Discussion:
What do the conspiracy hobbyists have to show for over five decades
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bigdog
2018-05-09 15:27:46 UTC
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Let's make it short and sweet.

List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.

1. ________________________________

2. ________________________________

3. ________________________________

Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
OHLeeRedux
2018-05-10 01:09:26 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
1. The government is bad
2. The CIA is a bad part of the government
3. One bullet would have had to stop in midair and wait for a few seconds
for Oswald to be guilty. Therefore the CIA did it.


QED
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-10 19:28:21 UTC
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Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
1. The government is bad
2. The CIA is a bad part of the government
3. One bullet would have had to stop in midair and wait for a few seconds
for Oswald to be guilty. Therefore the CIA did it.
QED
False logic. Government is not always bad. Just under Republicans.
The CIA sees itself as ABOVE not part of tht government. Presisents come
and go, but the CIA always stays.
The CIA did not have that type of bullet. There was another shot.
donald willis
2018-05-11 03:03:43 UTC
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Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
1. The government is bad
2. The CIA is a bad part of the government
3. One bullet would have had to stop in midair and wait for a few seconds
for Oswald to be guilty. Therefore the CIA did it.
QED
False logic. Government is not always bad. Just under Republicans.
I'm a Democrat, but I had to laugh at this. For instance, wasn't it FDR
who interned Japanese citizens during world war II? Wasn't during a
Democratic administration that the IRS dinged Republicans? Let's say that
our government is often WORSE under Republicans. But not always....

dcw
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-12 03:16:16 UTC
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Post by donald willis
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
1. The government is bad
2. The CIA is a bad part of the government
3. One bullet would have had to stop in midair and wait for a few seconds
for Oswald to be guilty. Therefore the CIA did it.
QED
False logic. Government is not always bad. Just under Republicans.
I'm a Democrat, but I had to laugh at this. For instance, wasn't it FDR
who interned Japanese citizens during world war II? Wasn't during a
Apples and oranges. It was during a war.
Post by donald willis
Democratic administration that the IRS dinged Republicans? Let's say that
Equal to Nixon?

Which one?
Post by donald willis
our government is often WORSE under Republicans. But not always....
dcw
You also have to remember that we are discussing current events. The
parties have changed over the years.
OHLeeRedux
2018-05-11 03:03:54 UTC
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Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
1. The government is bad
2. The CIA is a bad part of the government
3. One bullet would have had to stop in midair and wait for a few seconds
for Oswald to be guilty. Therefore the CIA did it.
QED
False logic.
Inability to recognize irony is a symptom of a deeper problem.
BOZ
2018-05-12 14:29:05 UTC
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Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
1. The government is bad
2. The CIA is a bad part of the government
3. One bullet would have had to stop in midair and wait for a few seconds
for Oswald to be guilty. Therefore the CIA did it.
QED
False logic. Government is not always bad. Just under Republicans.
The CIA sees itself as ABOVE not part of tht government. Presisents come
and go, but the CIA always stays.
The CIA did not have that type of bullet. There was another shot.
I THOUGHT YOU LIKED ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE KILLER. YOUR SPELLING IS
TERRIBLE.
OHLeeRedux
2018-05-12 23:56:27 UTC
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Post by BOZ
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
1. The government is bad
2. The CIA is a bad part of the government
3. One bullet would have had to stop in midair and wait for a few seconds
for Oswald to be guilty. Therefore the CIA did it.
QED
False logic. Government is not always bad. Just under Republicans.
The CIA sees itself as ABOVE not part of tht government. Presisents come
and go, but the CIA always stays.
The CIA did not have that type of bullet. There was another shot.
I THOUGHT YOU LIKED ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE KILLER. YOUR SPELLING IS
TERRIBLE.
Now watch. Anthony will say that you're a Nazi because he is incapable of
constructing a post without spelling errors.
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-14 15:14:50 UTC
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Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by BOZ
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
1. The government is bad
2. The CIA is a bad part of the government
3. One bullet would have had to stop in midair and wait for a few seconds
for Oswald to be guilty. Therefore the CIA did it.
QED
False logic. Government is not always bad. Just under Republicans.
The CIA sees itself as ABOVE not part of tht government. Presisents come
and go, but the CIA always stays.
The CIA did not have that type of bullet. There was another shot.
I THOUGHT YOU LIKED ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE KILLER. YOUR SPELLING IS
TERRIBLE.
Now watch. Anthony will say that you're a Nazi because he is incapable of
constructing a post without spelling errors.
No, he is not the Grammar Nazi, you are.
OHLeeRedux
2018-05-15 02:54:35 UTC
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Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by BOZ
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
1. The government is bad
2. The CIA is a bad part of the government
3. One bullet would have had to stop in midair and wait for a few seconds
for Oswald to be guilty. Therefore the CIA did it.
QED
False logic. Government is not always bad. Just under Republicans.
The CIA sees itself as ABOVE not part of tht government. Presisents come
and go, but the CIA always stays.
The CIA did not have that type of bullet. There was another shot.
I THOUGHT YOU LIKED ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE KILLER. YOUR SPELLING IS
TERRIBLE.
Now watch. Anthony will say that you're a Nazi because he is incapable of
constructing a post without spelling errors.
No, he is not the Grammar Nazi, you are.
Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic.
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-13 19:35:36 UTC
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Post by BOZ
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
1. The government is bad
2. The CIA is a bad part of the government
3. One bullet would have had to stop in midair and wait for a few seconds
for Oswald to be guilty. Therefore the CIA did it.
QED
False logic. Government is not always bad. Just under Republicans.
The CIA sees itself as ABOVE not part of tht government. Presisents come
and go, but the CIA always stays.
The CIA did not have that type of bullet. There was another shot.
I THOUGHT YOU LIKED ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE KILLER. YOUR SPELLING IS
TERRIBLE.
You're shouting again when you use all caps. Don't be a Rossley.
I never said that I personally liked Lincoln Vampire killer.
I was pointing out the irony.
It had very poor production values.
deke
2018-05-11 03:01:15 UTC
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Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
1. The government is bad
2. The CIA is a bad part of the government
3. One bullet would have had to stop in midair and wait for a few seconds
for Oswald to be guilty. Therefore the CIA did it.
QED
Please allow me to modify the premises and conclusion of your argument a
bit.

1. The government has a long standing reputation for lying to the people
and therefore cannot be trusted implicitly.

2. The CIA is a very powerful part of the government with little to no
accountability to anyone.

3. Kennedy wanted to break up the CIA.

4. Therefore, the CIA had a strong motive, as well as the means and
opportunity, to do away with him.
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-12 03:17:45 UTC
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Post by deke
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
1. The government is bad
2. The CIA is a bad part of the government
3. One bullet would have had to stop in midair and wait for a few seconds
for Oswald to be guilty. Therefore the CIA did it.
QED
Please allow me to modify the premises and conclusion of your argument a
bit.
1. The government has a long standing reputation for lying to the people
and therefore cannot be trusted implicitly.
2. The CIA is a very powerful part of the government with little to no
accountability to anyone.
3. Kennedy wanted to break up the CIA.
4. Therefore, the CIA had a strong motive, as well as the means and
opportunity, to do away with him.
I'll go even farther. Richard Helms had just lied to President Kennedy
on behalf of the CIA and when JFK found out about it he vowed to find
out who it was who lied and FIRE him. Date - November 21, 1963.
Helms FIRED JFK before JFK could fire Helms.
Like a case of an employee going Postal.
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-10 01:10:07 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
YOU
YOU
YOU
OHLeeRedux
2018-05-10 19:30:06 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
YOU
YOU
YOU
Keep pointing that finger at random and it's liable to get chopped off.
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-11 17:53:44 UTC
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Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
YOU
YOU
YOU
Keep pointing that finger at random and it's liable to get chopped off.
What kind of childish Cyber threat is that? It may not even rise to the
level of a felony. Maybe only 6 months in prison.
OHLeeRedux
2018-05-12 14:27:26 UTC
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Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
YOU
YOU
YOU
Keep pointing that finger at random and it's liable to get chopped off.
What kind of childish Cyber threat is that? It may not even rise to the
level of a felony. Maybe only 6 months in prison.
Keep accusing people here of crimes and you'll find out more than you ever
wanted to know about the justice system.
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-13 19:36:26 UTC
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Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
YOU
YOU
YOU
Keep pointing that finger at random and it's liable to get chopped off.
What kind of childish Cyber threat is that? It may not even rise to the
level of a felony. Maybe only 6 months in prison.
Keep accusing people here of crimes and you'll find out more than you ever
wanted to know about the justice system.
Excuse me? I have never accused anyone here of being part of the
assassination team. I have accused some people of libel or slander and can
back it up in court. If you want to study a case look up Steve Bochan.
Don't bother asking Harris about the case, he is not here to respond.
OHLeeRedux
2018-05-14 03:40:03 UTC
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Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
YOU
YOU
YOU
Keep pointing that finger at random and it's liable to get chopped off.
What kind of childish Cyber threat is that? It may not even rise to the
level of a felony. Maybe only 6 months in prison.
Keep accusing people here of crimes and you'll find out more than you ever
wanted to know about the justice system.
Excuse me? I have never accused anyone here of being part of the
assassination team. I have accused some people of libel or slander and can
back it up in court.
I'd love to see that. All your nonsense and unadulterated bullshit put out
there for everyone to see. It would be the trial of the century.

When can we expect the fun to begin, Anthony? Anthony? Hello.

Anthony?

[crickets]
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-15 02:56:35 UTC
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Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
YOU
YOU
YOU
Keep pointing that finger at random and it's liable to get chopped off.
What kind of childish Cyber threat is that? It may not even rise to the
level of a felony. Maybe only 6 months in prison.
Keep accusing people here of crimes and you'll find out more than you ever
wanted to know about the justice system.
Excuse me? I have never accused anyone here of being part of the
assassination team. I have accused some people of libel or slander and can
back it up in court.
I'd love to see that. All your nonsense and unadulterated bullshit put out
there for everyone to see. It would be the trial of the century.
When can we expect the fun to begin, Anthony? Anthony? Hello.
Anthony?
[crickets]
I am 100% sure that there is no one here stupid enough to take me to
court about anything. If you want to learn about libel and slander in a
news group, don't ask Harris. Talk directly to Steve Bochan or look up
his case online. Do you know how to Google?
OHLeeRedux
2018-05-15 20:56:02 UTC
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Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
YOU
YOU
YOU
Keep pointing that finger at random and it's liable to get chopped off.
What kind of childish Cyber threat is that? It may not even rise to the
level of a felony. Maybe only 6 months in prison.
Keep accusing people here of crimes and you'll find out more than you ever
wanted to know about the justice system.
Excuse me? I have never accused anyone here of being part of the
assassination team. I have accused some people of libel or slander and can
back it up in court.
I'd love to see that. All your nonsense and unadulterated bullshit put out
there for everyone to see. It would be the trial of the century.
When can we expect the fun to begin, Anthony? Anthony? Hello.
Anthony?
[crickets]
I am 100% sure that there is no one here stupid enough to take me to
court about anything.
And you certainly wouldn't initiate a court case and make an absolute fool
of yourself, would you, Anthony "All Talk, No Action" Marsh?
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-17 20:03:05 UTC
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Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
YOU
YOU
YOU
Keep pointing that finger at random and it's liable to get chopped off.
What kind of childish Cyber threat is that? It may not even rise to the
level of a felony. Maybe only 6 months in prison.
Keep accusing people here of crimes and you'll find out more than you ever
wanted to know about the justice system.
Excuse me? I have never accused anyone here of being part of the
assassination team. I have accused some people of libel or slander and can
back it up in court.
I'd love to see that. All your nonsense and unadulterated bullshit put out
there for everyone to see. It would be the trial of the century.
When can we expect the fun to begin, Anthony? Anthony? Hello.
Anthony?
[crickets]
I am 100% sure that there is no one here stupid enough to take me to
court about anything.
And you certainly wouldn't initiate a court case and make an absolute fool
of yourself, would you, Anthony "All Talk, No Action" Marsh?
Initiate? Against whom? Some punk moron here?
I have initiated a case before and won, but no one would bother with a
case here.
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-17 02:02:19 UTC
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Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
YOU
YOU
YOU
Keep pointing that finger at random and it's liable to get chopped off.
What kind of childish Cyber threat is that? It may not even rise to the
level of a felony. Maybe only 6 months in prison.
Keep accusing people here of crimes and you'll find out more than you ever
wanted to know about the justice system.
Excuse me? I have never accused anyone here of being part of the
assassination team. I have accused some people of libel or slander and can
back it up in court.
I'd love to see that. All your nonsense and unadulterated bullshit put out
there for everyone to see. It would be the trial of the century.
When can we expect the fun to begin, Anthony? Anthony? Hello.
Anthony?
[crickets]
FYI, if you want to mimic me make sure that you get the details right.
Don't use brackets.
For sounds use greater and lesser than.
Look at some TV or movie scripts.
<cue Mark Snow music>
OHLeeRedux
2018-05-18 00:00:41 UTC
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Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by OHLeeRedux
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
YOU
YOU
YOU
Keep pointing that finger at random and it's liable to get chopped off.
What kind of childish Cyber threat is that? It may not even rise to the
level of a felony. Maybe only 6 months in prison.
Keep accusing people here of crimes and you'll find out more than you ever
wanted to know about the justice system.
Excuse me? I have never accused anyone here of being part of the
assassination team. I have accused some people of libel or slander and can
back it up in court.
I'd love to see that. All your nonsense and unadulterated bullshit put out
there for everyone to see. It would be the trial of the century.
When can we expect the fun to begin, Anthony? Anthony? Hello.
Anthony?
[crickets]
FYI, if you want to mimic me make sure that you get the details right.
Nothing. Nothing but fetid air from Anthony "All Talk, No Action" Marsh.


[Just what I expected. But I like to put it out there for everyone to see.
You're welcome.]
Jason Burke
2018-05-11 03:02:05 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
YOU
YOU
YOU
Yup, that's pretty much all the evidence / rational thinking CT crowd has.
donald willis
2018-05-10 01:12:49 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
dcw
bigdog
2018-05-10 19:28:06 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
donald willis
2018-05-11 17:51:07 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Thanks! That's all I needed, that "is" (instead of, say, "would be").
With which latter, you admit that all three were true. Now, YOU have to
explain how the three events did NOT indicate that someone other than LHO
took part!

dcw
bigdog
2018-05-12 03:28:49 UTC
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Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Thanks! That's all I needed, that "is" (instead of, say, "would be").
With which latter, you admit that all three were true. Now, YOU have to
explain how the three events did NOT indicate that someone other than LHO
took part!
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt on these dubious claims while at
the same time pointing out that even if true they do not constitute
evidence that anyone other than Oswald took part in the crime. That was 3
swings, 3 misses. You just struck out. Thanks for playing.
b***@gmail.com
2018-05-12 22:06:53 UTC
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Post by bigdog
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt on these dubious claims while at
the same time pointing out that even if true they do not constitute
evidence that anyone other than Oswald took part in the crime. That was 3
swings, 3 misses. You just struck out. Thanks for playing.
Anyone stupid enough to think a LNer is in any position to be smug bears
an IMMEDIATE red flag that reasonable dialogue with that person will not
be possible. And while I'm sure you have a stilted Rolodex of responses in
the can regardless of what anyone says, rest assured I've heard them all,
so I'll do the work for you.

I will mention the lead snowstorm x-ray which proves a frangible bullet
traveled in a front-to-back trajectory in Kennedy's head, and your
response will be that I'm not a ballistics expert.

I will mention Connally's wrist wound, and you will say I'm not a wound
expert.

I will mention Dolce's report, and you'll say he's mistaken.

You've got it in your head that a two-gunman scenario is just as "kooky"
as if I said a UFO shot a laser beam at JFK. All the while, you believe
the SBT, which in actuality has *never* been proven, only *assumed* to be
correct (a fact I proved recently in the uncensored forum).

I always look to the Katzenbach memo myself. Since your C&P response will
be, "Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part
in the assassination," I'll save you some time.

Whenever you have a scenario where an investigation retrofits itself to a
working theory rather than the other way around, THAT by definition is a
conspiracy. Because when that happens, the investigators (WC) work to
service their agenda, at the expense of evidence, testimony,
cross-examination, etc. And the Katzenbach memo proves agenda. Whether you
like it or not. And it was drafted the weekend of the assassination, at a
point in time when it was not possible to know whether Oswald had
"confederates" or not.

The genesis of the WC is in that memo. And so is their conclusion. It is a
FACT that before those seven guys sat down at a table, their conclusion
was predetermined. The memo is proof of that.

To say "the public must be satisfied" with their findings is a mandate.
That means it was an order. Which means if they had 4k quality
surveillance footage of the second gunman, the WC would be *required* to
obfuscate it. Which is again "conspiracy" by definition.

These are not hard concepts. Except, I'm sure, for you.

Your response will be brief. And mocking in nature. Probably a non
sequitur of sorts. You'll ignore most or all of what I said. Then claim
victory.

You're not new in that regard.
bigdog
2018-05-14 00:13:37 UTC
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Post by b***@gmail.com
Post by bigdog
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt on these dubious claims while at
the same time pointing out that even if true they do not constitute
evidence that anyone other than Oswald took part in the crime. That was 3
swings, 3 misses. You just struck out. Thanks for playing.
Anyone stupid enough to think a LNer is in any position to be smug bears
an IMMEDIATE red flag that reasonable dialogue with that person will not
be possible. And while I'm sure you have a stilted Rolodex of responses in
the can regardless of what anyone says, rest assured I've heard them all,
so I'll do the work for you.
I will mention the lead snowstorm x-ray which proves a frangible bullet
traveled in a front-to-back trajectory in Kennedy's head, and your
response will be that I'm not a ballistics expert.
Of course I would. You are not qualified to make such judgements. Laymen's
opinions are not evidence of anything.
Post by b***@gmail.com
I will mention Connally's wrist wound, and you will say I'm not a wound
expert.
And I would be right.
Post by b***@gmail.com
I will mention Dolce's report, and you'll say he's mistaken.
Yes he is but even if he is right, he believes Oswald fired the shots. He
simply rejects the SBT and in favor of a scenario in which JFK was hit by
Oswald's first and third shots and Connally by the second. Still no
evidence that anyone other than Oswald was involved.
Post by b***@gmail.com
You've got it in your head that a two-gunman scenario is just as "kooky"
as if I said a UFO shot a laser beam at JFK.
It's all relative, but both scenarios are kooky.
Post by b***@gmail.com
All the while, you believe
the SBT, which in actuality has *never* been proven, only *assumed* to be
correct (a fact I proved recently in the uncensored forum).
The SBT remains the only logical explanation to date that incorporates the
evidence and explains the wounds to both victims. It wins by default.
Post by b***@gmail.com
I always look to the Katzenbach memo myself. Since your C&P response will
be, "Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part
in the assassination," I'll save you some time.
Whenever you have a scenario where an investigation retrofits itself to a
working theory rather than the other way around, THAT by definition is a
conspiracy.
No it really isn't. As for the Katzenbach memo, it is almost always quoted
out of context. He was already aware of the evidence against Oswald and
there could be no doubt he was the assassin. If you read the entire memo,
he is calling for a thorough investigation of the crime because he
believed that is the only way the public would know what he and everyone
privy to the evidence already knew. The first paragraph which is rarely
quoted by conspiracy hobbyists reads as follows:

"It is important that all of the facts surrounding President Kennedy's
Assassination be made public in a way which will satisfy people in the
United States and abroad that all the facts have been told and that a
statement to this effect be made now."

That is not a call for a cover up. It is a call for a thorough
investigation.
Post by b***@gmail.com
Because when that happens, the investigators (WC) work to
service their agenda, at the expense of evidence, testimony,
cross-examination, etc. And the Katzenbach memo proves agenda.
The Katzenbach memo was not the marching orders for the Warren Commission.
It was a suggestion by the Deputy Attorney General to Bill Moyers, at the
time a special assistant to LBJ.
Post by b***@gmail.com
Whether you
like it or not. And it was drafted the weekend of the assassination, at a
point in time when it was not possible to know whether Oswald had
"confederates" or not.
You interpret the Katzenbach memo as a call for a cover up. In reality he
believed that Oswald was the lone assassin but that a thorough
investigation was needed so that the public would be convinced of that as
well. He could have worded it better but nowhere does he state that if
evidence was found that Oswald had one or more accomplices, that should be
covered up.
Post by b***@gmail.com
The genesis of the WC is in that memo.
No, that is just an assumption made by conspiracy hobbyists to make a
mountain out of a mole hill.
Post by b***@gmail.com
And so is their conclusion. It is a
FACT that before those seven guys sat down at a table, their conclusion
was predetermined. The memo is proof of that.
Pure nonsense. Much of the investigatory work was done by the staff
lawyers and to a man they say that not only were they not told to cover up
evidence of accomplices, they were all eager to find such evidence because
it would be a defining moment of their careers. The searched high and low
for evidence that someone other than Oswald was involved and could find
none.
Post by b***@gmail.com
To say "the public must be satisfied" with their findings is a mandate.
Yes, that was the purpose of the memo. He thought it was important that
the public must be satisfied that a thorough investigation had been
conducted.
Post by b***@gmail.com
That means it was an order.
In what universe does a Deputy Attorney General issue orders to the
President's right hand man?
Post by b***@gmail.com
Which means if they had 4k quality
surveillance footage of the second gunman, the WC would be *required* to
obfuscate it. Which is again "conspiracy" by definition.
Now you are just making stuff up. Nowhere does Katzenbach call for
concealing any evidence.
Post by b***@gmail.com
These are not hard concepts. Except, I'm sure, for you.
Your assumptions are not hard concepts for me.
Post by b***@gmail.com
Your response will be brief. And mocking in nature.
The first accurate statement in your post.
Post by b***@gmail.com
Probably a non
sequitur of sorts. You'll ignore most or all of what I said. Then claim
victory.
You're not new in that regard.
I've been seriously studying the assassination for about 3 decades now and
began actively debating it with conspiracy hobbyists almost from the time
internet discussion groups such as this one became commonplace. The
arguments I hear now are the same ones I've been hearing for over 25
years. I first joined a discussion group shortly after Oliver Stone's
movie came out and the same nonsense keeps getting recycled over and over
again. The conspiracy hobbyists are still spinning their wheels and have
yet to produce a single piece of compelling evidence that anyone except
Oswald took part in the assassination. I began this thread to illustrate
that point and you guys have not disappointed.
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-15 16:47:30 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Post by b***@gmail.com
Post by bigdog
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt on these dubious claims while at
the same time pointing out that even if true they do not constitute
evidence that anyone other than Oswald took part in the crime. That was 3
swings, 3 misses. You just struck out. Thanks for playing.
Anyone stupid enough to think a LNer is in any position to be smug bears
an IMMEDIATE red flag that reasonable dialogue with that person will not
be possible. And while I'm sure you have a stilted Rolodex of responses in
the can regardless of what anyone says, rest assured I've heard them all,
so I'll do the work for you.
I will mention the lead snowstorm x-ray which proves a frangible bullet
traveled in a front-to-back trajectory in Kennedy's head, and your
response will be that I'm not a ballistics expert.
Of course I would. You are not qualified to make such judgements. Laymen's
opinions are not evidence of anything.
Post by b***@gmail.com
I will mention Connally's wrist wound, and you will say I'm not a wound
expert.
And I would be right.
Post by b***@gmail.com
I will mention Dolce's report, and you'll say he's mistaken.
Yes he is but even if he is right, he believes Oswald fired the shots. He
simply rejects the SBT and in favor of a scenario in which JFK was hit by
Oswald's first and third shots and Connally by the second. Still no
evidence that anyone other than Oswald was involved.
Post by b***@gmail.com
You've got it in your head that a two-gunman scenario is just as "kooky"
as if I said a UFO shot a laser beam at JFK.
It's all relative, but both scenarios are kooky.
Post by b***@gmail.com
All the while, you believe
the SBT, which in actuality has *never* been proven, only *assumed* to be
correct (a fact I proved recently in the uncensored forum).
The SBT remains the only logical explanation to date that incorporates the
evidence and explains the wounds to both victims. It wins by default.
It's the only way you can avoid admitting conspiracy.
Post by bigdog
Post by b***@gmail.com
I always look to the Katzenbach memo myself. Since your C&P response will
be, "Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part
in the assassination," I'll save you some time.
Whenever you have a scenario where an investigation retrofits itself to a
working theory rather than the other way around, THAT by definition is a
conspiracy.
No it really isn't. As for the Katzenbach memo, it is almost always quoted
out of context. He was already aware of the evidence against Oswald and
there could be no doubt he was the assassin. If you read the entire memo,
False. He was already aware that it was a conspiracy and LBJ ordered a
cover-up to prevent WWIII.
Post by bigdog
he is calling for a thorough investigation of the crime because he
believed that is the only way the public would know what he and everyone
privy to the evidence already knew. The first paragraph which is rarely
"It is important that all of the facts surrounding President Kennedy's
Assassination be made public in a way which will satisfy people in the
United States and abroad that all the facts have been told and that a
statement to this effect be made now."
That is not a call for a cover up. It is a call for a thorough
investigation.
False.
Post by bigdog
Post by b***@gmail.com
Because when that happens, the investigators (WC) work to
service their agenda, at the expense of evidence, testimony,
cross-examination, etc. And the Katzenbach memo proves agenda.
The Katzenbach memo was not the marching orders for the Warren Commission.
It was a suggestion by the Deputy Attorney General to Bill Moyers, at the
time a special assistant to LBJ.
it was the framework for the plannned cover-up.
Post by bigdog
Post by b***@gmail.com
Whether you
like it or not. And it was drafted the weekend of the assassination, at a
point in time when it was not possible to know whether Oswald had
"confederates" or not.
You interpret the Katzenbach memo as a call for a cover up. In reality he
believed that Oswald was the lone assassin but that a thorough
The Dallas authorities already knew it was a conspiracy and were
planning to charge Oswald with conspiracy. LBJ already knew it was a
conspiracy.
Post by bigdog
investigation was needed so that the public would be convinced of that as
well. He could have worded it better but nowhere does he state that if
He worded it to make clear that they KNEW it was a conspiracy and that
it had to be covered up.
Post by bigdog
evidence was found that Oswald had one or more accomplices, that should be
covered up.
Post by b***@gmail.com
The genesis of the WC is in that memo.
No, that is just an assumption made by conspiracy hobbyists to make a
mountain out of a mole hill.
Some of us can read ENglish, unlike most WC defenders.
Also, we've seen the documents which the WC covered up at the time.
Post by bigdog
Post by b***@gmail.com
And so is their conclusion. It is a
FACT that before those seven guys sat down at a table, their conclusion
was predetermined. The memo is proof of that.
Pure nonsense. Much of the investigatory work was done by the staff
AH, ever hear of the FBI? They already investigated it.
Post by bigdog
lawyers and to a man they say that not only were they not told to cover up
evidence of accomplices, they were all eager to find such evidence because
it would be a defining moment of their careers. The searched high and low
for evidence that someone other than Oswald was involved and could find
none.
Tell me exactly WHO was eager to start WWIII. Give me his name and prove
it.
Post by bigdog
Post by b***@gmail.com
To say "the public must be satisfied" with their findings is a mandate.
Yes, that was the purpose of the memo. He thought it was important that
the public must be satisfied that a thorough investigation had been
conducted.
No, that the public accept the lie that there was no conspiracy.
Post by bigdog
Post by b***@gmail.com
That means it was an order.
In what universe does a Deputy Attorney General issue orders to the
President's right hand man?
Chain of command for issuing WH policy statements.
Obviously they couldn't get the Attorney General to do it.
Post by bigdog
Post by b***@gmail.com
Which means if they had 4k quality
surveillance footage of the second gunman, the WC would be *required* to
obfuscate it. Which is again "conspiracy" by definition.
Now you are just making stuff up. Nowhere does Katzenbach call for
concealing any evidence.
Well, how did they know the Zaprruder film didn't accidentally show the
second shooter? Why take any chances, just forbid the public from seeing
the Zapruder film. Same with the autopsy photos. What if someone noticed
the hole in the forehead. How would they explain that. Don't you
understand how a cover-up works?
Post by bigdog
Post by b***@gmail.com
These are not hard concepts. Except, I'm sure, for you.
Your assumptions are not hard concepts for me.
Post by b***@gmail.com
Your response will be brief. And mocking in nature.
The first accurate statement in your post.
Post by b***@gmail.com
Probably a non
sequitur of sorts. You'll ignore most or all of what I said. Then claim
victory.
You're not new in that regard.
I've been seriously studying the assassination for about 3 decades now and
began actively debating it with conspiracy hobbyists almost from the time
internet discussion groups such as this one became commonplace. The
InterNet? So you admit that you had nothing to do with this case until
the Age of Trolls.
Post by bigdog
arguments I hear now are the same ones I've been hearing for over 25
years. I first joined a discussion group shortly after Oliver Stone's
movie came out and the same nonsense keeps getting recycled over and over
again. The conspiracy hobbyists are still spinning their wheels and have
yet to produce a single piece of compelling evidence that anyone except
Oswald took part in the assassination. I began this thread to illustrate
that point and you guys have not disappointed.
Could be because the WC defenders keep tell the same old lies every day
for 50 years.
claviger
2018-05-16 02:35:59 UTC
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Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
The SBT remains the only logical explanation to date that incorporates the
evidence and explains the wounds to both victims. It wins by default.
It's the only way you can avoid admitting conspiracy.
If not the SBT then explain where the conspiracy snipers were located.
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
No it really isn't. As for the Katzenbach memo, it is almost always quoted
out of context. He was already aware of the evidence against Oswald and
there could be no doubt he was the assassin. If you read the entire memo,
False. He was already aware that it was a conspiracy and LBJ ordered a
cover-up to prevent WWIII.
What did they cover up? Must be where the other snipers were located and
what kind of weapons they used. Since you are a brilliant CSI expert why
don't you reveal the secrets Katzenbach covered up?
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
Post by b***@gmail.com
Because when that happens, the investigators (WC) work to
service their agenda, at the expense of evidence, testimony,
cross-examination, etc. And the Katzenbach memo proves agenda.
The Katzenbach memo was not the marching orders for the Warren
Commission. It was a suggestion by the Deputy Attorney General to
Bill Moyers, at the time a special assistant to LBJ.
it was the framework for the plannned cover-up.
Explain the framework. Do you realize Moyers and Katzenbach were
dedicated Liberals?
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
Post by b***@gmail.com
Whether you like it or not. And it was drafted the weekend of the
assassination, at a point in time when it was not possible to know
whether Oswald had "confederates" or not.
You interpret the Katzenbach memo as a call for a cover up. In reality
he believed that Oswald was the lone assassin but that a thorough
The Dallas authorities already knew it was a conspiracy and were
planning to charge Oswald with conspiracy. LBJ already knew it was
a conspiracy.
How did they know it was a conspiracy? Who were the other conspirators?
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
investigation was needed so that the public would be convinced of that
as well. He could have worded it better but nowhere does he state that if
He worded it to make clear that they KNEW it was a conspiracy and that
it had to be covered up.
If he covered it up then he knew who the actual conspirators were.
So who were they?
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
evidence was found that Oswald had one or more accomplices, that
should be covered up.
Post by b***@gmail.com
The genesis of the WC is in that memo.
No, that is just an assumption made by conspiracy hobbyists to make
a mountain out of a mole hill.
Some of us can read ENglish, unlike most WC defenders.
Also, we've seen the documents which the WC covered up at the time.
Which documents? Then they know who was behind the conspiracy so
being the brilliant detective you claim to be, tell us who were the people
involved.
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
Post by b***@gmail.com
And so is their conclusion. It is a FACT that before those seven guys
sat down at a table, their conclusion was predetermined. The memo
is proof of that.
Pure nonsense. Much of the investigatory work was done by the staff
AH, ever hear of the FBI? They already investigated it.
The FBI conclusion is an active Communist sympathizer shot the President.
I think he did it to impress Castro and protect the Cuban Revolution.
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
lawyers and to a man they say that not only were they not told to cover
up evidence of accomplices, they were all eager to find such evidence
because it would be a defining moment of their careers. The searched
high and low for evidence that someone other than Oswald was involved
and could find none.
Tell me exactly WHO was eager to start WWIII. Give me his name and
prove it.
Maybe his name was Lee Harvey Oswald.
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
Post by b***@gmail.com
To say "the public must be satisfied" with their findings is a mandate.
Yes, that was the purpose of the memo. He thought it was important
that the public must be satisfied that a thorough investigation had
been conducted.
No, that the public accept the lie that there was no conspiracy.
To know it was a lie indicates you know the truth. What was the truth?
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
Post by b***@gmail.com
Which means if they had 4k quality surveillance footage of the
second gunman, the WC would be *required* to obfuscate it.
Which is again "conspiracy" by definition.
Now you are just making stuff up. Nowhere does Katzenbach call for
concealing any evidence.
Well, how did they know the Zaprruder film didn't accidentally show
the second shooter? Why take any chances, just forbid the public
from seeing the Zapruder film. Same with the autopsy photos. What
if someone noticed the hole in the forehead. How would they explain
that. Don't you understand how a cover-up works?
The Zapruder film and autopsy photos have been available for decades
and studied by numerous researchers. What has been covered up?
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
arguments I hear now are the same ones I've been hearing for over 25
years. I first joined a discussion group shortly after Oliver Stone's movie
came out and the same nonsense keeps getting recycled over and over
again. The conspiracy hobbyists are still spinning their wheels and have
yet to produce a single piece of compelling evidence that anyone except
Oswald took part in the assassination. I began this thread to illustrate that
point and you guys have not disappointed.
Could be because the WC defenders keep tell the same old lies every day
for 50 years.
Tell us more about those "same old lies" and what really happened.
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-17 19:59:15 UTC
Permalink
Post by claviger
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
The SBT remains the only logical explanation to date that incorporates the
evidence and explains the wounds to both victims. It wins by default.
It's the only way you can avoid admitting conspiracy.
If not the SBT then explain where the conspiracy snipers were located.
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
No it really isn't. As for the Katzenbach memo, it is almost always quoted
out of context. He was already aware of the evidence against Oswald and
there could be no doubt he was the assassin. If you read the entire memo,
False. He was already aware that it was a conspiracy and LBJ ordered a
cover-up to prevent WWIII.
What did they cover up? Must be where the other snipers were located and
what kind of weapons they used. Since you are a brilliant CSI expert why
don't you reveal the secrets Katzenbach covered up?
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
Post by b***@gmail.com
Because when that happens, the investigators (WC) work to
service their agenda, at the expense of evidence, testimony,
cross-examination, etc. And the Katzenbach memo proves agenda.
The Katzenbach memo was not the marching orders for the Warren
Commission. It was a suggestion by the Deputy Attorney General to
Bill Moyers, at the time a special assistant to LBJ.
it was the framework for the plannned cover-up.
Explain the framework. Do you realize Moyers and Katzenbach were
dedicated Liberals?
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
Post by b***@gmail.com
Whether you like it or not. And it was drafted the weekend of the
assassination, at a point in time when it was not possible to know
whether Oswald had "confederates" or not.
You interpret the Katzenbach memo as a call for a cover up. In reality
he believed that Oswald was the lone assassin but that a thorough
The Dallas authorities already knew it was a conspiracy and were
planning to charge Oswald with conspiracy. LBJ already knew it was
a conspiracy.
How did they know it was a conspiracy? Who were the other conspirators?
They said Oswald was part of the International Communist Conspiracy.
I think that was an LLC.
Post by claviger
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
investigation was needed so that the public would be convinced of that
as well. He could have worded it better but nowhere does he state that if
He worded it to make clear that they KNEW it was a conspiracy and that
it had to be covered up.
If he covered it up then he knew who the actual conspirators were.
No, not by name.
Post by claviger
So who were they?
They didn't name them.
Post by claviger
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
evidence was found that Oswald had one or more accomplices, that
should be covered up.
Post by b***@gmail.com
The genesis of the WC is in that memo.
No, that is just an assumption made by conspiracy hobbyists to make
a mountain out of a mole hill.
Some of us can read ENglish, unlike most WC defenders.
Also, we've seen the documents which the WC covered up at the time.
Which documents? Then they know who was behind the conspiracy so
Internal WC documents. CIA documents. NSA documents. FBI documents.
Post by claviger
being the brilliant detective you claim to be, tell us who were the people
involved.
I did. Pay attention.
Post by claviger
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
Post by b***@gmail.com
And so is their conclusion. It is a FACT that before those seven guys
sat down at a table, their conclusion was predetermined. The memo
is proof of that.
Pure nonsense. Much of the investigatory work was done by the staff
AH, ever hear of the FBI? They already investigated it.
The FBI conclusion is an active Communist sympathizer shot the President.
I think he did it to impress Castro and protect the Cuban Revolution.
OK, that's a cute theory.
Post by claviger
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
lawyers and to a man they say that not only were they not told to cover
up evidence of accomplices, they were all eager to find such evidence
because it would be a defining moment of their careers. The searched
high and low for evidence that someone other than Oswald was involved
and could find none.
Tell me exactly WHO was eager to start WWIII. Give me his name and
prove it.
Maybe his name was Lee Harvey Oswald.
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
Post by b***@gmail.com
To say "the public must be satisfied" with their findings is a mandate.
Yes, that was the purpose of the memo. He thought it was important
that the public must be satisfied that a thorough investigation had
been conducted.
No, that the public accept the lie that there was no conspiracy.
To know it was a lie indicates you know the truth. What was the truth?
It was a conspiracy.
Post by claviger
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
Post by b***@gmail.com
Which means if they had 4k quality surveillance footage of the
second gunman, the WC would be *required* to obfuscate it.
Which is again "conspiracy" by definition.
Now you are just making stuff up. Nowhere does Katzenbach call for
concealing any evidence.
Well, how did they know the Zaprruder film didn't accidentally show
the second shooter? Why take any chances, just forbid the public
from seeing the Zapruder film. Same with the autopsy photos. What
if someone noticed the hole in the forehead. How would they explain
that. Don't you understand how a cover-up works?
The Zapruder film and autopsy photos have been available for decades
and studied by numerous researchers. What has been covered up?
The Zapruder film and autopsy photos.
Post by claviger
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
arguments I hear now are the same ones I've been hearing for over 25
years. I first joined a discussion group shortly after Oliver Stone's movie
Yeah, but not THIS one? Maybe Prodigy or CompuServe. But did you know that
on CompuServe you'd have to use your real name? Only one person didn't
because he was CIA agent. And I outed him.
Post by claviger
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by bigdog
came out and the same nonsense keeps getting recycled over and over
again. The conspiracy hobbyists are still spinning their wheels and have
yet to produce a single piece of compelling evidence that anyone except
Oswald took part in the assassination. I began this thread to illustrate that
point and you guys have not disappointed.
Could be because the WC defenders keep tell the same old lies every day
for 50 years.
Tell us more about those "same old lies" and what really happened.
Google.
b***@gmail.com
2018-05-20 22:09:01 UTC
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Yes he is but even if he is right, he believes Oswald fired the shots. He
simply rejects the SBT and in favor of a scenario in which JFK was hit by
Oswald's first and third shots and Connally by the second.
Rendering James Tague's wound something he got shaving that morning? And I
am fully aware of what Dolce believes. Massad Ayoob also believes in a
single shooter scenario. And what the two of them have in common is that
even though they *believe* one thing, all their evidence and expertise
points to the opposite of what they believe. Which is strange. Because
they both have *no explanation* for how Oswald acted alone, and *every
explanation* for a two-gunman minimum scenario, with at least two
different types of ammunition used.
Post by bigdog
Still no evidence that anyone other than Oswald was involved.
Fascinating, because once you remove the SBT from the equation, you have
nothing. David Belin called it "an absolute necessary." But in your mind
disproving it is still not evidence of a conspiracy.
Post by bigdog
The SBT remains the only logical explanation to date that incorporates the
evidence and explains the wounds to both victims. It wins by default.
A talking point straight from the LN 101 handbook, I see. Probably the
laziest one of them all. Because a second shooter from an alternative
vantage position is a perfectly logical explanation. And frankly, a
strategic no-brainer when orchestrating an assassination.
Post by bigdog
Whenever you have a scenario where an investigation retrofits itself to a working theory rather than the other way around, THAT by definition is a
conspiracy.
Post by bigdog
No it really isn't. As for the Katzenbach memo, it is almost always quoted
out of context. He was already aware of the evidence against Oswald and
there could be no doubt he was the assassin. If you read the entire memo,
he is calling for a thorough investigation of the crime because he
believed that is the only way the public would know what he and everyone
privy to the evidence already knew. The first paragraph which is rarely
"It is important that all of the facts surrounding President Kennedy's
Assassination be made public in a way which will satisfy people in the
United States and abroad that all the facts have been told and that a
statement to this effect be made now."
That is not a call for a cover up. It is a call for a thorough
investigation.
Rarely quoted by conspiracy theorists? That's my FAVORITE PART of the
memo. Made public in a way which will "satisfy the people" is another way
of saying "wrap this up with a bow and make it neat, so the public will
have closure." Conspiracies are not neat, and do not satisfy anyone.

