1001 01:02:39,744 --> 01:02:43,064 ...to a P.O. box, when he can go into any store in Texas... 1002 01:02:43,744 --> 01:02:47,064 ...give a phony name and walk out with an untraceable rifle. 1003 01:02:47,224 --> 01:02:48,504 To frame him, obviously! 1004 01:02:48,584 --> 01:02:50,704 A lot of smoke, but some fire. 1005 01:02:50,864 --> 01:02:52,784 We're talking about our government! 1006 01:02:52,864 --> 01:02:55,024 We're talking about a crime. 1007 01:02:55,744 --> 01:02:58,784 You must think on a different level, like the CIA does. 1008 01:02:59,384 --> 01:03:01,464 We're through the looking glass. 1009 01:03:02,424 --> 01:03:03,664 White is black. 1010 01:03:04,544 --> 01:03:05,984 And black is white. 1011 01:03:06,984 --> 01:03:09,504 Maybe Oswald is just what he said he was. 1012 01:03:10,304 --> 01:03:11,344 A patsy. 1013 01:03:17,104 --> 01:03:19,144 Unbelievable. You were here? 1014 01:03:19,264 --> 01:03:21,424 Yes, this is where I was sitting. 1015 01:03:21,944 --> 01:03:25,224 Shots came from near the wooden fence over there... 1016 01:03:26,584 --> 01:03:28,104 ...near the overpass. 1017 01:03:28,424 --> 01:03:32,064 I saw a man run from the fence toward those railroad cars. 1018 01:03:32,664 --> 01:03:34,744 I made it clear to the Warren people. 1019 01:03:34,824 --> 01:03:37,744 One of the shots came from behind that picket fence. 1020 01:03:38,304 --> 01:03:42,304 I heard the report and saw smoke, six or eight feet above the ground. 1021 01:03:42,584 --> 01:03:44,344 Out from under those trees. 1022 01:03:44,504 --> 01:03:47,704 All four of us railroad men... 1023 01:03:47,784 --> 01:03:49,424 ...seen the same thing. 1024 01:03:50,024 --> 01:03:51,984 The smoke came from behind the hedge. 1025 01:03:52,064 --> 01:03:56,104 I was standing next to Mary Moorman, who took the photo when he was killed. 1026 01:03:58,784 --> 01:04:01,064 I stepped down to the curb and yelled: 1027 01:04:01,344 --> 01:04:03,664 "Mr. President, look over here! " 1028 01:04:05,624 --> 01:04:07,104 Then shots rang out. 1029 01:04:09,144 --> 01:04:14,024 Mary dropped to the ground, yelling, "They're shooting! Get down! " 1030 01:04:15,184 --> 01:04:17,024 I just stood there watching. 1031 01:04:17,824 --> 01:04:19,464 The driver had stopped. 1032 01:04:20,344 --> 01:04:22,184 I don't know what was wrong with him. 1033 01:04:24,704 --> 01:04:26,624 Out of the corner of my eye... 1034 01:04:27,424 --> 01:04:29,424 ...I saw a flash of light in the bushes. 1035 01:04:30,104 --> 01:04:31,584 And that last shot... 1036 01:04:32,824 --> 01:04:34,344 ...just ripped his head off. 1037 01:04:35,624 --> 01:04:39,424 I looked up and saw smoke coming from over there, on the knoll. 1038 01:04:39,544 --> 01:04:41,824 We came around to look for tracks. 1039 01:04:42,464 --> 01:04:45,344 It rained that morning and we found a bunch. 1040 01:04:46,024 --> 01:04:47,184 Cigarette butts. 1041 01:04:47,264 --> 01:04:49,584 Someone had stood about... here. 1042 01:04:55,704 --> 01:04:57,144 That's a good spot. 1043 01:04:58,304 --> 01:04:59,304 For the head shot. 1044 01:05:01,104 --> 01:05:02,904 Everything was just frozen. 1045 01:05:03,824 --> 01:05:07,784 Like people weren't breathing. Like you were looking at a picture. 1046 01:05:10,744 --> 01:05:12,184 Except for one man. 1047 01:05:13,144 --> 01:05:17,304 I saw this one man running from the corner of the Book Depository... 1048 01:05:17,384 --> 01:05:18,744 ...to the parking lot. 1049 01:05:18,944 --> 01:05:20,704 It was about 11:00 a. m. 1050 01:05:21,104 --> 01:05:24,584 I was driving on Elm Street toward the underpass in a rented car. 1051 01:05:25,144 --> 01:05:26,624 A light-blue Valiant. 1052 01:05:27,304 --> 01:05:30,504 I'll never forget that day. There was a lot of traffic... 1053 01:05:30,584 --> 01:05:33,304 ...and I stopped alongside a green pickup truck. 1054 01:05:33,704 --> 01:05:37,624 It was very noticeable because it had one wheel up on the curb. 1055 01:05:38,024 --> 01:05:39,784 When I saw the gun, I thought... 1056 01:05:42,064 --> 01:05:44,304 ..."The Secret Service is not very secret. " 1057 01:05:44,384 --> 01:05:47,064 The next morning, I went to the FBI office. 1058 01:05:47,144 --> 01:05:49,184 They showed me some pictures. 1059 01:05:49,384 --> 01:05:53,064 And I picked out three pictures that looked like the truck's driver. 1060 01:05:54,024 --> 01:05:55,304 That's the man. 1061 01:05:55,504 --> 01:05:57,904 You mean you identified Jack Ruby on Saturday? 1062 01:05:58,144 --> 01:05:59,064 That's right. 1063 01:05:59,144 --> 01:06:00,744 The day before he shot Oswald? 1064 01:06:00,984 --> 01:06:04,264 That's right. When I saw him on TV, I was shocked. 