From: mst4298@summa.tamu.edu (Mitchell S Todd)
Subject: Re: Teen Agent, Can you Hear Me? Teen Agent, Can You See Me? (was: Clay Shaw is Clay Bertrand, Oswald *was* a Teen Agent
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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 02:56:00 GMT

In article <schuck.713597020@sfu.ca>, Bruce_Schuck@sfu.ca writes...
>Robert "Skeptical of one side only" Sheaffer >  writes:
> 
>David Wright >>

>>Oswald was only 20 when he went to the USSR, supposedly as a "CIA
>>operative." That means that his alleged training must have taken
>>place while he was literally a teenager.

>So. They train teenagers to fly fighter planes.

	Since when? Last I checked, you have to be a college grad
	to fly one.

>They sent hundreds of thousands of teenagers to Vietnam.

	"They" did so more by necessity than choice. Conscription
	tends to keep the grunts young, especially when an unpopular
	war keeps a lot of poeple from enlisting on thier own for
	longer terms.

	Anyway, how did these tenneagers do in 'Nam?


>If you have any evidence that the CIA or other US agencies wait until
>people are over 21 to send them off to die please post it.

	Yeah, but the idea is for the spy not to die. They're there
	to collect information. Generally specialized information.
	That requires a specialist with a good deal of knowledge in
	his specialty. 


>There is evidence that the Office of Naval Intelligence had a program 
>designed to infiltrate the USSR by having young military personnel act
>disaffected and defect. The program may have infiltrated as many as 40
>military personnel , some for only a few weeks , into the USSR.

>Between 1945 and 1959, only 2 US military personnel defected to the USSR.

>In the 18 months leading up to 1960, 11 men with military backgrounds
>or backgrounds with access to sensitive data defected.

>Just a coincidence -- I think not!

	And what were these men supposed to find out? A defector would
	be so controlled and scrutinized by the Soviets that they would
	be of little or no use. Anyway, how many of these men returned?
	How can you be a spy when the MVD/KGB, sure that you are a spy,
	is keeping close tabs on you?

	Which leads to the big question: what was Oswald supposed to
	find out? Garrison claimed that Oswald had been sent over to
	see whether or not U2's left contrails in the Soviet sky.
	It's a bullshit claim --that feature could be checked over
	other, safe pieces of territory. Furthermore, in an age of
	radar, it's a moot point.
	

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