That's why in the next paragraph, he defines what "satisfying the people"
means...

"The public must be satisfied that Oswald was the assassin, that he did
not have confederates...." etc. etc.

You don't need to be an English major to understand exactly what the
intentions were.
Post by bigdog
You interpret the Katzenbach memo as a call for a cover up. In reality he
believed that Oswald was the lone assassin but that a thorough
investigation was needed so that the public would be convinced of that as
well.
In other words, he wanted the public to believe what he believed. Which
makes him the decider of what happened in the court of public opinion. But
this is not an issue to you.
Post by bigdog
He could have worded it better but nowhere does he state that if
evidence was found that Oswald had one or more accomplices, that should be
covered up.
Were those the *exact words* you were looking for?
Post by bigdog
The genesis of the WC is in that memo.
No, that is just an assumption made by conspiracy hobbyists to make a
mountain out of a mole hill.
"The only other step would be the appointment of a Presidential Commission
of unimpeachable personnel to review and examine the evidence and announce
its conclusions."

That's literally the genesis of the Warren Commission.
Post by bigdog
And so is their conclusion. It is a
FACT that before those seven guys sat down at a table, their conclusion
was predetermined. The memo is proof of that.
Pure nonsense. Much of the investigatory work was done by the staff
lawyers and to a man they say that not only were they not told to cover up
evidence of accomplices, they were all eager to find such evidence because
it would be a defining moment of their careers. The searched high and low
for evidence that someone other than Oswald was involved and could find
none.
And interviewing Viola Peterman while ignoring nearly *every witness* with
conflicting testimony was their way of searching high and low. Well that's
one way to define a career. By the way, whatever happened to WC member
Gerald Ford? Did he go on to become anything "defining" later in life?
Post by bigdog
I've been seriously studying the assassination for about 3 decades now and
began actively debating it with conspiracy hobbyists almost from the time
internet discussion groups such as this one became commonplace. The
arguments I hear now are the same ones I've been hearing for over 25
years. I first joined a discussion group shortly after Oliver Stone's
movie came out and the same nonsense keeps getting recycled over and over
again. The conspiracy hobbyists are still spinning their wheels and have
yet to produce a single piece of compelling evidence that anyone except
Oswald took part in the assassination. I began this thread to illustrate
that point and you guys have not disappointed.
I assure you, LN answers are equally as trite.
Bud
2018-05-15 16:50:13 UTC
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Post by bigdog
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt on these dubious claims while at
the same time pointing out that even if true they do not constitute
evidence that anyone other than Oswald took part in the crime. That was 3
swings, 3 misses. You just struck out. Thanks for playing.
Anyone stupid enough to think a LNer is in any position to be smug bears
an IMMEDIATE red flag that reasonable dialogue with that person will not
be possible. And while I'm sure you have a stilted Rolodex of responses in
the can regardless of what anyone says, rest assured I've heard them all,
so I'll do the work for you.
I will mention the lead snowstorm x-ray which proves a frangible bullet
traveled in a front-to-back trajectory in Kennedy's head, and your
response will be that I'm not a ballistics expert.
You just want to say things without being bothered to back them up.
Post by b***@gmail.com
I will mention Connally's wrist wound, and you will say I'm not a wound
expert.
Make a compelling argument regarding the wound in Connally`s wrist.
Post by b***@gmail.com
I will mention Dolce's report, and you'll say he's mistaken.
What test did he preform to test the validity of his claim? How much
velocity and kinetic energy did he determine the bullet lost going through
Kennedy`s body?
Post by b***@gmail.com
You've got it in your head that a two-gunman scenario is just as "kooky"
Unsupported and unnecessary.
Post by b***@gmail.com
as if I said a UFO shot a laser beam at JFK. All the while, you believe
the SBT, which in actuality has *never* been proven, only *assumed* to be
correct (a fact I proved recently in the uncensored forum).
I always look to the Katzenbach memo myself.
Do you look at who Katzenbach`s boss was? Do you look at who the memo
was sent to?
Post by b***@gmail.com
Since your C&P response will
be, "Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part
in the assassination," I'll save you some time.
Whenever you have a scenario where an investigation retrofits itself to a
working theory rather than the other way around, THAT by definition is a
conspiracy.
No definition I`ve ever seen.
Post by b***@gmail.com
Because when that happens, the investigators (WC) work to
service their agenda,
Their agenda was to determine what occurred.
Post by b***@gmail.com
at the expense of evidence, testimony,
cross-examination, etc. And the Katzenbach memo proves agenda.
Inform the public of the truth before rumor and speculation take hold.
They needn`t have bothered, it was out of their control, but if was a
prescient assessment of the situation.
Post by b***@gmail.com
Whether you
like it or not. And it was drafted the weekend of the assassination, at a
point in time when it was not possible to know whether Oswald had
"confederates" or not.
Have any been turned up? You are bothered that someone was able to
figure out something quickly that has eluded you for much longer, that
Oswald did it alone.
Post by b***@gmail.com
The genesis of the WC is in that memo. And so is their conclusion. It is a
FACT that before those seven guys sat down at a table, their conclusion
was predetermined. The memo is proof of that.
The DPD was saying they had their man before the WC was even thought of.
It was a very simple and easy to figure out affair. How long do you
suppose it took investigators to figure out that Hinckley was a lone nut,
or Chapman, or Sarah Jane Moore, or even Squeakey Fromme?
Post by b***@gmail.com
To say "the public must be satisfied" with their findings is a mandate.
To put a satisfactory explanation on the table. Something you buffs
cannot do.
Post by b***@gmail.com
That means it was an order. Which means if they had 4k quality
surveillance footage of the second gunman, the WC would be *required* to
obfuscate it. Which is again "conspiracy" by definition.
Looks like faulty figuring to me. "this means this, which must mean
this, which must mean this" all geared towards getting to where you
desperately want to go. On examination none of those things mean what you
say they do.
Post by b***@gmail.com
These are not hard concepts. Except, I'm sure, for you.
Your response will be brief.
How long does it take to swat a fly? Your complaints are lightweight.
Post by b***@gmail.com
And mocking in nature. Probably a non
sequitur of sorts. You'll ignore most or all of what I said.
Most of what you said wasn`t saying anything.
Post by b***@gmail.com
Then claim
victory.
You're not new in that regard.
donald willis
2018-05-16 02:34:33 UTC
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Post by b***@gmail.com
Post by bigdog
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt on these dubious claims while at
the same time pointing out that even if true they do not constitute
evidence that anyone other than Oswald took part in the crime. That was 3
swings, 3 misses. You just struck out. Thanks for playing.
Anyone stupid enough to think a LNer is in any position to be smug bears
an IMMEDIATE red flag that reasonable dialogue with that person will not
be possible. And while I'm sure you have a stilted Rolodex of responses in
the can regardless of what anyone says, rest assured I've heard them all,
so I'll do the work for you.
I will mention the lead snowstorm x-ray which proves a frangible bullet
traveled in a front-to-back trajectory in Kennedy's head, and your
response will be that I'm not a ballistics expert.
You just want to say things without being bothered to back them up.
Post by b***@gmail.com
I will mention Connally's wrist wound, and you will say I'm not a wound
expert.
Make a compelling argument regarding the wound in Connally`s wrist.
Post by b***@gmail.com
I will mention Dolce's report, and you'll say he's mistaken.
What test did he preform to test the validity of his claim? How much
velocity and kinetic energy did he determine the bullet lost going through
Kennedy`s body?
Post by b***@gmail.com
You've got it in your head that a two-gunman scenario is just as "kooky"
Unsupported and unnecessary.
Post by b***@gmail.com
as if I said a UFO shot a laser beam at JFK. All the while, you believe
the SBT, which in actuality has *never* been proven, only *assumed* to be
correct (a fact I proved recently in the uncensored forum).
I always look to the Katzenbach memo myself.
Do you look at who Katzenbach`s boss was? Do you look at who the memo
was sent to?
Post by b***@gmail.com
Since your C&P response will
be, "Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part
in the assassination," I'll save you some time.
Whenever you have a scenario where an investigation retrofits itself to a
working theory rather than the other way around, THAT by definition is a
conspiracy.
No definition I`ve ever seen.
Post by b***@gmail.com
Because when that happens, the investigators (WC) work to
service their agenda,
Their agenda was to determine what occurred.
Post by b***@gmail.com
at the expense of evidence, testimony,
cross-examination, etc. And the Katzenbach memo proves agenda.
Inform the public of the truth before rumor and speculation take hold.
They needn`t have bothered, it was out of their control, but if was a
prescient assessment of the situation.
Post by b***@gmail.com
Whether you
like it or not. And it was drafted the weekend of the assassination, at a
point in time when it was not possible to know whether Oswald had
"confederates" or not.
Have any been turned up?
At least one has, but you didn't notice it. Read Bonnie Ray Williams'
11/23/63 FBI interview. In it, he states that he left the elevator on the
6th floor when he went down to the 5th floor. He says that he could
clearly see the stairs, but did not see anyone run down them. (Note that,
at the time, he was looking out a window to the west and thus, with the
miracle of peripheral vision, could have seen movement on the stairs. He
says that he could not see all of the elevator area, so someone could have
come down from the 6th floor--on the elevator which he left there--without
his seeing.

In his Commission testimony, he baldfaced contradicted everything that he
said THE DAY AFTER, when you'd think his memory might have been somewhat
fresher then. His 11/23/63 interview set the stage for a 6th-floor
shooter taking the ELEVATOR down. But Patrolman Baker's dash into the
building complicated matters....

dcw
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-17 02:02:49 UTC
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Post by bigdog
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt on these dubious claims while at
the same time pointing out that even if true they do not constitute
evidence that anyone other than Oswald took part in the crime. That was 3
swings, 3 misses. You just struck out. Thanks for playing.
Anyone stupid enough to think a LNer is in any position to be smug bears
an IMMEDIATE red flag that reasonable dialogue with that person will not
be possible. And while I'm sure you have a stilted Rolodex of responses in
the can regardless of what anyone says, rest assured I've heard them all,
so I'll do the work for you.
I will mention the lead snowstorm x-ray which proves a frangible bullet
traveled in a front-to-back trajectory in Kennedy's head, and your
response will be that I'm not a ballistics expert.
You just want to say things without being bothered to back them up.
Post by b***@gmail.com
I will mention Connally's wrist wound, and you will say I'm not a wound
expert.
Make a compelling argument regarding the wound in Connally`s wrist.
I deformed the bullet.
Post by Bud
Post by b***@gmail.com
I will mention Dolce's report, and you'll say he's mistaken.
What test did he preform to test the validity of his claim? How much
velocity and kinetic energy did he determine the bullet lost going through
Kennedy`s body?
Besmirching History:
Vincent Bugliosi Assassinates Kennedy Again
The Military and Warren Commission Cover-up

by Michael Green , 19 Sep 2007
Copyright 2007 Michael Green

The purpose of Bugliosi’s Reclaiming History is to defend the integrity
of the USG National Security State by grossly distorting its nature and
function, by disguising that it is the servant of factions of the ruling
classes within the United States, and by pretending that the people who
control it did not and could not contemplate the assassination of a
democratically elected President whose recalcitrant politics fell
outside their parameters. According to Bugliosi, only the lunatic can
seriously entertain that Kennedy was murdered because he pursued détente
with the USSR, championed nuclear disarmament, decided not to back the
invasion of the Bay of Pigs with US military might, made a peaceful
resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis when the Joint Chiefs wanted
invasion and war, and decided to withdraw US troops from Vietnam rather
than pursue by brute force an imperial venture in Southeast Asia.
According to Bugliosi, Oswald is not just the murderer of Kennedy, he is
the only one involved, and he is nothing but “a first class ‘nut.’”
(945) Thus, Kennedy’s murder is deprived of any political significance
whatsoever, assassinating him yet again.

Bugliosi considers himself at liberty to mock those who appreciate the
truth of the opposing world view, inter alia, “conspiracy icon Vincent
Salandria [for claiming that] ‘the killing of Kennedy represented a coup
d’état.’…I suppose that since a coup d’état is defined as a sudden,
unconstitutional change of state policy and leadership ‘by a group of
persons in authority,’… you couldn’t even have a coup without the
involvement, cooperation, and complicity of groups like the FBI, CIA,
and military-industrial complex.” Individuals who entertain such notions
are so wrapped up in “their fertile delusions” that they substitute
finding a motive for finding evidence, make no connections between,
e.g., the CIA and Oswald, and thus sadly show nothing but “this crazy,
incredibly childlike reasoning and mentality that has driven and
informed virtually all of the pro-conspiracy sentiment in the Kennedy
assassination from the beginning.” (985-987)

This essay answers Bugliosi by showing direct involvement of the Warren
Commission and the US military in the cover-up, and by demonstrating
that the assassination was a state murder, without attempting at this
point the far more difficult and far less important task of saying which
individuals did precisely what. All of the organs of state power
participated in the cover-up; indeed none could do so without confidence
in the cooperation of all the others. Some did so as part of their role
in the murder, some like the FBI did so reluctantly, but there were no
institutional whistleblowers because the consensus of persons with
political power was firmly opposed to Kennedy’s foreign policy and they
used their control of the organs of state power to kill him, and then
replaced his foreign policy with theirs.

Bugliosi pejoratively refers to Salandria and friends as “the
Philadelphia school” of conspiracy buffs, but never comes to grips with
Salandria’s basic position and the facts that support it. Salandria has
argued that the assassination of Kennedy was a state murder and state
cover-up; that both the assassination and the cover-up were
transparently obvious upon careful inspection of the evidence, but that
the staggered dissemination of fragmented pieces of evidence caused
different individuals to understand the assassination at different rates
with different degrees of clarity, thereby isolating them from each
other and underscoring their political helplessness. Salandria realized
that because the position of the Warren Commission was so preposterous,
debating its findings as though one were dealing with an honest
interlocutor, or exploring some scholarly research matter, only served
to give it dignity and credibility when it deserved only to be mocked
and exposed as a fraud. Eventually, Salandria confessed “guilt” for
having spent so much time in the trenches slugging it out with the
details. [ 1 ]

In committing the assassination, the perpetrators also committed
themselves to the cover-up in perpetuity, an ambitious task even with
their control of the organs of state power, including the media. Thus,
not only the Warren Commission, but all subsequent major official
investigations would be committed to the cover-up, i.e., the Justice
Department, the Ramsey Clark Medical Panel, the Rockefeller Commission,
the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA), the Assassination
Records Review Board (ARRB), and any and all “private individuals” with
a thorough knowledge of the facts who supported the official cover
story, most especially Gerald Posner and Vincent Bugliosi. Furthermore,
since the goal of the cover-up was to shape public opinion, the critical
community of JFK researchers was infiltrated by moles who helped “guide”
it by asking all the wrong questions in just the right way at just the
right times, augmenting the natural resistance to facing the fact of a
state crime. Though I will examine Bugliosi’s book, I do so as I would
any other piece of USG-sponsored propaganda, and mention in passing that
after 21 years in the making Bugliosi’s magnum opus was released to
counter David Talbot’s Brothers, which let the cat a little too far out
of the bag. Reclaiming History is as much a piece of propaganda as the
Warren Commission findings that it supports.

Bugliosi tells the story of charming his audience of six hundred lawyers
– mostly skeptics of the Warren Commission – by asking for a show of
hands from those who doubt the official story. Many hands go up. He then
commands assent to the truth that a rational person must hear both sides
of a dispute to have an informed opinion, then he asks for another show
of hands from those who have read the Warren Report and “just a few” go
up, and Bugliosi hadn’t even asked how many had read both the Report and
the accompanying volumes. This audience of potent opinion makers has
been converted; they must defer to one who knows both sides of the
argument. (xxiv-xxv) Having thus cloaked himself in authority, Vince
“Mr. JFK History” is going to tell us the truth, and he even thumps his
chest to that effect, “My only master and my only mistress are the facts
and objectivity. I have no others.” (xxxix)

But of course he is going to lie to us, and in a big way. His only
master and mistress is the propaganda value of his work, his target
audience are the professionals who serve as opinion-makers, and judging
by the rave reviews on Amazon of all the doctors, lawyers, and Indian
Chiefs who can -- THANK HEAVENS! WHAT A RELIEF! – once again believe in
America, he has succeeded. Bugliosi is here to show that the US is not a
“fascist banana republic” and that not only is the Report true, but also
“the Commission’s conduct throughout the investigation clearly shows
that its members only had one objective, to discover the truth of what
happened.” (xxxi, original italics) I will briefly show that the Warren
Commission is a hoax and a farce, that the military was complicit in
protecting the conspirators, that the Commissioners and its counsel
participated actively in the farce, that witnesses were suborned into
perjury, and that Bugliosi has to lie with a straight face to maintain
his position.
So Little Time, So Few Bullets

Three Mannlicher-Carcano shell casings were found in the SE corner of
the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository (TSBD). The
obstruction of the line of sight from the TSBD to the motorcade by a
large oak tree, and the home movie of the assassination taken by Abraham
Zapruder, imposed certain constraints on the official cover-up. One
bullet hit Kennedy in the back; the final bullet hit Kennedy in the
head. In between, Connally responded to being shot well after Kennedy
did, but too soon for Oswald to have reloaded the Mannlicher-Carcano
rifle, which facts required that all of the damage that the two men
suffered – aside from the fatal headshot – be due to a single bullet.
Once this single-bullet was introduced, the superficial wound suffered
by bystander James Tague from a missed shot that sprayed concrete after
striking a curb, could be officially acknowledged. [ 2 ] The
“single-bullet” theory is essential to the Warren Commission’s
indictment of Lee Harvey Oswald as the lone gunman, and Bugliosi is
committed to it in full. “…in this case, the physical evidence isn’t
just persuasive or even overwhelming, it’s absolutely conclusive that
only three shot were fired, and that one of the two shots that hit
Kennedy [CE 399] also went on to hit Connally. Hence, Connally was not
hit by a separate bullet, which would have established a second gunman
and a conspiracy.” (451)

The official story has that bullet, CE 399, enter President Kennedy from
behind through the base of his neck to the right of his spine at a
downward angle, pass through him without hitting bone, exit at the very
base of his anterior neck, and then strike, as Bugliosi tells us, “the
upper right area of Connally’s back, exit the right side of the chest
(just below the right nipple), reenter the back of his right wrist, exit
the opposite side, and finally come to rest after causing a superficial
entrance wound in the left thigh.” [ 3 ] This gentle description omits
that 399 shattered about five inches of Connally’s fifth rib in many
places. Additionally, according to Joseph Dolce, M.D., who was then the
US Army’s premier ballistics wound expert, a consultant to the
Biophysics Division at Edgewood Arsenal, CE 399 not only broke the
radius bone in his wrist, one of the densest and “the most difficult
bone to break with a bullet,” it “shattered it in pieces… and [yet
supposedly] came out as a perfectly normal, pristine bullet with just a
slight, slight flattening on one side.”

CE-399 CE-399

Real bullets don’t behave this way: when they break bone they are
smashed, dented or mangled, whereas this slightly flattened bullet looks
much like the sample Mannlicher-Carcano bullets fired by the FBI in its
tests into cotton wadding or by Henry Hurt (Reasonable Doubt, 1985,
photo section) into a bucket of water.

How did the Warren Commission conduct its unflinching search for truth?
Dr. Dolce stated that “it was in the Army rules that in the case of an
injury, a serious injury to any VIP in Congress [or] in the
administration, that I was to be called in to go over the case. I was
not called. The Army and Navy took over.”

Because it was impossible to avoid consulting him on the matter of CE
399 after the autopsy report had been completed, Joseph Dolce, M.D., was
part of a staff conference April 21, 1964 chaired by WC counsel Melvin
Eisenberg and attended by Dr. Alfred Olivier, chief of the Wound
Ballistics Branch of the Biophysics Division at Edgewood Arsenal,
Maryland; Dr. F. L. Light of the Wound Assessment Branch at Edgewood
Arsenal; Drs. Charles Gregory and Robert Shaw from Parkland Hospital;
and later in the conference, Governor John Connally and his wife, J. Lee
Rankin, and Warren Commission member John J. McCloy. Dr. Dolce told the
Commission personnel emphatically that it was impossible for CE 399 to
have made those wounds. The Commission lawyers and staff tried to muscle
him into changing his professional opinion, but he refused, so he was
never called as a witness and the test findings were distorted and
suppressed.

Dolce advised Chip Selby in 1986, “The disturbing feature at this
conference was that the lawyer [Specter] says, ‘Now Doctor, we want you
to tell us exactly how this bullet traveled, the velocity traveled, the
velocity lost during the period of travel. And why it came out as a
pristine bullet, unmarked bullet.’ I said, ‘Sorry, it doesn’t happen
that way. This bullet should have been deformed.’ … they wanted this
[399] to be the bullet that caused all of the damage and I did not go
along with that.” [ 4 ]

Bugliosi handles this problem by lying:

Drs. Light and Dolce expressed themselves as being very strongly of the
opinion that Connolly had been hit by two different bullets, principally
on the belief that the bullet recovered from Connolly’s stretcher could
not have broken the radius without having suffered more distortion.” But
again, this was before the tests at Edgewood Arsenal proved that it
could. (Endnotes p.305) [ 5 ]

In fact, after Dr. Dolce told the Commission principals that “This is
impossible. It doesn’t work that way,” his group was told to conduct
tests at the Edgewood Arsenal using Oswald’s alleged rifle. Dr. Dolce
told Selby “that our experiments have shown beyond any doubt, that
merely shooting the wrist deformed the bullet drastically [even without
it also smashing a rib]. …in every instance [of 10 bullets] the front,
or the tip of the bullet was smashed. This was not so with [with CE
399]. …They did not accept this.” (NA! pp.298-299)

If it weren’t a cover-up from the getgo, the Commission would have been
off and running, the first time Dr. Dolce gave his opinion, trying to
find all those grassy knoll witnesses the FBI had scared off, dismissed,
intimidated or misquoted in their part of the cover-up. But suppressing
all those facts and the bullets they imply is part of why CE 399 had to
be planted. Bugliosi is fully aware of such facts since his endnotes
mention Chip Selby by name from the relevant section of Harold
Weisberg’s, Never Again! That Bugliosi can say with a straight face that
the Warren Commission’s one objective was to discover the truth reveals
his book as pure propaganda, not scholarship of any sort.

Anyone who reads the Hearings and Report with a sober mind cannot fail
to see the farce, but most readers do not, and for a simple yet profound
reason: instinctive obedience to authority, the tribal elders, the wise
men who must be trusted on such fundamental matters if the substance of
one’s world, and one’s place in it, is to survive. The commanding voice
of authority is so much taken for granted that in one fell swoop first
the Commission, and now Bugliosi, change the issue from this question
“Dr., what is your best professional opinion about whether this bullet,
399, did all the damage attributed to it?” to this question, “Dr., is
there some conceivable manner by which this bullet, 399, could have
caused all the damage (that must be attributed to it by our pre-ordained
conclusions)?” The parenthetical qualifier goes unstated. Bugliosi and
the Commission might add in the director’s notes for the theatrical
production, “in order to be persuasive to the lay audience,
professionals must show proper respect if not awe for the gravity and
dignity with which the second question is posed, however absurd its
content. The performers must never convey any doubt about the integrity
of the posers of that second question.”

