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Old JFK documents may stir controversy (found in an old safe in a Dallas courthouse)
Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 2/17/08 | Reuters

Posted on 02/17/2008 1:28:35 PM PST by NormsRevenge

DALLAS (Reuters) - A batch of old documents linked to the slaying of President John F. Kennedy has reportedly been unearthed, including a highly suspect transcript of a conversation between assassin Lee Harvey Oswald and Oswald's killer Jack Ruby, the Dallas Morning News said on Sunday.

The newspaper said the Dallas County district attorney's office, which uncovered the documents, would display its discovery at a news conference on Monday morning.

The Morning News said the items found in an old safe in a Dallas courthouse included personal letters from former District Attorney Henry Wade, the prosecutor in the Ruby trial. Ruby shot Oswald two days after the president's death.

Also found were official records from Ruby's trial, a gun holster and clothing that probably belonged to Ruby and Oswald, District Attorney Craig Watkins told the newspaper.

But one potentially controversial item is a transcript of an exchange between Oswald and Ruby in which they discuss killing Kennedy to halt the mafia-busting agenda of his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy.

The Morning News said one theory about the transcript was that it was part of a movie script Wade was working on with producers, for a film that was never made.

The transcript resembles one published by the Warren Commission, which investigated Kennedy's assassination and concluded Oswald acted alone. The FBI had determined the conversation between Oswald and Ruby -- this time about killing Texas Gov. John Connally -- was definitely fake, the newspaper said.

Connally was riding in the car with Kennedy and was wounded in the attack.

The documents may be a Presidents' Day gift to conspiracy theorists who have long questioned the official U.S. government version that Oswald acted alone when he shot Kennedy on November 22, 1963, as the president's motorcade swept past the Texas School Book Depository in downtown Dallas.

Nightclub owner Ruby subsequently shot Oswald dead at point-blank range as police were escorting their prime suspect. Ruby died a few years later from cancer.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: controversy; dallas; documents; jackruby; jfk; jfkassassination; leeharveyoswald
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1 posted on 02/17/2008 1:28:36 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

And brother Teddy continues to drink like a fish...45 years later...


2 posted on 02/17/2008 1:32:34 PM PST by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: NormsRevenge
But one potentially controversial item is a transcript of an exchange between Oswald and Ruby in which they discuss killing Kennedy to halt the mafia-busting agenda of his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy.

Absolute nonsense.
3 posted on 02/17/2008 1:32:54 PM PST by Signalman
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To: lexington minuteman 1775

>>And brother Teddy continues to drink like a fish...45 years later...<<

That is one of the few points where I don’t blame Ted - if being President and attorney general don’t keep your brothers safe how could Ted ever feel safe?


4 posted on 02/17/2008 1:35:12 PM PST by gondramB (Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Everyone knows Karl Rove had JFK rubbed out. He was on the grassy knoll that day hiding behind the fence. He knew that once Kennedy was out of the way it would set in motion the election of George Bush 37 years later.


5 posted on 02/17/2008 1:35:51 PM PST by skimask (Support Terrorism......Vote Democratic)
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To: Bobkk47

But one potentially controversial item is a transcript of an exchange between Oswald and Ruby in which they discuss killing Kennedy to halt the mafia-busting agenda of his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy.

Absolute nonsense.


My thoughts exactly. While the mob played a role in all of this, Oswald wasn’t hip to it.


6 posted on 02/17/2008 1:36:45 PM PST by Senator Goldwater
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To: NormsRevenge

Exclusive: Dallas County DA’s office finds cache of JFK memorabilia
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971752/posts

Transcript in JFK-related discovery will fuel conspiracy chatter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971909/posts


7 posted on 02/17/2008 1:37:50 PM PST by PAR35
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To: Bobkk47

“Absolute nonsense.”

A document is found in a safe with other presumed authentic items. Did you put it there, or do you know who did? How can anyone here possible declare it nonsense based on this?


8 posted on 02/17/2008 1:38:32 PM PST by WoofDog123
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To: NormsRevenge
Nightclub owner Ruby subsequently shot Oswald dead at point-blank range as police were escorting their prime suspect.

At least the reporter didn’t say “allegedly shot,” for me and millions of Americans saw that one happen live on TV.

9 posted on 02/17/2008 1:38:35 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
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To: Senator Goldwater

I Have a theory...KENNEDY HAS BE DEAD FOR OVER 40 YEARS!!! MOVE ON!!


10 posted on 02/17/2008 1:38:43 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: gondramB

Fat Ted is perfectly safe because he ain’t worth the price of a bullet.


11 posted on 02/17/2008 1:39:13 PM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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To: Bobkk47

This smells of hoax.


12 posted on 02/17/2008 1:39:38 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: lexington minuteman 1775

he was here in Youngstown Ohio yesterday-there was a run on the liquor stores. Teddy Kennedy at St. Patty’s Day is a dangerous as Bill Clinton with a fist full of $100s at a brothel.


13 posted on 02/17/2008 1:40:04 PM PST by mrmargaritaville
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To: PAR35

Thanks for linking those threads in!

What’s Jack Ruby’s gun worth today?


14 posted on 02/17/2008 1:40:18 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: NormsRevenge

Johnson had it done.


15 posted on 02/17/2008 1:40:24 PM PST by bannie (clintons CHEAT! AAAALLWAYS!)
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To: PAR35

I think they meant to kill John Freakin Kerry. But you know the Dems. If you seen one JFK you seen them all.


16 posted on 02/17/2008 1:40:43 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Shouldn't the libs love a Hunter Thompson ticket in 08?)
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To: NormsRevenge
Old saying:
When the facts don’t match the legend, print the legend.
17 posted on 02/17/2008 1:41:20 PM PST by edcoil (Go Great in 08 ... Slide into 09)
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18 posted on 02/17/2008 1:41:24 PM PST by Old Sarge (CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
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To: NormsRevenge

If I hadn’t already seen them and remembered the headlines, I probably couldn’t have found them.


19 posted on 02/17/2008 1:41:38 PM PST by PAR35
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To: Huskrrrr

But Elvis is still alive....isn’t he?


20 posted on 02/17/2008 1:41:40 PM PST by Kimmers
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