The Kill Zone: A Sniper Looks at Dealey Plaza
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In 1987, former U.S. Marine sniper Craig Roberts, a seasoned verteran of the Vietnam war, stood for the first time at the 6th floor "sniper's nest" window of the Texas School Book Depository. As he looked down into what the U.S. Government maintains was the kill zone used by Lee Harvey Oswald, he immediately knew that the Warren Commission's verdict - that Oswald, acting alone from that position, fired three shots in 5.6 seconds from a bolt-action rifle, with the fatal head shot being the last shot fired - was a lie. Why? Because Roberts, a combat experienced marksman, knew that he could not have duplicated Oswald's supposed feat - even if armed with the modern sniper rifle he had used with devastating accuracy in Vietnam. At that moment Roberts, by then a 20-year veteran police officer and a recognized authority on sniping, began an investigation that would last six years, take him into the shadow world of the clandestine intelligence community - and beyond - to discover the existence of a sinister organization that resides far above the CIA, the KGB, the Mafia, and even government itself. An entity so powerful that to it, the elimination of a country's leader was little more than business as usual. In "Kill Zone," Roberts offers new, never before published answers to such questions as: who could have ordered Kennedy's execution; assembled and orchestrated the compartmentalized ambush teams; manipulated the media; controlled all aspects of the investigation; dictated the Warren Commission's final determination; then effectively covered up the evidence, sealed the investigatory files, and effectively blocked the truth for over 30 years - and continues to do so to thisday. And most critical of all...why.
Author: Craig Roberts
Format: Hardback, 259 pages
Published: 1994, Consolidated Press International, United States
Genre: Current Affairs & Issues
In 1987, former U.S. Marine sniper Craig Roberts, a seasoned verteran of the Vietnam war, stood for the first time at the 6th floor "sniper's nest" window of the Texas School Book Depository. As he looked down into what the U.S. Government maintains was the kill zone used by Lee Harvey Oswald, he immediately knew that the Warren Commission's verdict - that Oswald, acting alone from that position, fired three shots in 5.6 seconds from a bolt-action rifle, with the fatal head shot being the last shot fired - was a lie. Why? Because Roberts, a combat experienced marksman, knew that he could not have duplicated Oswald's supposed feat - even if armed with the modern sniper rifle he had used with devastating accuracy in Vietnam. At that moment Roberts, by then a 20-year veteran police officer and a recognized authority on sniping, began an investigation that would last six years, take him into the shadow world of the clandestine intelligence community - and beyond - to discover the existence of a sinister organization that resides far above the CIA, the KGB, the Mafia, and even government itself. An entity so powerful that to it, the elimination of a country's leader was little more than business as usual. In "Kill Zone," Roberts offers new, never before published answers to such questions as: who could have ordered Kennedy's execution; assembled and orchestrated the compartmentalized ambush teams; manipulated the media; controlled all aspects of the investigation; dictated the Warren Commission's final determination; then effectively covered up the evidence, sealed the investigatory files, and effectively blocked the truth for over 30 years - and continues to do so to thisday. And most critical of all...why.