Instead of Dr. Dolce, Arlen Specter called as his expert witness Alfred
G. Olivier, D.V.M, and a supervisory research veterinarian at Edgewood
Arsenal. Specter had Dr. Olivier compare CE 399 with a test bullet, CE
853, which was fired through a goat, x-rays of which showed a broken
rib. I note that Specter fails to establish that CE 853 broke the rib
shown in the x-ray of the goat only because he immediately engages in
two other forensic frauds. The first fraud is to have Olivier compare a
bullet that testimony implies broke a goat rib with a bullet that
allegedly broke both a rib and a radius as though that were a relevant
comparison. Even so, Olivier testified that CE 853 was much more badly
damaged than CE 399, and was “quite flattened throughout [its entire
length, with] lead core extruding somewhat from the rear.” The extruded
core looked like a nipple at the base of the bullet. By contrast, Dr.
Olivier noted that CE 399 showed only “a suggestion of flattening” and
only at its base. The FBI concealed how much more badly damaged CE 853
was by photographing it only along its side, with the flattening
symmetrically distributed along its axis so that no damage can be
observed. Dr. Olivier testified of CE 399 “Also, the lead core has
extruded from the rear in the same fashion, and it appears that some of
it has even broken from the rear.” (5H80)

Arlen Specter’s second fraud, with Dr. Olivier’s complicity, is to
pretend that the base of CE 399 has been damaged. The “extrusion” and
the part “broken from the rear” is merely the divot that the FBI cut out
to perform its analysis of the bullet core. No forensic expert could
testify about a bullet that is the basis for comparison for all its
tests and not know that the FBI cut a tiny nick from the tip and a
substantial divot from the base for its tests. The divot is visible in
the National Archives photo of CE 399 above, and a very clear photo of
the divot will be given later in this essay. FBI agent Robert Frazier
testified that visual inspection of CE 399 did not demonstrate loss of
material from the base. [ 6 ] Henry Hurt’s Reasonable Doubt, 1985,
provides a pre-divot photograph of CE 399 without extrusion or loss of
material, which is one of many reasons why the honest Dr. Dolce stated
that the Edgewood Arsenal tests proved it could not have smashed both
rib and wrist bones:

[ 7 ]

Specter and Dr. Olivier address the capacity of a single bullet to cause
all the damage done to Kennedy and Connally, and they address a possible
bullet flight pattern. In between we see a bullet that shattered a
radius bone, and it is “very severely flattened on the end,” looking
like a cigarette stubbed out hard in a glass ashtray. (5H82, see also CE
856) Specter leads Olivier to testify that CE 399 was “capable” of
producing all the wounds – but in that context they ignore whether
breaking the bones would leave CE 399 so little blemished. (5H90)
Specter never asks the obvious: “Dr. Olivier, is CE 853 the bullet that
broke the goat’s rib shown in this x-ray?” “How many times did you have
to fire bullets through goats’ ribs to obtain a bullet so little damaged
as CE 853?” “Did you ever break a goat’s rib with a bullet that was as
little damaged from the impact as CE 399?” “Dr. Olivier, let us put
aside the pretense that the FBI divot was actual damage to CE 399. Even
assuming it were possible that CE 399 had been so considerably less
damaged after breaking Governor Connally’s rib than CE 853 was after
breaking the goat’s rib, would you expect its going on to shatter a
radius bone to leave it no more deformed?” Neither Specter nor Olivier
ever alluded to the other nine bullets from the Edgewood Arsenal tests
that were grossly deformed from smashing only a radius bone. My point is
that Specter, the Commission, and the compliant “expert” worked very
hard to preserve the integrity of the planted bullet, CE 399. We shall
see why later.

Bugliosi uses a similar tactic. Like Specter, he pretends that the FBI
divot is extruded bullet material. He then paraphrases HSCA wound
ballistics expert Larry Sturdivan to the effect that “when a bullet
begins to deform…the metal jacket begins to peel off and ‘the softer
lead core is extruded through the only opening, that is, the opening in
the base.’” (p.808) Here is another example of the authoritative lie:
there is no extrusion from CE 399 and its metal jacket had not begun to
peel off.

Almost every physician who testified before the Warren Commission stated
on the record that CE 399 could not have caused all those wounds,
leaving so many fragments behind, and emerging so little changed; or
expressed other kinds of grave doubts, such as Dr. Gregory’s opinion
that only a ragged bullet could have pulled so much fabric into
Connally’s wrist wound as it did, or at best gave equivocal assent to
the mere possibility. [ 8 ] Commander James Humes, who headed the
autopsy at Bethesda Naval Hospital where JFK’s body was flown,
testified, “I can’t conceive of where they [fragments found in Connally]
came from this missile [399].” (2H376). Yet, as Salandria noted, the
Report concluded “All the evidence indicated that the bullet found on
the Governor’s stretcher could have caused all his wounds. (WR95)” and
then asked rhetorically “In light of the above testimony, how could the
Commission have fairly concluded ‘all the evidence’ supported the idea
that 399 had struck Governor Connolly and caused all his wounds?” [ 9 ]
The plain answer is that this is what a cover-up does and looks like,
but a cover-up that proceeds by the theatrical legerdemain outlined
above, an artful dodge of applied epistemology in the argument from
authority, and does so throughout its 26 volumes.

Let us illustrate the general method with a few more concrete
particulars, first by squeezing the remaining juice from this particular
piece of deception. The Report does not in fact say that CE 399 caused
all the wounds, only that it “could have,” in the same lawyerly way that
Bugliosi claims that Edgewood Arsenal tests “proved that it could,”
i.e., that 399 is a bullet, and that bullets are the kinds of things
that cause such wounds, hence that in other circumstances, and had it
emerged differently, 399 could have caused those wounds. Again, the
farce, the mystification, is transparent to all those who are not in the
thrall of blind obedience to the master’s voice. Instead of asking
whether the 399 fable is at all feasible or fits the facts, the question
of whether it is possible in some (other) imaginable scenario is
substituted for evidence here and in every other crucial area. Would
that I were kidding, but here is Arlen Specter, currently elevated to
Senator, taking Dr. Shaw through the traces.

Mr. Specter. Now, without respect to whether or not the bullet
identified as Commission Exhibit 399 is or is not the one which
inflicted the wound on the Governor, is it possible that a missile
similar to the one which I have just described in the hypothetical
question [i.e., that the bullet took the course through JFK attributed
to 399] could have inflicted all of the Governor's wounds in accordance
with the theory which you have outlined on Commission Exhibit No. 689?

Dr. SHAW. Assuming that it also had passed through the President's neck
you mean?

Mr. Specter. No; I had not added that factor in. I will in the next
question.

Dr. SHAW. All right. As far as the wounds of the chest are concerned, I
feel that this bullet could have inflicted those wounds. But the
examination of the wrist both by X-ray and at the time of surgery showed
some fragments of metal that make it difficult to believe that the same
missile could have caused these two wounds. There seems to be more than
three grains of metal missing as far as the -- I mean in the wrist.

Mr. Specter. Your answer there, though, depends upon the assumption that
the bullet which we have identified as Exhibit 399 is the bullet which
did the damage to the Governor. Aside from whether or not that is the
bullet which inflicted the Governor's wounds.

Dr. SHAW. I see. [Shaw understands Specter’s reminder of his role in
this piece of theater.]

Mr. Specter. Could a bullet traveling in the path which I have described
in the prior hypothetical question, have inflicted all of the wounds on
the Governor?

Dr. SHAW. Yes. [10]

To make the methodology very plain, note that Dr. Shaw says that 399
could not be the relevant bullet because “There seems to be more than
three grains of metal missing as far as the – I mean in the wrist.” Dr.
Shaw refers to the fact that the FBI weighing of 399 suggested that it
might have been 3 grains lighter, but more than 3 grains had been washed
from or remained in Governor Connally, who had residual particles in his
chest, wrist, and left thigh and others that had been removed, put in an
evidence envelope, and then made to disappear, and the nurse who could
testify that they far exceeded 3 grains was not called as a witness.
[11] Neither Spector nor the Commission asks, “Dr., from your treatment
of Governor Connally, how many grains do you think were shed?” “How did
you reach your conclusion (that destroys everything we are doing here)?”
Not asking the question does not leave things a mystery. It means that
the Commission was deliberately covering up that more than three grains
were shed. The Commission ignored its own experts in order to conceal
the existence of extra bullets and multiple shooters. That’s a cover-up,
full stop.

The highest art form of Applied Epistemology that the Commission
indulged is the Self-Answering Hypothetical, by means of which a
physician or expert is apparently led to testify that a particular point
of evidence is to be interpreted precisely opposite than the manner in
which it should be, and precisely opposite to how the expert wants to
interpret it. The general form of the question, which is always
disguised, is this, “Upon the assumption of the pre-ordained conclusions
of the Warren Commission, Mr. Expert, would you agree that…” Indeed,
this is the Ur-Question of the entire Warren Commssion, its modus
operandi throughout, the answer to Bugliosi’s challenge to hear both
sides of the argument in order to have a well-informed opinion. It is
the original sleight-of-hand which makes the elephant invisible while it
continues to occupy most of the living room.

For example, after Parkland Hospital’s Dr. Charles Baxter has given
excellent and detailed reasons to conclude that Kennedy’s throat wound
was an entrance wound, the “truth-seeking” Specter poses the
self-answering hypothetical and receives his answer:

Mr. SPECTER. Assuming some factors in addition to those which you
personally observed, Dr. Baxter, what would your opinion be if these
additional facts were present: First, the President had a bullet wound
of entry on the right posterior thorax just above the upper border of
the scapula with the wound measuring 7 by 4 mm. in oval shape, being 14
cm. from the tip of the right acromion process and 14 cm. below the tip
of the right mastoid process--assume this is the set of facts, that the
wound just described was caused by a 6.5 mm bullet shot from
approximately 160 to 250 feet away from the President, from a weapon
having a muzzle velocity of approximately 2,000 feet per second,
assuming as a third factor that the bullet passed through the
President's body, going in between the strap muscles of the shoulder
without violating the pleura space and exited at a point in the midline
of the neck, would the hole which you saw on the President's throat be
consistent with an exit point, assuming the factors which I have just
given to you?

Dr. BAXTER. Although it would be unusual for a high velocity missile of
this type to cause a wound as you have described, the passage through
tissue planes of this density could have well resulted in the sequence
which you outline; namely, that the anterior wound does represent a
wound of exit. (6H42)

That exchange was March 24, 1964. In less than a week, on March 30, 1964
Specter has fully perfected his technique. [12] Specter poses the same
long hypothetical fact situation to Dr. Charles Carrico and their
exchange proceeds as follows:

Mr. Specter.

...Now based on those facts was the appearance of the wound in
consistent with being an exit wound?

Dr. CARRICO. It certainly was. It could have been under the circumstances.

Mr. Specter.

And assuming that all the facts which I have given you to be true, do
you have an opinion with a reasonable degree of medical certainty as to
whether, in fact, the wound was an entrance wound or an exit wound?

Dr. CARRICO. With those facts and the fact as I understand it, no other
bullet was found this would be, this was, I believe, was an exit wound.

There is no business like show business. In the more accurate People’s
version of this theatrical production, a young Frank Langella plays
Specter as a thuggish Mafioso with a distinct hint of garlic on his
breath. One by one he takes the Parkland physicians by the collar, pulls
them close to him and asks, “Dr., If I tell you the bullet went in his
back and came out his throat, den whadda you gonna say about da hole in
his throat?” The People’s production is still seeking a satisfactory venue.

The Ur-Question animates the entire Warren Report. Kennedy is shot
before the limousine emerges from behind the Stemmons Freeway sign on
the Z-film, but Connally is unharmed, turns around still holding his
Stetson hat in that shattered but un-bloodied wrist, and recalls feeling
being hit when he is hit later – but too soon for Oswald to have fired
again; so a delayed reaction is invoked as “conceivable” despite the
shattered rib and radius bone. Numerous witnesses heard shots from the
grassy knoll, including bullets whistling by them from that direction,
saw smoke, saw men behind the fence, were stopped from chasing them by a
“Secret Service” agent who was not Secret Service; no matter, there were
conceivably echoes and eyewitness testimony is fallible. Gerald Posner
(Case Closed) has a “conceivable” solution that hypothecates a bullet
hitting the oak tree and splitting in order to strike bystander James
Tague. All that is missing is the conceivably unnoticed “little birdie”
that flew between JFK & Connally at the correct moment to deflect the
bullet into the much steeper path taken into the governor’s body.

Senator Russell was so disgusted with the cover story of the single
bullet that he convened a special executive session with all Commission
members present to put on the record, for history, his and Senator
Cooper’s dissent from the nonsense. A court stenographer was present for
the purpose of leading Senator Russell to believe that his words were
recorded for posterity, but no record was actually kept. At the signing,
Warren refused to let Russell register his dissent by means of a
footnote in the Report, assuring Russell that he had already made his
historical statement. When Russell discovered how he had been deceived,
he publicly broke with President Johnson and resigned his position as
Chairman of the Military Affairs Committee with its “oversight” of the
CIA, which had just humiliated him (read: Dulles, McCloy). [13]

If the “Warren Commission” were a computer game it would be played this
way: The Ruling Class assassins adopt a bizarre alibi contrary to the
natural interpretation of the evidence, but Detective Vox Populi must
disprove every conceivable interpretation of the evidence consistent
with the Rulers’ alibi in order to “win.” Many actual people are easily
drawn into the real life version of this game. Win or lose, an arrest is
out of the question.

This hoax of a Warren Commission conducted its Hearings in total
secrecy, not witnessed by the press or the public, without
cross-examination, published its findings with vast fanfare and support
from the media, and only let the 26 volumes of evidence that
contradicted the findings be released two months later. That should have
been enough of a clue that this was nothing but a propaganda campaign,
not to mention classifying both the raw witness transcripts and the
Parkland Hospital personnel first-person narratives requested by
Administrator C. J. Price as “top secret” until they could be vetted,
and altered as required. [14]

Whence came the fundamentally respectful “Rush to Judgment” or
“Accessories After-the-fact” perspective? Once the fact that Oswald was
a CIA agent is coupled with the incriminating impersonations of him in
Mexico City a month before the assassination, and elsewhere, to set him
up as a patsy – facts with which the JFK research community is well
acquainted – and are integrated we have a seamless conspiracy in which
the “honorable” men who covered it up are the same “honorable” men who
committed the crime, even if in another branch of the National Security
State. The “seamless” conspiracy is consistent with the factional
infighting over just how the coup should be implemented and to what
particular ends, but the “seamless” quality is the unity of purpose and
action in its successful orchestration and cover-up. The National
Security State, its enduring interests, and its means of control need to
be more fully described at a later time. But for now, with respect to
the topic of CE 399, we know that it was planted as part of this
seamless process. Additional evidence that CE 399 was planted will be
addressed later.
Planting the “Magic Bullet,” Silencing Dr. Perry, Suborning the Perjury
of Cmdr. James R. Humes

Oswald cannot be framed adequately without planting a bullet to match
the alleged murder weapon, the Mannlicher-Carcano, because the
Mannlicher-Carcano was not amongst the murder weapons, hence the
apparance of CE 399. Had that rifle been the murder weapon, there would
be no need to plant CE 399 to match it, a simple fact that fits the
initial identification of the rifle found in the Depository as a Mauser.
[15] Pity the poor Bethesda autopsy physicians with a dead president, an
entrance wound in his back near the third thoracic vertebrae with a
downward trajectory and no broken bones to deflect its path, another
wound in his throat, and, horribile dictu and mirabile dictu, no bullet
in the corpse. What is the one and only thing to do in such a
circumstance where, after all, the results are absolutely crucial to
determine how many shooters there were and from what direction, and,
crucially, to do a top notch autopsy in order to bring to justice the
murderer(s) of the president? The wounds are dissected, full stop. Now,
in this case, the autopsy of a murdered president, the wounds are not
dissected.

Bugliosi offers numerous self-congratulatory quotes from autopsy
physicians Cmdr. Humes and Lt. Finck that Humes was fully in charge and
there was no military interference, but this is sheer propaganda. Long
ago Dr. Finck testified at the 1969 Garrison prosecution in New Orleans
and was forced to admit, and I mean forced, that there were orders not
to dissect the throat wound. After refusing to answer the question seven
times why he did not dissect the throat wound, and only after the Court
has twice intervened to make him do so, Dr. Finck states, “As I recall I
was told not to, but I don't remember by whom.” [16] Bugliosi quotes a
largely irrelevant part of that testimony to argue that Humes was in
full command of the autopsy, but conceals this well-known indigestible
fact. Only on the eighth attempt to elicit the answer to why the throat
wound was not dissected, Finck is forced to admit it was under orders,
then offers the blatant lie that he cannot remember who gave the order
that destroyed the entire purpose of a forensic autopsy. The reasonable
conclusion is that the military brass was part of the conspiracy in real
time to conceal multiple shooters, but many blinkered JFK researchers
instead find a false “mystery” to solve and keep themselves busy. Just
who gave that order? One such researcher, in a magnum opus of
misinformation, attributes the entire decision to his own invention that
the general he presumes – contrary to Finck’s testimony – to have given
the order was “nervous.” [17]

Bugliosi follows official lore by foisting the decision not to dissect
the back or throat wounds upon the Kennedy family, Jacqueline Kennedy in
particular, thus selling the fanciful idea that her personal hysterical
wishes of the moment – if they were in fact as described – had trumped a
matter of State security even after Robert F. Kennedy has signed an
autopsy release on her behalf without restrictions. [18] This scenario
is absurd on its face. It is especially absurd given that the body was
cut open armpits to groin in the traditional Y cut to remove internal
organs. Rather, the decision not to dissect the wounds in order to trace
the bullets’ paths – and I say bullets – is part of the seamless murder
and cover-up.

Confronted with a presidential corpse with a back entry wound, no
bullet, and no exit wound -- and perhaps by then even an order from the
military brass to the prosectors not to dissect the wounds -- FBI agent
Frank Sibert took what action he could. According to Bugliosi,

FBI agent Jim Sibert decided to call the FBI laboratory and find out if
anyone there knew of a bullet that would almost completely fragmentize.
He managed to reach Special Agent Charles L. Killion of the Firearms
Section of the lab, who said he’d never heard of such a thing. After
Sibert explained the problem, Killion asked if he was aware that a
bullet had been found on a stretcher at Parkland Hospital. (171, italics
added)

The official story is that Sibert informs the autopsy physicians about
the Parkland stretcher bullet, and Humes opines that the bullet had
worked its way out of Kennedy’s back during cardiac massage. The
official story has Humes awakening the following day to learn from a
phone call that the throat contains an exit wound, but let us first
linger on the above italicized text, since it illustrates just how
Bugliosi reclaims history – by inventing it -- and because it is a
silent obeisance to one of the early Warren Commission critics, Harold
Weisberg.

Bugliosi thoroughly documents Killion’s response that he’d never heard
of such a thing as a fragmenting bullet, “ARRB MD 44, FBI Report of
O’Neill and Sibert, November 26, 1963, p.4; ARRB MD 46, Affidavit. of
James W. Sibert, October 24, 1978, p.3.” The only difficulty with the
documentation is that it is fictional. Killion never answered Sibert’s
question; instead of answering it, Killion informed Sibert of the
(planted) bullet in Parkland. Harold Weisberg correctly interpreted
Sibert’s affidavit, “Killion was warning Sibert to drop the whole thing
because of the bullet found at the hospital!” (NA!, p.488) Of special
note is that the HSCA, fully engaged in cover-up, sent Sibert the
affidavit they wanted him to sign. Instead, he wrote and returned his
own, so Sibert was trying to get this particular truth out in the hopes
that someone would do something with it. So too was FBI agent Francis X.
O’Neill, Jr., who was sent an affidavit to sign by the HSCA which he
declined, submitting his own November 8, 1978, that stated in pertinent
part:

I do not see how the bullet that entered below the shoulder [heading
downward] in the back could have come out the front of the throat.
During the interview on January 10, 1975, I disagreed with Dr. Boswell’s
depiction of the location of the back (thorax) wound which Dr. Boswell
had drawn on a diagram during an interview with this Committee in the
Fall of 1977. … It was and is my opinion that the bullet which entered
the back came out the back.

Some discussion did occur concerning the disintegration of the bullet. A
general feeling existed during the autopsy that a soft-nosed bullet
struck JFK. There was discussion concerning the back wound that the
bullet could have been a

“plastic” type or an “Ice” bullet, one which dissolves after contact.
There was also no real sense either way that the wounds were caused by
the same kind of bullet.

The FBI agents, unlike the military pathologists who conducted the
autopsy, did not have to follow military directions as to what to do and
what do say. [19] The FBI’s formal report on the assassination, CD1
(Commission Document 1), maintains that the bullet that entered
Kennedy’s back worked its way out Kennedy’s back, which entails that the
bullet wound in the throat was an entrance wound. Dissecting the wounds
would have resolved any doubt about the particulars of their paths, and
revealed the entry wound in the throat, but the fact that the wounds
were not dissected does not leave doubt. It reveals a transparent
conspiracy, a state crime, and a national security state cover-up.

If someone wants to argue that the bullets could or must have been
removed before the corpse arrived at the Bethesda morgue, or that the
autopsy physicians might have removed one or more whole bullets
themselves that did not match the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle and
sequestered them, he is welcome to do so, and may be right. Such
distracting details do not affect the overall understanding of the
assassination.

A book could be written about just Humes’ perjury at the Warren
Commission, and its facilitation by all those present, especially
Specter and Commissioner John McCloy, along with Allen Dulles, the
rudders of this privatized ship of state, both masters of the
intelligence trade and both long-time members of the Council on Foreign
Relations, but here we simply cut to the chase. Bugliosi, putting the
keystone of the arch of deception in place, describes a telephone
conversation Saturday morning between Humes and Dr. Dr. William Perry of
Parkland Hospital who tried to resuscitate Kennedy. Humes already knows
of 399 (that had been planted at Parkland) but not whence it came:

“We surmised that it [399] worked its way out of the wound during
cardiac massage,” Humes says.

“Well, that seems unlikely, in my opinion,” Perry replies. “Are you
aware that there was a wound in the throat?”

The light flashes on for Humes when Dr. Perry tells him that he
performed his surgery on an existing wound there, a small round
perforation with ragged edges.’

“Of course,” Humes realizes, “that explains it.”

Suddenly, everything the pathologists had encountered when they explored
the chest cavity made sense—the bruise over the lung, the bruised muscle
surrounding the trachea. It was obvious. The bullet had exited the
throat. Dr. Humes felt a great weight lift from his shoulders. He
thanked Dr. Perry and hung up. (207)

Like Killion’s imaginary remark to Sibert, and the imaginary Edgewood
Arsenal test results, this conversation and Humes’s epiphany is sheer
fiction, though Humes swears to it with perjured testimony, supplemented
by later interviews and testimony. Humes’s sworn testimony requires the
full support and cooperation of Arlen Specter and all the Commissioners
present because each and every one of them, before, during and after
hearing Humes’s testimony to this bit of nonsense, has to refrain from
asking the obvious questions that would reveal the transparent
conspiracy: “Why didn’t you learn something, anything, about the
president’s wounds prior to beginning the autopsy as standard procedure
requires? Why didn’t you simply call Parkland during the autopsy? Hadn’t
any one of the two dozen of so people present heard that Dr. Perry had
announced at a 2:16 CT press conference that he thought the throat wound
was an entrance wound? Did any of them tell you? Did you think to ask?
If you had an entrance wound in the back but no exit wound, why didn’t
you immediately dissect the wound for the path trajectory, especially
since you had already done the Y cut to remove all the organs?”

The deliberate decision not to ask any relevant questions is part of the
political theater, the pure propaganda that began long before the murder
to frame Oswald, which was engaged at the autopsy by the orders not to
dissect the wounds, and was ceremoniously launched with the Warren
Report, and that continues to this day. Even to entertain seriously such
silly tales told to obedient children to make them behave, or to probe
the answers to such questions, betokens the pervasive want of capacity
for independent thought that allows the rulers to rule as they do.

Others have collected the hard facts and I provide them here, despite
needing to emphasize that this “progress” means that the political fight
was lost long ago when the obvious lies were accepted. The third of the
prosectors, James Boswell, M.D., gave an interview to the Baltimore Sun,
November 25, 1966, stating that before Kennedy’s body had arrived “The
pathologists [Boswell and Humes, Finck arrived later] had already been
told of the probable extent of the injuries and what had been done by
physicians in Dallas.” Boswell also confided the certainty of the
pathologists “that there was a bullet wound in the President’s neck at
the point of the tracheotomy incision.” [20] Boswell has subsequently
testified during ARRB that the throat was deemed an exit wound by
autopsy’s end. [21] Dr. Robert B. Livingston, who was Scientific
Director for two of the National Institutes of Health in 1963, and who
would subsequently win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985, wrote in 1992 that
he had telephoned Bethesda before the autopsy began and was put through
to Dr. Humes. Dr. Livingston advised Dr. Humes that the throat wound was
almost certainly an entry wound and discussed the optimal techniques for
exploring it until Humes ended the call by saying, “the FBI will not let
me talk any further," an interruption that surprised and disturbed
Livingston. [22] The autopsy radiologist, Dr. John Ebersole, testified
at HSCA that he was present when Dr. Humes made telephone contact with
Dallas about the nature of the throat wound. “I believe by ten or ten
thirty approximately a communication had been established with Dallas
and it was learned that there had been a wound of exit in the lower neck
that had been surgically repaired. I don't know if this was premortem or
postmortem but at that point the confusion as far as we were concerned
stopped. [23]

Bugliosi does not address Dr. Livingston, whose testimony dovetails with
Boswell’s reported in the November 25, 1966 Baltimore Sun, and the
pathologists were probably informed by others as well. Bugliosi mentions
the Sun, but with a November 25, 1996 [sic] date where decaying memory
might be slightly more plausible, but the correct date is 1966, so this
“typo” is especially convenient for Bugliosi’s explanation. As for the
HSCA and ARRB testimony, Bugliosi’s response is simply that “The
evidence is very clear that it was this early-morning call that led to
the conclusion that the bullet that entered the back had exited from the
throat, and Boswell’s and Ebersole’s memories had simply failed them.” [24]

The evidence is very clear, but clear that the Commission suborns and
that Humes perjures himself, and that Dr. Perry has to be coerced to
play along. Dr. Perry had given a press conference within two hours of
Kennedy’s death at which he stated that the throat wound was an entrance
wound and that it looked like an entrance wound. [25] If Perry told
Humes his opinion about the throat wound Friday night when Kennedy’s
body could still be examined, then the conspiratorial intent behind the
order not to dissect the back and throat wounds would be trumpeted.
“Well, Dr. Perry told me that the throat wound was an entrance wound,
but I was given orders not to dissect the wound, so I didn’t, but I
don’t recall by whom and neither does Dr. Finck,” does not play well.
How else do we know it’s a fiction? In addition to the above testimony,
we know because the call to Dallas should have been made Friday, and the
pretext offered by Humes for making it Saturday to have his “epiphany”
makes no sense.

Mr. Specter: Did you have occasion to discuss that wound on the front
side of the President with Dr. Malcolm Perry of Parkland Hospital in Dallas?

Commander HUMES: Yes, sir; I did. I had the impression from seeing the
wound that it represented a surgical tracheotomy wound, a wound
frequently made by surgeons when people are in respiratory distress to
give them a free airway. To ascertain that point, I called on the
telephone Dr. Malcolm Perry and discussed with him the situation of the
President's neck when he first examined the President, and asked him had
he in fact done a tracheotomy, which was somewhat redundant because I
was somewhat certain he had. He said, yes; he had done a tracheotomy and
that as the point to perform his tracheotomy he used a wound which he
had interpreted as a missile wound in the low neck, as the point through
which to make the tracheotomy incision.

Mr. Specter: When did you have that conversation with him, Dr. Humes?

Commander HUMES: I had that conversation early on Saturday morning, sir.

Mr. Specter: On Saturday morning, November 23d?

Commander HUMES: That is correct, sir. [26]

The Big Lie, a preposterous fiction, is thus proffered with quiet
dignity and authority, as the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Humes never thought to call Dallas Friday when it could guide the
autopsy. Humes never thought to ask any of the three men present at the
autopsy who had been present during the President’s treatment at
Parkland, Secret Service agents Greer and Kellerman, but especially
Admiral Burkley, the president’s personal physician, and none of them
ever thought to tell, that there had been a tracheotomy in the throat,
especially one that Dr. Ebersole testified at HSCA arrived at Bethesda
carefully sutured. Despite the throat wound being in the supposed
trajectory of an exit wound – McCloy even guides Humes to testify
falsely that he reached his conclusions about the bullet trajectory
because the throat wound is lower than the back wound – Humes’s best
understanding until Saturday morning is that the bullet had fallen out
of Kennedy’s back. You would think that Humes would at least have looked
closely at the throat, but then he would have been in a position on the
record to see the still-visible bullet hole despite his enlargement of
the tracheotomy to obscure it, indeed the bullet hole that Boswell told
the Sun that they did know about. The Ramsey Clark medical panel reports
that despite alteration of the throat wound, autopsy photos were
sufficiently clear to reveal the upper part of the bullet wound. [27]
And, of course, from the very same Sibert & O’Neill FBI report of
11/26/63, from which Bugliosi pulled his invented quote from Killion,
Bugliosi here neglects to see:

Following the removal of the wrapping [from the President’s body], it
was ascertained that the President’s clothing had been removed and it
was also apparent that a tracheotomy had been performed, as well as
surgery of the head area, namely, in the top of the skull. (italics added)

This is no defect of scholarship; it is propaganda pure and simple from
Bugliosi to cover-up the conspiracy and the Commission complicity. Humes
& Co., under orders, lied through their teeth to cover up the guilty
secret that they were ordered by military brass not to dissect the two
entry wounds in order to conceal multiple shooters from multiple directions.

Of course the unfortunate Dr. Perry had to be silenced and was silenced.
The Commissioners first pretended that no radio or film of the
assassination-day Parkland news conference could be found. They then
made Perry testify that the media was generally inaccurate, and as for
the wicked thought that the throat wound had been an entrance wound:

Mr. Specter: What responses did you give to questions relating to the
source of the bullets, if such questions were asked?

Dr. PERRY: I could not. I pointed out that both Dr. Clark and I had no
way of knowing from whence the bullets came.

...

Mr. McCloy: Did you, any other time, or other than the press conference
or any other period, say that you thought this was an exit wound?

Dr. PERRY. No, sir; I did not. [28]

There is no doubt that Dr. Perry was coerced. When Harold Weisberg
interviewed Dr. Perry December 1, 1971, Perry still described the throat
wound as an entrance wound, and said that he had wiped it clean of
blood. [29] One has only to listen to Perry’s phrasing to see his arm
twisted behind his back to make him say that he and Humes spoke on
Saturday morning.

Mr. Specter: When did that conversation occur?

Dr. PERRY: My knowledge as to the exact accuracy of it is obviously in
doubt. I was under the initial impression that I talked to him on
Friday, but I understand it was on Saturday. [30]

Perry so testifies March 31, 1964 in D.C. after being deposed in Dallas
on March 25, 1964 in Dallas in which he twice repeats that he believes
that he spoke to Dr. Humes on Friday afternoon. Of course he spoke with
Humes both Friday afternoon before the autopsy, and again Saturday
mid-morning when Dr. McClelland was present. Despite the pressure
applied to him, Dr. Perry again alludes to this initial “secret” call
during the August 27, 1998 group interview of five Parkland physicians
when ARRB Chief Counsel Gunn again raises the question of when they
spoke. Perry replies:

DR. PERRY: I thought we settled that. We talked to Dr. Humes. There was
a lot of stuff going on, but I thought he said he’d call me next morning
now that I recall. P.60.

Humes told Perry on Friday that he would call him back the next morning
after the autopsy. In between, Perry received telephone calls from
Bethesda that his Commission testimony, coupled with the testimony of
Audrey Bell, indicates are most likely from officials who identified
themselves as being from the FBI.

Ms. Bell’s compelling testimony deserves mention not only for its
dramatic content, but also for its undoubted accuracy. On March 20, 1997
two of the ARRB (Assassinations Records Review Board) personnel
interviewed Ms. Audrey Bell, Parkland Hospital Supervisor of Operating
and Recovery Rooms, at her home in Vernon, Texas. Ms. Bell has a
strikingly clear, vivid, detailed and concrete memory. The interview was
so rigidly structured by topic that at its very end she has to ask
permission to address another topic, “Can I just say one thing about the
tracheostomy again?” She had been admonished that she was to talk about
the nature of the throat wound, but now she is about to introduce
another topic not about the throat wound per se. She has not been made
to feel at liberty to shed whatever light she could about the assassination.

