pposed to be the seventh car but somehow it ended up second just behind the car police Chief Curry was driving. The press was assigned to be right behind the presidential limousine but it was last making it impossible for the assassination to be seen on public television (Groden 152). The motorcade rounded the corner of Elm Street at a speed of eight miles per hour and continued through Deally Plaza where the President was shot. Only one secret service official attempted to save the JFK's life. Strangely it is reported that four of the nine secret service men who played a key role as members of the follow-up car had been out the night prior to the assassination partying at Jack Ruby's nightclub. Secret Service regulation states that any employee consuming alcohol while on duty will be fired. None of the four men were fired or even reprimanded (Groden 149-150). Six minutes before President Kennedy was shot a microphone of one of the police officers on the scene was left open. This cut off communications between the officers making it impossible for other police to know what was occurring and make it easier for the assassins to escape. Then, seconds after the president was shot the microphone opened back up and a Morse code signal for victory was heard over the Dallas police radio (Groden 248). Lee Harvey Oswald was taken into custody by the Dallas police and charged with the murder of Police Officer J. D. Tippit just after Kennedy's assassination. There is no evidence that explains why the Dallas Police instantly suspected Oswald. At the time he was arrested his wallet contained only one identification card. It stated that his name was Alek James Hidell the card had a very clear picture of him. Presumably, if this was the ID card on his person at the time of arrest officers should have been led to the conclusion that he was Alek James Hidell and not Lee Harvey Oswald (Lane 135). By the morning after he had been arrested for Tippit's murd...
