20-03-2014, 03:02 AM
(This post was last modified: 20-03-2014, 03:47 AM by Lauren Johnson.)
Barrett didn't see the wallet contents. No report of a drivers license. He remembers Westbrook asking him if he knew Oswald and if he knew Hidell. Leonard Jez reported at a 1999 conference that he learned at the tippit scene that the wallet was Oswald's, this comes from Martha Moyer who was at the conference.
Jim Hargrove Wrote:Bill Simpich Wrote:Barrett doesn't know where the wallet came from, but believes that it was the arrest wallet. He told WFAA-TV in November that he thought that they had to tell the story that Bentley had found the wallet in Oswald's pocket because "too many people" had handled the wallet and there was going to be a chain of custody problem. It's amazing that Barrett made such a statement, because he seems to be a true believer in the Warren Commission's story - and there's not a lot of law enforcement people that call out another law enforcement person for not telling the truth. It's no accident that Barrett is telling this story now that Bentley recently died.
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I am convinced that the wallet, the magic bullet, and the shells for the rifle and the pistol were planted. If you follow the chain of custody, the case for these items falls apart. There is other planted evidence as well (you have to ask how the Mannlicher wound up in the hands of Lt. Day), but the case for these items is particularly strong. Planted evidence is a key reason why the case has been so difficult to resolve. If you believe that JFK was killed due to an operation led by intelligence officers, it would seem that planted evidence would be the natural way to get the job done.
Has anyone asked Mr. Barrett if he saw what comprised the Oswald ID in the wallet? Was it, by any chance, a Texas drivers license, rather than what we've been told? Planted or not, SA Barrett saw the wallet at 10th and Patton, it's earliest known location in the pitiful chain-of-custody evidence that exists, at least as shown on the WFAA-TV footage. The recent WFAA coverage of SA Barrett suggests he didn't get much of a look of what was inside the wallet, but I can't believe I didn't ask this question earlier. This case has become SO damned complicated.