located on 514 Camp Street, which is according to some conspiracy theorists important as the building (from a different street entrance on Lafayette Street) also [...]

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The problem that I have with the “second Oswald” theories is that it sort of would indicate that the purpose of killing the president was to frame Oswald rather than to kill JFK.
In addition to the fact that some of the theories actually (like the one presented by Armstrong) actually claims that Oswald was selected [...]

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AMLASH/Cubela
This is a story of spies, and from the looking glass the story should appeal to all conspiracy theorists that believe that the CIA was behind the Kennedy assassination. There is just one little discrepancy the, target was Castro and not President Kennedy.
On the 9th of March 1961, an agency employee assigned to the Mexico [...]

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A Few days in November
Upon his return to Dallas, Oswald’s wife gave birth to their second child. The birth of his second child did however not stop his political activism, and activity that did not end until the 22nd of November 1963.
On the day of the assassination, Oswald went to work at the Texas Book [...]

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Life in the Big Easy

Oswald in New Orleans
On the 25th of April 1963 Oswald moved to New Orleans, taking with him clothes, personal papers and the Carcano rifle.
It was in New Orleans that Oswald, at least publicly decided that he wanted to move to Cuba. He started a Fair Play for Cuba chapter, while at the same time he [...]

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Oswald arrived in New York on the 13th of June 1962, to a country he abandoned when he was nineteen for life in the Soviet Union.
Oswald was in the immediate period of his arrival focused on avoiding any media attention.  At one point Oswald’s mother joked about writing a book, which made Oswald furious and [...]

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The Defection
On the 11th of September 1959, Oswald was discharged from the military in order to aid his sick mother. He subsequently traveled to Forth Worth where he announced to his mother’s astonishment that he was planning to work for an export firm.
He then made his way to the West Side State Bank from which [...]

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In the army, Oswald receives average grades on tests, however his former squad members recalled Oswald as a poor shot. After completing basic training, Oswald was posted in Japan to monitor the U2 flights over China. Interviews with former marines that were stationed with Oswald (Legend, Epstein) provide a mixed picture of Oswald the marine. [...]

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