1065 01:06:04,544 --> 01:06:07,784 I said to my family, "That's the man I saw in the truck. " 1066 01:06:09,224 --> 01:06:11,864 You weren't so sure in your statement to the Commission. 1067 01:06:12,344 --> 01:06:15,224 What about these others? You said one might be him? 1068 01:06:16,344 --> 01:06:19,384 They look a bit like him, but I'm sure this is the man. 1069 01:06:19,624 --> 01:06:22,024 It was him I chased up the grassy knoll. 1070 01:06:23,704 --> 01:06:26,904 I thought maybe our guys had shot back and got one of them. 1071 01:06:27,944 --> 01:06:29,624 I got to the parking lot. 1072 01:06:30,384 --> 01:06:33,464 All I saw were the railroad workers and Dallas' finest. 1073 01:06:35,104 --> 01:06:39,184 - Secret Service. Come with us. - No! Find the shooter! 1074 01:06:39,744 --> 01:06:41,184 I want your pictures. 1075 01:06:41,264 --> 01:06:42,424 Son of a bitch! 1076 01:06:42,504 --> 01:06:44,424 He put a hurt on me, but good. 1077 01:06:44,784 --> 01:06:49,784 They must've seen everything because they knew what we had done all day. 1078 01:06:50,104 --> 01:06:52,984 I wasn't hard to find, wearing that red raincoat. 1079 01:06:53,064 --> 01:06:55,904 - How many shots did you hear? - Four to six. 1080 01:06:57,024 --> 01:06:58,144 Impossible! 1081 01:06:59,184 --> 01:07:00,664 You heard echoes! 1082 01:07:02,904 --> 01:07:06,384 We have three bullets and three shots that came from the Book Depository. 1083 01:07:06,464 --> 01:07:08,744 - That's all we'll say. - No, sir. 1084 01:07:09,264 --> 01:07:13,944 I saw a man shooting from behind that fence. What are you going to do? 1085 01:07:14,344 --> 01:07:17,304 - You go out there and get him! - That's taken care of! 1086 01:07:17,464 --> 01:07:20,864 You only heard three shots, and don't discuss this with anyone. 1087 01:07:21,624 --> 01:07:22,904 No one. Understand? 1088 01:07:23,104 --> 01:07:26,624 Which is strange 'cause it's less than 20 minutes after the assassination. 1089 01:07:26,704 --> 01:07:28,064 Get her out of here. 1090 01:07:28,144 --> 01:07:30,504 I knew something was crooked as a dog's hind leg. 1091 01:07:31,824 --> 01:07:34,944 When I read my testimony in the Warren Report... 1092 01:07:35,344 --> 01:07:37,464 ...it was a total fabrication. 1093 01:07:37,744 --> 01:07:41,624 That's what bothers me, Mr. Garrison. They've altered my statements. 1094 01:07:42,704 --> 01:07:44,184 This one says: 1095 01:07:44,464 --> 01:07:48,864 "Mercer couldn't identify any photograph as being the man she observed... 1096 01:07:48,944 --> 01:07:52,104 "... slouched over the wheel of the green truck. " Not true. 1097 01:07:52,184 --> 01:07:54,704 I recognized him and I told them so. 1098 01:07:55,664 --> 01:07:56,944 Take your time. 1099 01:07:57,104 --> 01:07:57,904 I'm sure. 1100 01:07:57,984 --> 01:07:59,824 And the sheriff's report... 1101 01:08:00,224 --> 01:08:01,664 This is really strange. 1102 01:08:01,984 --> 01:08:04,024 See that notarized signature? 1103 01:08:05,144 --> 01:08:06,544 That's not mine. 1104 01:08:06,704 --> 01:08:09,664 There wasn't any notary present during my questioning. 1105 01:08:11,744 --> 01:08:13,864 Mrs. Mercer, as a former FBI man... 1106 01:08:15,864 --> 01:08:17,944 ...it's difficult to accept this. 1107 01:08:18,504 --> 01:08:21,384 Beverly, tell Mr. Garrison about the Carousel Club. 1108 01:08:27,424 --> 01:08:31,224 I used to go there to see Jack and my friend, Jatta, who danced there. 1109 01:08:31,944 --> 01:08:34,224 It was a real swinging spot in town. 1110 01:08:34,304 --> 01:08:35,544 Everybody came. 1111 01:08:35,984 --> 01:08:39,224 Businessmen, politicians from Austin, LBJ's friends- 1112 01:08:39,704 --> 01:08:41,784 Dallas was a slowpokin' town then. 1113 01:08:41,944 --> 01:08:45,424 You chewed toothpicks, played dominoes, spit, dated policemen. 1114 01:08:45,784 --> 01:08:49,064 But Jack was exciting. There were always cops there. 1115 01:08:49,144 --> 01:08:52,824 Jack liked them around, even though he threw out the drunks himself. 1116 01:08:53,464 --> 01:08:55,104 He had a violent temper. 1117 01:08:56,304 --> 01:08:59,144 Everyone in those days knew Jack was in the mob. 1118 01:09:00,184 --> 01:09:02,664 Cops back then, they were bad. 1119 01:09:03,144 --> 01:09:06,024 They'd shake you down for the money in your pocket. 1120 01:09:08,144 --> 01:09:09,424 What about Lee? 1121 01:09:10,744 --> 01:09:12,024 One time I came in. 1122 01:09:12,104 --> 01:09:16,344 Jack introduced me to two guys. He says, "This is my friend, Lee... " 1123 01:09:18,584 --> 01:09:20,824 I don't remember the other guy's name. 1124 01:09:20,904 --> 01:09:24,664 He was a weird-looking guy. He had these eyebrows. 1125 01:09:25,184 --> 01:09:27,064 And he looked like a buzzard. 1126 01:09:29,504 --> 01:09:31,784 Lee didn't make much of an impression. 