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Joey ... those were the days before metal detectors. and from the films it looks like the courthouse was mobbed with people. Media types. -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Oct 13 '09, 15:01

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I used a school press pass to jump on a cable car and shake Humphrey's hand and ask a question, no one thought twice - zeitgeist Oct 13, 15:13 4
- in the early 60s my dad said he visited the Pentagon and was able to walk right past the SECDEF's office. - loosilu Oct 13, 15:15 1
  - hack when Crash was a kid people could walk right into the White House and visit with Lincoln. -- nm - Remlik Oct 13, 15:21
- who is humphrey? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 15:14 1
  - LBJ's VP -- nm - con_carne Oct 13, 15:15
We need a ring of security around the most vital prisoner in US history....a mob guy walks in and shoots him. - Will Hunting Oct 13, 15:03 7
- do you think every reporter in that crowd was background checked? -- nm - loosilu Oct 13, 15:06 6
  - Maybe it's 2009 Will Hunting speaking, but when you have a vital prisoner, you check everyone near him. - Will Hunting Oct 13, 15:07 4
    - but, 2009 Wil also knows you never let someone on a plane with an exacto-knife, 2000 Will wouldn't have even thought of it. -- nm - Andie Oct 13, 15:30 2
      - That's a micro-behavior.....guarding the high-value prisoner is a macro-behavior. - Will Hunting Oct 13, 15:34 1
        
        it's weird because they were clearly scared he would be killed. heck, they were putting him into an armored truck when he was shot. - loosilu Oct 13, 15:42
    - maybe it's incidents like this that made us think that way. -- nm - loosilu Oct 13, 15:08
  - btw, I don't mean to defend the Dallas police in this. It just looks like it was a madhouse the way it was handled. - loosilu Oct 13, 15:06
plus, if I recall correctly, Ruby knew a lot of the cops working there as well, so it supposes that they saw him & let him in. -- nm - Remlik Oct 13, 15:03 7
- Cuz they'd arrested him! :) - Will Hunting Oct 13, 15:06 6
  - that post there cracks me up -- nm - crash davis Oct 13, 15:08
  - the thing that stands out to me is that he seems random as a person who'd want to kill Oswald. -- nm - loosilu Oct 13, 15:07 3
    - Maybe he was a fame-seeker. Kind of like how serial killers sometimes gravitate towards working in tangentially law enforcement related areas -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 15:08 2
      - why would a fame seeker refuse to talk to reporters while serving his prison sentence? -- nm - crash davis Oct 13, 15:09
      - it's virtually certain in my opinion that this is the case. -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 15:09
  - totally! -- nm - Remlik Oct 13, 15:07

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