Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?

I'v watched this episode of Frontline few times in the past and from what I've learned and from what I can tell you that there's so many conspiracy theories about the assassination of JFK and it's quite obviously it's numerous. And one of the craziest conspiracy theories regarding to the assassination of JFK was that Ted Cruz's father was supposedly behind the assassination of JFK as well and who exactly said this? Well current 47th US President Donald J Trump. And the more conspiracy theories come out and come up, it drives Americans crazy and insane. And we may never know of who started it all and we may never know of when the conspiracy theories will end.

I fully agree with mrsastor on this one. The film provided powerful evidence that Oswald was working for US intelligence at Atsugi, in Minsk and in New Orleans and put the lie to several CIA denials as well as Warren pitbull, Gerald Posner.

It then somehow, made a 180 degree turn, concluding that Oswald acted alone. In fact, I used pieces of WWLHO in my Youtube videos on Oswald, which are linked at jfkhistory.com

But the research in this film was superb, and up to the point where it reversed itself, probably the most unbiased presentation on the case that I have ever seen.

This episode of Frontline goes into exquisite detail about Lee Harvey Oswald's life from infancy forward. People who knew him as a teen in the Bronx said that he seemed to be a total loner, like someone who had never made a real connection to another human in his entire life. His father died before he was born, and his mother seeing Lee and his siblings as burdens, put them in an orphanage. But by age 12 he was once again living with his mother.

As an adult he would veer from one extreme viewpoint to the other, always looking for greatness - he was for Castro, he was against Castro, he wanted to be in the military, he wanted out, he wanted to live in the USSR, then he wanted out, and so on. There are new computer models of the path of the bullet that shot Kennedy and there is a complete analysis of Kennedy's assassination and Oswald's known activity before and afterwards. The research and detail are outstanding with interviews of people who knew Oswald or were involved in the investigation or were just passive witnesses to history. The documentary doesn't try to lead the viewer to any opinion about whether there was a conspiracy or not. And even though the evidence presented points to Oswald being guilty of the shooting and probably acting alone, there are enough questions about his past associations and documents that are still classified that you have to wonder - "What if?"

I guess the takeaway from this episode that I got was that Oswald was such a goofy unreliable person with delusions of grandeur - I just can't see any of Kennedy's enemies using him to assassinate the president. There is a good chance that, had he been included in any such plot, he would have just walked up to the secret service and told them all about those awful people who want to kill the president and how only he could stop it. Because, in the end, he wanted fame devoid of any principles and he probably didn't care whether he killed a president or saved one in order to get it.

Major points off for biased approach and conclusion-selective delivery. For example; using a known propagandist like Priscilla McMillian without revealing her connections to US intelligence organizations is a dishonest trick to play on an uneducated viewer.

The film indeed raises more questions about how or why Oswald would have committed the crime for which he has been accused than it ever answers. Indeed, it seems to be leading clearly to the conclusion that he could not have done it, and then, seeming to have realized their "error", they pitch in the unsubstantiated Walker accusation, the fake backyard photographs, and all join together to reach a conclusion entirely unsupported by the evidence they have presented. This is especially low yellow-journalism for a show with Frontline's prestige.

The first time I saw this program was on PBS, I thought it was wonderful. Seeing what may have driven Lee Harvey Oswald to murder, seeing life through his eyes. By the end of this program i felt like they should make a movie of Oswald, not saying that he did or didn't killed the president. Letting you decide the outcome. By not growing up with is family, ether because they moved away or were at work, Oswald would go to the zoo. The outcome, Lee Oswald raised him self to what he became later in life. I also think that it was a nice touch that they used Gary Oldman as the voice of Oswald, seeing he played him in the movie "JFK". I'v tried everywhere to see if i can find it. I just hope that it will come on again so i can record it.