Given permission, she continues, “Saturday morning when I got over
there, Dr. Perry came up to the office. He looked like pure hell. Of
course he had been primary until Dr. Clark came … He sat down in a
chair. I said, ‘You look awful. Did you get any sleep last night?’ And
he said, ‘Well, not too much between the calls from Bethesda that came
in during the night.’ I said, ‘What about?’ He said, ‘Oh. Whether that
was an entrance wound or an exit wound in the throat.’ He said, ‘They
were wanting me to change my mind that it was an entrance wound.’” [31]
Nurse Bell clarifies that her exchange with Dr. Perry occurred in the
morning, before he decamped just after the Saturday press conference,
during which he was silent after telling Dr. Kemp Clark what Humes had
told him, and asking Clark to take over for him to avoid having to lie
at the Saturday afternoon press conference. Chalk up another perjury for
Humes, who testified that he did not discuss the results of the autopsy
with Dr. Perry. [32] The frosting on the cover-up cake may now be
tasted. Perry talked to Humes on Friday and told him that the throat
wound was an entrance wound, as did Dr. Livingston, and almost certainly
others. Humes duly recorded this information from Dr. Perry in his final
holographic copy of the autopsy report. Humes wrote, “Dr. Perry noted
the massive wound of the head and a second, puncture wound, of the
low-anterior neck in approximately the midline.” A “puncture” wound is
an entrance wound so the final typed version was altered to read a “much
smaller wound.” [33] Humes was not in charge of even the content of his
own autopsy report.

Bugliosi offers a list of notables who attended the autopsy and then
ends with the challenge, “If someone can find a likely conspirator in
this group who was covering up the assassination, please let me know.”
(386) Ok, Humes, Boswell, and Finck for starters, on orders from
Admirals Galloway and Kinney, and possibly Burkley, themselves under the
command of members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, by whom on more than
one occasion Kennedy expressed the fear that he would be overthrown.

As for Humes being in charge and deciding for the best of clinical
reasons not to dissect the throat or back wounds, one need not have a
well-trained clinical ear to appreciate the defensive bad faith that
anoints his February 13, 1996 ARRB testimony:

A. My problem is, very simply stated, we had an entrance wound high in
the posterior back above the scapula. We didn't know where the exit
wound was at that point. I'd be the first one to admit it. We knew in
general in the past that we should have been more prescient than we
were, I must confess, because when we removed the breast plate and
examined the thoracic cavity, we saw a contusion on the upper lobe of
the lung. There was no defect in the pleura anyplace. So it's obvious
that the missile had gone over that top of the lung.

Of course, the more I thought about it, the more I realized it had to go
out from the neck. It was the only place it could go, after it was not
found anywhere in the X-rays. So early the next morning, I called
Parkland Hospital and talked with Malcolm Perry, I guess it was. And he
said, oh, yeah, there was a wound right in the middle of the neck by the
tie, and we used that for the tracheotomy. Well, they obliterated,
literally obliterated—when we went back to the photographs, we thought
we might have seen some indication of the edge of that wound in the
gaping skin where the—but it wouldn't make a great deal of sense to go
slashing open the neck. What would we learn? Nothing, you know. So I
didn't—I don't know if anybody said don't do this or don't do that. I
wouldn't have done it no matter what anybody said. That was not important.

Humes is driven to defend the indefensible medical decision essential to
the cover-up, even after he admitted not knowing the course of the
bullet(s) during the autopsy, by responding as though the question had
been, “So why didn’t you frivolously proceed to slash open the
President’s neck?” Note too that Humes does not say, “Dammit, those were
our orders. Why don’t you show some courage and ask the admirals who
gave them?” something, curiously, that has never been done, let alone
the Joint Chiefs whose absence from any account of the assassination is
wholly remarkable.

Admiral Burkley knew of the conspiracy at some point yet was silent; he
understood the chain of command and he understood to a limited extent
the power structure of this country, and he was almost certainly given a
“temporary legend,” by the core plotters, i.e., a story that would make
his participation in the cover-up appear reasonable and even honorable
to him at the time. Burkley wrote the death certificate specifying the
location of the back entry wound at about the level of the third
thoracic vertebrae; hence he was not called to testify before the Warren
Commission and the death certificate was excluded from the exhibits.
During an oral interview conducted October 17, 1967, he was asked “Do
you agree with the Warren Report on the number of bullets that entered
the President’s body?” Admiral Burkley answered, “I would not care to be
quoted on that.” There was no follow up question. When the HSCA was
convened, Burkley, like so many others, imagined the possibility that at
last an official Congressional body was interested in the truth. Admiral
Burkley had his attorney, William F. Illig, contact Chief Counsel
Richard A. Sprague who memorialized to the file, “Dr. Burkley advised
him [Illig] that although he, Burkley, had signed the death certificate
of President Kennedy in Dallas, he had never been interviewed and that
he has information in the Kennedy assassination indicating that others
besides Oswald must have participated.” [34] (Italics added) The HSCA
made no further contact with Admiral Burkley to pursue his offer, and
Dr. Burkley thereby learned a little bit more about the power structure
of this country. Burkley was being told without words that the
conspiracy should remain a secret. So too Sibert and O’Neill, whose
affidavits sought to throw light on a subject had the HSCA been a means
to do so, but it wasn’t, so too the ARRB.

I have not rebutted Bugliosi, but exposed a very large and dishonest
piece of propaganda – 1,600 pages of text that would run to 13 volumes
were the Endnotes and Source notes on its enclosed CD printed. The point
is not that Humes perjured himself, but that he did so under orders, and
that he did so about his commanded role in the autopsy designed to hide
the conspiracy, and that those orders lead inevitably to members of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, the spear tip for one faction of the coup d’état.
The Joint Chiefs, in turn, could not undertake this action without full
confidence that the National Security State, of which they are members,
had both the will and the means to accomplish all aspects of the
cover-up. There were multiple shooters from multiple locations. Oswald
never shot anybody that day. Thus, masses of evidence would have to be
ignored, distorted or destroyed. Scores of witnesses would need to be
overlooked, dismissed, intimidated, or eliminated, most especially Lee
Harvey Oswald. An august committee would have to be formed whose witting
members would pressure, seduce, or trick the others into sufficient
compliance to fool the people. High-ranking well-respected trusted
members of society who control the media would have to be complicit in
fronting the salesmanship. Minions of the intelligence community, only
relatively few of whom were in on the planning stages of the
assassination, had to be counted upon to do their part to conceal the
plotters of the assassination from the American public. The media would
have to be ready and able, and known in advance to the Joint Chiefs and
others to be ready and able to bewilder and confuse the people. In fact,
none of the plotters involved in the cover-up would have dared to
undertake such a cover-up without the full faith and understanding that
the media was under the control of the ruling class and would be used to
facilitate, rather than expose, the cover-up. Think! How the hell could
any such plotters ever dream of getting away with such a crime but for
their control of the fictionally named “free press”? This “national
security state” is not jargon, but the ugly reality behind the façade of
democracy in American life, a covert “fascist banana republic” the
monumental task of concealing which Bugliosi has accepted as his Mission
Impossible.

I can’t resist describing one more singular piece of Bugliosi propaganda
that goes to his great challenge to the professionals that the well
informed person knows both sides of a question, so that we should all
trust Mr. Well Informed Truth-Seeking Bugliosi. Bugliosi expresses his
“greatest shock” over the fact that the Warren Report has “not…one
single word of reference to the president’s head snap to the rear,” but
explains away this seeming lapse by quoting Warren Commission assistant
counsel Wesley J. Liebeler that “It is only since the critics have
raised this point that anybody has ever looked at it closely.” [35] The
Bethesda autopsy reports addresses the direction of the head-snap
obliquely in its introduction, just so you can’t miss it, and where it
certainly does not belong, under “CLINICAL SUMMARY”:

Three shots were heard and the President fell forward bleeding from the
head. (Governor Connolly was seriously wounded by the same gunfire.)

So, three shots, JFK falls forward from the shot from behind, and the
same bullets that struck Kennedy wounded Connolly. All false, all put
there by the Admirals, themselves under orders, all done in anticipation
of the finding that the Warren Commission would have to sell, all done
after the Zapruder film has been turned over to SAC Forrest Sorrels
Friday night so its contents could be analyzed, lied about, reversed, in
real time. What can one say of such a resolute and unflinching pursuit
of the truth? One cannot begin to understand the Kennedy assassination
and cover-up except as an operation of a national security state,
transparent for all who are willing to face it, opaque to all others.
The Purposeful Dis-Integration of JFK “Research”

Bugliosi can succeed in large part because he addresses each and every
piece of evidence that inculpates a state murder in splendid isolation
from every other so that there is neither a cumulative record of
compounding probabilities nor a coherent narrative of how a political
assassination was accomplished, and by whom. Sadly, Harold Weisberg’s
research is the model for such propaganda. Consider the following
photographs and Weisberg’s commentary -- which I ask you to read -- from
Post Mortem, p.602. The top left photo is the clear picture of the divot
cut by the FBI that Arlen Specter and Dr. Olivier pretended to believe
was the source of extruded material from damage to CE 399:

Not only is CE 399 only very slightly flattened, but also the delicate
intaglio of ridges where the tumbling bullet has been flattened from
“hammering” all that bone to bits is entirely unmarred, one of the many
miracles especially given the testimony of FBI ballistics expert Robert
Frazier that “even a piece of coarse cloth, leather or some other object
could have polished the surface of the metal [of CE 399] slightly and
left infinitesimal scratches.” [36] As Dr. Joseph Dolce advised both
before and after the ballistics tests at Edgewood Arsenal, CE 399 did
not do that damage; hence it is a planted bullet.

Weisberg had far more than the condition of CE 399 on which to base his
accusation that CE 399 was planted. After noting that no evidence places
399 on Kennedy’s or Connally’s stretcher, Weisberg assumes, arguendo,
that 399 came from Connally’s stretcher. He then waxes lyrical, about
the amazing intelligence and kinetic energy that CE 399 would have
required to transport itself from Connally’s thigh, down the stretcher,
under the mattress – not too deep, but just barely hanging or it would
not fall out to be discovered by Hospital Engineer Darrell Tomlinson!
[37] Weisberg even tells us that Arlen Specter buried the fact that the
area in which Tomlinson worked had been secured by the Secret Service so
that only “hospital personnel and officers” could have planted the
bullet. [38] Weisberg also documents that the FBI, in order to avoid
discrediting the planted bullet, deliberately refused to perform the
obvious forensic test of a residue found on CE 399 that would have
determined whether it had ever gone through human flesh. Frazier instead
affected that it was simply his good luck that the residue did not
interfere with the tests that he wanted to make. [39] Thus, CE 399 is a
propagandist’s “conceivable” solution, one example of the underlying
rhythm of imagining false but conceivable facts to fit a pre-determined
solution.

What follows from the fact that CE 399 was planted? What does Weisberg
make of all his own efforts? Weisberg’s conclusion is that the Report is
a deliberate deception and that his photos “destroy the Report and
Commission and FBI integrity,” a point that he will make repeatedly
until his death, and beyond which he refused to move as though the
living embodiment of the rulers’ wishes. Weisberg’s critique falls far
short of what his own evidence entitled him to conclude.

Darrell Tomlinson discovered a planted bullet on a stretcher in Parkland
Hospital shortly after he began his 1 p.m. shift. Kennedy’s body was
still warm. After the autopsy began that evening around 8:00 p.m. EST
with a dead president at the morgue with two entry wounds and no bullet,
FBI agent Sibert telephoned FBI ballistics expert Charles Killion and
inquired whether there were bullets that almost completely fragmented.
Recall that instead of answering, Killion warned him off the topic by
advising that a bullet had been found at Parkland, a bullet which Sibert
and O’Neill make clear in their 11/26/63 memorandum was described during
the course of the autopsy as the bullet destined to be the infamous CE 399:

KILLION further described this bullet as pertaining to a 6.5 millimeter
rifle which would be approximately a 25 caliber rifle and that this
bullet consisted of a copper alloy full jacket.

What’s my point? Well, in a crime scene rife with too many actual
bullets and too few officially admissible ones, some thoughtful person,
anticipating and sympathizing with the upcoming plight of the Bethesda
autopsy physicians, had one planted that would help relieve their
distress. That person knew of the upcoming plight because he knew that
Kennedy had not been shot with the Mannlicher-Carcano, that there would
be no bullets in the body because others would remove them. That person
was lending a helping hand, and was part of the conspiracy that murdered
Kennedy. Since, as we know, the Bethesda physicians could find no whole
bullet, and since they were ordered not to dissect the entry wounds, CE
399 provided great relief for all concerned, and may even have made the
order not to dissect the wounds acquire superficial plausibility for all
those present who were not part of the plot. The Dallas Police had just
barely discovered the Mannlicher-Carcano at the TSBD when a bullet was
found at Parkland, and the rifle would not be turned over to the FBI
until just before midnight on Friday after the autopsy had been
completed, and would not be examined by the FBI until Saturday,
11/23/63. Thus, the thoughtful person or his associates had access to CE
399 even before the FBI would be able to match it to the
Mannlicher-Carcano, which requires that they, not Oswald, controlled the
rifle prior to the assassination. To know that the bullets would be
removed is to know that the parties in control of the dead president’s
body would do so, and to know that the parties “running the show” of the
assassination would arrange for an order from a commanding officer at
autopsy that the throat and back wounds not be dissected, and is to be
working in coordination with them. That’s what murder by a National
Security State looks like. [40] That is the major import of CE 399 being
planted.

Contrary to the lone assassin scenario, Lee Harvey Oswald did not plant
that bullet in Parkland in order to incriminate himself for a Warholian
moment of fame, soon declaring, “Now everyone will know who I am!” Yet,
that is how Commission Counsel Joseph A. Ball misquoted him, and falsely
described him dramatically slamming his hand onto a table in triumph.
Ball pretended to be quoting Dallas Deputy Sheriff Roger Craig, who was
present when Oswald made the statement. But here is what Craig actually
said. “Sitting back in his chair, Oswald said very disgustedly and very
low, ‘Everybody will know who I am now [that I will have to blow my CIA
cover to avoid taking the fall].’” [41] As Oswald honestly told the
media, still keeping his CIA cover so long as he could, “I’m just a
patsy.” As the whistle-blowing USG intelligence officer Richard Case
Nagell confided to Jim Garrison, the assassination of President Kennedy
really was a “large” operation. [42]

The transparent fraud of recovering a nearly perfect bullet that would
soon be tasked with damage far beyond its means would involve delivering
it to Special Agent Richard Johnsen of the Secret Service, who stood
guard in Parkland. It is difficult to conceive of a more efficient means
of wordlessly conveying to the Secret Service and FBI agents who were
not originally active participants in the assassination what their
subsequent role should be. It may have also served for the cognoscenti,
along with so many other signs, as a means of conveying to those not
directly involved in the plot, that a coup d’état had indeed taken place.

The Bethesda autopsy physicians were ordered not to dissect the wounds
that would reveal the bullet trajectories and their removal by those who
had custody of the corpse, and Cmdr. Humes would go on to perjure
himself apace with the complicity of the Warren Commission. In this
essay we have examined only one of many more evidentiary threads that
individually and collectively weave the same pattern. This is a state
murder and cover-up, full stop, seamless not so much in its flawless
execution, but seamless in bringing to bear the full power and authority
of the National Security State, and its various members, to play their
respective parts, as needed. This is the “fascist banana republic” that
Bugliosi seeks to hide, though of course it operates very differently
than its Central American counterparts. In the United State of American,
things look and feel very free until one happens to make the right kind
of wave.

Jim Garrison made the right kind of wave. During his investigation of
Clay Shaw for conspiracy to kill Kennedy, Garrison was approached by a
benefactor from the ruling class named “John Miller” who wrote an offer
of help on pale blue stationary embossed only with “Oil and Gas.” When
Miller appeared in Garrison’s office, bold as the devil even with a
witness present, he offered Garrison an expeditious appointment to the
federal bench provided he drop the investigation. The mere proffer asks,
and answers, the question of who is in a position to make it. Garrison
refused the carrot and was given the stick. After Shaw’s acquittal, the
Department of Justice built a case against Garrison’s long-time friend
and former investigator, Pershing Gervais, and coerced him to wear a
wire during meetings with Garrison in which Gervais made cash repayments
of a personal loan. The DOJ cut and spliced the tape recordings in order
to make the loan repayments look like bribes and payoffs, and prosecuted
Garrison, then New Orleans District Attorney, for corruption. Garrison
proved his innocence by exposing the “cut and paste” manufacturing of
evidence, and by playing a Canadian radio interview of Gervais in which
he admitted that Garrison’s prosecution was a fraud. The DOJ responded
by prosecuting Garrison for income tax evasion for failing to pay taxes
on the bribe money he had just proven he had never received. The ruling
class was sending a message to Garrison though its organs of state
power, and through him, to the rest of us. [43]

Remarkably, over a lifetime of pondering the case, Weisberg never once
makes and maintains even the kind of obvious and coherent integration of
the facts just made. For the fundamentally obedient Weisberg there shall
be no state crime until we get from the State itself a signed and
notarized admission of guilt, yet as all his FOIA efforts have shown, an
exhaustive search of the records reveals no such document. Bugliosi, a
fully witting participant, plays the other side of Weisberg’s coin: when
cornered, he simply quotes authority to the effect that the State did
not do it. Furthermore, he does so with an especially aggressive
“take-no-prisoners” buzz saw aggression that masks the fact that he is
holding no cards, that his position is sheer bluff, a mere argument from
authority underwritten by lies.

This is how they get away with it. That they get away with it so readily
and consistently is, by their lights, enough to demonstrate that they
deserve to do so. One need not glorify or idealize the limited wits of
the common man, or ignore the vast gullibility of his better-educated
contemporary, to appreciate that something is very very wrong in this
country, and that the discussion of Kennedy’s assassination is not an
academic matter.

Rex Bradford currently plays a role similar to a young Weisberg,
mysteriously unable to solve the crime even while holding so many of the
pieces in his hands. In an influential speech delivered to COPA in 2004,
Bradford begins, “I don’t believe the government knows who killed JFK. I
doubt anybody on the Warren Commission did.” He then offers up enough
facts to solve the case but concludes, “I could go on with tidbits of
things we’ve learned, but the problem is that it’s hard to fit them
together into a coherent whole.” Let us offer help to Mr. Bradford as we
did to Weisberg. Bradford, commenting on Audrey Bell’s recounting Dr.
Perry’s nerve-wracked sleepless night, writes that it “would if true
cast grave doubt on the honesty of the reporting about the autopsy
findings, and make all the more suspicious the fact that the neck was
not dissected to track the bullet path.” [44]

Let us, for a change, ask the right question in the right way at the
right time. What is so troubling to Dr. Perry? Why should he care so
much about changing his opinion given the autopsy results from Bethesda?
After all, what’s it to Oswald, he’s dead, isn’t he? Well, not quite.
It’s still Saturday, and Ruby won’t murder Oswald until Sunday. This is
why we can hear the unstated stubborn refusal of a decent man in his
words to Audrey Bell, “They were wanting me to change my mind that it
was an entrance wound [but my conscience won’t let me do that].” Dr.
Perry would not do that because he believed it was an entrance wound,
because he had said so publicly, and because he believed that Lee Harvey
Oswald would be tried for murder and that he would be a witness. He was,
however, silent at the Parkland press conference on Saturday.

The night telephone calls to Dr. Perry by unknown parties entail a
remarkable fact. A defense attorney for Oswald would have torn the
autopsy to shreds. Nonetheless, the individuals making the calls or
directing them to be made Friday night or in the wee hours of Saturday
morning were not concerned that when Dr. Perry took the witness stand in
the trial of Lee Harvey Oswald his revelation of such pressure would
further compromise the chances of conviction. They knew there would be
no trial and that pressuring Perry to change his mind would do no harm
to their plans. These individuals were, of necessity, not only in the
intelligence community or the ruling class itself, but part of the core
JFK assassination team that had already ordered Jack Ruby to kill
Oswald. That’s part of why Bell’s testimony matters. Not coincidentally,
this same lack of concern for a criminal trial that would never take
place is reflected in earlier orders to the Secret Service to bring back
to Washington D.C. post haste, not only the President’s corpse, but also
the presidential limousine with all its forensic evidence; and to do so
in flagrant violation of the laws of Texas, which had the only legal
jurisdiction over the crime. Secret Serviceman Roy Kellerman used his
drawn gun to intimidate the coroner, Dr. Earl Rose, who protested in
vain, “You can’t lose the chain of evidence.” [45] Preserving the chain
of evidence, let alone evidence itself, was the least concern of those
running the show.

Ruby tried to worm out of the assignment by telephoning the Dallas
Police Saturday night and warning “If you move Oswald the way you are
planning, we are going to kill him.” Ruby asked for Officer Billy
Grammer, whom he knew, by name and Grammer recognized Ruby’s voice. [46]
As soon as Ruby killed Oswald, Dr. Humes was ordered to rewrite the
autopsy report that need no longer be burdened with the scrutiny of a
criminal trial, and to burn his first draft. [47] Nonetheless, Perry’s
refusal to change his opinion the night of the assassination is the
reason that Humes included Perry’s description of the “puncture” wound
in the throat in both the first draft of the autopsy that he burned, and
in his final holographic draft. Others more experienced in these matters
made a “correction” so that the typed version read “a much smaller
wound” before the signing. These persons knew that because Oswald was
dead, Perry could be made to change what he would say about that “much
smaller wound” and that his testimony to the media of an “entrance
wound” could be made to disappear. We have a complex state murder
controlled by a ruling class, a political assassination and cover-up,
full stop. [48]

Bugliosi mistakenly identifies Salandria with the “Philadelphia School”
of conspiracy theorists, but that is merely Salandria’s cover, his
legend. Salandria is a member in good standing in the Eternal Order of
Unruly Serfs, Italian division. I say this as a fellow member of the
Order, Russian-Polish division. We are the people through the ages who
by some complicated quirk of genetic anomaly coupled with an upbringing
that teaches a healthy respect for legitimate authority, are immune to
the Big Lie, who see the deceit of authority, and who do what we can to
combat it.
De-Mystifying one part of the National Security State

Let me speak summarily and without citation. The CIA, in cooperation
with military intelligence backed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
implemented the Kennedy assassination for the political reasons sketched
at the beginning of this essay. Both the mob, and the anti-Castro Cubans
whom the CIA had organized and funded, participated in the mechanics of
the kill and would have taken the fall in the vastly unlikely event of a
disastrous failure. The mob-connected Jack Ruby helped run guns to Cuba
for the anti-Castro resistance and was directly involved in setting up
the assassination with the cooperation of key members of the Dallas
Police Department. The mysterious “CIA” is merely a civilian agency that
collects intelligence, conducts and funds political sabotage abroad, and
can organize at will mercenary armies in the service of U.S. hegemony.
In 1947, through the National Security Act, the Council on Foreign
Relations created the CIA, which has been the tool of the Eastern
Establishment, the prepotent power bloc in the United between 1900 and
1980. The CIA effects a modernized upscale version of traditional
gunboat diplomacy, but hidden from the American public, so that the CFR
could “depoliticize” its implementation of U.S. foreign policy.

Woodrow Wilson showed his fitness for the job of President in 1907 with
the CFR’s predecessor organization in mind -- the National Civil
Federation – when he wrote:

Since trade ignores national boundaries and the manufacturer insists on
having the world as a market, the flag of his nation must follow him,
and the doors of the nations which are closed against him must be
battered down. Concessions obtained by financiers must be safeguarded by
ministers of state, even if the sovereignty of unwilling nations be
outraged in the process. Colonies must be obtained or planted in order
that no useful corner of the world may be overlooked or left unused.

Today, presidential hopefuls often make a formal audition for the role
with an essay in the Council’s journal, Foreign Affairs. Kennedy’s
foreign policy and domestic economic policy were opposed to their ends.
McCloy and Dulles represented the CFR on the Warren Commission and
wittingly controlled the cover-up. Bugliosi sought to conceal this
larger picture, pregnant within every move of the cover-up, by smearing
those who present it. For example, contrary to all fact, Bugliosi
wrongly dismissed Gaeton Fonzi’s contribution as a fiction unsupported
by evidence precisely because Fonzi goes to the heart of the matter by
linking Oswald to his CIA controller, David Atlee Phillips, and linking
covert operations and the CIA directly to the ruling class, in
particular Claire Boothe Luce, wife of Henry Luce, owner and founder of
Life, Time, and Fortune, which lead the media in concealing their
political conspiracy from the American public. Fonzi’s research supports
New Orleans D.A. Jim Garrison, who said, “In a very real and terrifying
sense, our Government is the CIA and the Pentagon, with Congress reduced
to a debating society.” [49] Fonzi makes plain what Senator Russell
learned the hard way – that Congress had little or no power to constrain
the CIA. Before the HSCA investigation began, Fonzi, then one of its
investigators, spoke with a former high-ranking CIA officer who told him
exactly how the CIA would baffle, befuddle, and frustrate their efforts.
“You represent the United States Congress, but what the hell is that to
the CIA?” [50]

The most grotesque element of JFK “research” sites is the profound
disconnection they typically make between the killers, the cover-up, and
the beloved government to which they turn for aid and assistance in
solving the assassination. The best answers to Bugliosi remain
Weisberg’s Whitewash and Post-Mortem, and Salandria’s False Mystery. A
great deal of energy would be saved if people mastered them before
making their own “contribution.” For example, Gary Aguilar can opine at
the end of an influential 140-page essay about the Warren Commission and
its spawn that “It is a regrettable reality that none of these groups
lived up to their promise.” Either Aguilar has not read and understood
the Report or he has some other agenda: it was a foul cover-up, not a
failure to live up to its promise. So were all its successors.

To understand the mechanics of a state murder, to be taken by the hand
and have explained to you frankly just how such things are done, I
recommend Lawrence Teeter’s short, concrete very detailed account of the
CIA’s role in the murder of John F. Kennedy’s brother, Robert F.
Kennedy, for the same political reasons. Teeter provides the names and
faces of many of the CIA operatives. Teeter was Sirhan Sirhan’s attorney
for a decade until his death in October 2005. [51]

The very same National Security State and its unforgivable sins of
domestic covert operations, remains, both then but especially now, with
911, transparently before us. The very same techniques of propaganda,
mutatis mutandis, conceal the elephant that is taking up most of our
living room, although this time the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) is still working hard trying to find even a
conceivable explanation for the collapse at virtually free-fall speed of
World Trade Center 7. I am certain that they will, even if this shocking
and awesome event turns out to be an act of God. Divine intervention
would not be too surprising a solution to the collapse of WTC 7, given
the claims of the current administration, and the faction of the ruling
class it represents, that He also underwrites the foreign policy
“mission” that 911 is said to justify. [52]

Michael B. Green, Ph.D.

Clinical Psychologist

Qualified Medical Examiner (1992-2006, retired)

Former Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin

Copyright 08/26/07. Permission is granted to reproduce this article for
non-commercial purposes.

[ 1 ] Vincent Salandria, False Mystery, Square Deal Press, 2004. See
especially, “A Model of Explanation.” One need not subscribe to
Salandria’s grand position that the assassination was staged so
violently in order to achieve their end.

[ 2 ] My thanks to Rex Bradford for this account of the motive for
inventing the “single bullet.” Like so many others I had believed that
the “single bullet” was finally embraced in July 1964 in response to
mounting pressure from both local and federal officials that made it
impossible to ignore the fact that bystander James Tague’s injury marked
a missed shot. (Jim Marrs, Crossfire, 1989, p.62; David R. Wrone, The
Zapruder Film, 2003, p.153) Bradford’s explanation implies that the
Commission would probably have ignored Tague had not the Z-film given
him standing. Nothing in this article depends upon which account is correct.

[ 3 ] Reclaiming History, p. 447, with grammatical tense changed to fit
this essay’s text.

[ 4 ] Harold Weisberg, Never Again!, Carroll & Graf, Chpt. 27 “The Army
Protected the Conspiracy, Why!” pp. 291-306; densest bone pp.295-296;
Army & Navy takeover, p. 294; should have been deformed, p.296.

[ 5 ] On p. 810, Bugliosi offers sophistry from Larry Sturdivan.
Sturdivan’s stunning insight was that 399 must not have been traveling
very fast when it shattered all that bone or else it would have been
more deformed. The HSCA declined to conduct further tests because the
“number of shots required to produce the chance result of Commission
Exhibit 399 could range from one up to infinity.” But of course, if the
outcome were not fantastically unlikely if not impossible, the number of
shots required to produce a similar result would not be so very large.
During a 1986 London mock trial of Oswald, Bugliosi found an expert who
testified that he had seen bullets less mutilated than CE 399 that did
as much damage. I am not surprised.

[ 6 ] 3H430. “Mr. FRAZIER. There did not necessarily have to be any
weight loss to the bullet. There may be a slight amount of lead missing
from the base of the bullet, since it is exposed at the base, and the
bullet is slightly flattened.” Frazier’s testimony means that visual
inspection of 399 does not necessarily reveal any loss of material, so
the damage to CE 399 that Dr. Olivier “saw” was the result of Specter’s
deception, i.e., only what FBI agent Frazier had removed from it.

[ 7 ] Dr. Olivier testifies that the damage to the fractured goat rib is
similar to that shown on the x-rays of Connally’s ribs, but the Connally
x-rays of record show little or nothing but a bright white haze that
prevents any comparison (CE681, CE 682). The test bullet that smashed
the radius of a cadaver was grossly blunted at its tip.

[ 8 ] False Mystery, pp.74-81.

[ 9 ] False Mystery, pp.79-81.

[10] WC Hearings, 4H113-114. I suggest reading the exchange in the
original to appreciate the self-answering hypothetical by which Specter
leads Dr. Shaw into false and misleading testimony.

[11] Dr. GREGORY. Only to indicate that there were two fragments of
metal retrieved in the course of dealing with this wound surgically. For
the subsequent X-rays of the same area, after the initial surgery
indicate that those fragments are no longer there. And as I stated, I
thought I had retrieved two of them. The major one or ones now being
missing.” 4H122-123. Audrey Bell, the nurse who put multiple bullet
fragments from Connally – larger than the fragments in Commission
evidence – into an evidence envelope was not called as a witness. (ARRB,
MD 184) When Bell drew pictures of the size of the missing fragments for
the HSCA, her testimony and the drawings were suppressed and “lost.”
(ARRB interview cited below) Malcolm Perry, M.D. makes clear that the
thigh wound could not have been caused by a bullet that partially
entered, shed a fragment, and then fell out. (Post Mortem, p.378)

[12] For illustrative purposes, I take the quite possibly false liberty
of assuming that Specter developed his technique between Baxter and
Carrico; Dr. Carrico may simply have been a more compliant witness. I
have no scholarly interest in determining the underlying facts of this
trivial point.

[13] Never Again!, pp.221-224.

[14] My principal point is about the intent to sequester, in order to
doctor as needed. This intent is patent from comparing the treatment of
Julia Ann Mercer described in Jim Garrison’s On the Trail of the
Assassins, 1988, Chpt. “The Reluctant Investigators,” with Bugliosi’s
gross distortion of what she told the FBI, cross-checked against
Bugliosi’s actual HSCA citations. The FBI concealed that Ms. Mercer told
them on 11/22/63 that she had witnessed a man dropping off the apparent
shooters to the base of the grassy knoll that morning, a man whom she
identified in photos to the FBI the next day, and learned at that time
from the FBI was Jack Ruby. The Commission knew better than to call her
as a witness. Here is a single example of alteration of testimony.
Harold Weisberg noted the consistent reliability across many police and
FBI interviews of Arnold Rowland’s crucial testimony that he saw two
men, one white and one black, on the 6th floor of the TSBD shortly
before the shooting. Weisberg notes that it is confirmed in many details
by the Commission testimony of Dallas Deputy Sheriff Roger Craig, to
whom Rowley immediately made a report – but differs in that Craig’s
published testimony states that Rowland told him of seeing two white
men, destroying Rowley’s credibility since he cannot tell (or remember)
black from white. But among the many alterations of his testimony that
Roger Craig iterated was that he had sworn that Rowley told him of
seeing one white and one black man, the black man in the southwest
corner, the white man in the southeastern (sniper’s nest) corner.
(Whitewash II, 1966, Dell, p.136; Roger Craig, When They Kill a
President, 1971, p.12). I recommend Craig’s entire book and Weisberg’s
full account of the abuse of Rowland to understand the mechanics of
federal witness intimidation.

