Ralph Yates

[Albert Doyle]

Jones saying Yates filled-in all the other details after the assassination doesn't quite answer the germane points. First of all the assassination record is chock full of dubious witnesses changing their story after FBI confrontation. If we buy this official Warren Commission version without question we then have to believe Yates picked up an ordinary hitch-hiker with whom Yates then struck-up a conversation about shooting the president from an office building with a high powered rifle. When Yates returned to work he then decided to transform this meaningless encounter into a fantastic tale of Oak Cliff Oswald look-alikes and rifles. Remember Jones admitted Yates said 2 days prior to the assassination that this man mentioned shooting the president. While calling themselves the better researchers doubters are asking us to believe that Yates decided to pin this rap on the hitch-hiker two days before he would have any reason to do so in relation to the not-yet-occurring assassination. Doubters give no heed to the fact that, 2 days prior, the only significance this event would have would be a bizarre coincidence with the conversation Jones admits he and Yates had about shooting the president. Those same doubters exploit the delay without giving due recognition to the fact that naturally Yates might not gush-out with all the details if the only consequence at the time was a bizarre coincidental story. However it would make perfect sense for Yates to come forth enthusiastically with the details after the assassination seeing how profound the suddenly-appearing evidence would appear to Yates who suddenly had the significance of what he witnessed crash on him all at once. There's nothing out of the ordinary or incriminating in this. It is also understandable for Yates to come forward after Oswald was murdered. Before Oswald was murdered Yates could have assumed the investigation would have discovered all that was needed to know about Oswald. There was no pressing need for a refrigerator mechanic to jump into the international spotlight and the life disruption it would have entailed. After Oswald was no longer available Yates could have then considered it a moral responsibility to speak of what he knew. It's perfectly reasonable. The doubters speciously place the burden on Yates to come forward 2 days before the assassination with details that were irrelevant before the assassination happened. This is silly and would be a cake walk even for an average attorney.

Anyone with a keen understanding of FBI assassination information would know that Jones saying Yates told him everything else after the assassination doesn't preclude Yates telling him some key things prior to the assassination as well. FBI uses some squirrely wording and they are not above putting the fact Yates provided extra details after the assassination in a false context of his not saying important things before the assassination. This is done all the time because it isn't a lie to say Yates filled-in details after the assassination. But doubters forget to mention that Jones admitted Yates mentioned the shooting the president conversation before the assassination. No, it is absolute assassination research delinquency to not take into consideration that Jones may have been under extreme pressure and going along with FBI during that statement. He may have been coerced into overblowing the significance of the post-assassination information in order to conceal the significance of the pre-assassination comments. Taking the FBI record of Jones statement without scrutiny violates the very research standards the doubters pretend.

The dog that didn't bark on this is the lack of FBI investigation on where exactly Yates went and what he did during his trip. FBI is a highly capable organization. They are capable of finding out when Yates left work and if there was enough time to go to Oak Cliff. They could find contrary witnesses etc. FBI made no effort towards this. Could it be they knew better because any investigation would show Yates actually did pick-up this hitch-hiker like he described?

Doubters are kicking around the post but they haven't quite answered how Yates managed to pass a polygraph on this alleged whopper.