SECOND: The degree of sophistication in such a complex intelligence murder--including the planning for the paralysis, the radio coordination, the firing positions creating a cross fire in two volleys, gaining access to the buildings, setting up a patsy (Oswald), and all of the other techniques used-- indicate that lower-level anti-Castro Cubans, or even Mafia members, could not have pulled it off without CIA guidance and supervision. Skill and intelligence training, plus detailed management, were required from the only organization capable of running such an operation.
THIRD: The Select Committee on Assassinations and the Senate Intelligence Committee have a lot more interrogating to do. They must question the people who designed the weapon system and those who made it available to the assassination team.
Richard E. Sprague is currently a consultant to the Battelle Institute, a think tank in Columbus, Ohio, and was formerly a consultant to the House Select Committee on Assassinations. He has written numerous books and articles, including the self-published The Taking of America 1-2-3.
Robert Cutler is an architect and a assassination researcher. He has self-published five books on the Kennedy assassination, the latest of which is Seventy-six Seconds in Dealey Plaza. (Information on obtaining books by Mr. Sprague and Mr. Cutler is available from Gallery)