1127 01:09:32,864 --> 01:09:34,824 He wasn't very handsome. 1128 01:09:35,024 --> 01:09:38,424 He didn't look like he had any money, and he was in a bad mood. 1129 01:09:38,664 --> 01:09:40,624 So, I didn't pay him much mind. 1130 01:09:42,464 --> 01:09:45,544 I may not remember a name, but I always remember a face. 1131 01:09:47,224 --> 01:09:49,504 Later, when I saw him on television... 1132 01:09:50,864 --> 01:09:53,024 ...I screamed, "My God, that's him! 1133 01:09:53,624 --> 01:09:55,264 "That's Jack's friend! " 1134 01:09:56,824 --> 01:09:58,544 Will you testify, Beverly? 1135 01:10:00,664 --> 01:10:03,704 - I don't think so. - I thought we had an agreement. 1136 01:10:07,344 --> 01:10:11,264 - I don't want to be another statistic. - We could call you in. 1137 01:10:11,704 --> 01:10:15,144 If they can kill the President of the United States... 1138 01:10:16,624 --> 01:10:20,224 ...you think they'll think twice about a two-bit showgirl like me? 1139 01:10:26,064 --> 01:10:28,384 I understand the pressure you're under. 1140 01:10:29,144 --> 01:10:30,824 Don't think that I don't. 1141 01:10:31,984 --> 01:10:33,344 We both do. 1142 01:10:39,064 --> 01:10:44,144 Mr. Chief Justice, do you understand that I can't tell the truth in Dallas? 1143 01:10:45,384 --> 01:10:48,624 There are people here who do not want me to tell the truth. 1144 01:10:48,784 --> 01:10:50,944 Who don't want me to have a retrial. 1145 01:10:51,464 --> 01:10:53,464 Why don't you just tell us now? 1146 01:10:53,984 --> 01:10:55,584 My life is in danger! 1147 01:10:55,864 --> 01:10:58,344 If you request that I go to Washington... 1148 01:10:58,424 --> 01:11:01,464 That is, if you want to hear further testimony from me. 1149 01:11:01,704 --> 01:11:03,184 Can you take me with you? 1150 01:11:03,264 --> 01:11:05,024 No. It can't be done. 1151 01:11:05,544 --> 01:11:07,544 There would be no safe place for you. 1152 01:11:07,624 --> 01:11:10,104 We're not law-enforcement officers. 1153 01:11:10,984 --> 01:11:13,984 There's a great deal at stake in this matter. 1154 01:11:15,144 --> 01:11:16,904 If I'm eliminated... 1155 01:11:17,224 --> 01:11:21,544 ...there won't be any way of knowing any bit of truth pertaining to my situation. 1156 01:11:23,144 --> 01:11:26,904 Consequently, a whole new form of government will take over. 1157 01:11:28,864 --> 01:11:31,744 And I won't live to see you some other time. 1158 01:11:32,344 --> 01:11:34,024 I want to tell the truth. 1159 01:11:34,104 --> 01:11:35,224 And then... 1160 01:11:35,384 --> 01:11:36,984 ...leave this world. 1161 01:11:39,144 --> 01:11:42,504 The Zapruder film establishes three shots in 5.6 seconds. 1162 01:11:45,824 --> 01:11:47,104 I'm Oswald. 1163 01:11:48,144 --> 01:11:49,384 Time me. 1164 01:11:50,424 --> 01:11:51,464 Go. 1165 01:11:56,704 --> 01:11:57,464 Time? 1166 01:11:57,664 --> 01:11:59,264 Between six and seven seconds. 1167 01:11:59,344 --> 01:12:00,704 Without really aiming. 1168 01:12:00,784 --> 01:12:04,384 The second and third shots came almost right on top of each other. 1169 01:12:05,064 --> 01:12:07,104 It takes a minimum of... 1170 01:12:07,224 --> 01:12:09,624 ...2.3 seconds to recycle this thing. 1171 01:12:10,104 --> 01:12:12,464 The other problem is, there was a tree... 1172 01:12:12,544 --> 01:12:16,504 ...blocking the first two shots when fired in the Zapruder film. 1173 01:12:17,144 --> 01:12:20,664 Didn't Hoover say something about leaves falling in November? 1174 01:12:21,144 --> 01:12:23,144 It was Texas live oak, Chief. 1175 01:12:23,704 --> 01:12:25,984 It sheds its leaves in early March. 1176 01:12:26,544 --> 01:12:29,824 Take this Carcano, world's worst shoulder weapon... 1177 01:12:30,024 --> 01:12:34,304 ...and try to hit a moving target at 88 yards through heavy foliage. 1178 01:12:34,944 --> 01:12:36,024 No way. 1179 01:12:38,944 --> 01:12:41,104 FBI tried two sets of tests. 1180 01:12:41,224 --> 01:12:44,264 Not one sharpshooter could match Oswald's performance. 1181 01:12:44,624 --> 01:12:45,864 Not one. 1182 01:12:45,984 --> 01:12:48,384 Oswald was at best a medium shot. 1183 01:12:48,904 --> 01:12:50,984 The scope was defective on it too. 1184 01:12:51,464 --> 01:12:54,024 This is the whole essence of the case to me. 1185 01:12:54,504 --> 01:12:56,904 The guy couldn't do the shooting. 1186 01:12:57,344 --> 01:12:58,624 Nobody could. 1187 01:12:58,944 --> 01:13:01,464 They sold this lemon to the American public. 1188 01:13:03,224 --> 01:13:06,184 The Zapruder film was the proof they didn't count on. 1189 01:13:07,064 --> 01:13:08,704 We must get hold of it. 1190 01:13:10,024 --> 01:13:12,864 It means we'll have to subpoena Time-Life. 1191 01:13:14,184 --> 01:13:15,864 Let me ask you something. 