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former9thward

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39. Oswald was not a "trained sharpshooter"

Reply to kellytore (Reply #7)

Thu Nov 25, 2021, 07:24 PM

Nov 2021

In the Marines he received the lowest rating on the gun range. He was trained in electronic surveillance. Why people keep pushing the "trained sharpshooter" myth I don't know.

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After JFK assassination, President Truman put his concerns about CIA in print. [View all] Kid Berwyn Nov 2021 OP

I certainly worry about all the intelligence agencies with the secret budgets captain queeg Nov 2021 #1

It really is complicated. We need secrecy, but we also need oversight. Kid Berwyn Nov 2021 #2

i can't say it was actually the CIA/Oswald CatWoman Nov 2021 #3

With so many suspects, it's possible there was cooperation. Kid Berwyn Nov 2021 #4

insofar as there was a plot beyond Oswald, it was probably some combination of both Volaris Nov 2021 #13

The Mafia and the CIA has/had a long history of cooperation dflprincess Nov 2021 #15

Had not seen this before. Thanks. nt Hekate Nov 2021 #5

You are welcome! Truman added... Kid Berwyn Nov 2021 #18

Dulles and United Fruit jalan48 Nov 2021 #6

What's good for UFCO is good for America. Kid Berwyn Nov 2021 #19

Unfortunately, too many Americans want to believe in the mythology that the US (CIA) goals jalan48 Nov 2021 #21

There is no doubt in my mind kellytore Nov 2021 #7

+1 moondust Nov 2021 #11

Seven months before Oswald killed JFK he shot at, and missed, General Edwin Walker. Saboburns Nov 2021 #17

Just the Magic Bullet by itself is evidence for conspiracy. Kid Berwyn Nov 2021 #20

Oswald was not a "trained sharpshooter" former9thward Nov 2021 #39

Give 'em hell, Harry! calimary Nov 2021 #8

You are welcome! What Truman said... Kid Berwyn Nov 2021 #22

Indeed! calimary Nov 2021 #26

Read David Talbot's "The Devil's Chessboard" LymphocyteLover Nov 2021 #9

Dulles being on the Warren Commission dflprincess Nov 2021 #16

Oh, I didn't know that, but I was a... electric_blue68 Nov 2021 #36

I was there when Talbot first spoke in public about that book. Kid Berwyn Nov 2021 #23

Thanks... and there was seriously a media blackout on that book LymphocyteLover Nov 2021 #25

'Breach of Trust' by Gerald D. McKnight also is an important read. Kid Berwyn Nov 2021 #35

Thanks! LymphocyteLover Nov 2021 #41

From what I've read of Allen Dulles, he was the impetus for the permanent classified secrecy that ancianita Nov 2021 #10

One secret: the NAZI touch on the Warren Commission. Kid Berwyn Nov 2021 #30

Thanks! Yes, indeed, we have to keep our fascist Nazi war connection in mind as we deal with ancianita Nov 2021 #40

Here's good book about the shenanigans of the CIA under Allen Dulles. Lonestarblue Nov 2021 #12

That's a GREAT book. Kid Berwyn Nov 2021 #31

Really interesting articles - thank you for posting! lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #14

MOST interesting reading. "The Devil's Chessboard." calimary Nov 2021 #27

from 'Leave it to Beaver' to Frontline LessAspin Nov 2021 #28

"Dulles had even less respect for Jack Kennedy's authority than he did for FDR's." Kid Berwyn Nov 2021 #32

Kick for later reading Poiuyt Nov 2021 #24

CIA Admitted To Lying About JFK's Assassination, But No One Really Noticed Kid Berwyn Nov 2021 #33

Bookmarking. A fascinating thread. The Dulles brothers Boomerproud Nov 2021 #29

Talbot "traces the pathology of Dulles and his appalling cabal..." Kid Berwyn Nov 2021 #34

Seems to me that in order to have a better... electric_blue68 Nov 2021 #37

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