- The Death To Justice, The Shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald.
- Paul Abbott at Kennedy’s and King Article
- Find Paul on his Substack
- The book is a focus on the assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald.
- Paul motivated to write a book after reading DPD’s investigation, testimonies & noting contradictions.
- Paul has created an index of Jim Garrison’s files, a valuable tool for JFK assassination researchers.
- Jim’s files contain a folder with the DPD’s internal investigation into the events around Lee’s death.
- Oswald’s shooting happened only about 47 hours after the shooting of JFK.
- Len discusses how the conflict of information & testimony peaks the interest of researchers.
- It’s incredible how much background information Jim Garrison was able to discover early on.
- What might have Oswald said if he had lived? What might have been revealed?
- Jack Ruby wanted the opportunity to tell his story, no one wanted to listen & he too was silenced.
- After over 25 years of JFK assassination research, Len still learns new tidbits of information.
- Quebec author Paul Bleau gives the foreword for this meticulously researched book.
- Paul’s book breaks down Lee’s timeline around the assassination into their different layers.
- Theories on how Lee left Dealey Plaza are broken down into their different complexities.
- Ultimately, Paul believes Oswald may not have been allowed to leave Dealey Plaza alive.
- Paul has worked in chronological order, compiling statements from DPD, FBI, WC & HSCA files & Jack Ruby Trial .
- Paul does go into Lee’s background as it leads into his assassination activities, but not main focus.
- Threats were called into the Dallas Sheriff’s department prior to Lee’s murder on Sunday morning.
- Why did Chief Curry announce that Oswald was going to be transferred in the morning to the media?
- Paul pinpoints the location of all the people & media in the basement at the time of Oswald’s transfer.
- Paul’s Youtube channel,‘Dallas City Hall Basement’, features raw film footage taken on Nov. 24/63.
- Robert Jackson won the Pulitzer prize for taking the photograph when Oswald is literally shot by Ruby.
- Photo taken by Jack Beers shows Ruby lunging forward, in photo you can see microphone above Lee.
- When Oswald was shot, he was taken inside the DPD jail’s office, not rushed to the hospital. Why?
- Len discusses how when he first saw CE #399, he knew something wasn’t right.
- Paul started writing his book as he started to index Garrison’s files in a simple spreadsheet.
- The spreadsheet enabled Paul to document & organize the different people & their statements.
- Paul notes there were at least 22 members of the press in the DPD basement but only 10 interviewed.
- Oswald’s medical aide at the jail was never interviewed by the DPD as well as porters & many civilian workers.
- Read Jim DiEugenio’s article ‘Civilians Overlooked’ and Paul Bleau Forward at Kennedys & King website.
- When the Warren Commission came to Dallas, they performed interviews the DPD had missed.
- 7 civilian workers went up to the Annex Building & to City Hall to watch the transfer of Oswald on TV.
- DPD Roy Vaughn stationed at top of Main St. ramp didn’t notice Ruby enter basement entrance. How?
- There were assassination conspirators within the Dallas Police Department & City Hall.
- Paul goes to length to identify the officer who ejected civilian employees from City Hall’s basement.
- Why did Curry & DPD want to accommodate the media at such length?
- An hour before Oswald’s transfer, Curry was still reporting to the media, including threats against Lee.
- With Curry laying out every detail of Oswald’s transfer, there was no secrecy or valid security for Lee.
- Anonymous caller informed DPD that there was a group of over 100 people plotting Lee’s murder.
- The caller knew Oswald would be transferred in an armoured car & convoy to be attacked.
- Dallas FBI called the Dallas Sheriff’s office to see if there were any threats on Oswald’s life.
- There are MANY contradictions from the different people interviewed.
- There were 92 members of the media & police in the DPD basement at the time of Oswald’s transfer!
Part Two – David Denton – Professor & Author
- The JFK Historical Group Dallas 2024 Conference Tickets, Nov 21-23 2024 Eventbrite – Purchase Here
- JFK Conference is back in Dallas this year! Nov. 21-24th at the Doubletree Inn on Market Street.
- Doug Horne, former investigator for ARRB is the key note speaker this year.
- Doug’s key note speech is Saturday night!
- Trine Day Publisher, Kris Milligan, will be speaking Thursday afternoon.
- Medical panel includes Dr. Mike Chesser, Doug Horne & Dr. David Mantik
- Authors include Mal Hyman, David Knight, Ed Tatro, Rick Russo & Dick Russell.
- Meet authors Gary Hill, Mark Harris, Liz Gould, Paul Fitzgerald & Bob Nelson (in breakout room).
- People are always trying to dig & find new information on the case.
- There are still people out there that are very passionate about JFK assassination research.
- Researchers are not making money from their research, JFK research is a labour of love.
- David feels they do have such a great lineup because the conference is well run & organized.
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