1192 01:13:16,144 --> 01:13:18,424 Why not just shoot Kennedy on Houston? 1193 01:13:18,784 --> 01:13:20,304 Plenty of time. 1194 01:13:21,584 --> 01:13:24,464 - He's out in the open. - I keep asking myself the same thing. 1195 01:13:24,544 --> 01:13:26,864 - Frontal shot. - Even if you miss him once... 1196 01:13:27,064 --> 01:13:29,224 ...if he accelerates, you get a second shot. 1197 01:13:29,304 --> 01:13:31,264 The only reason to get him on Elm... 1198 01:13:31,904 --> 01:13:34,744 ...is you got him in a triangulated crossfire. 1199 01:13:35,664 --> 01:13:38,264 You put a team there down at the fence. 1200 01:13:38,464 --> 01:13:40,984 Frontal shot. Flat, low trajectory. 1201 01:13:41,544 --> 01:13:44,824 Put a third team down in this building... 1202 01:13:44,904 --> 01:13:46,144 ...on a low floor. 1203 01:13:46,224 --> 01:13:49,304 When Kennedy gets in the kill zone, it's a turkey shoot. 1204 01:13:52,064 --> 01:13:53,384 How many men? 1205 01:13:54,984 --> 01:13:58,704 One shooter. One spotter on a radio. Maybe three teams. 1206 01:14:01,064 --> 01:14:04,184 These are professional riflemen. Serious people. 1207 01:14:05,344 --> 01:14:06,464 Hunters. 1208 01:14:08,224 --> 01:14:09,464 Patient. 1209 01:14:11,344 --> 01:14:13,504 It takes skill to kill with a rifle. 1210 01:14:16,504 --> 01:14:20,984 That's why no chief executive's been executed with one in 200 years. 1211 01:14:24,504 --> 01:14:25,504 Three... 1212 01:14:26,424 --> 01:14:27,464 ...two... 1213 01:14:28,904 --> 01:14:29,864 ...one. 1214 01:14:39,264 --> 01:14:41,184 Main Street's over there. 1215 01:14:41,984 --> 01:14:44,584 Original parade route on the way to the Trade Mart... 1216 01:14:45,384 --> 01:14:46,704 ...is too far, right? 1217 01:14:46,784 --> 01:14:47,864 Too far. 1218 01:14:47,944 --> 01:14:51,744 Impossible shot, so they change the parade route. 1219 01:14:51,984 --> 01:14:54,864 Bring him down here. Moving at a normal 25 mph. 1220 01:14:54,944 --> 01:14:58,104 They knew the motorcade would have to slow down to about 10 mph... 1221 01:14:58,184 --> 01:15:01,184 ...to make that turn there. And that's where they got him. 1222 01:15:08,344 --> 01:15:10,784 Who do you think changed the parade route? 1223 01:15:10,864 --> 01:15:13,744 Beats me. Secret Service, city officials, Dallas Police. 1224 01:15:14,544 --> 01:15:16,464 You know who was the mayor at the time? 1225 01:15:16,544 --> 01:15:17,664 Roy Cabell. 1226 01:15:18,024 --> 01:15:20,064 - Guess who his brother is? - Who? 1227 01:15:20,904 --> 01:15:22,544 General Charles Cabell. 1228 01:15:23,064 --> 01:15:24,784 Deputy director of the CIA. 1229 01:15:24,864 --> 01:15:27,904 Kennedy fired him in '61 because of the Bay of Pigs fiasco. 1230 01:15:29,104 --> 01:15:32,024 Moved back to the Pentagon and called Kennedy a traitor. 1231 01:15:32,304 --> 01:15:34,024 When he came to New Orleans... 1232 01:15:34,104 --> 01:15:37,984 ...to address the Foreign Policy Association, know who introduced him? 1233 01:15:38,664 --> 01:15:40,184 Our friend, Clay Shaw. 1234 01:15:40,264 --> 01:15:41,984 Didn't the Warren Commission call him? 1235 01:15:42,064 --> 01:15:44,304 His boss was the one on the Warren Commission... 1236 01:15:44,384 --> 01:15:46,544 ...who handled the leads in the intelligence community. 1237 01:15:46,624 --> 01:15:49,384 - Allen Dulles? - Head of the CIA since '53. 1238 01:15:50,504 --> 01:15:52,264 Kennedy fired them both. 1239 01:15:53,344 --> 01:15:55,824 Cabell was his Deputy for nine years. 1240 01:15:57,104 --> 01:15:59,904 Talk about the fox investigating the chicken coop. 1241 01:16:01,384 --> 01:16:03,904 Now, we'll have to subpoena them both. 1242 01:16:15,704 --> 01:16:18,104 Clay Bertrand? Sure, I know him. 1243 01:16:18,264 --> 01:16:19,744 Comes to the Quarter. 1244 01:16:19,904 --> 01:16:23,664 Who is he? I've been to all the bars. Nobody wants to talk. 1245 01:16:24,984 --> 01:16:26,824 Why should they talk to you? 1246 01:16:27,984 --> 01:16:31,624 I told your uncle, I never met a lawman who wasn't a punk. 1247 01:16:35,544 --> 01:16:38,504 A big-shot businessman. I seen him on the TV news... 1248 01:16:38,584 --> 01:16:40,584 ...with all the other big shots. 1249 01:16:41,024 --> 01:16:42,904 The guy's a fag, you know? 1250 01:16:43,344 --> 01:16:44,864 Goes by another name. 1251 01:16:45,144 --> 01:16:46,464 What name? 1252 01:16:47,264 --> 01:16:48,224 Shaw. 1253 01:16:48,344 --> 01:16:49,664 Clay Shaw. 1254 01:16:49,984 --> 01:16:51,744 Clay Bertrand is Clay Shaw? 1255 01:16:52,504 --> 01:16:54,944 Guy who ran the International Trade Mart? 1256 01:16:55,424 --> 01:16:58,624 What's the mystery? Everybody down here knows him. 1257 01:16:59,744 --> 01:17:02,104 Then why does he call himself Bertrand? 