FRANCOIS CARLIER SAID:
Barry Krusch focused for long moments on the idea that the sniper's
nest (which provided the assassin a perfect place to hide from view)
was not arranged by Lee Oswald but by other people in the course of
their work.
So what ?
Who cares ?
What matters is that there was indeed some book cartons that provided
the assassin a place to hide. That Oswald arranged the boxes himself
or that he took advantage of the boxes that were already there, or
that, maybe, he arranged the boxes that were already there, does not
matter a bit.
It proves nothing either way.
DAVID VON PEIN SAID:
I agree, Francois.
And, in fact, when you think about Mr. Krusch's comments about the
boxes being moved by other Depository employees, instead of being
moved into position by Oswald himself, it really kind of destroys
another longstanding conspiracy theory: The one that has CTers
claiming that Oswald just didn't have enough time to move around all
those boxes to form his Sniper's Nest (or that he would surely have
been seen by someone when he went about the seemingly laborious task
of lugging around the boxes in building his "Nest").
But via the scenario purported by Barry Krusch in his Amazon.com
review for Bill O'Reilly's book "Killing Kennedy", which is indeed, as
Barry correctly pointed out, also advanced by the Warren Commission's
David W. Belin in Belin's 1973 book "November 22, 1963: You Are The
Jury" (Pages 145-146), it means that the construction of the Sniper's
Nest wouldn't have required extensive time and effort on Oswald's part
at all. He could have merely put the finishing touches on the outer
Nest "shield" and then moved a few additional boxes to the inside of
the "Nest" for his rifle rest and his "chair" box to sit on. Not much
time would be needed there at all.
So it seems to me that Barry Krusch has, in effect, helped the lone-
assassin cause by bringing up David Belin's observation concerning the
other TSBD employees inadvertently constructing most of the Sniper's
Nest (which is something in Belin's excellent 1973 book that I had
forgotten about completely, even though I've had that book for six
years).
So, thanks Barry. I'm glad you pointed out the fact that the
construction of Oswald's sniper's lair was, for the most part, very
likely not even Oswald's own work. Hence, another conspiracy theory
about how Oswald couldn't possibly have constructed that Sniper's Nest
by himself (without being seen) goes sliding down the drain.
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Addendum:
An excerpt from my "Oswald Timeline" series of articles (relating to
the topic of the Sniper's Nest boxes):
"It's also possible that, as Oswald mulled over potential
shooting locations, he realized that a goodly number of boxes were
already down on the east end of the 6th Floor, which would make
constructing a makeshift "Nest" all the easier for him. .... Oswald
(with his rifle and the paper bag) moves to the east end of the sixth
floor, where Oswald works on constructing his Sniper's Nest. Now, some
of these boxes might have been pretty close to the SN window
already...which, as I mentioned, could have been a partial factor in
Oswald choosing that southeast corner window to begin with. So,
perhaps the building of the Nest wasn't as difficult or as time-
consuming as some people seem to think it had to be. I really have no
idea how long it would have taken Oswald to create his makeshift
Sniper's Nest of book cartons. And nobody else knows for sure either.
This is one of the several "unknowables" surrounding this case. But
the sum total of "Oswald Was There" evidence tells me that Lee Oswald
(alone) DID construct that Sniper's Nest at some point prior to Bonnie
Ray Williams arriving back up on that sixth floor (or, at least Oz had
ENOUGH of the Nest constructed so that he was able to hide behind a
wall of partially-constructed boxes during Williams' brief 5-to-12-
minute stay up on that floor)." -- DVP; April 2007
http://jfk-archives.blogspot.com/2010/06/oswald-timeline-part-1.html