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In reply to the discussion: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy believed President Kennedy was killed by a conspiracy. [View all]stopbush
(24,396 posts)"That 3 day time period could easily be called 'last minute', in the context of preparing security," you write.
In what universe would that be?
First off, the 3 days notice is what was given to the press. Actually, according to the WCR, the press were notified of the motorcade route on the evening of 11/18 - ie: FOUR days before the event. That allowed the newspapers to get the info into their morning editions on 11/19.
But the fact is that the WCR reports that:
1. "On November 8, when Lawson was briefed on the itinerary for the trip to Dallas, he was told that 45 minutes had been allotted for a motorcade procession from Love Field to the luncheon site."
The SS was briefed of the trip itenerary TWO WEEKS before the planned event.
2. "On November 14, Lawson and Sorrels attended a meeting at Love Field and on their return to Dallas drove over the route which Sorrels believed best suited for the proposed motorcade. This route, eventually selected for the motorcade from the airport to the Trade Mart, measured 10 miles and could be driven easily within the allotted 45 minutes."
The actual route of the motorcade was DECIDED on Nov 14, ie: EIGHT DAYS before the event. IT. WAS. NEVER. CHANGED. AFTER. NOV 14.
3. "The route was further reviewed by Lawson and Sorrels with Assistant Chief Batchelor and members of the local host committee on November 15. The police officials agreed that the route recommended by Sorrels was the proper one and did not express a belief that any other route might be better."
That's a FULL WEEK BEFORE the date of the motorcade, ie: Nov. 22.
The SS agents drove the motorcade route on 11/18. The route WAS NOT CHANGED AFTER 11/14.
How does the motorcade route being set for an entire week before the event constitute a "last minute change?"
Of course, your "3 days coulda been last minute" BS ignores the whole point (is there a point?) of Octafish's CT bullshit, which is his fantasy that the motorcade route was changed the DAY OF the motorcade, and that SS agents were called off the rear of JFK's limo AT THE LAST MOMENT as the motorcade departed from Love Field.
It also ignores the fact that there really was never ANY change made to the motorcade route. Ever.
So the question, McMike, it this: does making a final determination on the motorcade route a full 8 DAYS before the event count as a "last minute change?"