The Castro Diamonds, part 6

(...continued from The Castro Diamonds, part 5)

Two light bulbs, one red and one green, were installed above the door of the second floor conference room. The red one glowed for hours and days at a time during nine months of meetings by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy inside the National Archives building in Washington D.C. It indicated that the Warren Commission, as it was unofficially known, was conducting a "closed" hearing in order to collect evidence in the matter of the assassination. That was an important distinction that the members of the commission, led by Chief Justice Earl Warren, made. Over the months of investigation, many commission members would remind the press that these sessions were "closed" and not "secret," the key difference being that, while the public could not attend the hearings, the witnesses that were brought in to provide testimony were free to share the same testimony with whomever they chose, including the media. It was an attempt to reassure the rest of the world that the U.S. Government was conducting a thorough and open, if yet sensitive, review of the available evidence in this most tragic event. So the red light burned above the door as the commission conducted its business.

Then, on September 24th, 1964, the green light came on.

"My Dear Reader," began the third article, which was dated September 27, 1964.

Following nine months of investigation, 552 witness depositions and testimonies, and over 3,100 exhibited articles of evidence, the Warren Commission has adjourned. Three days ago, the Chief Justice and his fellow delegates presented an 888 page report to President Johnson at the White House which detailed their findings and conclusions regarding the investigation into President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Today, the report was made available to the press.

To say the report was a significant exposition of new information would be a gross embellishment. Most of the account supported or restated the common thread coming out of our government halls. I have summarized the conclusions below, all holding to the official version of events the nation has been digesting ever since that horrific day but I am convinced there is more information absent than there is present, and have noted a few in parentheses:

1. President Kennedy and Governor Connally were hit by bullets fired from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository (yes, but much credible evidence of a potential second shooter or shooters was disregarded. Please see my "Magic Bullet" comments in #6);

2. The commission tracks the first bullet that hit President Kennedy through the back of his neck, passing through the lower front. This wound would not have inevitably been fatal. The second bullet that hit the President though caused a substantially lethal wound, piercing the right-rear section of his head;

3. Governor Connally's injuries were caused by a bullet entering the upper right side of his back and exiting through the middle right side of his chest. This bullet then passed through his right wrist and entered his left thigh where it caused a superficial wound (the origin of the bullet which caused the Governor's wounds is heavily debated, even within the commission, despite the official version in the report);

4. The commission states that no credible evidence was presented to convince them that bullets were fired from any other location other than the Book Depository;

5. The commission concludes that there were only three shots fired at the motorcade (despite the acoustic evidence of four shots);

6. The commission reports that Lee Harvey Oswald fired all the bullets that killed President Kennedy and wounded Governor Connally (but the commission discarded multiple witness testimonies describing possible shots fired from under the triple bypass near the motorcade, adopting instead the "magic bullet" theory which posits that a single bullet caused all the wounds to the governor and the non-lethal wounds to the President, which adds up to seven entry and exit wounds in both men. If so, this bullet went through 15 layers of clothing, seven layers of skin, and about 15 inches of muscle tissue. Further, it hit a necktie knot, removed 4 inches of rib, and shattered a radius bone.);

7. Dallas Police Patrolman J. D. Tippit was shot and killed by Oswald approximately 45 minutes after the assassination of the President (undisputed. Rest in peace, Officer Tippit);

8. Oswald's motives are unclear, and his subsequent death at the hands of Jack Ruby prevent the commission from assuming a definite hypothesis (which seems a little convenient, don't you think?);

9. Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald the basement of the Dallas Police Department during the jail transfer. No evidence has supported any of the rumors that Ruby could have been assisted by members of the Dallas Police Department or the local mob;

10. The commission stated that they found no evidence to support theories that Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby were part of any foreign or domestic conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy, and absolved all Federal, State and Local officials of any "conspiracy, subversion, or disloyalty to the U.S. Government" due to lack of evidence otherwise;

11. And finally, the commission recommended that the investigation proves the need for enhanced protocols for Presidential protection (probably goes without saying, but...)

When faced with the benign findings of the Warren Commission report, one may wonder if their goal was committed to performing due diligence on all of the evidence present, or to create an official reasonable enough explanation to reach a pre-determined conclusion.

Remember, Dear Reader, I have SEEN THE BULL (the ceramic bull reportedly used to smuggle diamonds into the country to fund the assassination by Cuba's Castro regime). Remember, Dear Reader, that Oswald desired Cuban or Soviet citizenship. Remember, Dear Reader, that Jack Ruby was mob-connected and heavily in debt, yet still made a substantial cash transfer to an employee minutes before killing Oswald.

There is much more to unpack here, my friends. Stay tuned for further developments.

Always to the truth! Onward!

DK

To Be Continued...