[15] DPD officer Seymour Weitzman, who was very knowledgeable about
rifles, made the identification at the TSBD. The next day, Weitzman
swore an unequivocal affidavit identifying a “7.65 Mauser bolt action
equipped with a 4/18 scope, a thick leather brownish-black sling on it.”
In a police report Weitzman had described a “gun metal blue” scope, a
“rough dark oak brown” stock, and “visibly worn” rear portion of the
bolt, but he had been lead to distance himself from these descriptions
with the unlikely testimony that he had taken only a “glance” at the
rifle. (7H105) Although other Commission witnesses were given the
Mannlicher-Carcano to examine during their testimony, in order to make
certain that Weitzman did not frankly repudiate the Mannlicher-Carcano
as the rifle he had examined at the TSBD, the Commission did not permit
Weitzman to inspect it before or during his testimony.

[16] Monday afternoon, February 24, 1969, pp.27-29/145. Vincent
Salandria told me that he sat with Assistant District Attorney Oser
during the Shaw trial and urged Oser to ask Finck, “Why didn’t you
dissect the neck wound?”

[17] “HOW FIVE INVESTIGATIONS INTO JFK’S MEDICAL/AUTOPSY EVIDENCE GOT IT
WRONG,” 2003, Gary L. Aguilar, MD and Kathy Cunningham. Aguilar
misquotes Finck’s testimony out of context. Finck had tried to evade
D.A. Oser’s question as to who was in charge of the autopsy by saying
that when Humes asked the question regarding managing some unclearly
specified part of the autopsy organization, a general had said “I am.”
Finck elsewhere denies that the non-physician general directed the
autopsy procedure itself. Fink denies that he took orders about how to
conduct the autopsy from the general by saying that there were also
three Admirals present, clearly implying, as one might expect in a Navy
hospital, that the admirals gave those orders. But Aguilar’s singular
comment on the motivation for the general’s imagined order not to
dissect the wound remains his own invention, “This course might have
seemed reasonable to a nervous general.” This popular essay does
everything possible to confuse and obscure the hard facts of the Kennedy
assassination and their clear implications. http://tinyurl.com/2yqbwm

[18] Post Mortem, p. 507.

[19] They followed a different and competing set of directives to
dissemble. In particular, their “truths” in general had to conform to
CD1 (Commission Document 1), the FBI’s alternative fictional account of
how Oswald was the lone gunman. In the FBI novel, Oswald, the man who
can’t shoot well with the gun that has ancient bullets, lacks a
functional scope and has a bolt action that sticks, and who lacks time
to aim, takes three shots at a target moving down a serpentine course
and hits every time. The stray bullet that strikes bystander Jim Tague
is simply ignored, as must be the throat wound for the FBI version of
the “lone nut” solution to work. In the actual world, CD1 entails a
minimum of five bullets.

[20] Harold Weisberg, Post Mortem, © 1969-1975, p.37.

[21] Deposition of DR. J. THORNTON BOSWELL, College Park, Maryland,
February 26, 1996, p.34:

A. I'm not sure what our first impression—oh, we thought that they had
done a tracheostomy, and whether or not that was a bullet wound, we
weren't sure, initially. It was after we found an entrance wound and
then the blood external to the pleura that we had a track, and that
proved to be the exit wound; but it was so distorted by the incision,
initially we just assumed it to be a tracheostomy.

Q. Did you reach the conclusion that there had been a transit wound
through the neck during the course of the autopsy itself?

A. Oh, yes.

[22] http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKlivingston.htm

[23] March 11, 1978, pp.4-5, HSCA deposition.

[24] Endnote 401 of Chapter “Kennedy’s Autopsy and the Gunshot Wounds to
Kennedy and Connally”, 244n.

[25] The Parkland Doctors press conference may be found at
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/press.htm.

[26] 2H361-362.

[27] Post Mortem, p.588. Dr. John Ebersole testified at the HSCA that
the neck wound was neatly sutured when Kennedy arrived. Since the gaping
neck wound of the autopsy photos in Groden’s Killing of a President,
1993, p.76 is quite different than the neat cosmetic transverse slits
that Dr. Perry describes making (Never Again! p.174) the reasonable
inference is that Humes enlarged the throat wound to disguise the bullet
hole, making everyone’s “honest” testimony at least part concealment.

[28] 3H375-377. McCloy’s question literally makes no sense because there
has been no prior mention that Perry stated at the initial press
conference that the throat wound was an entrance wound. Thus, there is a
qualifier than is unintelligible, but the purpose of the question is
clearly to convey that Perry never said what he in fact said.

[29] Post Mortem, p. 377-378.

[30] 3H380. During the collective sworn testimony of five of the
Parkland medical staff, Dr. Perry states that Dr. Humes telephoned him
Saturday mid-morning and is backed up by Dr. Robert McClelland, who
claims to have been present during the telephone call [now singular,
reduced from the two distinct calls Perry testified to the Commission
that he received from Humes]. Perry has clearly made a decision to go
along in order to get along. Whether he did so consciously or by means
of denial is unclear, perhaps some of both. When Weisberg interviewed
Perry on December 1, 1970, Perry flushed with embarrassment when he let
slip his continued, but officially forbidden, opinion that the throat
wound was an entrance wound. Perry is not a boat-rocker, but if his
decision to go along were fully conscious, then he deliberately tipped
us that he was lying during the ARRB by consciously over-playing his
assigned role of swearing to the results of the Warren Report, beginning
with the enhanced absurdity that Humes had no idea there was a
tracheotomy until Perry told him so Saturday mid-morning.

but as I recall, he called me the next morning and, of course, he did
not know about the trach that I’d done, and he did not know about the
anterior wound in the neck since I’d disfigured it somewhat with the
incision. And when he inquired about that, things really fell into place
then because he had a wound in the posterior to account for that one.
(August 27, 1998 ARRB, p.61)

After Chief Counsel Gunn asks whether anyone was pressured in any way,
Dr. Jones volunteers a story of Specter’s impropriety of taking him
aside and pressuring him not take the path of some witnesses who would
testify that the throat wound was an entrance wound. Humorously, gallows
humor, in light of Audrey Bell’s account, Perry states:

I had exactly the opposite experience. I was advised by almost everyone
I talked to, Secret Service, FBI, and the Warren Commission counsel to
tell the truth as best I knew it in its entirety and to hold nothing
back on every occasion, and that occurred on a number of occasions that
they asked me to be sure that it was everything as best I knew it no
matter what. (p.69)

Weisberg provides the correct understanding of Perry’s ARRB behavior:

From my interviews with him [Perry], I am without doubt that, had he
not been subjected to powerful and improper pressures, there would have
been no word he would have said that would not have been completely
dependable. …After the interview I discussed the “new evidence” with
Perry, inviting him to come and see it for himself. I described the
reporting of medical fact by the Clark panel, then quoted the death
certificate. He said that if the government could do such things he
would be terrified. I told him, “Then you should be terrified.”
(original emphasis, Post Mortem, pp. 377-379).

[31] During Perry’s 3/26/63 deposition in Dallas Specter asks the
circumstances under which Dr. Perry spoke with any “federal agents,”
which turn out to be at least three occasions with Secret Service and on
two occasions with FBI. Perry describes the visits from the Secret
Service but never describes the circumstances of his talks with the FBI.
The same question occurs during Perry’s 3/31/63 deposition in D.C., but
here the federal agents who said that they were from the FBI have
disappeared completely. A reasonable conclusion is that they were the
nighttime callers, despite the benign description of the content of the
conversation that Perry offers.

[32] Bell’s remarkable interview is archived at
http://www.history-matters.com:80/archive/jfk/arrb/medical_interviews/audio/ARRB_Bell.htm.
Post Mortem, p.251. Dr. Kemp Clark’s Commission testimony, backed by two
other witnesses, reveals Humes’ forced perjury. Bell was excluded from
Warren Commission testimony; unless my one-time page thumbing missed a
tick, no first-person account by her can be found amongst the “top
secret” Price exhibits – a collection of first hand reports of medical
staff and what they saw and did in the Kennedy assassination that
administrator C. J. Price collected. The sequential numbering of the
Price exhibits has gaps. Audrey Bell drew pictures of the fragments for
the HSCA, but these drawings were suppressed and never incorporated into
its findings or made available. Jeremy Gunn refused to enter drawings
Bell made in 1997 of the bullet fragments into evidence for the ARRB.

[33] Harold Weisberg, Post Mortem, ©1969-1975, p.510.

[34] Both Burkley quotes come from Rex Bradford’s 2004 COPA address,
“Lessons Learned from 40 years of Cover-up.” ARRB Master set of Medical
Exhibits,
http://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/arrb/master_med_set/md67/html/md67_0001a.htm;
also HSCA Memo to File by Richard Sprague, March 18, 1977, Record Number
180-10086-10295.

[35] Reclaiming History, p. 483.

[36] 3H431. The point belongs to Weisberg.

[37] Post Mortem, p.98. There are similar passages in Never Again! but
because that book has no index it is not worth the time to retrieve them.

[38] Post Mortem, p.128. Weisberg probably has in mind Juan Martin,
representative of an anti-Castro Cuban group. Martin was well known to
Sylvia Odio, and was employed at Parkland. (Whitewash II, 1966, Dell
edition, pp.114-115). Weisberg ignores other obvious possible
possibilities, such as Jack Ruby planting the bullet.

[39] Never Again, p. 259. 3H437.

[40] Ice bullets or bullets that fragmentize completely do not change
the relevant narrative, nor does a flechette through the throat instead
of a bullet. Nor do removal of bullets during the autopsy, nor does
concealment of any additional exit wounds on the corpse.

[41] 4H245; Roger Craig, When They Kill a President, 1971, p.10, 13.

[42] Jim Garrison, On The Trail of the Assassins, 1988, p.214.

[43] On The Trail, pp.150-158; Chpt., “The Majesty of the Law.”

[44] Bradford’s essay is at http://tinyurl.com/ytrffn (editor's note: it
is available at
http://www.history-matters.com/essays/jfkgen/LessonsLearned/LessonsLearned.htm).
His assessment of Bell’s testimony is at the link to Bell’s audio. Near
his essay’s end, Bradford makes an important statement that is
unfortunately overshadowed by all that precedes it, and from which he
fails to draw the obvious consequences, “The assassination itself was a
class operation on the ground, and it was run by people in the
government who knew a great deal about intelligence and with enough
clout to have their fingers on the system in the lead-up to the
assassination.” All that is missing is that these individuals knew that
their act expressed the political will of the factions of the ruling
class because they had conferred with them, and that they knew that they
could count on the support of all concerned for the cover-up.

[45] Charles Crenshaw, M.D., Trauma Room One, 2001, pp.76 & 89, 80.

[46] Robert J. Groden and Harrison Edward Livingstone, High Treason,
1989, pp.461-462. A Google video of Grammer is available at


[47] Post Mortem, p.524.2 2H373. Humes’s bloodstained autopsy notes or
“copies” thereof were given to an unnamed “higher authority.” Rex
Bradford’s happy thought in “Lessons Learned” that Humes’ ARRB testimony
shows that he burned his autopsy notes is a mistaken reading of the
facts and of Humes’ ARRB testimony. A careful study shows a perfectly
ambiguous record throughout the cover-up, except where a clear perjury
peeks through. When Humes testifies that the ARRB, now possessor of
“all” the records, has copies of his autopsy notes, ARRB Chief Counsel
Jeremy Gunn expertly muddies the record and shuts Humes up. (p.128) If
these notes exist, they are in the possession of the “higher authority”
to whom Humes certified 11/24/63 he gave them. Almost nothing can be
concluded from Humes’ ARRB testimony, the spirit and substance of which
is best captured by this exchange about what he burned:

A. It was handwritten notes and the first draft that was burned.

Q. Do you mean to use the expression “handwritten notes” as being the
equivalent of draft of the report?

A. I don't know. Again, it's a hair-splitting affair that I can't
understand. (p.134)

During the Warren Commission, Humes testified that he then held in his
hands copies of the autopsy notes that he had prepared, from which he
wrote the first draft that he burned and the final autopsy report
drafted Sunday (after Ruby killed Oswald). 2H372. That is what he
testifies at ARRB until Gunn shuts his mouth and leads him to testify
that he burned all original and copies of his autopsy notes. The only
clear conclusion is that Humes et. al. still must lie apace even under
oath to cover up what they did. My best understanding is that Humes
perjured himself during his ARRB testimony to conceal the fact that the
autopsy notes he delivered on 11/24/63 to the “higher authority” are not
accessible to the ARRB, so Humes fell on his sword by lying that he
burned them long ago.

[48] I have stated that ARRB is one more stage of the cover-up. Chief
Counsel Jeremy Gunn was one of two staffers who interviewed Audrey Bell,
and according to Doug Horne refused to accept her sketches of the bullet
fragments taken from Connally into evidence. Instead of deposing Malcolm
Perry, M.D. privately and asking about Ms. Bell’s recollection, he
staged a group interview with five Parkland physicians, during which
Perry managed a rousing endorsement of the Warren Commission and the
integrity of all involved. Doug Horne’s official 4/14/97 ARRB summary of
the interview with Bell entirely omits her testimony about the pressure
to shut up Perry. (MD184) When Humes testified that Gunn (via ARRB)
already had a copy of his autopsy notes, all Gunn needed to ask was,
“You are referring to the copies you held during your Commission
testimony?” or, if he did not know that, ask without the threatening
warning he in fact gave, “What was your final disposition of your exact
copy of your bloody autopsy notes that you burned?”

[49] Jim Garrison, Playboy, December 1967.

[50] Gaeton Fonzi, The Last Investigation, 1993, p. 302.

[51] http://www.justicevision.org (Democracy Digest, Volume 75,
especially track #2)

[52] I strongly advise mastering all the non-forensic evidence proving
911 as a state crime before embracing the almost certainly true but very
unhappy role of the “tin-foil hat” fanatic who claims that the Twin
Towers and WTC 7 were taken down by internal demolition. If you start
with controlled demolition, you may never move much beyond it, and will
then have little but a very powerful intuition with which to support
your position – by design – and one that on many scores outrages common
sense. NIST was given the task of finding a “conceivable” solution for
B7’s collapse just like the one that Dr. Dolce refused for CE 399. See
my essay, “’SCIENCE, HANDMAIDEN OF INSPIRED TRUTH,’ Or, PUTTING NIST IN
PERSPECTIVE” at
http://www.911research.wtc7.net/essays/green/hamburger.html. Jim
Hoffman’s essays on the topic at the main site are an extended account
of why those “conceivable” explanations fail.

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You've got it in your head that a two-gunman scenario is just as "kooky"
Unsupported and unnecessary.
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as if I said a UFO shot a laser beam at JFK. All the while, you believe
the SBT, which in actuality has *never* been proven, only *assumed* to be
correct (a fact I proved recently in the uncensored forum).
I always look to the Katzenbach memo myself.
Do you look at who Katzenbach`s boss was? Do you look at who the memo
was sent to?
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Since your C&P response will
be, "Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part
in the assassination," I'll save you some time.
Whenever you have a scenario where an investigation retrofits itself to a
working theory rather than the other way around, THAT by definition is a
conspiracy.
No definition I`ve ever seen.
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Because when that happens, the investigators (WC) work to
service their agenda,
Their agenda was to determine what occurred.
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at the expense of evidence, testimony,
cross-examination, etc. And the Katzenbach memo proves agenda.
Inform the public of the truth before rumor and speculation take hold.
They needn`t have bothered, it was out of their control, but if was a
prescient assessment of the situation.
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Whether you
like it or not. And it was drafted the weekend of the assassination, at a
point in time when it was not possible to know whether Oswald had
"confederates" or not.
Have any been turned up? You are bothered that someone was able to
figure out something quickly that has eluded you for much longer, that
Oswald did it alone.
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The genesis of the WC is in that memo. And so is their conclusion. It is a
FACT that before those seven guys sat down at a table, their conclusion
was predetermined. The memo is proof of that.
The DPD was saying they had their man before the WC was even thought of.
It was a very simple and easy to figure out affair. How long do you
suppose it took investigators to figure out that Hinckley was a lone nut,
or Chapman, or Sarah Jane Moore, or even Squeakey Fromme?
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To say "the public must be satisfied" with their findings is a mandate.
To put a satisfactory explanation on the table. Something you buffs
cannot do.
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That means it was an order. Which means if they had 4k quality
surveillance footage of the second gunman, the WC would be *required* to
obfuscate it. Which is again "conspiracy" by definition.
Looks like faulty figuring to me. "this means this, which must mean
this, which must mean this" all geared towards getting to where you
desperately want to go. On examination none of those things mean what you
say they do.
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These are not hard concepts. Except, I'm sure, for you.
Your response will be brief.
How long does it take to swat a fly? Your complaints are lightweight.
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And mocking in nature. Probably a non
sequitur of sorts. You'll ignore most or all of what I said.
Most of what you said wasn`t saying anything.
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Then claim
victory.
You're not new in that regard.
donald willis
2018-05-12 22:08:46 UTC
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Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
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2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
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3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Thanks! That's all I needed, that "is" (instead of, say, "would be").
With which latter, you admit that all three were true. Now, YOU have to
explain how the three events did NOT indicate that someone other than LHO
took part!
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt on these dubious claims while at
the same time pointing out that even if true they do not constitute
evidence that anyone other than Oswald took part in the crime. That was 3
swings, 3 misses. You just struck out. Thanks for playing.
So you're Abner Doubleday *and* the umpire? I'd say it was more like a
3-run homer.

Number 3 answer is "dubious"? Even the Warren Report admitted that
Haygood, who testified, most probably did not send the transmission. If
the "second window from the end" transmission was simply an error, why did
the DPD cover up (a) who sent it, and (b) who the witness was? It was
easy enough to determine who sent it--the first DPD follow-up
transcription of their radio logs after the December '63 version corrected
that. So the cover-up was really of the identity of the witness, and it
was a good cover-up....

dcw
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2018-05-14 00:14:07 UTC
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Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
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2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
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3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Thanks! That's all I needed, that "is" (instead of, say, "would be").
With which latter, you admit that all three were true. Now, YOU have to
explain how the three events did NOT indicate that someone other than LHO
took part!
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt on these dubious claims while at
the same time pointing out that even if true they do not constitute
evidence that anyone other than Oswald took part in the crime. That was 3
swings, 3 misses. You just struck out. Thanks for playing.
So you're Abner Doubleday *and* the umpire? I'd say it was more like a
3-run homer.
You didn't even hit a long foul ball.
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Number 3 answer is "dubious"? Even the Warren Report admitted that
Haygood, who testified, most probably did not send the transmission.
So what? That still isn't evidence somebody other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
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If
the "second window from the end" transmission was simply an error, why did
the DPD cover up
Who said they did? Oh, yeah. It was you.
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(a) who sent it, and (b) who the witness was?
You need to find answers to those questions. Simply raising questions does
not produce evidence. Finding answers does.
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It was
easy enough to determine who sent it--the first DPD follow-up
transcription of their radio logs after the December '63 version corrected
that. So the cover-up was really of the identity of the witness, and it
was a good cover-up....
People make mistakes. People correct mistakes. You interpret that as
evidence that somebody other than Oswald took part in the assassination.
There are a lot of dots that need connecting .
donald willis
2018-05-15 01:46:22 UTC
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Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
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2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
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3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Thanks! That's all I needed, that "is" (instead of, say, "would be").
With which latter, you admit that all three were true. Now, YOU have to
explain how the three events did NOT indicate that someone other than LHO
took part!
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt on these dubious claims while at
the same time pointing out that even if true they do not constitute
evidence that anyone other than Oswald took part in the crime. That was 3
swings, 3 misses. You just struck out. Thanks for playing.
So you're Abner Doubleday *and* the umpire? I'd say it was more like a
3-run homer.
You didn't even hit a long foul ball.
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Number 3 answer is "dubious"? Even the Warren Report admitted that
Haygood, who testified, most probably did not send the transmission.
So what? That still isn't evidence somebody other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
You don't know that because you don't know WHY the DPD covered up the
"second window" transmission, sender and witness.
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If
the "second window from the end" transmission was simply an error, why did
the DPD cover up
Who said they did? Oh, yeah. It was you.
No, the Warren Report said they did, long before I did. It contradicted
what the first DPD transcriber wrote and what the DPD patrolman told the
Commission.
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(a) who sent it, and (b) who the witness was?
You need to find answers to those questions. Simply raising questions does
not produce evidence. Finding answers does.
Well, here you go: DPD Sgt. and transcriber Bowles did a follow-up
transcription which correctly ID'd the sender, Patrolman Hill. And the
following will suggest who Hill's witness was:

////////// Traces of the Jackson Photo of the Shooter in, of All Places,
the Warren Report

And isn't it somehow fitting that it's the Warren Report itself which
definitively exposes the conspiracy? The big giveaway has been sitting
there all these years, on page 67. But we didn't notice it, partly
because we were misled by the text on page 68:

"Three Depository employees shown in the picture taken by Dillard were on
the fifth floor of the building when the shots were fired: James Jarman
Jr... Bonnie Ray Williams... and Harold Norman."

And misled partly because we assumed that the picture cited was just a
poor reproduction. Such a poor reproduction that we can't even see the
"three Depository employees"! The power of suggestion, or The Emperor's
New Clothes. Stare long enough at the picture--or zoom in close enough--
and the three witnesses might appear. One has to assume that the authors
of chapter III--Arlen Specter and Norman Redlich--were not looking at this
version of the photograph when they wrote those words. Either they were
looking at another version or they were told what the picture was going to
show. Dillard Exhibit D is like a bad joke, at the Commission's expense.
It is pretty funny when you look at it.

In fact, the picture on page 67 is not that bad a reproduction. The sun
picks out, clearly, Stephen F. Wilson, on the third floor, behind a
*closed* window. And it illuminates a box in the so-called "sniper's
nest" on the sixth floor. Elsewhere--in a different photo--the sun picks
out Bonnie Ray Williams in James Powell's slide view, seen in Trask's
"Pictures of the Pain [p449] and Groden's "The Killing of a President"
[page 158]). However, the sun somehow finds neither Williams nor Jarman
nor Norman in Dillard Exhibit D. It's like that scene in "Animal
Crackers" where the sun is shining outside, at one end of the house, and
it's raining, at the other end. Dillard Exhibit D should have a sign
under it--"Your Conspiracy Dollars at Work" or "Watch This Space". The
Commission apparently never got to see the finished product. CE 480
(v27p199) is the same unfinished picture. One assumes that the Commssion
got its money back from the Dallas Morning News, Dillard's employer.

Of course, it's possible that the very moment that Exhibit D was taken,
all three witnesses were away from the window, just out of the sun.
Putting that possibility quickly to rest, we turn to another version of
the Dillard wide-angle shot, on page 442 of Trask. Now, we see. at least,
Jarman and Williams in their respective windows. A better reproduction?
No--in fact, Wilson's image seems to have grown dimmer! How
strange--Jarman and Williams come into the light as Wilson dims.

A teeny tiny suspicion begins to germinate: Jarman and Williams have been
added, it seems, after the fact, yielding the Trask version of the
picture. Same picture as Dillard Exhibit D, but the sun has finally found
the two men. It gets more bizarre. Facing each other, on pages 208 and
209 of Groden are the two versions of the Dillard picture, populated and
unpopulated, respectively! And, yes, in the unpopulated (fifth floor)
version, you can see Wilson in the third-floor sun, which apparently
shined very selectively that day.

So, we know how the Dillard shot was repopulated. That is, *someone* was
obviously in the fifth-floor windows, originally, before the page 67,
partial-eclipse version of the picture. At first, I assumed that it was
Williams and Williams only who must have been in the shot, as it appeared
originally--it was his "second window from the end" which was cited, at
12:37, after all, on the police radio. Mistakenly, then, he was at first
thought to be the shooter, but only because he was very near the latter,
and he was pointed out because he was apparently the only one in the
fifth-floor windows at that point, after witnesses looked up again, after
hearing shots. Witness Amos Euins said that he saw a "colored man" up
there, not "colored men". And Williams is the only fifth-floor man in the
Powell slide.

But I began to wonder: Why take Williams *out* of the picture (WR p67)
only to put him back in (Trask p442)? Apparently, that was not what was
going on here. He was not taken out. He was never in the picture. The
repopulated Dillard picture (Trask version, that is) was not just in the
business of putting witnesses in windows, or Williams would still be in
the Report's empty version of the fifth floor in the picture.
Originally, then, there were no witnesses in the windows, or they'd still
be in that Report picture. Of a certainty, Williams, at least, was in
those windows after the shooting--see the Powell. But he was apparently
not in the original Dillard, nor (as we see, or don't see) in the
follow-up empty-window version in the Report. Why?

Because, I maintain, the original Dillard was taken as the shots were fired. What was apparently taken out of same, then, was the image of the man firing, either from the east-end fifth-floor window or (as the police radio put it) the "second window from the end". Meanwhile, the sixth-floor "nest" image in Dillard Exhibit D shows no signs of tampering. Williams didn't have to be removed from the Dillard because he was apparently not in the window until after the shooting.
But the truth was buried deeper than that. Both image and photographer had to be expunged. Dillard was not the first photographer to spot the rifle window. That honor belonged to another Camera Car 3 occupant--Bob Jackson. But he testified that he saw the rifle only after the last shot was fired (v2p159)--in which case, of course, he could not have taken a picture of the shooter shooting.
Deeper.... Early police reports contradict Jackson. Deputy Sheriff C.L. Lewis lists Jackson (11/23/63) as one of his witnesses who made a statement that weekend and notes that he "saw shooting". (v19p527) But said statement has never surfaced.
Even more telling: W.G. Jennings' report that "Bob Jackson... is reported to have seen the rifle and the man that fired the shots as the shots were fired." (Decker Exhibit 5323 p517)
True, these are not first-person statements. But if there was some kind of cover-up, you would hardly expect witnesses to be allowed to contradict the Oswald/"nest" story. Witness Warren Reynolds, for instance, was persuaded to change his story so that the Oak Cliff suspect could be said to have ran in the same direction that Oswald's jacket was found....
The "Dillard" wide-angle photo, then, was not Dillard's, but Jackson's. When reporter Connie Kritzberg interviewed Jackson, in 1994, he answered her question, "Why did you not take photographs of the building?" with "I had only wide angle left, and it wouldn't have done any good". Oh, bingo! "Then I noticed that Dillard's famous photo was taken with wide angle lens and then cropped. So that doesn't wash." ... Jackson's famous photo.
Yes, something that important would have to be buried this deep. The shooter's "insurance" was the sixth-floor "nest"--a "cubby hole... constructed out of cartons which protected it from sight.... Inside this cubby hole affair... three more boxes so arranged as to provide what appeared to be a rest for a rifle" (Deputy Sheriff Luke Mooney, 11/23/63 report, v19p528). The existence of said "nest" meant that a shooter photographed anywhere else in Dealey Plaza would not have to worry. His photograph would be suppressed, or one would be facing the prospect of the existence of two shooting locations. Further, he'd be "safe" from any immediate assassin assassin (if not the Secret Service, unless the latter were a member), for the same reason. Extra insurance for a fifth-floor shooter: Williams, apparently, daringly, putting his head on the line in the window, as the shooter took himself out.
Jackson's wide-angle photo of the fifth-floor shooter had to go. We can only be grateful to the authors of the Warren Report for showing us, in part, the process involved... the intermediate step.
dcw /////////////////
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It was
easy enough to determine who sent it--the first DPD follow-up
transcription of their radio logs after the December '63 version corrected
that. So the cover-up was really of the identity of the witness, and it
was a good cover-up....
People make mistakes. People correct mistakes.
What on earth would make you think that that sentence applies here? Oh, Sgt. Henslee accidentally appended the wrong name and call number to his "second window" transcription note? Okay, but why then did Patrolman Haygood, whose name was incorrectly appended, say he sent it? The DPD did NOT correct their mistake here--they compounded it. The Warren Report had to correct the DPD....


