Dallas Morning News: Gary Mack and the evolution of a JFK conspiracy theorist

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Sylvia Odio's father was a leader of JURE, a Cuban political front preferred by the State Department as a successor to Castro. JURE espoused a relatively moderate politics compared to more extreme right wing groups such as DRE - which was preferred and operationally supported by the CIA. A possible by-product of this September visit would have been the association of the President's future assassin with JURE.

The Warren Commission struggled with a timeline for Oswald in late September, as there are no clear records showing travel methods or even where he exactly was. Placing the Odio visit earlier conflicted with other information. The Warren Commission decided to sweep the Odio story under the rug because it directly conflicted with the travelling to Mexico City story, and because it also placed Oswald with confederates - which did not match the "lone nut" story. They settled on saying a man named William Seymour was "Leon Oswald", even though it was established that Seymour was in Florida at the time. They did not bother to explain why a man named "Leon Oswald" would show up at Odio's door, or why he would be described a few days later by one of his confederates as a Kennedy hater, an excellent shot, and of the opinion that JFK should be killed.

All of this information is presented in the video, and represents quite a bit more than the "nothing" you think it does.