1258 01:17:02,184 --> 01:17:04,744 Who gives a shit what he calls himself? 1259 01:17:05,104 --> 01:17:08,624 Will you give us a little help on that grand jury thing? 1260 01:17:09,504 --> 01:17:11,104 I hope so. We could use it. 1261 01:17:11,504 --> 01:17:13,264 Your hunch was right, Boss. 1262 01:17:13,424 --> 01:17:15,344 But it's even spookier than we thought. 1263 01:17:15,424 --> 01:17:19,944 Starting in September '63 on, two months before the assassination... 1264 01:17:20,184 --> 01:17:23,224 ...there are sightings of Oswald all over Dallas. 1265 01:17:23,304 --> 01:17:27,744 Buying ammunition, getting a telescopic sight fixed. 1266 01:17:28,424 --> 01:17:29,624 Going to rifle ranges. 1267 01:17:29,704 --> 01:17:33,624 Early November, at a downtown Dallas Lincoln dealership... 1268 01:17:33,704 --> 01:17:37,064 - ... he tells the salesman: - Let's take it over for a test drive. 1269 01:17:37,144 --> 01:17:40,984 Despite the fact he has no license, and doesn't know how to drive... 1270 01:17:41,264 --> 01:17:44,384 ...he hits the curves like A.J. Foyt at the Indy 500. 1271 01:17:44,544 --> 01:17:47,664 Beauregard later told his boss that he drove like a madman. 1272 01:17:47,824 --> 01:17:51,424 $300 down now, Mr. Oswald, you can drive out of here. 1273 01:17:51,544 --> 01:17:53,504 What? For this heap? 1274 01:17:54,464 --> 01:17:58,344 No honest working man can afford to buy a car in this goddamn country anymore. 1275 01:17:58,424 --> 01:18:00,544 Maybe I'll go to Russia and buy one. 1276 01:18:00,704 --> 01:18:04,384 Really dumb dialogue like he's trying to draw attention to himself. 1277 01:18:05,784 --> 01:18:11,184 Salesman remembers him as about 5'7", but his draft card says he's actually 5'11". 1278 01:18:11,704 --> 01:18:15,384 Other witnesses see him on several separate days at different firing ranges. 1279 01:18:15,864 --> 01:18:17,744 One time, November 9... 1280 01:18:17,904 --> 01:18:21,184 ...he decides to practice on the next guy's target. 1281 01:18:21,264 --> 01:18:25,024 I didn't pay for a target just to have you shoot at it! 1282 01:18:26,144 --> 01:18:28,264 I'm sorry, buddy. 1283 01:18:29,144 --> 01:18:32,424 I thought I was shooting at that son of a bitch Kennedy. 1284 01:18:32,704 --> 01:18:35,664 As subtle as a cockroach crawling across a white rug. 1285 01:18:35,824 --> 01:18:38,184 Then he shows up at Sylvia Odio's... 1286 01:18:38,544 --> 01:18:41,984 ...a Cuban lady in Dallas in the anti-Castro underground. 1287 01:18:42,144 --> 01:18:45,024 The two Cubans introduce him as Leon Oswald. 1288 01:18:47,384 --> 01:18:49,344 Something about the man bothers her. 1289 01:18:49,424 --> 01:18:52,144 48 hours later, one of the Cubans calls her. 1290 01:18:52,784 --> 01:18:54,904 What did you think of me and Oswald last night? 1291 01:18:55,024 --> 01:18:56,424 I don't care about Oswald. 1292 01:18:56,504 --> 01:18:59,864 You know what he said to us? "Cubans don't have guts, 'cause Kennedy... 1293 01:18:59,944 --> 01:19:02,984 "... should have been killed after the Bay of Pigs by a Cuban. " 1294 01:19:03,104 --> 01:19:06,464 It's like he's giving her information she doesn't even ask for. 1295 01:19:06,584 --> 01:19:08,704 She's scared and doesn't see him again... 1296 01:19:08,944 --> 01:19:11,664 ...till she sees Oswald's picture in the paper. 1297 01:19:11,944 --> 01:19:14,064 But the Warren Commission says that Sylvia... 1298 01:19:14,184 --> 01:19:17,744 ...has bad eyesight because they have Oswald in Mexico... 1299 01:19:18,184 --> 01:19:20,464 ...trying to get back into Cuba. 1300 01:19:20,944 --> 01:19:23,984 The CIA has a camera outside the Cuban Embassy. 1301 01:19:24,224 --> 01:19:25,864 And they say that this... 1302 01:19:26,864 --> 01:19:28,744 ...is Oswald in Mexico. 1303 01:19:30,304 --> 01:19:33,184 If this is Oswald, it must be our third Oswald. 1304 01:19:33,744 --> 01:19:37,704 The Warren Commission made great efforts to make him a Communist. 1305 01:19:38,064 --> 01:19:42,624 I think the point of the Mexican episode was to lay the blame on Fidel Castro. 1306 01:19:44,104 --> 01:19:46,424 If Oswald, or someone purporting to be Oswald... 1307 01:19:46,544 --> 01:19:50,184 ...had gotten into Cuba, come back, and then killed the President... 1308 01:19:51,304 --> 01:19:54,184 ...the American public would've supported a Cuban invasion. 1309 01:19:54,304 --> 01:19:57,104 I even have doubts about this photo, Boss. 1310 01:19:57,664 --> 01:20:00,544 This convicted Oswald in the public's mind. 1311 01:20:00,784 --> 01:20:04,184 But Oswald told Capt. Fritz that the photo was a fake. 1312 01:20:04,424 --> 01:20:05,744 This is not me! 1313 01:20:06,064 --> 01:20:09,504 - That came from Janet Williams' garage. - I never saw this picture. 