You interpret that as
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evidence that somebody other than Oswald took part in the assassination.
There are a lot of dots that need connecting .
See above.

dcw
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2018-05-15 20:55:13 UTC
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Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
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2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
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3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Thanks! That's all I needed, that "is" (instead of, say, "would be").
With which latter, you admit that all three were true. Now, YOU have to
explain how the three events did NOT indicate that someone other than LHO
took part!
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt on these dubious claims while at
the same time pointing out that even if true they do not constitute
evidence that anyone other than Oswald took part in the crime. That was 3
swings, 3 misses. You just struck out. Thanks for playing.
So you're Abner Doubleday *and* the umpire? I'd say it was more like a
3-run homer.
You didn't even hit a long foul ball.
Post by donald willis
Number 3 answer is "dubious"? Even the Warren Report admitted that
Haygood, who testified, most probably did not send the transmission.
So what? That still isn't evidence somebody other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
You don't know that because you don't know WHY the DPD covered up the
"second window" transmission, sender and witness.
You said they covered it up. It is up to you to establish the "why". Without that you've got nothing.
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If
the "second window from the end" transmission was simply an error, why did
the DPD cover up
Who said they did? Oh, yeah. It was you.
No, the Warren Report said they did, long before I did. It contradicted
what the first DPD transcriber wrote and what the DPD patrolman told the
Commission.
Yes, people do make mistakes. Even cops. Now explain how these mistakes
are evidence somebody other than Oswald was involved in the crime.
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(a) who sent it, and (b) who the witness was?
You need to find answers to those questions. Simply raising questions does
not produce evidence. Finding answers does.
Well, here you go: DPD Sgt. and transcriber Bowles did a follow-up
transcription which correctly ID'd the sender, Patrolman Hill. And the
////////// Traces of the Jackson Photo of the Shooter in, of All Places,
the Warren Report
And isn't it somehow fitting that it's the Warren Report itself which
definitively exposes the conspiracy? The big giveaway has been sitting
there all these years, on page 67. But we didn't notice it, partly
"Three Depository employees shown in the picture taken by Dillard were on
the fifth floor of the building when the shots were fired: James Jarman
Jr... Bonnie Ray Williams... and Harold Norman."
And misled partly because we assumed that the picture cited was just a
poor reproduction. Such a poor reproduction that we can't even see the
"three Depository employees"! The power of suggestion, or The Emperor's
New Clothes. Stare long enough at the picture--or zoom in close enough--
and the three witnesses might appear. One has to assume that the authors
of chapter III--Arlen Specter and Norman Redlich--were not looking at this
version of the photograph when they wrote those words. Either they were
looking at another version or they were told what the picture was going to
show. Dillard Exhibit D is like a bad joke, at the Commission's expense.
It is pretty funny when you look at it.
Oh, "one has to assume". I suppose you think your assumptions are evidence
of something.
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In fact, the picture on page 67 is not that bad a reproduction. The sun
picks out, clearly, Stephen F. Wilson, on the third floor, behind a
*closed* window. And it illuminates a box in the so-called "sniper's
nest" on the sixth floor. Elsewhere--in a different photo--the sun picks
out Bonnie Ray Williams in James Powell's slide view, seen in Trask's
"Pictures of the Pain [p449] and Groden's "The Killing of a President"
[page 158]). However, the sun somehow finds neither Williams nor Jarman
nor Norman in Dillard Exhibit D. It's like that scene in "Animal
Crackers" where the sun is shining outside, at one end of the house, and
it's raining, at the other end. Dillard Exhibit D should have a sign
under it--"Your Conspiracy Dollars at Work" or "Watch This Space". The
Commission apparently never got to see the finished product. CE 480
(v27p199) is the same unfinished picture. One assumes that the Commssion
got its money back from the Dallas Morning News, Dillard's employer.
Never mind the silliness of you pointing out difference in contrast
between two versions of the same photo. Where is the evidence somebody
other than Oswald was involved in the crime. All you have done is point
out anomalies in the evidence for which there are perfectly plausible and
mundane explanations. You are unable to explain how these anomalies are
evidence that somebody other than Oswald was involved in the crime. You
think it is sufficient simply to point out the anomalies.
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Of course, it's possible that the very moment that Exhibit D was taken,
all three witnesses were away from the window, just out of the sun.
Putting that possibility quickly to rest, we turn to another version of
the Dillard wide-angle shot, on page 442 of Trask. Now, we see. at least,
Jarman and Williams in their respective windows. A better reproduction?
No--in fact, Wilson's image seems to have grown dimmer! How
strange--Jarman and Williams come into the light as Wilson dims.
Still no evidence somebody other than Oswald was involved. Keep swinging.
Keep missing.
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A teeny tiny suspicion begins to germinate: Jarman and Williams have been
added, it seems, after the fact, yielding the Trask version of the
picture.
Why would somebody bother to add them into an existing photo?
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Same picture as Dillard Exhibit D, but the sun has finally found
the two men. It gets more bizarre. Facing each other, on pages 208 and
209 of Groden are the two versions of the Dillard picture, populated and
unpopulated, respectively! And, yes, in the unpopulated (fifth floor)
version, you can see Wilson in the third-floor sun, which apparently
shined very selectively that day.
So, we know how the Dillard shot was repopulated. That is, *someone* was
obviously in the fifth-floor windows, originally, before the page 67,
partial-eclipse version of the picture. At first, I assumed that it was
Williams and Williams only who must have been in the shot, as it appeared
originally--it was his "second window from the end" which was cited, at
12:37, after all, on the police radio. Mistakenly, then, he was at first
thought to be the shooter, but only because he was very near the latter,
and he was pointed out because he was apparently the only one in the
fifth-floor windows at that point, after witnesses looked up again, after
hearing shots. Witness Amos Euins said that he saw a "colored man" up
there, not "colored men". And Williams is the only fifth-floor man in the
Powell slide.
You sound like Inspector Clouseau with your analysis of these anomalies.
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But I began to wonder: Why take Williams *out* of the picture (WR p67)
only to put him back in (Trask p442)? Apparently, that was not what was
going on here. He was not taken out. He was never in the picture. The
repopulated Dillard picture (Trask version, that is) was not just in the
business of putting witnesses in windows, or Williams would still be in
the Report's empty version of the fifth floor in the picture.
Originally, then, there were no witnesses in the windows, or they'd still
be in that Report picture. Of a certainty, Williams, at least, was in
those windows after the shooting--see the Powell. But he was apparently
not in the original Dillard, nor (as we see, or don't see) in the
follow-up empty-window version in the Report. Why?
Still waiting for a plausible explanation for why somebody would insert
the three black employees into and existing photo.
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Because, I maintain, the original Dillard was taken as the shots were fired. What was apparently taken out of same, then, was the image of the man firing, either from the east-end fifth-floor window or (as the police radio put it) the "second window from the end". Meanwhile, the sixth-floor "nest" image in Dillard Exhibit D shows no signs of tampering. Williams didn't have to be removed from the Dillard because he was apparently not in the window until after the shooting.
You are giving us your speculations which do not come close to rising to
the level of evidence of involvement by somebody other than Oswald. You
are simply assuming things for which there is no evidence. You are
assuming the original Dillard photo showed a shooter in the fifth floor
window. If Dillard had actually taken such a photo, it would be a Pulitzer
prize candidate and the last thing he would want to do would be to cover
it up. That photo would have gone out on the news service wires almost as
soon as it was developed.
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But the truth was buried deeper than that. Both image and photographer had to be expunged. Dillard was not the first photographer to spot the rifle window. That honor belonged to another Camera Car 3 occupant--Bob Jackson. But he testified that he saw the rifle only after the last shot was fired (v2p159)--in which case, of course, he could not have taken a picture of the shooter shooting.
You figured that out all by yourself?
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Deeper.... Early police reports contradict Jackson. Deputy Sheriff C.L. Lewis lists Jackson (11/23/63) as one of his witnesses who made a statement that weekend and notes that he "saw shooting". (v19p527) But said statement has never surfaced.
Even more telling: W.G. Jennings' report that "Bob Jackson... is reported to have seen the rifle and the man that fired the shots as the shots were fired." (Decker Exhibit 5323 p517)
True, these are not first-person statements. But if there was some kind of cover-up, you would hardly expect witnesses to be allowed to contradict the Oswald/"nest" story. Witness Warren Reynolds, for instance, was persuaded to change his story so that the Oak Cliff suspect could be said to have ran in the same direction that Oswald's jacket was found....
The "Dillard" wide-angle photo, then, was not Dillard's, but Jackson's. When reporter Connie Kritzberg interviewed Jackson, in 1994, he answered her question, "Why did you not take photographs of the building?" with "I had only wide angle left, and it wouldn't have done any good". Oh, bingo! "Then I noticed that Dillard's famous photo was taken with wide angle lens and then cropped. So that doesn't wash." ... Jackson's famous photo.
Yes, something that important would have to be buried this deep. The shooter's "insurance" was the sixth-floor "nest"--a "cubby hole... constructed out of cartons which protected it from sight.... Inside this cubby hole affair... three more boxes so arranged as to provide what appeared to be a rest for a rifle" (Deputy Sheriff Luke Mooney, 11/23/63 report, v19p528). The existence of said "nest" meant that a shooter photographed anywhere else in Dealey Plaza would not have to worry. His photograph would be suppressed, or one would be facing the prospect of the existence of two shooting locations. Further, he'd be "safe" from any immediate assassin assassin (if not the Secret Service, unless the latter were a member), for the same reason. Extra insurance for a fifth-floor shooter: Williams, apparently, daringly, putting his head on the line in the window, as the shooter took himself out.
Jackson's wide-angle photo of the fifth-floor shooter had to go. We can only be grateful to the authors of the Warren Report for showing us, in part, the process involved... the intermediate step.
dcw /////////////////
Whenever I read your analysis of the evidence and the assumptions you draw
from it, Chris's analysis seems slightly less FUBAR by comparison.
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It was
easy enough to determine who sent it--the first DPD follow-up
transcription of their radio logs after the December '63 version corrected
that. So the cover-up was really of the identity of the witness, and it
was a good cover-up....
People make mistakes. People correct mistakes.
What on earth would make you think that that sentence applies here? Oh, Sgt. Henslee accidentally appended the wrong name and call number to his "second window" transcription note? Okay, but why then did Patrolman Haygood, whose name was incorrectly appended, say he sent it? The DPD did NOT correct their mistake here--they compounded it. The Warren Report had to correct the DPD....
When you find the answers to your WHY, get back to us. So far all you have
is the question.
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You interpret that as
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evidence that somebody other than Oswald took part in the assassination.
There are a lot of dots that need connecting .
See above.
I did. You explanation is even more FUBAR than before.
donald willis
2018-05-17 03:02:11 UTC
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You didn't even hit a long foul ball.
Post by donald willis
Number 3 answer is "dubious"? Even the Warren Report admitted that
Haygood, who testified, most probably did not send the transmission.
So what? That still isn't evidence somebody other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
You don't know that because you don't know WHY the DPD covered up the
"second window" transmission, sender and witness.
You said they covered it up. It is up to you to establish the "why". Without that you've got nothing.
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If
the "second window from the end" transmission was simply an error, why did
the DPD cover up
Who said they did? Oh, yeah. It was you.
No, the Warren Report said they did, long before I did. It contradicted
what the first DPD transcriber wrote and what the DPD patrolman told the
Commission.
Yes, people do make mistakes. Even cops. Now explain how these mistakes
are evidence somebody other than Oswald was involved in the crime.
The immediate question was about who said there was a cover-up. I
answered & you switched the subject.
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(a) who sent it, and (b) who the witness was?
You need to find answers to those questions. Simply raising questions does
not produce evidence. Finding answers does.
Well, here you go: DPD Sgt. and transcriber Bowles did a follow-up
transcription which correctly ID'd the sender, Patrolman Hill. And the
////////// Traces of the Jackson Photo of the Shooter in, of All Places,
the Warren Report
And isn't it somehow fitting that it's the Warren Report itself which
definitively exposes the conspiracy? The big giveaway has been sitting
there all these years, on page 67. But we didn't notice it, partly
"Three Depository employees shown in the picture taken by Dillard were on
the fifth floor of the building when the shots were fired: James Jarman
Jr... Bonnie Ray Williams... and Harold Norman."
And misled partly because we assumed that the picture cited was just a
poor reproduction. Such a poor reproduction that we can't even see the
"three Depository employees"! The power of suggestion, or The Emperor's
New Clothes. Stare long enough at the picture--or zoom in close enough--
and the three witnesses might appear. One has to assume that the authors
of chapter III--Arlen Specter and Norman Redlich--were not looking at this
version of the photograph when they wrote those words. Either they were
looking at another version or they were told what the picture was going to
show. Dillard Exhibit D is like a bad joke, at the Commission's expense.
It is pretty funny when you look at it.
Oh, "one has to assume". I suppose you think your assumptions are evidence
of something.
Well, what do you see in the photo? The people they said were in it are
not. No assumption....
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In fact, the picture on page 67 is not that bad a reproduction. The sun
picks out, clearly, Stephen F. Wilson, on the third floor, behind a
*closed* window. And it illuminates a box in the so-called "sniper's
nest" on the sixth floor. Elsewhere--in a different photo--the sun picks
out Bonnie Ray Williams in James Powell's slide view, seen in Trask's
"Pictures of the Pain [p449] and Groden's "The Killing of a President"
[page 158]). However, the sun somehow finds neither Williams nor Jarman
nor Norman in Dillard Exhibit D. It's like that scene in "Animal
Crackers" where the sun is shining outside, at one end of the house, and
it's raining, at the other end. Dillard Exhibit D should have a sign
under it--"Your Conspiracy Dollars at Work" or "Watch This Space". The
Commission apparently never got to see the finished product. CE 480
(v27p199) is the same unfinished picture. One assumes that the Commssion
got its money back from the Dallas Morning News, Dillard's employer.
Never mind the silliness of you pointing out difference in contrast
between two versions of the same photo. Where is the evidence somebody
other than Oswald was involved in the crime. All you have done is point
out anomalies in the evidence for which there are perfectly plausible and
mundane explanations.
Unfortunately, neither you nor John R. King could explain this anomaly.
"Contrast" hardly explains why one person fades and two others emerge more
clearly from one version of the photo to the next.

You are unable to explain how these anomalies are
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evidence that somebody other than Oswald was involved in the crime. You
think it is sufficient simply to point out the anomalies.
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Of course, it's possible that the very moment that Exhibit D was taken,
all three witnesses were away from the window, just out of the sun.
Putting that possibility quickly to rest, we turn to another version of
the Dillard wide-angle shot, on page 442 of Trask. Now, we see. at least,
Jarman and Williams in their respective windows. A better reproduction?
No--in fact, Wilson's image seems to have grown dimmer! How
strange--Jarman and Williams come into the light as Wilson dims.
Still no evidence somebody other than Oswald was involved. Keep swinging.
Keep missing.
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A teeny tiny suspicion begins to germinate: Jarman and Williams have been
added, it seems, after the fact, yielding the Trask version of the
picture.
Why would somebody bother to add them into an existing photo?
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Same picture as Dillard Exhibit D, but the sun has finally found
the two men. It gets more bizarre. Facing each other, on pages 208 and
209 of Groden are the two versions of the Dillard picture, populated and
unpopulated, respectively! And, yes, in the unpopulated (fifth floor)
version, you can see Wilson in the third-floor sun, which apparently
shined very selectively that day.
So, we know how the Dillard shot was repopulated. That is, *someone* was
obviously in the fifth-floor windows, originally, before the page 67,
partial-eclipse version of the picture. At first, I assumed that it was
Williams and Williams only who must have been in the shot, as it appeared
originally--it was his "second window from the end" which was cited, at
12:37, after all, on the police radio. Mistakenly, then, he was at first
thought to be the shooter, but only because he was very near the latter,
and he was pointed out because he was apparently the only one in the
fifth-floor windows at that point, after witnesses looked up again, after
hearing shots. Witness Amos Euins said that he saw a "colored man" up
there, not "colored men". And Williams is the only fifth-floor man in the
Powell slide.
You sound like Inspector Clouseau with your analysis of these anomalies.
Post by donald willis
But I began to wonder: Why take Williams *out* of the picture (WR p67)
only to put him back in (Trask p442)? Apparently, that was not what was
going on here. He was not taken out. He was never in the picture. The
repopulated Dillard picture (Trask version, that is) was not just in the
business of putting witnesses in windows, or Williams would still be in
the Report's empty version of the fifth floor in the picture.
Originally, then, there were no witnesses in the windows, or they'd still
be in that Report picture. Of a certainty, Williams, at least, was in
those windows after the shooting--see the Powell. But he was apparently
not in the original Dillard, nor (as we see, or don't see) in the
follow-up empty-window version in the Report. Why?
Still waiting for a plausible explanation for why somebody would insert
the three black employees into and existing photo.
Post by donald willis
Because, I maintain, the original Dillard was taken as the shots were fired. What was apparently taken out of same, then, was the image of the man firing, either from the east-end fifth-floor window or (as the police radio put it) the "second window from the end". Meanwhile, the sixth-floor "nest" image in Dillard Exhibit D shows no signs of tampering. Williams didn't have to be removed from the Dillard because he was apparently not in the window until after the shooting.
You are giving us your speculations which do not come close to rising to
the level of evidence of involvement by somebody other than Oswald. You
are simply assuming things for which there is no evidence. You are
assuming the original Dillard photo showed a shooter in the fifth floor
window. If Dillard had actually taken such a photo, it would be a Pulitzer
prize candidate and the last thing he would want to do would be to cover
it up. That photo would have gone out on the news service wires almost as
soon as it was developed.
Have you read "Secrets from the Sixth-Floor Window"? The authorities
immediately clamped down on news going out of Dallas.
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Post by donald willis
But the truth was buried deeper than that. Both image and photographer had to be expunged. Dillard was not the first photographer to spot the rifle window. That honor belonged to another Camera Car 3 occupant--Bob Jackson. But he testified that he saw the rifle only after the last shot was fired (v2p159)--in which case, of course, he could not have taken a picture of the shooter shooting.
You figured that out all by yourself?
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Deeper.... Early police reports contradict Jackson. Deputy Sheriff C.L. Lewis lists Jackson (11/23/63) as one of his witnesses who made a statement that weekend and notes that he "saw shooting". (v19p527) But said statement has never surfaced.
Even more telling: W.G. Jennings' report that "Bob Jackson... is reported to have seen the rifle and the man that fired the shots as the shots were fired." (Decker Exhibit 5323 p517)
True, these are not first-person statements. But if there was some kind of cover-up, you would hardly expect witnesses to be allowed to contradict the Oswald/"nest" story. Witness Warren Reynolds, for instance, was persuaded to change his story so that the Oak Cliff suspect could be said to have ran in the same direction that Oswald's jacket was found....
The "Dillard" wide-angle photo, then, was not Dillard's, but Jackson's. When reporter Connie Kritzberg interviewed Jackson, in 1994, he answered her question, "Why did you not take photographs of the building?" with "I had only wide angle left, and it wouldn't have done any good". Oh, bingo! "Then I noticed that Dillard's famous photo was taken with wide angle lens and then cropped. So that doesn't wash." ... Jackson's famous photo.
Yes, something that important would have to be buried this deep. The shooter's "insurance" was the sixth-floor "nest"--a "cubby hole... constructed out of cartons which protected it from sight.... Inside this cubby hole affair... three more boxes so arranged as to provide what appeared to be a rest for a rifle" (Deputy Sheriff Luke Mooney, 11/23/63 report, v19p528). The existence of said "nest" meant that a shooter photographed anywhere else in Dealey Plaza would not have to worry. His photograph would be suppressed, or one would be facing the prospect of the existence of two shooting locations. Further, he'd be "safe" from any immediate assassin assassin (if not the Secret Service, unless the latter were a member), for the same reason. Extra insurance for a fifth-floor shooter: Williams, apparently, daringly, putting his head on the line in the window, as the shooter took himself out.
Jackson's wide-angle photo of the fifth-floor shooter had to go. We can only be grateful to the authors of the Warren Report for showing us, in part, the process involved... the intermediate step.
dcw /////////////////
Whenever I read your analysis of the evidence and the assumptions you draw
from it, Chris's analysis seems slightly less FUBAR by comparison.
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Post by donald willis
It was
easy enough to determine who sent it--the first DPD follow-up
transcription of their radio logs after the December '63 version corrected
that. So the cover-up was really of the identity of the witness, and it
was a good cover-up....
People make mistakes. People correct mistakes.
What on earth would make you think that that sentence applies here? Oh, Sgt. Henslee accidentally appended the wrong name and call number to his "second window" transcription note? Okay, but why then did Patrolman Haygood, whose name was incorrectly appended, say he sent it? The DPD did NOT correct their mistake here--they compounded it. The Warren Report had to correct the DPD....
When you find the answers to your WHY, get back to us. So far all you have
is the question.
I provided answers, above. The DPD certainly wouldn't have wanted it to
get out that Bob Jackson thought the shooter was at the "second window
from the end", would they? It's interesting that he, like Brennan, said
the rifle was resting on a window sill, not on a box....


dcw
bigdog
2018-05-18 00:10:29 UTC
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You didn't even hit a long foul ball.
Post by donald willis
Number 3 answer is "dubious"? Even the Warren Report admitted that
Haygood, who testified, most probably did not send the transmission.
So what? That still isn't evidence somebody other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
You don't know that because you don't know WHY the DPD covered up the
"second window" transmission, sender and witness.
You said they covered it up. It is up to you to establish the "why". Without that you've got nothing.
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Post by donald willis
If
the "second window from the end" transmission was simply an error, why did
the DPD cover up
Who said they did? Oh, yeah. It was you.
No, the Warren Report said they did, long before I did. It contradicted
what the first DPD transcriber wrote and what the DPD patrolman told the
Commission.
Yes, people do make mistakes. Even cops. Now explain how these mistakes
are evidence somebody other than Oswald was involved in the crime.
The immediate question was about who said there was a cover-up. I
answered & you switched the subject.
The WC pointed out the error. They did not attribute the error to a cover
up.
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(a) who sent it, and (b) who the witness was?
You need to find answers to those questions. Simply raising questions does
not produce evidence. Finding answers does.
Well, here you go: DPD Sgt. and transcriber Bowles did a follow-up
transcription which correctly ID'd the sender, Patrolman Hill. And the
////////// Traces of the Jackson Photo of the Shooter in, of All Places,
the Warren Report
And isn't it somehow fitting that it's the Warren Report itself which
definitively exposes the conspiracy? The big giveaway has been sitting
there all these years, on page 67. But we didn't notice it, partly
"Three Depository employees shown in the picture taken by Dillard were on
the fifth floor of the building when the shots were fired: James Jarman
Jr... Bonnie Ray Williams... and Harold Norman."
And misled partly because we assumed that the picture cited was just a
poor reproduction. Such a poor reproduction that we can't even see the
"three Depository employees"! The power of suggestion, or The Emperor's
New Clothes. Stare long enough at the picture--or zoom in close enough--
and the three witnesses might appear. One has to assume that the authors
of chapter III--Arlen Specter and Norman Redlich--were not looking at this
version of the photograph when they wrote those words. Either they were
looking at another version or they were told what the picture was going to
show. Dillard Exhibit D is like a bad joke, at the Commission's expense.
It is pretty funny when you look at it.
Oh, "one has to assume". I suppose you think your assumptions are evidence
of something.
Well, what do you see in the photo? The people they said were in it are
not. No assumption....
The are in it. They are simply hard to see in the wide angle, low contrast
print of the photo. That's why the WC sharpened the contrast and zeroed in
on just the windows in question in the version they printed in the WCR.
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In fact, the picture on page 67 is not that bad a reproduction. The sun
picks out, clearly, Stephen F. Wilson, on the third floor, behind a
*closed* window. And it illuminates a box in the so-called "sniper's
nest" on the sixth floor. Elsewhere--in a different photo--the sun picks
out Bonnie Ray Williams in James Powell's slide view, seen in Trask's
"Pictures of the Pain [p449] and Groden's "The Killing of a President"
[page 158]). However, the sun somehow finds neither Williams nor Jarman
nor Norman in Dillard Exhibit D. It's like that scene in "Animal
Crackers" where the sun is shining outside, at one end of the house, and
it's raining, at the other end. Dillard Exhibit D should have a sign
under it--"Your Conspiracy Dollars at Work" or "Watch This Space". The
Commission apparently never got to see the finished product. CE 480
(v27p199) is the same unfinished picture. One assumes that the Commssion
got its money back from the Dallas Morning News, Dillard's employer.
Never mind the silliness of you pointing out difference in contrast
between two versions of the same photo. Where is the evidence somebody
other than Oswald was involved in the crime. All you have done is point
out anomalies in the evidence for which there are perfectly plausible and
mundane explanations.
Unfortunately, neither you nor John R. King could explain this anomaly.
"Contrast" hardly explains why one person fades and two others emerge more
clearly from one version of the photo to the next.
You are unable to explain how these anomalies are
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evidence that somebody other than Oswald was involved in the crime. You
think it is sufficient simply to point out the anomalies.
Post by donald willis
Of course, it's possible that the very moment that Exhibit D was taken,
all three witnesses were away from the window, just out of the sun.
Putting that possibility quickly to rest, we turn to another version of
the Dillard wide-angle shot, on page 442 of Trask. Now, we see. at least,
Jarman and Williams in their respective windows. A better reproduction?
No--in fact, Wilson's image seems to have grown dimmer! How
strange--Jarman and Williams come into the light as Wilson dims.
Still no evidence somebody other than Oswald was involved. Keep swinging.
Keep missing.
Post by donald willis
A teeny tiny suspicion begins to germinate: Jarman and Williams have been
added, it seems, after the fact, yielding the Trask version of the
picture.
Why would somebody bother to add them into an existing photo?
Post by donald willis
Same picture as Dillard Exhibit D, but the sun has finally found
the two men. It gets more bizarre. Facing each other, on pages 208 and
209 of Groden are the two versions of the Dillard picture, populated and
unpopulated, respectively! And, yes, in the unpopulated (fifth floor)
version, you can see Wilson in the third-floor sun, which apparently
shined very selectively that day.
So, we know how the Dillard shot was repopulated. That is, *someone* was
obviously in the fifth-floor windows, originally, before the page 67,
partial-eclipse version of the picture. At first, I assumed that it was
Williams and Williams only who must have been in the shot, as it appeared
originally--it was his "second window from the end" which was cited, at
12:37, after all, on the police radio. Mistakenly, then, he was at first
thought to be the shooter, but only because he was very near the latter,
and he was pointed out because he was apparently the only one in the
fifth-floor windows at that point, after witnesses looked up again, after
hearing shots. Witness Amos Euins said that he saw a "colored man" up
there, not "colored men". And Williams is the only fifth-floor man in the
Powell slide.
You sound like Inspector Clouseau with your analysis of these anomalies.
Post by donald willis
But I began to wonder: Why take Williams *out* of the picture (WR p67)
only to put him back in (Trask p442)? Apparently, that was not what was
going on here. He was not taken out. He was never in the picture. The
repopulated Dillard picture (Trask version, that is) was not just in the
business of putting witnesses in windows, or Williams would still be in
the Report's empty version of the fifth floor in the picture.
Originally, then, there were no witnesses in the windows, or they'd still
be in that Report picture. Of a certainty, Williams, at least, was in
those windows after the shooting--see the Powell. But he was apparently
not in the original Dillard, nor (as we see, or don't see) in the
follow-up empty-window version in the Report. Why?
Still waiting for a plausible explanation for why somebody would insert
the three black employees into and existing photo.
Post by donald willis
Because, I maintain, the original Dillard was taken as the shots were fired. What was apparently taken out of same, then, was the image of the man firing, either from the east-end fifth-floor window or (as the police radio put it) the "second window from the end". Meanwhile, the sixth-floor "nest" image in Dillard Exhibit D shows no signs of tampering. Williams didn't have to be removed from the Dillard because he was apparently not in the window until after the shooting.
You are giving us your speculations which do not come close to rising to
the level of evidence of involvement by somebody other than Oswald. You
are simply assuming things for which there is no evidence. You are
assuming the original Dillard photo showed a shooter in the fifth floor
window. If Dillard had actually taken such a photo, it would be a Pulitzer
prize candidate and the last thing he would want to do would be to cover
it up. That photo would have gone out on the news service wires almost as
soon as it was developed.
Have you read "Secrets from the Sixth-Floor Window"? The authorities
immediately clamped down on news going out of Dallas.
No I haven't read that. I get enough silliness for free on this forum.
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But the truth was buried deeper than that. Both image and photographer had to be expunged. Dillard was not the first photographer to spot the rifle window. That honor belonged to another Camera Car 3 occupant--Bob Jackson. But he testified that he saw the rifle only after the last shot was fired (v2p159)--in which case, of course, he could not have taken a picture of the shooter shooting.
You figured that out all by yourself?
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Deeper.... Early police reports contradict Jackson. Deputy Sheriff C.L. Lewis lists Jackson (11/23/63) as one of his witnesses who made a statement that weekend and notes that he "saw shooting". (v19p527) But said statement has never surfaced.
Even more telling: W.G. Jennings' report that "Bob Jackson... is reported to have seen the rifle and the man that fired the shots as the shots were fired." (Decker Exhibit 5323 p517)
True, these are not first-person statements. But if there was some kind of cover-up, you would hardly expect witnesses to be allowed to contradict the Oswald/"nest" story. Witness Warren Reynolds, for instance, was persuaded to change his story so that the Oak Cliff suspect could be said to have ran in the same direction that Oswald's jacket was found....
The "Dillard" wide-angle photo, then, was not Dillard's, but Jackson's. When reporter Connie Kritzberg interviewed Jackson, in 1994, he answered her question, "Why did you not take photographs of the building?" with "I had only wide angle left, and it wouldn't have done any good". Oh, bingo! "Then I noticed that Dillard's famous photo was taken with wide angle lens and then cropped. So that doesn't wash." ... Jackson's famous photo.
Yes, something that important would have to be buried this deep. The shooter's "insurance" was the sixth-floor "nest"--a "cubby hole... constructed out of cartons which protected it from sight.... Inside this cubby hole affair... three more boxes so arranged as to provide what appeared to be a rest for a rifle" (Deputy Sheriff Luke Mooney, 11/23/63 report, v19p528). The existence of said "nest" meant that a shooter photographed anywhere else in Dealey Plaza would not have to worry. His photograph would be suppressed, or one would be facing the prospect of the existence of two shooting locations. Further, he'd be "safe" from any immediate assassin assassin (if not the Secret Service, unless the latter were a member), for the same reason. Extra insurance for a fifth-floor shooter: Williams, apparently, daringly, putting his head on the line in the window, as the shooter took himself out.
Jackson's wide-angle photo of the fifth-floor shooter had to go. We can only be grateful to the authors of the Warren Report for showing us, in part, the process involved... the intermediate step.
dcw /////////////////
Whenever I read your analysis of the evidence and the assumptions you draw
from it, Chris's analysis seems slightly less FUBAR by comparison.
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It was
easy enough to determine who sent it--the first DPD follow-up
transcription of their radio logs after the December '63 version corrected
that. So the cover-up was really of the identity of the witness, and it
was a good cover-up....
People make mistakes. People correct mistakes.
What on earth would make you think that that sentence applies here?
Oh, Sgt. Henslee accidentally appended the wrong name and call number to
his "second window" transcription note? Okay, but why then did Patrolman
Haygood, whose name was incorrectly appended, say he sent it? The DPD did
NOT correct their mistake here--they compounded it. The Warren Report had
to correct the DPD....
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Post by bigdog
When you find the answers to your WHY, get back to us. So far all you have
is the question.
I provided answers, above. The DPD certainly wouldn't have wanted it to
get out that Bob Jackson thought the shooter was at the "second window
from the end", would they? It's interesting that he, like Brennan, said
the rifle was resting on a window sill, not on a box....
Why would that be a big deal? It would just be a witness getting a detail
wrong. Other witnesses got that detail correct and those witnesses were
corroborated by the physical evidence. That is normally what happens when
there are multiple witnesses to a crime. Some witnesses get things right
and others get the same detail wrong. In typical conspiracy hobbyist
fashion, you choose to fixate on the outlier, i.e. the anomaly, rather
than look at the body of evidence as a whole.
donald willis
2018-05-19 01:30:34 UTC
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You didn't even hit a long foul ball.
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Number 3 answer is "dubious"? Even the Warren Report admitted that
Haygood, who testified, most probably did not send the transmission.
So what? That still isn't evidence somebody other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
You don't know that because you don't know WHY the DPD covered up the
"second window" transmission, sender and witness.
You said they covered it up. It is up to you to establish the "why". Without that you've got nothing.
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Post by donald willis
If
the "second window from the end" transmission was simply an error, why did
the DPD cover up
Who said they did? Oh, yeah. It was you.
No, the Warren Report said they did, long before I did. It contradicted
what the first DPD transcriber wrote and what the DPD patrolman told the
Commission.
Yes, people do make mistakes. Even cops. Now explain how these mistakes
are evidence somebody other than Oswald was involved in the crime.
The immediate question was about who said there was a cover-up. I
answered & you switched the subject.
The WC pointed out the error. They did not attribute the error to a cover
up.
The WC challenged neither Haygood nor Henslee. Poor David Belin asked a
few questions re the "second window" transmission, but Haygood dummied up
and said practically nothing. What could Belin do, with LBJ breathing
down their necks? Unfortunately, Belin had to make do with virtually the
only DPD transcription available, by Henslee, and it backed up Haygood.
False testimony "corroborated" by a false transcription. If that isn't
covering up I don't know what is....

