04-05-2015, 10:33 PM
The problem with the "desperate to please" issue is that the blanket story was the very first thing she told to police officers. No doubt had Ruth Paine known there was a rifle, she would have brought it to the door when the police arrived. I agree that Marina's eagerness to cooperate was apparent by the end of the process; however, we are told that, at the early stages, she was attempting to conceal evidence from the police (namely the BYP, which she hid in her shoe, to go visit Oswald at the jail). Nor did she volunteer that Oswald left his wedding ring in her Russian cup.
"All that is necessary for tyranny to succeed is for good men to do nothing." (unknown)
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."