1314 01:20:09,624 --> 01:20:14,144 It's my face but it's superimposed. The rest is not me. 1315 01:20:14,264 --> 01:20:17,304 I know photographic work. That picture was made by someone else! 1316 01:20:17,824 --> 01:20:19,864 I took this picture to two experts. 1317 01:20:20,544 --> 01:20:22,824 Look at how the shadows on the nose... 1318 01:20:23,144 --> 01:20:25,464 ...fall in a straight line, like it's high noon. 1319 01:20:25,584 --> 01:20:29,064 But the shadow on the ground is more like late afternoon or early morning. 1320 01:20:29,184 --> 01:20:30,584 It's not the same time. 1321 01:20:30,704 --> 01:20:32,944 And see the crop marks across the chin? 1322 01:20:33,144 --> 01:20:35,744 This head is pasted onto another body. 1323 01:20:36,104 --> 01:20:38,504 Implicating him with the rifle and the gun. 1324 01:20:38,624 --> 01:20:41,664 Who the hell are you? Alex Hidell or Lee Oswald? 1325 01:20:45,224 --> 01:20:47,064 You're the policeman, you work it out. 1326 01:20:47,184 --> 01:20:49,744 Now it gets positively spooky. 1327 01:20:50,024 --> 01:20:54,384 In January 1961, in New Orleans, at the Bolton Ford dealership... 1328 01:20:54,984 --> 01:20:57,424 ...when the Oswald we know is in Russia... 1329 01:20:58,104 --> 01:21:01,304 ...there is a man using the name of Oswald to buy trucks... 1330 01:21:01,464 --> 01:21:03,304 ...for the Friends of Democratic Cuba. 1331 01:21:03,384 --> 01:21:05,224 Salesman never sees him again. 1332 01:21:05,304 --> 01:21:09,624 But who's on the Articles Of Incorporation of the Friends of Democratic Cuba? 1333 01:21:10,584 --> 01:21:11,784 Guy Banister. 1334 01:21:12,504 --> 01:21:16,024 Banister has someone using the name Oswald to buy the trucks. 1335 01:21:16,904 --> 01:21:20,304 Hoover at the FBI has a memo dated June of 1960... 1336 01:21:20,984 --> 01:21:24,464 ...that someone may be using Oswald's passport and identity. 1337 01:21:24,704 --> 01:21:27,144 They created Oswald from day one. 1338 01:21:27,464 --> 01:21:31,224 Like a dummy corporation in the Bahamas. Just move him around a board. 1339 01:21:31,744 --> 01:21:33,344 Anybody want to quit? 1340 01:21:35,744 --> 01:21:38,184 Dumb question. Put your hands down. 1341 01:21:39,824 --> 01:21:41,464 I found Clay Bertrand. 1342 01:21:42,544 --> 01:21:44,584 Grab your socks and hose and pull. 1343 01:21:45,024 --> 01:21:46,784 Clay Bertrand is Clay Shaw. 1344 01:21:47,704 --> 01:21:50,784 - Director of the Trade Mart? - Former director. 1345 01:21:50,984 --> 01:21:52,104 Incredible. 1346 01:21:52,424 --> 01:21:54,504 Can you get some sworn statements? 1347 01:21:54,744 --> 01:21:57,224 That'll be tough. Nobody's talking. 1348 01:21:58,024 --> 01:22:00,264 Let's have him in for a chat. 1349 01:22:00,664 --> 01:22:02,584 I hate to get him dragged into this. 1350 01:22:02,664 --> 01:22:05,984 He's done so much for the city, restoring the Quarter. 1351 01:22:06,304 --> 01:22:10,064 Remember, we saw him at a fund-raiser. Seems like such a nice man. 1352 01:22:10,384 --> 01:22:13,864 It'll be off the record. I'll bring him in on a Sunday. 1353 01:22:15,664 --> 01:22:17,984 A quiet little chat between gentlemen. 1354 01:22:33,984 --> 01:22:35,664 In heavy fighting in Vietnam today... 1355 01:22:35,744 --> 01:22:38,864 ...seven more American soldiers died and 23 wounded. 1356 01:22:38,984 --> 01:22:41,824 The body count for this week now stands at 67 Americans... 1357 01:22:41,904 --> 01:22:44,624 ...and 626 enemy soldiers killed in action. 1358 01:22:45,344 --> 01:22:49,264 President Johnson said he regretted there's no end in sight to the war... 1359 01:22:49,784 --> 01:22:52,304 ...where 500,000 US troops are now fighting. 1360 01:22:52,424 --> 01:22:53,904 We face more cost... 1361 01:22:54,624 --> 01:22:55,824 ...more loss... 1362 01:22:56,464 --> 01:22:57,824 ...and more agony. 1363 01:22:58,024 --> 01:23:00,464 Come hunt for Easter eggs. 1364 01:23:00,544 --> 01:23:04,704 That's the kids' job. You know I don't like these tribal rituals, anyway. 1365 01:23:05,464 --> 01:23:07,824 I'm talking to Clay Shaw this morning. 1366 01:23:07,944 --> 01:23:10,264 We're going to Antoine's with the kids! 1367 01:23:10,424 --> 01:23:12,504 I told you I was talking to Shaw. 1368 01:23:12,624 --> 01:23:14,984 In the middle of Easter Sunday? 1369 01:23:15,264 --> 01:23:18,304 When I scheduled it, I didn't know it was a holiday. 1370 01:23:18,504 --> 01:23:20,144 Look at the calendar! 1371 01:23:20,304 --> 01:23:22,544 You said a Sunday, not Easter Sunday. 1372 01:23:23,104 --> 01:23:24,624 Clay Shaw is important. 