02-05-2015, 02:48 PM
Tippit had to die because he knew both Oswalds. He was waiting at the Gloco station to meet Harvey when Harvey got off McWatter's bus, and when it was clear Harvey wasn't on board, Tippit began improvising (and made that phone call) before he met Lee near 10th & Patton and died. Stuart Reed was clearly documenting the planned movements of Harvey when he photographed Tippit's bus, the TSBD, and finally Harvey's arrest at the Texas Theater. Prior to boarding a boat for his assignment in the Canal Zone, Reed signed an authorization that allowed the FBI to pick up his developed photo slides in Dallas.
In Crossfire, Jim Marrs said that Burroughs was one of a number of witnesses who publicly complained that his Warren Commission testimony was altered. That certainly doesn't mean that Burroughs necessarily talked to the WC about two Oswalds in the theater, but before declaring him to be yet another lying witness, it would be good to keep in mind how well his statement fits into Bernard Haire's recollection, police reports of the balcony arrest, conflicting reports of Oswald's arrival time at the theater, and the whole, enormously detailed body of evidence indicating that two young men where sharing the identity of "Lee Harvey Oswald."
The story of two Oswalds in the Texas Theater was not well known in 2007, when Douglass interviewed Burroughs. Armstrong's book was out, but it was buried in oblivion at the Last Hurrah bookshop. My website had been down for several years, thanks to Time-Warner.
In Crossfire, Jim Marrs said that Burroughs was one of a number of witnesses who publicly complained that his Warren Commission testimony was altered. That certainly doesn't mean that Burroughs necessarily talked to the WC about two Oswalds in the theater, but before declaring him to be yet another lying witness, it would be good to keep in mind how well his statement fits into Bernard Haire's recollection, police reports of the balcony arrest, conflicting reports of Oswald's arrival time at the theater, and the whole, enormously detailed body of evidence indicating that two young men where sharing the identity of "Lee Harvey Oswald."
The story of two Oswalds in the Texas Theater was not well known in 2007, when Douglass interviewed Burroughs. Armstrong's book was out, but it was buried in oblivion at the Last Hurrah bookshop. My website had been down for several years, thanks to Time-Warner.
HarveyandLee.net
Chief Justice Earl Warren: "Full disclosure was not possible for reasons of national security." – 1964
CIA accountant James B. Wilcott: Oswald received "a full-time salary for agent work for doing CIA operational work." – 1978
HSCA counsel Robert Tanenbaum: “Lee Harvey Oswald was a contract employee of the CIA and the FBI.†– 1996
Chief Justice Earl Warren: "Full disclosure was not possible for reasons of national security." – 1964
CIA accountant James B. Wilcott: Oswald received "a full-time salary for agent work for doing CIA operational work." – 1978
HSCA counsel Robert Tanenbaum: “Lee Harvey Oswald was a contract employee of the CIA and the FBI.†– 1996