The WR did set things right, finally, but did not address the reason for
the conflict between the DPD radio logs and Haygood's testimony. They
must have been confused, but left the confusion for others to sort out.
Terminally incurious LNers certainly won't help....
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(a) who sent it, and (b) who the witness was?
You need to find answers to those questions. Simply raising questions does
not produce evidence. Finding answers does.
Well, here you go: DPD Sgt. and transcriber Bowles did a follow-up
transcription which correctly ID'd the sender, Patrolman Hill. And the
////////// Traces of the Jackson Photo of the Shooter in, of All Places,
the Warren Report
And isn't it somehow fitting that it's the Warren Report itself which
definitively exposes the conspiracy? The big giveaway has been sitting
there all these years, on page 67. But we didn't notice it, partly
"Three Depository employees shown in the picture taken by Dillard were on
the fifth floor of the building when the shots were fired: James Jarman
Jr... Bonnie Ray Williams... and Harold Norman."
And misled partly because we assumed that the picture cited was just a
poor reproduction. Such a poor reproduction that we can't even see the
"three Depository employees"! The power of suggestion, or The Emperor's
New Clothes. Stare long enough at the picture--or zoom in close enough--
and the three witnesses might appear. One has to assume that the authors
of chapter III--Arlen Specter and Norman Redlich--were not looking at this
version of the photograph when they wrote those words. Either they were
looking at another version or they were told what the picture was going to
show. Dillard Exhibit D is like a bad joke, at the Commission's expense.
It is pretty funny when you look at it.
Oh, "one has to assume". I suppose you think your assumptions are evidence
of something.
Well, what do you see in the photo? The people they said were in it are
not. No assumption....
The are in it. They are simply hard to see in the wide angle, low contrast
print of the photo. That's why the WC sharpened the contrast and zeroed in
on just the windows in question in the version they printed in the WCR.
I'm guessing that you don't quite know what you're talking about. There
are TWO photos (both attributed to Dillard) in the WR. One is on page 66,
the other on page 67. Two photos taken with two different lenses. The
one on page 66 is NOT any sort of sharpening of the photo on page 67. It
is a separate photo--it was Dillard who "zeroed in" when he took the shot.
And no one is in the 5th floor windows in the photo on page 67. You can't
really argue this well if you don't get the basic facts straight.
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In fact, the picture on page 67 is not that bad a reproduction. The sun
picks out, clearly, Stephen F. Wilson, on the third floor, behind a
*closed* window. And it illuminates a box in the so-called "sniper's
nest" on the sixth floor. Elsewhere--in a different photo--the sun picks
out Bonnie Ray Williams in James Powell's slide view, seen in Trask's
"Pictures of the Pain [p449] and Groden's "The Killing of a President"
[page 158]). However, the sun somehow finds neither Williams nor Jarman
nor Norman in Dillard Exhibit D. It's like that scene in "Animal
Crackers" where the sun is shining outside, at one end of the house, and
it's raining, at the other end. Dillard Exhibit D should have a sign
under it--"Your Conspiracy Dollars at Work" or "Watch This Space". The
Commission apparently never got to see the finished product. CE 480
(v27p199) is the same unfinished picture. One assumes that the Commssion
got its money back from the Dallas Morning News, Dillard's employer.
Never mind the silliness of you pointing out difference in contrast
between two versions of the same photo. Where is the evidence somebody
other than Oswald was involved in the crime. All you have done is point
out anomalies in the evidence for which there are perfectly plausible and
mundane explanations.
Unfortunately, neither you nor John R. King could explain this anomaly.
"Contrast" hardly explains why one person fades and two others emerge more
clearly from one version of the photo to the next.
You are unable to explain how these anomalies are
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evidence that somebody other than Oswald was involved in the crime. You
think it is sufficient simply to point out the anomalies.
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Of course, it's possible that the very moment that Exhibit D was taken,
all three witnesses were away from the window, just out of the sun.
Putting that possibility quickly to rest, we turn to another version of
the Dillard wide-angle shot, on page 442 of Trask. Now, we see. at least,
Jarman and Williams in their respective windows. A better reproduction?
No--in fact, Wilson's image seems to have grown dimmer! How
strange--Jarman and Williams come into the light as Wilson dims.
Still no evidence somebody other than Oswald was involved. Keep swinging.
Keep missing.
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A teeny tiny suspicion begins to germinate: Jarman and Williams have been
added, it seems, after the fact, yielding the Trask version of the
picture.
Why would somebody bother to add them into an existing photo?
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Same picture as Dillard Exhibit D, but the sun has finally found
the two men. It gets more bizarre. Facing each other, on pages 208 and
209 of Groden are the two versions of the Dillard picture, populated and
unpopulated, respectively! And, yes, in the unpopulated (fifth floor)
version, you can see Wilson in the third-floor sun, which apparently
shined very selectively that day.
So, we know how the Dillard shot was repopulated. That is, *someone* was
obviously in the fifth-floor windows, originally, before the page 67,
partial-eclipse version of the picture. At first, I assumed that it was
Williams and Williams only who must have been in the shot, as it appeared
originally--it was his "second window from the end" which was cited, at
12:37, after all, on the police radio. Mistakenly, then, he was at first
thought to be the shooter, but only because he was very near the latter,
and he was pointed out because he was apparently the only one in the
fifth-floor windows at that point, after witnesses looked up again, after
hearing shots. Witness Amos Euins said that he saw a "colored man" up
there, not "colored men". And Williams is the only fifth-floor man in the
Powell slide.
You sound like Inspector Clouseau with your analysis of these anomalies.
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But I began to wonder: Why take Williams *out* of the picture (WR p67)
only to put him back in (Trask p442)? Apparently, that was not what was
going on here. He was not taken out. He was never in the picture. The
repopulated Dillard picture (Trask version, that is) was not just in the
business of putting witnesses in windows, or Williams would still be in
the Report's empty version of the fifth floor in the picture.
Originally, then, there were no witnesses in the windows, or they'd still
be in that Report picture. Of a certainty, Williams, at least, was in
those windows after the shooting--see the Powell. But he was apparently
not in the original Dillard, nor (as we see, or don't see) in the
follow-up empty-window version in the Report. Why?
Still waiting for a plausible explanation for why somebody would insert
the three black employees into and existing photo.
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Because, I maintain, the original Dillard was taken as the shots were fired. What was apparently taken out of same, then, was the image of the man firing, either from the east-end fifth-floor window or (as the police radio put it) the "second window from the end". Meanwhile, the sixth-floor "nest" image in Dillard Exhibit D shows no signs of tampering. Williams didn't have to be removed from the Dillard because he was apparently not in the window until after the shooting.
You are giving us your speculations which do not come close to rising to
the level of evidence of involvement by somebody other than Oswald. You
are simply assuming things for which there is no evidence. You are
assuming the original Dillard photo showed a shooter in the fifth floor
window. If Dillard had actually taken such a photo, it would be a Pulitzer
prize candidate and the last thing he would want to do would be to cover
it up. That photo would have gone out on the news service wires almost as
soon as it was developed.
Have you read "Secrets from the Sixth-Floor Window"? The authorities
immediately clamped down on news going out of Dallas.
No I haven't read that. I get enough silliness for free on this forum.
Silly first-hand story of authorities changing details of Connie
Kritzberg's article. You dismiss a little too easily....
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But the truth was buried deeper than that. Both image and photographer had to be expunged. Dillard was not the first photographer to spot the rifle window. That honor belonged to another Camera Car 3 occupant--Bob Jackson. But he testified that he saw the rifle only after the last shot was fired (v2p159)--in which case, of course, he could not have taken a picture of the shooter shooting.
You figured that out all by yourself?
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Deeper.... Early police reports contradict Jackson. Deputy Sheriff C.L. Lewis lists Jackson (11/23/63) as one of his witnesses who made a statement that weekend and notes that he "saw shooting". (v19p527) But said statement has never surfaced.
Even more telling: W.G. Jennings' report that "Bob Jackson... is reported to have seen the rifle and the man that fired the shots as the shots were fired." (Decker Exhibit 5323 p517)
True, these are not first-person statements. But if there was some kind of cover-up, you would hardly expect witnesses to be allowed to contradict the Oswald/"nest" story. Witness Warren Reynolds, for instance, was persuaded to change his story so that the Oak Cliff suspect could be said to have ran in the same direction that Oswald's jacket was found....
The "Dillard" wide-angle photo, then, was not Dillard's, but Jackson's. When reporter Connie Kritzberg interviewed Jackson, in 1994, he answered her question, "Why did you not take photographs of the building?" with "I had only wide angle left, and it wouldn't have done any good". Oh, bingo! "Then I noticed that Dillard's famous photo was taken with wide angle lens and then cropped. So that doesn't wash." ... Jackson's famous photo.
Yes, something that important would have to be buried this deep. The shooter's "insurance" was the sixth-floor "nest"--a "cubby hole... constructed out of cartons which protected it from sight.... Inside this cubby hole affair... three more boxes so arranged as to provide what appeared to be a rest for a rifle" (Deputy Sheriff Luke Mooney, 11/23/63 report, v19p528). The existence of said "nest" meant that a shooter photographed anywhere else in Dealey Plaza would not have to worry. His photograph would be suppressed, or one would be facing the prospect of the existence of two shooting locations. Further, he'd be "safe" from any immediate assassin assassin (if not the Secret Service, unless the latter were a member), for the same reason. Extra insurance for a fifth-floor shooter: Williams, apparently, daringly, putting his head on the line in the window, as the shooter took himself out.
Jackson's wide-angle photo of the fifth-floor shooter had to go. We can only be grateful to the authors of the Warren Report for showing us, in part, the process involved... the intermediate step.
dcw /////////////////
Whenever I read your analysis of the evidence and the assumptions you draw
from it, Chris's analysis seems slightly less FUBAR by comparison.
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It was
easy enough to determine who sent it--the first DPD follow-up
transcription of their radio logs after the December '63 version corrected
that. So the cover-up was really of the identity of the witness, and it
was a good cover-up....
People make mistakes. People correct mistakes.
What on earth would make you think that that sentence applies here?
Oh, Sgt. Henslee accidentally appended the wrong name and call number to
his "second window" transcription note? Okay, but why then did Patrolman
Haygood, whose name was incorrectly appended, say he sent it? The DPD did
NOT correct their mistake here--they compounded it. The Warren Report had
to correct the DPD....
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When you find the answers to your WHY, get back to us. So far all you have
is the question.
I provided answers, above. The DPD certainly wouldn't have wanted it to
get out that Bob Jackson thought the shooter was at the "second window
from the end", would they? It's interesting that he, like Brennan, said
the rifle was resting on a window sill, not on a box....
Why would that be a big deal? It would just be a witness getting a detail
wrong. Other witnesses got that detail correct and those witnesses were
corroborated by the physical evidence. That is normally what happens when
there are multiple witnesses to a crime. Some witnesses get things right
and others get the same detail wrong. In typical conspiracy hobbyist
fashion, you choose to fixate on the outlier, i.e. the anomaly, rather
than look at the body of evidence as a whole.
The "outlier" in this case is Amos Euins saying the sniper's window was
half open. All the rest of the witnesses who chimed in on this said it
was fully open!

dcw
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You didn't even hit a long foul ball.
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Number 3 answer is "dubious"? Even the Warren Report admitted that
Haygood, who testified, most probably did not send the transmission.
So what? That still isn't evidence somebody other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
You don't know that because you don't know WHY the DPD covered up the
"second window" transmission, sender and witness.
You said they covered it up. It is up to you to establish the "why". Without that you've got nothing.
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If
the "second window from the end" transmission was simply an error, why did
the DPD cover up
Who said they did? Oh, yeah. It was you.
No, the Warren Report said they did, long before I did. It contradicted
what the first DPD transcriber wrote and what the DPD patrolman told the
Commission.
Yes, people do make mistakes. Even cops. Now explain how these mistakes
are evidence somebody other than Oswald was involved in the crime.
The immediate question was about who said there was a cover-up. I
answered & you switched the subject.
The WC pointed out the error. They did not attribute the error to a cover
up.
The WC challenged neither Haygood nor Henslee. Poor David Belin asked a
few questions re the "second window" transmission, but Haygood dummied up
and said practically nothing. What could Belin do, with LBJ breathing
down their necks? Unfortunately, Belin had to make do with virtually the
only DPD transcription available, by Henslee, and it backed up Haygood.
False testimony "corroborated" by a false transcription. If that isn't
covering up I don't know what is....
If that isn't over imagination, I don't know what is.
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The WR did set things right, finally, but did not address the reason for
the conflict between the DPD radio logs and Haygood's testimony. They
must have been confused, but left the confusion for others to sort out.
Terminally incurious LNers certainly won't help....
Curious is not the word I would use for trying to turn every minor error
into evidence of a conspiracy.
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(a) who sent it, and (b) who the witness was?
You need to find answers to those questions. Simply raising questions does
not produce evidence. Finding answers does.
Well, here you go: DPD Sgt. and transcriber Bowles did a follow-up
transcription which correctly ID'd the sender, Patrolman Hill. And the
////////// Traces of the Jackson Photo of the Shooter in, of All Places,
the Warren Report
And isn't it somehow fitting that it's the Warren Report itself which
definitively exposes the conspiracy? The big giveaway has been sitting
there all these years, on page 67. But we didn't notice it, partly
"Three Depository employees shown in the picture taken by Dillard were on
the fifth floor of the building when the shots were fired: James Jarman
Jr... Bonnie Ray Williams... and Harold Norman."
And misled partly because we assumed that the picture cited was just a
poor reproduction. Such a poor reproduction that we can't even see the
"three Depository employees"! The power of suggestion, or The Emperor's
New Clothes. Stare long enough at the picture--or zoom in close enough--
and the three witnesses might appear. One has to assume that the authors
of chapter III--Arlen Specter and Norman Redlich--were not looking at this
version of the photograph when they wrote those words. Either they were
looking at another version or they were told what the picture was going to
show. Dillard Exhibit D is like a bad joke, at the Commission's expense.
It is pretty funny when you look at it.
Oh, "one has to assume". I suppose you think your assumptions are evidence
of something.
Well, what do you see in the photo? The people they said were in it are
not. No assumption....
The are in it. They are simply hard to see in the wide angle, low contrast
print of the photo. That's why the WC sharpened the contrast and zeroed in
on just the windows in question in the version they printed in the WCR.
I'm guessing that you don't quite know what you're talking about. There
are TWO photos (both attributed to Dillard) in the WR. One is on page 66,
the other on page 67. Two photos taken with two different lenses. The
one on page 66 is NOT any sort of sharpening of the photo on page 67. It
is a separate photo--it was Dillard who "zeroed in" when he took the shot.
And no one is in the 5th floor windows in the photo on page 67. You can't
really argue this well if you don't get the basic facts straight.
Well if it is two different photos, than there is an even more mundane
explanation. The wide angle photo was taken after the black employees had
left the window. But why settle for a mundane explanation when there is a
fantastic one available.
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In fact, the picture on page 67 is not that bad a reproduction. The sun
picks out, clearly, Stephen F. Wilson, on the third floor, behind a
*closed* window. And it illuminates a box in the so-called "sniper's
nest" on the sixth floor. Elsewhere--in a different photo--the sun picks
out Bonnie Ray Williams in James Powell's slide view, seen in Trask's
"Pictures of the Pain [p449] and Groden's "The Killing of a President"
[page 158]). However, the sun somehow finds neither Williams nor Jarman
nor Norman in Dillard Exhibit D. It's like that scene in "Animal
Crackers" where the sun is shining outside, at one end of the house, and
it's raining, at the other end. Dillard Exhibit D should have a sign
under it--"Your Conspiracy Dollars at Work" or "Watch This Space". The
Commission apparently never got to see the finished product. CE 480
(v27p199) is the same unfinished picture. One assumes that the Commssion
got its money back from the Dallas Morning News, Dillard's employer.
Never mind the silliness of you pointing out difference in contrast
between two versions of the same photo. Where is the evidence somebody
other than Oswald was involved in the crime. All you have done is point
out anomalies in the evidence for which there are perfectly plausible and
mundane explanations.
Unfortunately, neither you nor John R. King could explain this anomaly.
"Contrast" hardly explains why one person fades and two others emerge more
clearly from one version of the photo to the next.
You are unable to explain how these anomalies are
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evidence that somebody other than Oswald was involved in the crime. You
think it is sufficient simply to point out the anomalies.
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Of course, it's possible that the very moment that Exhibit D was taken,
all three witnesses were away from the window, just out of the sun.
Putting that possibility quickly to rest, we turn to another version of
the Dillard wide-angle shot, on page 442 of Trask. Now, we see. at least,
Jarman and Williams in their respective windows. A better reproduction?
No--in fact, Wilson's image seems to have grown dimmer! How
strange--Jarman and Williams come into the light as Wilson dims.
Still no evidence somebody other than Oswald was involved. Keep swinging.
Keep missing.
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A teeny tiny suspicion begins to germinate: Jarman and Williams have been
added, it seems, after the fact, yielding the Trask version of the
picture.
Why would somebody bother to add them into an existing photo?
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Same picture as Dillard Exhibit D, but the sun has finally found
the two men. It gets more bizarre. Facing each other, on pages 208 and
209 of Groden are the two versions of the Dillard picture, populated and
unpopulated, respectively! And, yes, in the unpopulated (fifth floor)
version, you can see Wilson in the third-floor sun, which apparently
shined very selectively that day.
So, we know how the Dillard shot was repopulated. That is, *someone* was
obviously in the fifth-floor windows, originally, before the page 67,
partial-eclipse version of the picture. At first, I assumed that it was
Williams and Williams only who must have been in the shot, as it appeared
originally--it was his "second window from the end" which was cited, at
12:37, after all, on the police radio. Mistakenly, then, he was at first
thought to be the shooter, but only because he was very near the latter,
and he was pointed out because he was apparently the only one in the
fifth-floor windows at that point, after witnesses looked up again, after
hearing shots. Witness Amos Euins said that he saw a "colored man" up
there, not "colored men". And Williams is the only fifth-floor man in the
Powell slide.
You sound like Inspector Clouseau with your analysis of these anomalies.
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But I began to wonder: Why take Williams *out* of the picture (WR p67)
only to put him back in (Trask p442)? Apparently, that was not what was
going on here. He was not taken out. He was never in the picture. The
repopulated Dillard picture (Trask version, that is) was not just in the
business of putting witnesses in windows, or Williams would still be in
the Report's empty version of the fifth floor in the picture.
Originally, then, there were no witnesses in the windows, or they'd still
be in that Report picture. Of a certainty, Williams, at least, was in
those windows after the shooting--see the Powell. But he was apparently
not in the original Dillard, nor (as we see, or don't see) in the
follow-up empty-window version in the Report. Why?
Still waiting for a plausible explanation for why somebody would insert
the three black employees into and existing photo.
Post by donald willis
Because, I maintain, the original Dillard was taken as the shots were fired. What was apparently taken out of same, then, was the image of the man firing, either from the east-end fifth-floor window or (as the police radio put it) the "second window from the end". Meanwhile, the sixth-floor "nest" image in Dillard Exhibit D shows no signs of tampering. Williams didn't have to be removed from the Dillard because he was apparently not in the window until after the shooting.
You are giving us your speculations which do not come close to rising to
the level of evidence of involvement by somebody other than Oswald. You
are simply assuming things for which there is no evidence. You are
assuming the original Dillard photo showed a shooter in the fifth floor
window. If Dillard had actually taken such a photo, it would be a Pulitzer
prize candidate and the last thing he would want to do would be to cover
it up. That photo would have gone out on the news service wires almost as
soon as it was developed.
Have you read "Secrets from the Sixth-Floor Window"? The authorities
immediately clamped down on news going out of Dallas.
No I haven't read that. I get enough silliness for free on this forum.
Silly first-hand story of authorities changing details of Connie
Kritzberg's article. You dismiss a little too easily....
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But the truth was buried deeper than that. Both image and photographer had to be expunged. Dillard was not the first photographer to spot the rifle window. That honor belonged to another Camera Car 3 occupant--Bob Jackson. But he testified that he saw the rifle only after the last shot was fired (v2p159)--in which case, of course, he could not have taken a picture of the shooter shooting.
You figured that out all by yourself?
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Deeper.... Early police reports contradict Jackson. Deputy Sheriff C.L. Lewis lists Jackson (11/23/63) as one of his witnesses who made a statement that weekend and notes that he "saw shooting". (v19p527) But said statement has never surfaced.
Even more telling: W.G. Jennings' report that "Bob Jackson... is reported to have seen the rifle and the man that fired the shots as the shots were fired." (Decker Exhibit 5323 p517)
True, these are not first-person statements. But if there was some kind of cover-up, you would hardly expect witnesses to be allowed to contradict the Oswald/"nest" story. Witness Warren Reynolds, for instance, was persuaded to change his story so that the Oak Cliff suspect could be said to have ran in the same direction that Oswald's jacket was found....
The "Dillard" wide-angle photo, then, was not Dillard's, but Jackson's. When reporter Connie Kritzberg interviewed Jackson, in 1994, he answered her question, "Why did you not take photographs of the building?" with "I had only wide angle left, and it wouldn't have done any good". Oh, bingo! "Then I noticed that Dillard's famous photo was taken with wide angle lens and then cropped. So that doesn't wash." ... Jackson's famous photo.
Yes, something that important would have to be buried this deep. The shooter's "insurance" was the sixth-floor "nest"--a "cubby hole... constructed out of cartons which protected it from sight.... Inside this cubby hole affair... three more boxes so arranged as to provide what appeared to be a rest for a rifle" (Deputy Sheriff Luke Mooney, 11/23/63 report, v19p528). The existence of said "nest" meant that a shooter photographed anywhere else in Dealey Plaza would not have to worry. His photograph would be suppressed, or one would be facing the prospect of the existence of two shooting locations. Further, he'd be "safe" from any immediate assassin assassin (if not the Secret Service, unless the latter were a member), for the same reason. Extra insurance for a fifth-floor shooter: Williams, apparently, daringly, putting his head on the line in the window, as the shooter took himself out.
Jackson's wide-angle photo of the fifth-floor shooter had to go. We can only be grateful to the authors of the Warren Report for showing us, in part, the process involved... the intermediate step.
dcw /////////////////
Whenever I read your analysis of the evidence and the assumptions you draw
from it, Chris's analysis seems slightly less FUBAR by comparison.
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It was
easy enough to determine who sent it--the first DPD follow-up
transcription of their radio logs after the December '63 version corrected
that. So the cover-up was really of the identity of the witness, and it
was a good cover-up....
People make mistakes. People correct mistakes.
What on earth would make you think that that sentence applies here?
Oh, Sgt. Henslee accidentally appended the wrong name and call number to
his "second window" transcription note? Okay, but why then did Patrolman
Haygood, whose name was incorrectly appended, say he sent it? The DPD did
NOT correct their mistake here--they compounded it. The Warren Report had
to correct the DPD....
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When you find the answers to your WHY, get back to us. So far all you have
is the question.
I provided answers, above. The DPD certainly wouldn't have wanted it to
get out that Bob Jackson thought the shooter was at the "second window
from the end", would they? It's interesting that he, like Brennan, said
the rifle was resting on a window sill, not on a box....
Why would that be a big deal? It would just be a witness getting a detail
wrong. Other witnesses got that detail correct and those witnesses were
corroborated by the physical evidence. That is normally what happens when
there are multiple witnesses to a crime. Some witnesses get things right
and others get the same detail wrong. In typical conspiracy hobbyist
fashion, you choose to fixate on the outlier, i.e. the anomaly, rather
than look at the body of evidence as a whole.
The "outlier" in this case is Amos Euins saying the sniper's window was
half open. All the rest of the witnesses who chimed in on this said it
was fully open!
Quotes please.
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You didn't even hit a long foul ball.
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Number 3 answer is "dubious"? Even the Warren Report admitted that
Haygood, who testified, most probably did not send the transmission.
So what? That still isn't evidence somebody other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
You don't know that because you don't know WHY the DPD covered up the
"second window" transmission, sender and witness.
You said they covered it up. It is up to you to establish the "why". Without that you've got nothing.
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If
the "second window from the end" transmission was simply an error, why did
the DPD cover up
Who said they did? Oh, yeah. It was you.
No, the Warren Report said they did, long before I did. It contradicted
what the first DPD transcriber wrote and what the DPD patrolman told the
Commission.
Yes, people do make mistakes. Even cops. Now explain how these mistakes
are evidence somebody other than Oswald was involved in the crime.
The immediate question was about who said there was a cover-up. I
answered & you switched the subject.
The WC pointed out the error. They did not attribute the error to a cover
up.
The WC challenged neither Haygood nor Henslee. Poor David Belin asked a
few questions re the "second window" transmission, but Haygood dummied up
and said practically nothing. What could Belin do, with LBJ breathing
down their necks? Unfortunately, Belin had to make do with virtually the
only DPD transcription available, by Henslee, and it backed up Haygood.
False testimony "corroborated" by a false transcription. If that isn't
covering up I don't know what is....
If that isn't over imagination, I don't know what is.
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The WR did set things right, finally, but did not address the reason for
the conflict between the DPD radio logs and Haygood's testimony. They
must have been confused, but left the confusion for others to sort out.
Terminally incurious LNers certainly won't help....
Curious is not the word I would use for trying to turn every minor error
into evidence of a conspiracy.
Well, thank God every utterance you make proves conspiracy.
You're like Trump trying to explain his innocence. When you're waist
deep, stop digging your own grave.
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(a) who sent it, and (b) who the witness was?
You need to find answers to those questions. Simply raising questions does
not produce evidence. Finding answers does.
Well, here you go: DPD Sgt. and transcriber Bowles did a follow-up
transcription which correctly ID'd the sender, Patrolman Hill. And the
////////// Traces of the Jackson Photo of the Shooter in, of All Places,
the Warren Report
And isn't it somehow fitting that it's the Warren Report itself which
definitively exposes the conspiracy? The big giveaway has been sitting
there all these years, on page 67. But we didn't notice it, partly
"Three Depository employees shown in the picture taken by Dillard were on
the fifth floor of the building when the shots were fired: James Jarman
Jr... Bonnie Ray Williams... and Harold Norman."
And misled partly because we assumed that the picture cited was just a
poor reproduction. Such a poor reproduction that we can't even see the
"three Depository employees"! The power of suggestion, or The Emperor's
New Clothes. Stare long enough at the picture--or zoom in close enough--
and the three witnesses might appear. One has to assume that the authors
of chapter III--Arlen Specter and Norman Redlich--were not looking at this
version of the photograph when they wrote those words. Either they were
looking at another version or they were told what the picture was going to
show. Dillard Exhibit D is like a bad joke, at the Commission's expense.
It is pretty funny when you look at it.
Oh, "one has to assume". I suppose you think your assumptions are evidence
of something.
Well, what do you see in the photo? The people they said were in it are
not. No assumption....
The are in it. They are simply hard to see in the wide angle, low contrast
print of the photo. That's why the WC sharpened the contrast and zeroed in
on just the windows in question in the version they printed in the WCR.
I'm guessing that you don't quite know what you're talking about. There
are TWO photos (both attributed to Dillard) in the WR. One is on page 66,
the other on page 67. Two photos taken with two different lenses. The
one on page 66 is NOT any sort of sharpening of the photo on page 67. It
is a separate photo--it was Dillard who "zeroed in" when he took the shot.
And no one is in the 5th floor windows in the photo on page 67. You can't
really argue this well if you don't get the basic facts straight.
Well if it is two different photos, than there is an even more mundane
explanation. The wide angle photo was taken after the black employees had
left the window. But why settle for a mundane explanation when there is a
fantastic one available.
The HSCA used science to enhance he photo so that you can see what is in
the shadows.

https://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/hsca/reportvols/vol6/html/HSCA_Vol6_0060a.htm
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In fact, the picture on page 67 is not that bad a reproduction. The sun
picks out, clearly, Stephen F. Wilson, on the third floor, behind a
*closed* window. And it illuminates a box in the so-called "sniper's
nest" on the sixth floor. Elsewhere--in a different photo--the sun picks
out Bonnie Ray Williams in James Powell's slide view, seen in Trask's
"Pictures of the Pain [p449] and Groden's "The Killing of a President"
[page 158]). However, the sun somehow finds neither Williams nor Jarman
nor Norman in Dillard Exhibit D. It's like that scene in "Animal
Crackers" where the sun is shining outside, at one end of the house, and
it's raining, at the other end. Dillard Exhibit D should have a sign
under it--"Your Conspiracy Dollars at Work" or "Watch This Space". The
Commission apparently never got to see the finished product. CE 480
(v27p199) is the same unfinished picture. One assumes that the Commssion
got its money back from the Dallas Morning News, Dillard's employer.
Never mind the silliness of you pointing out difference in contrast
between two versions of the same photo. Where is the evidence somebody
other than Oswald was involved in the crime. All you have done is point
out anomalies in the evidence for which there are perfectly plausible and
mundane explanations.
Unfortunately, neither you nor John R. King could explain this anomaly.
"Contrast" hardly explains why one person fades and two others emerge more
clearly from one version of the photo to the next.
You are unable to explain how these anomalies are
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evidence that somebody other than Oswald was involved in the crime. You
think it is sufficient simply to point out the anomalies.
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Of course, it's possible that the very moment that Exhibit D was taken,
all three witnesses were away from the window, just out of the sun.
Putting that possibility quickly to rest, we turn to another version of
the Dillard wide-angle shot, on page 442 of Trask. Now, we see. at least,
Jarman and Williams in their respective windows. A better reproduction?
No--in fact, Wilson's image seems to have grown dimmer! How
strange--Jarman and Williams come into the light as Wilson dims.
Still no evidence somebody other than Oswald was involved. Keep swinging.
Keep missing.
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A teeny tiny suspicion begins to germinate: Jarman and Williams have been
added, it seems, after the fact, yielding the Trask version of the
picture.
Why would somebody bother to add them into an existing photo?
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Same picture as Dillard Exhibit D, but the sun has finally found
the two men. It gets more bizarre. Facing each other, on pages 208 and
209 of Groden are the two versions of the Dillard picture, populated and
unpopulated, respectively! And, yes, in the unpopulated (fifth floor)
version, you can see Wilson in the third-floor sun, which apparently
shined very selectively that day.
So, we know how the Dillard shot was repopulated. That is, *someone* was
obviously in the fifth-floor windows, originally, before the page 67,
partial-eclipse version of the picture. At first, I assumed that it was
Williams and Williams only who must have been in the shot, as it appeared
originally--it was his "second window from the end" which was cited, at
12:37, after all, on the police radio. Mistakenly, then, he was at first
thought to be the shooter, but only because he was very near the latter,
and he was pointed out because he was apparently the only one in the
fifth-floor windows at that point, after witnesses looked up again, after
hearing shots. Witness Amos Euins said that he saw a "colored man" up
there, not "colored men". And Williams is the only fifth-floor man in the
Powell slide.
You sound like Inspector Clouseau with your analysis of these anomalies.
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But I began to wonder: Why take Williams *out* of the picture (WR p67)
only to put him back in (Trask p442)? Apparently, that was not what was
going on here. He was not taken out. He was never in the picture. The
repopulated Dillard picture (Trask version, that is) was not just in the
business of putting witnesses in windows, or Williams would still be in
the Report's empty version of the fifth floor in the picture.
Originally, then, there were no witnesses in the windows, or they'd still
be in that Report picture. Of a certainty, Williams, at least, was in
those windows after the shooting--see the Powell. But he was apparently
not in the original Dillard, nor (as we see, or don't see) in the
follow-up empty-window version in the Report. Why?
Still waiting for a plausible explanation for why somebody would insert
the three black employees into and existing photo.
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Because, I maintain, the original Dillard was taken as the shots were fired. What was apparently taken out of same, then, was the image of the man firing, either from the east-end fifth-floor window or (as the police radio put it) the "second window from the end". Meanwhile, the sixth-floor "nest" image in Dillard Exhibit D shows no signs of tampering. Williams didn't have to be removed from the Dillard because he was apparently not in the window until after the shooting.
You are giving us your speculations which do not come close to rising to
the level of evidence of involvement by somebody other than Oswald. You
are simply assuming things for which there is no evidence. You are
assuming the original Dillard photo showed a shooter in the fifth floor
window. If Dillard had actually taken such a photo, it would be a Pulitzer
prize candidate and the last thing he would want to do would be to cover
it up. That photo would have gone out on the news service wires almost as
soon as it was developed.
Have you read "Secrets from the Sixth-Floor Window"? The authorities
immediately clamped down on news going out of Dallas.
No I haven't read that. I get enough silliness for free on this forum.
Silly first-hand story of authorities changing details of Connie
Kritzberg's article. You dismiss a little too easily....
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But the truth was buried deeper than that. Both image and photographer had to be expunged. Dillard was not the first photographer to spot the rifle window. That honor belonged to another Camera Car 3 occupant--Bob Jackson. But he testified that he saw the rifle only after the last shot was fired (v2p159)--in which case, of course, he could not have taken a picture of the shooter shooting.
You figured that out all by yourself?
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Deeper.... Early police reports contradict Jackson. Deputy Sheriff C.L. Lewis lists Jackson (11/23/63) as one of his witnesses who made a statement that weekend and notes that he "saw shooting". (v19p527) But said statement has never surfaced.
Even more telling: W.G. Jennings' report that "Bob Jackson... is reported to have seen the rifle and the man that fired the shots as the shots were fired." (Decker Exhibit 5323 p517)
True, these are not first-person statements. But if there was some kind of cover-up, you would hardly expect witnesses to be allowed to contradict the Oswald/"nest" story. Witness Warren Reynolds, for instance, was persuaded to change his story so that the Oak Cliff suspect could be said to have ran in the same direction that Oswald's jacket was found....
The "Dillard" wide-angle photo, then, was not Dillard's, but Jackson's. When reporter Connie Kritzberg interviewed Jackson, in 1994, he answered her question, "Why did you not take photographs of the building?" with "I had only wide angle left, and it wouldn't have done any good". Oh, bingo! "Then I noticed that Dillard's famous photo was taken with wide angle lens and then cropped. So that doesn't wash." ... Jackson's famous photo.
Yes, something that important would have to be buried this deep. The shooter's "insurance" was the sixth-floor "nest"--a "cubby hole... constructed out of cartons which protected it from sight.... Inside this cubby hole affair... three more boxes so arranged as to provide what appeared to be a rest for a rifle" (Deputy Sheriff Luke Mooney, 11/23/63 report, v19p528). The existence of said "nest" meant that a shooter photographed anywhere else in Dealey Plaza would not have to worry. His photograph would be suppressed, or one would be facing the prospect of the existence of two shooting locations. Further, he'd be "safe" from any immediate assassin assassin (if not the Secret Service, unless the latter were a member), for the same reason. Extra insurance for a fifth-floor shooter: Williams, apparently, daringly, putting his head on the line in the window, as the shooter took himself out.
Jackson's wide-angle photo of the fifth-floor shooter had to go. We can only be grateful to the authors of the Warren Report for showing us, in part, the process involved... the intermediate step.
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Whenever I read your analysis of the evidence and the assumptions you draw
from it, Chris's analysis seems slightly less FUBAR by comparison.
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It was
easy enough to determine who sent it--the first DPD follow-up
transcription of their radio logs after the December '63 version corrected
that. So the cover-up was really of the identity of the witness, and it
was a good cover-up....
People make mistakes. People correct mistakes.
What on earth would make you think that that sentence applies here?
Oh, Sgt. Henslee accidentally appended the wrong name and call number to
his "second window" transcription note? Okay, but why then did Patrolman
Haygood, whose name was incorrectly appended, say he sent it? The DPD did
NOT correct their mistake here--they compounded it. The Warren Report had
to correct the DPD....
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When you find the answers to your WHY, get back to us. So far all you have
is the question.
I provided answers, above. The DPD certainly wouldn't have wanted it to
get out that Bob Jackson thought the shooter was at the "second window
from the end", would they? It's interesting that he, like Brennan, said
the rifle was resting on a window sill, not on a box....
Why would that be a big deal? It would just be a witness getting a detail
wrong. Other witnesses got that detail correct and those witnesses were
corroborated by the physical evidence. That is normally what happens when
there are multiple witnesses to a crime. Some witnesses get things right
and others get the same detail wrong. In typical conspiracy hobbyist
fashion, you choose to fixate on the outlier, i.e. the anomaly, rather
than look at the body of evidence as a whole.
The "outlier" in this case is Amos Euins saying the sniper's window was
half open. All the rest of the witnesses who chimed in on this said it
was fully open!
Quotes please.
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You didn't even hit a long foul ball.
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Number 3 answer is "dubious"? Even the Warren Report admitted that
Haygood, who testified, most probably did not send the transmission.
So what? That still isn't evidence somebody other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
You don't know that because you don't know WHY the DPD covered up the
"second window" transmission, sender and witness.
You said they covered it up. It is up to you to establish the "why". Without that you've got nothing.
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If
the "second window from the end" transmission was simply an error, why did
the DPD cover up
Who said they did? Oh, yeah. It was you.
No, the Warren Report said they did, long before I did. It contradicted
what the first DPD transcriber wrote and what the DPD patrolman told the
Commission.
Yes, people do make mistakes. Even cops. Now explain how these mistakes
are evidence somebody other than Oswald was involved in the crime.
The immediate question was about who said there was a cover-up. I
answered & you switched the subject.
The WC pointed out the error. They did not attribute the error to a cover
up.
The WC challenged neither Haygood nor Henslee. Poor David Belin asked a
few questions re the "second window" transmission, but Haygood dummied up
and said practically nothing. What could Belin do, with LBJ breathing
down their necks? Unfortunately, Belin had to make do with virtually the
only DPD transcription available, by Henslee, and it backed up Haygood.
False testimony "corroborated" by a false transcription. If that isn't
covering up I don't know what is....
If that isn't over imagination, I don't know what is.
A total lack of imagination is not something to brag about, big, but be my
guest. However, it does not take any imagination at all here to see the
Henslee-Haygood-Hill collusion!
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The WR did set things right, finally, but did not address the reason for
the conflict between the DPD radio logs and Haygood's testimony. They
must have been confused, but left the confusion for others to sort out.
Terminally incurious LNers certainly won't help....
Curious is not the word I would use for trying to turn every minor error
into evidence of a conspiracy.
You don't think perhaps that the DPD & SS & FBI might perchance want to
cover up evidence of a second-window shooter? If it was simply an error,
why didn't the DPD correct it and present to the Commission the patrolman,
LL Hill, who actually sent the "second window" transmission?