1373 01:23:24,704 --> 01:23:26,904 - And we're not. - I didn't say that. 1374 01:23:28,184 --> 01:23:29,784 I didn't say that. 1375 01:23:30,624 --> 01:23:33,624 You're missing most of your life and you don't know it. 1376 01:23:33,704 --> 01:23:35,664 The kids are missing out, too. 1377 01:23:36,304 --> 01:23:40,504 - You're not the only one making sacrifices. - I'll be there by 2:00, I promise. 1378 01:23:41,384 --> 01:23:43,024 Just start without me. 1379 01:23:52,144 --> 01:23:54,704 Mr. Garrison, what can I do for you on Easter Sunday? 1380 01:23:54,784 --> 01:23:56,944 I'm sorry to interrupt this holiday. 1381 01:23:57,264 --> 01:24:01,424 But this conversation is best kept out of the everyday bustle of this office. 1382 01:24:01,744 --> 01:24:03,144 I don't understand. 1383 01:24:03,224 --> 01:24:06,984 In an investigation we're conducting, your name keeps coming up. 1384 01:24:07,504 --> 01:24:08,504 Can't imagine where. 1385 01:24:09,104 --> 01:24:12,104 We've talked to a number of men who claim to know you. 1386 01:24:12,784 --> 01:24:14,504 Do you know a David Logan? 1387 01:24:14,624 --> 01:24:16,544 No. Never heard of him. 1388 01:24:17,424 --> 01:24:18,464 Perry Russo? 1389 01:24:18,544 --> 01:24:19,504 No. 1390 01:24:20,544 --> 01:24:22,064 Willie O'Keefe? 1391 01:24:23,424 --> 01:24:25,504 I don't know anyone by that name. 1392 01:24:26,064 --> 01:24:29,744 Mr. O'Keefe told us he met you at the Masquerade Bar in the Quarter. 1393 01:24:30,624 --> 01:24:34,344 Then you had him over for dinner at your apartment on Dauphine Street. 1394 01:24:34,424 --> 01:24:37,144 - Do you recall that? - I don't know this man. 1395 01:24:38,304 --> 01:24:39,744 Be still my heart. 1396 01:24:40,104 --> 01:24:42,464 Obviously, I wouldn't have him over. 1397 01:24:42,544 --> 01:24:44,104 Hope you like squab. 1398 01:24:45,984 --> 01:24:47,144 Champagne? 1399 01:24:47,664 --> 01:24:51,944 Perhaps a few more details about the evening will refresh your memory. 1400 01:24:57,824 --> 01:25:01,864 Mr. O'Keefe told us dinner was served by a uniformed waiter, a colored man. 1401 01:25:02,984 --> 01:25:06,984 You sat at one end and he at the other, which he found unusual... 1402 01:25:07,664 --> 01:25:09,744 ...because the table was so long. 1403 01:25:10,144 --> 01:25:11,424 How was your mousse? 1404 01:25:11,504 --> 01:25:13,744 Bring back memories of Willie O'Keefe? 1405 01:25:13,824 --> 01:25:15,064 Not at all. 1406 01:25:15,744 --> 01:25:17,344 But I do have... 1407 01:25:17,424 --> 01:25:19,744 ...a lovely Chippendale dining table. 1408 01:25:19,984 --> 01:25:23,464 I often have a friend sit at one end while I sit at the other. 1409 01:25:23,624 --> 01:25:26,744 It's precisely the point of a long dining table. 1410 01:25:27,384 --> 01:25:30,024 The splendor of the meal adds to its enjoyment. 1411 01:25:30,384 --> 01:25:32,304 I imagine a uniformed waiter helps. 1412 01:25:32,384 --> 01:25:34,784 It adds elegance, for which I confess... 1413 01:25:35,024 --> 01:25:36,744 ...a weakness now and then. 1414 01:25:37,224 --> 01:25:38,664 I call him Smedley. 1415 01:25:39,624 --> 01:25:43,784 His real name's Frankie Jenkins, but it would be so uncouth during dinner... 1416 01:25:44,504 --> 01:25:46,624 ...to turn toward the kitchen and holler... 1417 01:25:46,704 --> 01:25:48,144 ..."Frankie! " 1418 01:25:52,944 --> 01:25:54,824 Where is all this leading to? 1419 01:25:55,184 --> 01:25:57,064 After dinner, you paid him to have sex. 1420 01:26:00,624 --> 01:26:02,624 That is absolute nonsense. 1421 01:26:03,344 --> 01:26:07,344 The Quarter is filled with vivid imaginations, dear Mr. Garrison. 1422 01:26:07,584 --> 01:26:10,424 Grimy young hoodlums who will say and do anything! 1423 01:26:10,904 --> 01:26:12,464 Mr. O'Keefe told us... 1424 01:26:12,824 --> 01:26:15,984 ...David Ferrie came to the house with another young man. 1425 01:26:17,984 --> 01:26:19,704 - Who? - David Ferrie. 1426 01:26:20,944 --> 01:26:22,544 I don't know that name. 1427 01:26:22,984 --> 01:26:26,504 Never having met Mr. O'Keefe, I couldn't have met Mr. Ferrie. 1428 01:26:39,544 --> 01:26:40,944 You're mine, Mary. 1429 01:26:41,784 --> 01:26:44,744 The four of you partied early into the morning hours. 1430 01:26:44,864 --> 01:26:46,344 Look at this picture. 1431 01:26:47,264 --> 01:26:50,024 I've never met anyone of such bizarre appearance. 1432 01:26:58,504 --> 01:27:02,144 Only way you get this, you do exactly what I say. I'm the man. 1433 01:27:04,144 --> 01:27:06,264 You know the name Clay Bertrand? 1434 01:27:06,464 --> 01:27:07,704 Clay Bertrand. 1435 01:27:08,864 --> 01:27:12,144 A man with a similar name worked at the Chamber of Commerce. 1436 01:27:12,224 --> 01:27:14,864 - That the man you had in mind? - No, it was not. 1437 01:27:15,824 --> 01:27:17,864 Can you identify this man? 1438 01:27:18,384 --> 01:27:22,024 Naturally. You claim Mr. Oswald also had dinner with me? 1439 01:27:22,304 --> 01:27:24,824 Have you ever met Lee Harvey Oswald? 