23-01-2011, 07:18 PM
Of course it was an intel op, Jim -- for all the reasons you properly state and more.
And it was not conceived out of whole cloth; rather, it smacks of antecedents/influences that date back as far as the assassination of Julius Caesar
Security stripping is one of the elements common to almost all conspiratorial, power-based assaults on targets routinely protected by professional, non-conspiratorial guards.
In our time, JFK, MLK, Diana, and the 9-11 targets were stripped of some/all of their defenses immediately prior to attack. Rabin and Bhuto too, if I'm not mistaken.
Not to mention Michael Corleone.
Why are the curtains open?
RFK was uniquely unprotected.
And it was not conceived out of whole cloth; rather, it smacks of antecedents/influences that date back as far as the assassination of Julius Caesar
Security stripping is one of the elements common to almost all conspiratorial, power-based assaults on targets routinely protected by professional, non-conspiratorial guards.
In our time, JFK, MLK, Diana, and the 9-11 targets were stripped of some/all of their defenses immediately prior to attack. Rabin and Bhuto too, if I'm not mistaken.
Not to mention Michael Corleone.
Why are the curtains open?
RFK was uniquely unprotected.