16-05-2014, 06:20 PM
Oswald was charged at around midnight with the murder of JFK. There were 2 press conferences after that featuring Wade, at one of which at least Ruby was present to correct Wade about the name of Oswald's committee. I don't remember the exact sequence of press conferences. There were also at least one TV interview (that might not have been a "press conference") in which Wade expressed his confidence in the case DPD was building.
I'm not suggesting that you ignore evidence of conspiracy, I think we should not focus on the bureaucratic process of putting together a prosecution, but look instead at stuff that must occur prior to Oswald's arrest for evidence of "plotters" (i.e. was the MC 91/38 "planted" at the scene, how many shooters, or guns, or types of ammo, are necessary to explain all the wounds, Oswald's impersonation in Mexico, Oswald's anomalous behavior after the shooting, etc), and also for stuff that occurs that goes out-of-bounds after his arrest (like the ballistic fakery by the FBI, photographic alteration of the backyard photos, the coercion and mistranslations of Marina, the disappearance of photographs, etc) to seek out "plodders" who were following orders from LBJ to close out the case.
Being a "plodder" doesn't mean that a person was also a "plotter." In fact it certainly seems to me that the "plotters" had a different ultimate objective in mind, namely, to start a war; and the "plodders" had the ultimate objective of preventing one.
I'm not suggesting that you ignore evidence of conspiracy, I think we should not focus on the bureaucratic process of putting together a prosecution, but look instead at stuff that must occur prior to Oswald's arrest for evidence of "plotters" (i.e. was the MC 91/38 "planted" at the scene, how many shooters, or guns, or types of ammo, are necessary to explain all the wounds, Oswald's impersonation in Mexico, Oswald's anomalous behavior after the shooting, etc), and also for stuff that occurs that goes out-of-bounds after his arrest (like the ballistic fakery by the FBI, photographic alteration of the backyard photos, the coercion and mistranslations of Marina, the disappearance of photographs, etc) to seek out "plodders" who were following orders from LBJ to close out the case.
Being a "plodder" doesn't mean that a person was also a "plotter." In fact it certainly seems to me that the "plotters" had a different ultimate objective in mind, namely, to start a war; and the "plodders" had the ultimate objective of preventing one.