25-10-2013, 09:00 PM
Assuming the LEE/HARVEY scenario, would it have been necessary for them to have been aware of the other's existence. Since LEE would have been employed in setting up HARVEY, he probably did, but it would have been better that HARVEY was not aware of LEE, IMO. Like wise would it have been necessary for Ruth and HARVEY to be aware of the other's relationship to the CIA?
The only way HARVEY could have gotten to 10th and Patton in time to shoot Tippitt would have been if he had been driven there. And why that particular location? And why shoot Tippitt in the first place? Likewise the only way for Harvey to have made it from his rooming house at 1:04 to the Theatre at 1:10 or so, would be if he had been driven there. It is possible that LEE had been driven in the station wagon to Ruby's apartment, which was serving as a kind of safe house, in order to pick up a weapon. But why would he have been walking west on 10th? If he was to meet Oswald at the Theatre, to possibly eliminate him, why wouldn't he have been driven there in the station wagon?
Also Tippitt may have been instructed by his superiors, some time prior, to pick up Oswald, but did he even need to know that this involved the assassination plot in any way, or that there were two of them? It's possible that Tippit was looking for HARVEY and encountering LEE instead, mistook him, and tried to arrest him. But again why would LEE have been walking in that direction? If Harvey had been infiltrating Cuban exile groups in Dallas, it's possible he picked up wind of the assassination plans. He may even had to have accepted some small role in it in order to maintain his cover. But wouldn't it have been more likely that LEE was the one who was involved with the Cubans? I think we would need an expert in spycraft to answer these questions, but if need to know is the general rule then it's quite possible that they each knew little of the bigger picture beyond their limited roles.
The only way HARVEY could have gotten to 10th and Patton in time to shoot Tippitt would have been if he had been driven there. And why that particular location? And why shoot Tippitt in the first place? Likewise the only way for Harvey to have made it from his rooming house at 1:04 to the Theatre at 1:10 or so, would be if he had been driven there. It is possible that LEE had been driven in the station wagon to Ruby's apartment, which was serving as a kind of safe house, in order to pick up a weapon. But why would he have been walking west on 10th? If he was to meet Oswald at the Theatre, to possibly eliminate him, why wouldn't he have been driven there in the station wagon?
Also Tippitt may have been instructed by his superiors, some time prior, to pick up Oswald, but did he even need to know that this involved the assassination plot in any way, or that there were two of them? It's possible that Tippit was looking for HARVEY and encountering LEE instead, mistook him, and tried to arrest him. But again why would LEE have been walking in that direction? If Harvey had been infiltrating Cuban exile groups in Dallas, it's possible he picked up wind of the assassination plans. He may even had to have accepted some small role in it in order to maintain his cover. But wouldn't it have been more likely that LEE was the one who was involved with the Cubans? I think we would need an expert in spycraft to answer these questions, but if need to know is the general rule then it's quite possible that they each knew little of the bigger picture beyond their limited roles.