“The most likely scenario is that Oswald was recruited by the CIA while he was in the Corps...”
I think it was earlier than that. When he was about 15, Oswald was a member of Civil Air Patrol in Louisiana. CAP was used at that time as one of many recruiting tools for the intelligence agencies. At that time, David Ferrie, who seems to have been an intelligence asset of some sort, was running his own “rogue” CAP squadron in LA. Despite previous denials, we now have proof that David Ferrie did meet Oswald through their mutual CAP connections at this time, and Oswald could very well have been recruited at that point.
If so, that would explain why it was at that age that Oswald began espousing Communist sympathies and trying to join (infiltrate?) domestic Communist groups. Its been said there were more infiltrators than real members of such groups during that period, so I’d say it was more likely he was an infiltrator than a genuine Communist. Not many people just decide to become Communists on their own, with out any influence or even contact from other Communists. Yet we should believe that Oswald just “converted”, as a teenager in the South, during the 50s, all by himself?
That’s a great point. I’d forgotten about Oswald’s involvement in the Civil Air Patrol. It really seems inescapable to me. Oswald was a CIA agent. Almost 100%. I should add that this doesn’t mean that I know what happened. I have little doubt that Oswald was the shooter, but who the heavies were I really don’t know. I have my suspicions, but it’s just speculation. We really need full disclosure. It’s ridiculous that files have no yet been released after 50 years.