Creative Speculation
In reply to the discussion: 32 Reasons and Arguments There Was No Conspiracy Behind Oswald Killing Kennedy [View all]Ghost in the Machine
(14,912 posts)contradictions and inconsistencies. Yeah, I know he first said he saw LHO, and gave a general description but, based on his testimony, he was at least 175 feet away**, if not more, then (based on my experience of office buildings having 10' ceilings) he would have had to be looking upwards at least 56' high, based on LHO's height. Did he have binocular lenses in his glasses? Here's a map of where he said he was sitting: "Brennan was sitting atop a low concrete wall located at the intersection of Elm Street and Houston Street on the western edge of downtown Dallas"
At first, he told the police he couldn't identify LHO in a line-up, but after going home and watching the news, seeing LHO's face plastered all over the news, he could suddenly pick him out of a line-up?? How dumb do they think most people are??
Later in, he went on record as saying he initially lied about not being able to pick LHO out because he "feared that he and his family might be in some danger if the assassination turned out to be the result of some wider plot". Does that mean he thought there was some kind of conspiracy??
Then we also have this, from the House Select Committe on Assassinations:
Lee Harvey Oswald was white, slender, and 24 years old. According to his autopsy report (Warren Commission Hearings, vol.26, p.521 [Commission Exhibit 3002]), he was five feet nine inches (175 cm) tall, and weighed about 150 pounds (10 stones, 10 pounds; 68 kg).
Arnold Rowland and Ronald Fischer both described the man they saw as slender, and Fischer added that he looked to be 22 or 24 years old. All three descriptions could reasonably have applied to Oswald, but could also have applied to any number of young white men.
Howard Brennan was not, however, an especially reliable witness:
He claimed that the man was standing up when aiming the rifle, but the sash window made this impossible; it was open only up to about waist height.
He claimed that I was looking at the man in this window at the time of the last explosion, but later explicitly denied that he had seen the man fire the gun.
He claimed on the afternoon of the assassination that I believe that I could identify this man if I ever saw him again, but he was unable to pick out Oswald at an identification parade a few hours later, despite having seen Oswalds photograph on television in the meantime.
Although the Warren Commission enthusiastically promoted Brennan as the star witness in its case against Oswald, the House Select Committee on Assassinations was more sceptical, and declined to use Brennan.
http://jfk-archives.blogspot.com/2010/06/howard-brennan.html
**"Brennan was sitting atop a low concrete wall located at the intersection of Elm Street and Houston Street on the western edge of downtown Dallas" I'm figuring he was sitting somewhere near the corner of Dealey Plaza, between where JFK was hit and the SBD.
I read several articles on this guy before responding, so it looks like we're at a stalemate on this one. You'll believe him because he backs up your worldview on what happened that day, as reported by the Warren Commission. I choose NOT to believe him because of the lies, inconsistencies and holes in the story. Got anything else??
Peace,
Ghost