1440 01:27:25,424 --> 01:27:28,944 You have me consorting with a sordid cast of characters. 1441 01:27:29,064 --> 01:27:31,504 - Please answer the question. - 'Course not. 1442 01:27:31,944 --> 01:27:33,704 The assassination was such a pity. 1443 01:27:33,784 --> 01:27:37,304 In fact I admired Kennedy. Man of true panache. 1444 01:27:37,464 --> 01:27:39,224 Wife of impeccable taste. 1445 01:27:39,744 --> 01:27:42,824 Let's order without your daddy. He won't mind. 1446 01:27:43,184 --> 01:27:44,864 I want a Shirley Temple! 1447 01:27:45,064 --> 01:27:47,144 Kids, put your water guns away. 1448 01:27:47,704 --> 01:27:49,224 When's Daddy coming? 1449 01:27:50,184 --> 01:27:51,624 He's coming soon. 1450 01:27:51,904 --> 01:27:55,104 He's sorry he's late, but he promised he'd be here. 1451 01:27:55,264 --> 01:27:57,664 Daddy never keeps his promises. 1452 01:28:01,784 --> 01:28:04,344 This Italian newspaper article says... 1453 01:28:04,984 --> 01:28:08,464 ...you were a board member of Centro Mondo Commerciale in Italy. 1454 01:28:08,744 --> 01:28:12,704 This company was created by the CIA for the transfer of funds in Italy... 1455 01:28:12,784 --> 01:28:15,424 ...for illegal political-espionage activities. 1456 01:28:15,664 --> 01:28:19,424 Says that this company was expelled from Italy for those activities. 1457 01:28:19,624 --> 01:28:23,824 I'm well aware of that asinine article. I'm thinking of suing that rag. 1458 01:28:23,904 --> 01:28:27,664 It also says this company is linked to the Schlumberger Tool Company... 1459 01:28:27,744 --> 01:28:31,424 ...in Louisiana, which provided arms to David Ferrie and his Cubans. 1460 01:28:31,584 --> 01:28:32,944 You're reaching. 1461 01:28:33,024 --> 01:28:33,984 Am I? 1462 01:28:34,064 --> 01:28:37,504 I'm an international businessman. The Trade Mart I founded... 1463 01:28:37,624 --> 01:28:41,584 ...is America's commercial pipeline to Latin America. I trade everywhere. 1464 01:28:42,344 --> 01:28:45,624 Like all businessmen, I am accused of all things. 1465 01:28:46,024 --> 01:28:50,064 I go about my business, make money, help society the best I can... 1466 01:28:50,144 --> 01:28:52,744 ...and try to promote free trade in this world. 1467 01:28:54,144 --> 01:28:57,104 Have you ever been a contract agent for the CIA? 1468 01:29:01,664 --> 01:29:02,984 And if I were... 1469 01:29:03,824 --> 01:29:07,064 ...do you believe I would be here today... 1470 01:29:08,144 --> 01:29:10,144 ...talking to somebody like you? 1471 01:29:15,584 --> 01:29:18,104 - People like you don't have to. - May I go? 1472 01:29:18,224 --> 01:29:20,744 People like you walk between the raindrops. 1473 01:29:22,064 --> 01:29:23,344 May I go? 1474 01:29:25,344 --> 01:29:26,184 Yes. 1475 01:29:34,304 --> 01:29:39,024 Regardless of what you may think of me, I am a patriot first and foremost. 1476 01:29:39,104 --> 01:29:41,424 I've spent half my life in the military... 1477 01:29:41,504 --> 01:29:43,264 ...defending my country. 1478 01:29:43,344 --> 01:29:47,384 You're the first person I've met who considers it patriotic to kill the President. 1479 01:29:47,464 --> 01:29:49,264 You are way out of line. 1480 01:29:49,784 --> 01:29:52,984 It's getting late. That's all the questions we have. 1481 01:29:53,384 --> 01:29:55,944 Thank you for your honesty and for coming in. 1482 01:29:56,024 --> 01:29:57,784 I enjoyed meeting with you. 1483 01:29:58,864 --> 01:30:01,704 And you, Miss Cox. It's been most pleasant. 1484 01:30:06,984 --> 01:30:11,144 I extend to you and your families my best wishes for a happy Easter. 1485 01:30:20,064 --> 01:30:22,624 "One may smile, and smile and be a villain. " 1486 01:30:23,904 --> 01:30:25,984 Goddamn it! We've got one of them. 1487 01:30:26,184 --> 01:30:27,064 See that? 1488 01:30:43,664 --> 01:30:44,944 - Hi, honey. - Hi. 1489 01:30:49,504 --> 01:30:50,664 Tough day. 1490 01:30:50,744 --> 01:30:52,264 Where you been? 1491 01:30:53,184 --> 01:30:54,624 My sympathies. 1492 01:30:54,704 --> 01:30:57,904 I'm sorry, the meeting took much longer than expected. 1493 01:30:58,264 --> 01:30:59,704 Just a second. 1494 01:30:59,784 --> 01:31:02,464 We waited for hours, Jim! 1495 01:31:03,984 --> 01:31:05,784 You could've telephoned. 1496 01:31:05,864 --> 01:31:10,264 I can only say I'm sorry. I just don't have rabbits on my mind. 1497 01:31:11,224 --> 01:31:12,744 You know what I think? 1498 01:31:12,824 --> 01:31:15,824 You care more about John Kennedy than your own family. 1499 01:31:16,304 --> 01:31:20,064 All day the kids asked, "Where's Daddy?" What should I tell them? 1500 01:31:20,944 --> 01:31:22,264 I don't know!