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You didn't even hit a long foul ball.
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Number 3 answer is "dubious"? Even the Warren Report admitted that
Haygood, who testified, most probably did not send the transmission.
So what? That still isn't evidence somebody other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
You don't know that because you don't know WHY the DPD covered up the
"second window" transmission, sender and witness.
You said they covered it up. It is up to you to establish the "why". Without that you've got nothing.
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If
the "second window from the end" transmission was simply an error, why did
the DPD cover up
Who said they did? Oh, yeah. It was you.
No, the Warren Report said they did, long before I did. It contradicted
what the first DPD transcriber wrote and what the DPD patrolman told the
Commission.
Yes, people do make mistakes. Even cops. Now explain how these mistakes
are evidence somebody other than Oswald was involved in the crime.
The immediate question was about who said there was a cover-up. I
answered & you switched the subject.
The WC pointed out the error. They did not attribute the error to a cover
up.
The WC challenged neither Haygood nor Henslee. Poor David Belin asked a
few questions re the "second window" transmission, but Haygood dummied up
and said practically nothing. What could Belin do, with LBJ breathing
down their necks? Unfortunately, Belin had to make do with virtually the
only DPD transcription available, by Henslee, and it backed up Haygood.
False testimony "corroborated" by a false transcription. If that isn't
covering up I don't know what is....
The WR did set things right, finally, but did not address the reason for
the conflict between the DPD radio logs and Haygood's testimony. They
must have been confused, but left the confusion for others to sort out.
Terminally incurious LNers certainly won't help....
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(a) who sent it, and (b) who the witness was?
You need to find answers to those questions. Simply raising questions does
not produce evidence. Finding answers does.
Well, here you go: DPD Sgt. and transcriber Bowles did a follow-up
transcription which correctly ID'd the sender, Patrolman Hill. And the
////////// Traces of the Jackson Photo of the Shooter in, of All Places,
the Warren Report
And isn't it somehow fitting that it's the Warren Report itself which
definitively exposes the conspiracy? The big giveaway has been sitting
there all these years, on page 67. But we didn't notice it, partly
"Three Depository employees shown in the picture taken by Dillard were on
the fifth floor of the building when the shots were fired: James Jarman
Jr... Bonnie Ray Williams... and Harold Norman."
And misled partly because we assumed that the picture cited was just a
poor reproduction. Such a poor reproduction that we can't even see the
"three Depository employees"! The power of suggestion, or The Emperor's
New Clothes. Stare long enough at the picture--or zoom in close enough--
and the three witnesses might appear. One has to assume that the authors
of chapter III--Arlen Specter and Norman Redlich--were not looking at this
version of the photograph when they wrote those words. Either they were
looking at another version or they were told what the picture was going to
show. Dillard Exhibit D is like a bad joke, at the Commission's expense.
It is pretty funny when you look at it.
Oh, "one has to assume". I suppose you think your assumptions are evidence
of something.
Well, what do you see in the photo? The people they said were in it are
not. No assumption....
The are in it. They are simply hard to see in the wide angle, low contrast
print of the photo. That's why the WC sharpened the contrast and zeroed in
on just the windows in question in the version they printed in the WCR.
I'm guessing that you don't quite know what you're talking about. There
are TWO photos (both attributed to Dillard) in the WR. One is on page 66,
the other on page 67. Two photos taken with two different lenses. The
Dillard had 2 cameras. Read Trask.
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one on page 66 is NOT any sort of sharpening of the photo on page 67. It
is a separate photo--it was Dillard who "zeroed in" when he took the shot.
And no one is in the 5th floor windows in the photo on page 67. You can't
really argue this well if you don't get the basic facts straight.
He didn't think to take his special "shadow" camera I guess.
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In fact, the picture on page 67 is not that bad a reproduction. The sun
picks out, clearly, Stephen F. Wilson, on the third floor, behind a
*closed* window. And it illuminates a box in the so-called "sniper's
nest" on the sixth floor. Elsewhere--in a different photo--the sun picks
out Bonnie Ray Williams in James Powell's slide view, seen in Trask's
"Pictures of the Pain [p449] and Groden's "The Killing of a President"
[page 158]). However, the sun somehow finds neither Williams nor Jarman
nor Norman in Dillard Exhibit D. It's like that scene in "Animal
The HSCA used science to enhance the photo and accidentally destroyed it.
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Crackers" where the sun is shining outside, at one end of the house, and
it's raining, at the other end. Dillard Exhibit D should have a sign
under it--"Your Conspiracy Dollars at Work" or "Watch This Space". The
Commission apparently never got to see the finished product. CE 480
(v27p199) is the same unfinished picture. One assumes that the Commssion
got its money back from the Dallas Morning News, Dillard's employer.
Never mind the silliness of you pointing out difference in contrast
between two versions of the same photo. Where is the evidence somebody
other than Oswald was involved in the crime. All you have done is point
out anomalies in the evidence for which there are perfectly plausible and
mundane explanations.
Unfortunately, neither you nor John R. King could explain this anomaly.
"Contrast" hardly explains why one person fades and two others emerge more
clearly from one version of the photo to the next.
You are unable to explain how these anomalies are
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evidence that somebody other than Oswald was involved in the crime. You
think it is sufficient simply to point out the anomalies.
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Of course, it's possible that the very moment that Exhibit D was taken,
all three witnesses were away from the window, just out of the sun.
Putting that possibility quickly to rest, we turn to another version of
the Dillard wide-angle shot, on page 442 of Trask. Now, we see. at least,
Jarman and Williams in their respective windows. A better reproduction?
No--in fact, Wilson's image seems to have grown dimmer! How
strange--Jarman and Williams come into the light as Wilson dims.
Still no evidence somebody other than Oswald was involved. Keep swinging.
Keep missing.
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A teeny tiny suspicion begins to germinate: Jarman and Williams have been
added, it seems, after the fact, yielding the Trask version of the
picture.
Why would somebody bother to add them into an existing photo?
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Same picture as Dillard Exhibit D, but the sun has finally found
the two men. It gets more bizarre. Facing each other, on pages 208 and
209 of Groden are the two versions of the Dillard picture, populated and
unpopulated, respectively! And, yes, in the unpopulated (fifth floor)
version, you can see Wilson in the third-floor sun, which apparently
shined very selectively that day.
So, we know how the Dillard shot was repopulated. That is, *someone* was
obviously in the fifth-floor windows, originally, before the page 67,
partial-eclipse version of the picture. At first, I assumed that it was
Williams and Williams only who must have been in the shot, as it appeared
originally--it was his "second window from the end" which was cited, at
12:37, after all, on the police radio. Mistakenly, then, he was at first
thought to be the shooter, but only because he was very near the latter,
and he was pointed out because he was apparently the only one in the
fifth-floor windows at that point, after witnesses looked up again, after
hearing shots. Witness Amos Euins said that he saw a "colored man" up
there, not "colored men". And Williams is the only fifth-floor man in the
Powell slide.
You sound like Inspector Clouseau with your analysis of these anomalies.
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But I began to wonder: Why take Williams *out* of the picture (WR p67)
only to put him back in (Trask p442)? Apparently, that was not what was
going on here. He was not taken out. He was never in the picture. The
repopulated Dillard picture (Trask version, that is) was not just in the
business of putting witnesses in windows, or Williams would still be in
the Report's empty version of the fifth floor in the picture.
Originally, then, there were no witnesses in the windows, or they'd still
be in that Report picture. Of a certainty, Williams, at least, was in
those windows after the shooting--see the Powell. But he was apparently
not in the original Dillard, nor (as we see, or don't see) in the
follow-up empty-window version in the Report. Why?
Still waiting for a plausible explanation for why somebody would insert
the three black employees into and existing photo.
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Because, I maintain, the original Dillard was taken as the shots were fired. What was apparently taken out of same, then, was the image of the man firing, either from the east-end fifth-floor window or (as the police radio put it) the "second window from the end". Meanwhile, the sixth-floor "nest" image in Dillard Exhibit D shows no signs of tampering. Williams didn't have to be removed from the Dillard because he was apparently not in the window until after the shooting.
You are giving us your speculations which do not come close to rising to
the level of evidence of involvement by somebody other than Oswald. You
are simply assuming things for which there is no evidence. You are
assuming the original Dillard photo showed a shooter in the fifth floor
window. If Dillard had actually taken such a photo, it would be a Pulitzer
prize candidate and the last thing he would want to do would be to cover
it up. That photo would have gone out on the news service wires almost as
soon as it was developed.
Have you read "Secrets from the Sixth-Floor Window"? The authorities
immediately clamped down on news going out of Dallas.
No I haven't read that. I get enough silliness for free on this forum.
Silly first-hand story of authorities changing details of Connie
Kritzberg's article. You dismiss a little too easily....
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But the truth was buried deeper than that. Both image and photographer had to be expunged. Dillard was not the first photographer to spot the rifle window. That honor belonged to another Camera Car 3 occupant--Bob Jackson. But he testified that he saw the rifle only after the last shot was fired (v2p159)--in which case, of course, he could not have taken a picture of the shooter shooting.
You figured that out all by yourself?
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Deeper.... Early police reports contradict Jackson. Deputy Sheriff C.L. Lewis lists Jackson (11/23/63) as one of his witnesses who made a statement that weekend and notes that he "saw shooting". (v19p527) But said statement has never surfaced.
Even more telling: W.G. Jennings' report that "Bob Jackson... is reported to have seen the rifle and the man that fired the shots as the shots were fired." (Decker Exhibit 5323 p517)
True, these are not first-person statements. But if there was some kind of cover-up, you would hardly expect witnesses to be allowed to contradict the Oswald/"nest" story. Witness Warren Reynolds, for instance, was persuaded to change his story so that the Oak Cliff suspect could be said to have ran in the same direction that Oswald's jacket was found....
The "Dillard" wide-angle photo, then, was not Dillard's, but Jackson's. When reporter Connie Kritzberg interviewed Jackson, in 1994, he answered her question, "Why did you not take photographs of the building?" with "I had only wide angle left, and it wouldn't have done any good". Oh, bingo! "Then I noticed that Dillard's famous photo was taken with wide angle lens and then cropped. So that doesn't wash." ... Jackson's famous photo.
Yes, something that important would have to be buried this deep. The shooter's "insurance" was the sixth-floor "nest"--a "cubby hole... constructed out of cartons which protected it from sight.... Inside this cubby hole affair... three more boxes so arranged as to provide what appeared to be a rest for a rifle" (Deputy Sheriff Luke Mooney, 11/23/63 report, v19p528). The existence of said "nest" meant that a shooter photographed anywhere else in Dealey Plaza would not have to worry. His photograph would be suppressed, or one would be facing the prospect of the existence of two shooting locations. Further, he'd be "safe" from any immediate assassin assassin (if not the Secret Service, unless the latter were a member), for the same reason. Extra insurance for a fifth-floor shooter: Williams, apparently, daringly, putting his head on the line in the window, as the shooter took himself out.
Jackson's wide-angle photo of the fifth-floor shooter had to go. We can only be grateful to the authors of the Warren Report for showing us, in part, the process involved... the intermediate step.
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Whenever I read your analysis of the evidence and the assumptions you draw
from it, Chris's analysis seems slightly less FUBAR by comparison.
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It was
easy enough to determine who sent it--the first DPD follow-up
transcription of their radio logs after the December '63 version corrected
that. So the cover-up was really of the identity of the witness, and it
was a good cover-up....
People make mistakes. People correct mistakes.
What on earth would make you think that that sentence applies here?
Oh, Sgt. Henslee accidentally appended the wrong name and call number to
his "second window" transcription note? Okay, but why then did Patrolman
Haygood, whose name was incorrectly appended, say he sent it? The DPD did
NOT correct their mistake here--they compounded it. The Warren Report had
to correct the DPD....
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When you find the answers to your WHY, get back to us. So far all you have
is the question.
I provided answers, above. The DPD certainly wouldn't have wanted it to
get out that Bob Jackson thought the shooter was at the "second window
from the end", would they? It's interesting that he, like Brennan, said
the rifle was resting on a window sill, not on a box....
Why would that be a big deal? It would just be a witness getting a detail
wrong. Other witnesses got that detail correct and those witnesses were
corroborated by the physical evidence. That is normally what happens when
there are multiple witnesses to a crime. Some witnesses get things right
and others get the same detail wrong. In typical conspiracy hobbyist
fashion, you choose to fixate on the outlier, i.e. the anomaly, rather
than look at the body of evidence as a whole.
The "outlier" in this case is Amos Euins saying the sniper's window was
half open. All the rest of the witnesses who chimed in on this said it
was fully open!
Silly boy! Well, he had a different angle than the other witnesses. He
could even see that the man was black.
Post by donald willis
dcw
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-15 16:46:18 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Thanks! That's all I needed, that "is" (instead of, say, "would be").
With which latter, you admit that all three were true. Now, YOU have to
explain how the three events did NOT indicate that someone other than LHO
took part!
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt on these dubious claims while at
the same time pointing out that even if true they do not constitute
evidence that anyone other than Oswald took part in the crime. That was 3
swings, 3 misses. You just struck out. Thanks for playing.
So you're Abner Doubleday *and* the umpire? I'd say it was more like a
3-run homer.
You didn't even hit a long foul ball.
Post by donald willis
Number 3 answer is "dubious"? Even the Warren Report admitted that
Haygood, who testified, most probably did not send the transmission.
So what? That still isn't evidence somebody other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Post by donald willis
If
the "second window from the end" transmission was simply an error, why did
the DPD cover up
Who said they did? Oh, yeah. It was you.
Post by donald willis
(a) who sent it, and (b) who the witness was?
You need to find answers to those questions. Simply raising questions does
not produce evidence. Finding answers does.
Post by donald willis
It was
easy enough to determine who sent it--the first DPD follow-up
transcription of their radio logs after the December '63 version corrected
that. So the cover-up was really of the identity of the witness, and it
was a good cover-up....
People make mistakes. People correct mistakes. You interpret that as
People lie and then other people lie about those lies.
And other people cover up the lies. And you interpret that as there
being nothing to cover up. You think people just lie for the fun of it
or out of habit.
Post by bigdog
evidence that somebody other than Oswald took part in the assassination.
There are a lot of dots that need connecting .
Some people make up their own dots. Some people can't even see the dots.
We have some people here who can't even see a hole.
Jason Burke
2018-05-12 22:08:55 UTC
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Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Thanks! That's all I needed, that "is" (instead of, say, "would be").
With which latter, you admit that all three were true. Now, YOU have to
explain how the three events did NOT indicate that someone other than LHO
took part!
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt on these dubious claims while at
the same time pointing out that even if true they do not constitute
evidence that anyone other than Oswald took part in the crime. That was 3
swings, 3 misses. You just struck out. Thanks for playing.
But the CT crowd can't even find a bat.
mainframetech
2018-05-12 23:48:11 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Thanks! That's all I needed, that "is" (instead of, say, "would be").
With which latter, you admit that all three were true. Now, YOU have to
explain how the three events did NOT indicate that someone other than LHO
took part!
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt on these dubious claims while at
the same time pointing out that even if true they do not constitute
evidence that anyone other than Oswald took part in the crime. That was 3
swings, 3 misses. You just struck out. Thanks for playing.
So the 3 questions were simply a setup so that you could try to put
the answers down. It wouldn't matter what anyone answered, because you
would act like you were able to show how wrong they were.


Chris
bigdog
2018-05-14 03:14:19 UTC
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Post by mainframetech
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Thanks! That's all I needed, that "is" (instead of, say, "would be").
With which latter, you admit that all three were true. Now, YOU have to
explain how the three events did NOT indicate that someone other than LHO
took part!
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt on these dubious claims while at
the same time pointing out that even if true they do not constitute
evidence that anyone other than Oswald took part in the crime. That was 3
swings, 3 misses. You just struck out. Thanks for playing.
So the 3 questions were simply a setup so that you could try to put
the answers down. It wouldn't matter what anyone answered, because you
would act like you were able to show how wrong they were.
They weren't questions. They were presented as fill in the blanks. It was
both a challenge and an invitation to conspiracy hobbyists to present the
three BEST pieces of evidence that someone other than Oswald was involved
in the assassination. If what has been posted so far is the best you guys
have got, it's a big nothing burger.

As it applies specifically to the claims Willis made, all he did was point
out anomalies in the DPD records without explaining how any of those
anomalies indicates someone other than Oswald was involved.
donald willis
2018-05-14 03:35:51 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Thanks! That's all I needed, that "is" (instead of, say, "would be").
With which latter, you admit that all three were true. Now, YOU have to
explain how the three events did NOT indicate that someone other than LHO
took part!
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt on these dubious claims while at
the same time pointing out that even if true they do not constitute
evidence that anyone other than Oswald took part in the crime. That was 3
swings, 3 misses. You just struck out. Thanks for playing.
So the 3 questions were simply a setup so that you could try to put
the answers down. It wouldn't matter what anyone answered, because you
would act like you were able to show how wrong they were.
You got it, Chris! So did Boris....

dcw
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-13 19:38:19 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Thanks! That's all I needed, that "is" (instead of, say, "would be").
With which latter, you admit that all three were true. Now, YOU have to
explain how the three events did NOT indicate that someone other than LHO
took part!
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt on these dubious claims while at
the same time pointing out that even if true they do not constitute
evidence that anyone other than Oswald took part in the crime. That was 3
swings, 3 misses. You just struck out. Thanks for playing.
Maybe you framed the question the wrong way. Wild pitch.
Runner take your base.
donald willis
2018-05-12 03:20:02 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Why would Fritz take a chance and tamper with the hulls unless they (a)
were not from the Carcano, (b) were not found in the "sniper's nest", or
(c) were, say, four in number? If a, b, or even perhaps c, you don't have
Oswald in the "nest"....
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
A pre-fab suspect description (i.e., one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22)
indicates that they were looking for someone, in particular, BEFORE anyone
had done anything. A suspect description without witnesses who could have
provided that description is itself pretty suspect....

True, maybe there was a shy witness who saw Oswald as he was leaving the
sixth floor and could have provided height & weight estimates, but it has
been how many years and no one has volunteered such information....
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Was Oswald at a "second window"? Then it was "someone other"....

dcw
Jason Burke
2018-05-12 22:37:06 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Why would Fritz take a chance and tamper with the hulls unless they (a)
were not from the Carcano, (b) were not found in the "sniper's nest", or
(c) were, say, four in number? If a, b, or even perhaps c, you don't have
Oswald in the "nest"....
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
A pre-fab suspect description (i.e., one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22)
indicates that they were looking for someone, in particular, BEFORE anyone
had done anything. A suspect description without witnesses who could have
provided that description is itself pretty suspect....
True, maybe there was a shy witness who saw Oswald as he was leaving the
sixth floor and could have provided height & weight estimates, but it has
been how many years and no one has volunteered such information....
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Was Oswald at a "second window"? Then it was "someone other"....
dcw
It's amazing how the CT crowd grasps at straws.
Heck, there aren't even any straws to grasp.
donald willis
2018-05-14 03:34:10 UTC
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Post by Jason Burke
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Why would Fritz take a chance and tamper with the hulls unless they (a)
were not from the Carcano, (b) were not found in the "sniper's nest", or
(c) were, say, four in number? If a, b, or even perhaps c, you don't have
Oswald in the "nest"....
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
A pre-fab suspect description (i.e., one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22)
indicates that they were looking for someone, in particular, BEFORE anyone
had done anything. A suspect description without witnesses who could have
provided that description is itself pretty suspect....
True, maybe there was a shy witness who saw Oswald as he was leaving the
sixth floor and could have provided height & weight estimates, but it has
been how many years and no one has volunteered such information....
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Was Oswald at a "second window"? Then it was "someone other"....
dcw
It's amazing how the CT crowd grasps at straws.
Heck, there aren't even any straws to grasp.
If the "second window from the end" transmission was only confusion, why
was it covered up? That is, the wrong cop's call number was appended to
it, then that wrong cop testified that he sent it. The second major DPD
radio log transcription exposed the first fraud; the Warren Report (of all
people) exposed the second. LNers cling to the Warren Report--except when
it exposes a fraud perpetrated on the Warren Commission!

dcw
bigdog
2018-05-15 01:47:04 UTC
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Post by donald willis
Post by Jason Burke
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Why would Fritz take a chance and tamper with the hulls unless they (a)
were not from the Carcano, (b) were not found in the "sniper's nest", or
(c) were, say, four in number? If a, b, or even perhaps c, you don't have
Oswald in the "nest"....
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
A pre-fab suspect description (i.e., one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22)
indicates that they were looking for someone, in particular, BEFORE anyone
had done anything. A suspect description without witnesses who could have
provided that description is itself pretty suspect....
True, maybe there was a shy witness who saw Oswald as he was leaving the
sixth floor and could have provided height & weight estimates, but it has
been how many years and no one has volunteered such information....
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Was Oswald at a "second window"? Then it was "someone other"....
dcw
It's amazing how the CT crowd grasps at straws.
Heck, there aren't even any straws to grasp.
If the "second window from the end" transmission was only confusion, why
was it covered up? That is, the wrong cop's call number was appended to
it, then that wrong cop testified that he sent it. The second major DPD
radio log transcription exposed the first fraud; the Warren Report (of all
people) exposed the second. LNers cling to the Warren Report--except when
it exposes a fraud perpetrated on the Warren Commission!
You continue to try to present questions as if they are evidence. If you
want evidence, you have to find the answers to those questions. You can't
just assume the answers. Assumptions aren't evidence either.
donald willis
2018-05-15 20:57:01 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by Jason Burke
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Why would Fritz take a chance and tamper with the hulls unless they (a)
were not from the Carcano, (b) were not found in the "sniper's nest", or
(c) were, say, four in number? If a, b, or even perhaps c, you don't have
Oswald in the "nest"....
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
A pre-fab suspect description (i.e., one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22)
indicates that they were looking for someone, in particular, BEFORE anyone
had done anything. A suspect description without witnesses who could have
provided that description is itself pretty suspect....
True, maybe there was a shy witness who saw Oswald as he was leaving the
sixth floor and could have provided height & weight estimates, but it has
been how many years and no one has volunteered such information....
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Was Oswald at a "second window"? Then it was "someone other"....
dcw
It's amazing how the CT crowd grasps at straws.
Heck, there aren't even any straws to grasp.
If the "second window from the end" transmission was only confusion, why
was it covered up? That is, the wrong cop's call number was appended to
it, then that wrong cop testified that he sent it. The second major DPD
radio log transcription exposed the first fraud; the Warren Report (of all
people) exposed the second. LNers cling to the Warren Report--except when
it exposes a fraud perpetrated on the Warren Commission!
You continue to try to present questions as if they are evidence. If you
want evidence, you have to find the answers to those questions.
Check my post from three hours ago (6:46pm 5/14)--there are your answers,
and the reasons for them. Not just assumptions or speculation.

dcw
bigdog
2018-05-16 02:44:07 UTC
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Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by Jason Burke
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Why would Fritz take a chance and tamper with the hulls unless they (a)
were not from the Carcano, (b) were not found in the "sniper's nest", or
(c) were, say, four in number? If a, b, or even perhaps c, you don't have
Oswald in the "nest"....
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
A pre-fab suspect description (i.e., one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22)
indicates that they were looking for someone, in particular, BEFORE anyone
had done anything. A suspect description without witnesses who could have
provided that description is itself pretty suspect....
True, maybe there was a shy witness who saw Oswald as he was leaving the
sixth floor and could have provided height & weight estimates, but it has
been how many years and no one has volunteered such information....
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Was Oswald at a "second window"? Then it was "someone other"....
dcw
It's amazing how the CT crowd grasps at straws.
Heck, there aren't even any straws to grasp.
If the "second window from the end" transmission was only confusion, why
was it covered up? That is, the wrong cop's call number was appended to
it, then that wrong cop testified that he sent it. The second major DPD
radio log transcription exposed the first fraud; the Warren Report (of all
people) exposed the second. LNers cling to the Warren Report--except when
it exposes a fraud perpetrated on the Warren Commission!
You continue to try to present questions as if they are evidence. If you
want evidence, you have to find the answers to those questions.
Check my post from three hours ago (6:46pm 5/14)--there are your answers,
and the reasons for them. Not just assumptions or speculation.
I've already responded to that post in detail so I'll just repeat that
your "answers" are nothing more than your speculations which don't rise to
the level of evidence.
donald willis
2018-05-17 02:59:14 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by Jason Burke
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Why would Fritz take a chance and tamper with the hulls unless they (a)
were not from the Carcano, (b) were not found in the "sniper's nest", or
(c) were, say, four in number? If a, b, or even perhaps c, you don't have
Oswald in the "nest"....
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
A pre-fab suspect description (i.e., one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22)
indicates that they were looking for someone, in particular, BEFORE anyone
had done anything. A suspect description without witnesses who could have
provided that description is itself pretty suspect....
True, maybe there was a shy witness who saw Oswald as he was leaving the
sixth floor and could have provided height & weight estimates, but it has
been how many years and no one has volunteered such information....
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Was Oswald at a "second window"? Then it was "someone other"....
dcw
It's amazing how the CT crowd grasps at straws.
Heck, there aren't even any straws to grasp.
If the "second window from the end" transmission was only confusion, why
was it covered up? That is, the wrong cop's call number was appended to
it, then that wrong cop testified that he sent it. The second major DPD
radio log transcription exposed the first fraud; the Warren Report (of all
people) exposed the second. LNers cling to the Warren Report--except when
it exposes a fraud perpetrated on the Warren Commission!
You continue to try to present questions as if they are evidence. If you
want evidence, you have to find the answers to those questions.
Check my post from three hours ago (6:46pm 5/14)--there are your answers,
and the reasons for them. Not just assumptions or speculation.
I've already responded to that post in detail so I'll just repeat that
your "answers" are nothing more than your speculations which don't rise to
the level of evidence.
You don't really "respond" to anything
bigdog
2018-05-18 00:08:19 UTC
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Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by Jason Burke
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Why would Fritz take a chance and tamper with the hulls unless they (a)
were not from the Carcano, (b) were not found in the "sniper's nest", or
(c) were, say, four in number? If a, b, or even perhaps c, you don't have
Oswald in the "nest"....
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
A pre-fab suspect description (i.e., one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22)
indicates that they were looking for someone, in particular, BEFORE anyone
had done anything. A suspect description without witnesses who could have
provided that description is itself pretty suspect....
True, maybe there was a shy witness who saw Oswald as he was leaving the
sixth floor and could have provided height & weight estimates, but it has
been how many years and no one has volunteered such information....
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Was Oswald at a "second window"? Then it was "someone other"....
dcw
It's amazing how the CT crowd grasps at straws.
Heck, there aren't even any straws to grasp.
If the "second window from the end" transmission was only confusion, why
was it covered up? That is, the wrong cop's call number was appended to
it, then that wrong cop testified that he sent it. The second major DPD
radio log transcription exposed the first fraud; the Warren Report (of all
people) exposed the second. LNers cling to the Warren Report--except when
it exposes a fraud perpetrated on the Warren Commission!
You continue to try to present questions as if they are evidence. If you
want evidence, you have to find the answers to those questions.
Check my post from three hours ago (6:46pm 5/14)--there are your answers,
and the reasons for them. Not just assumptions or speculation.
I've already responded to that post in detail so I'll just repeat that
your "answers" are nothing more than your speculations which don't rise to
the level of evidence.
You don't really "respond" to anything
Just because you don't like the responses doesn't mean I haven't
responded. Are you trying to fill the void left by Harris' departure?
bigdog
2018-05-17 14:04:47 UTC
Permalink
Well, I began this thread about a week ago so it seems like a good time to
some up the evidence the conspiracy hobbyists have offered that someone
other than Oswald took part in the assassination.

From Marsh:

YOU
YOU
YOU

From donald willis

He mentions Fritz picking up the shells which at most would taint evidence
against Oswald, but is not evidence someone else took part in the crime.

He also speaks of conflicting reports from the DPD regarding radio
transmissions and erroneous reports. He simply assumes the reason for
these inconsistencies are an effort to engage in a cover up without
offering any explanation for how this was evidence that someone other than
Oswald was involved. He never considers that in stressful situations
humans do make mistakes and miscommunication is normal.

He saved his best for later however. He points to the black employees who
appear in the Dillard photo printed on page 67 of the WCR who aren't
apparent in the wide angle version of the same photo. He fails to consider
that the cropped photo was sharply contrasted so the dark skinned
employees would show in the darkened windows. The full photo did not do
this contrasting so those employees blended in with the dark background.
But he doesn't stop there. He claims the photo was actually taken by Bob
Jackson. His trump card is his claim that the original Dillard/Jackson
photo actually showed a shooter on the fifth floor and that the photo was
doctored to cover that up by inserting the black employees.

deke made the best effort

He pointed to JFK's violent backward head snap. For that to be evidence of
a second shooter it would have to be established that the cause of the
backward head snap was a frontal shot. Without establishing that, he is
offering nothing more than an argument and arguments do not constitute
evidence. It isn't even a good argument because bullets do not throw
shooting victims violently in any direction. That is a Hollywood
effect.

He points to witnesses reports that the last two shots were spaced too
closely to have both been fired by a bolt action rifle. Witness accounts
are evidence. However, the witnesses are not in agreement on that point.
Even among the witnesses who though the last two were closer together than
the first two, not everyone said they were so close together that the
couldn't have been fired from a bolt action rifle. Some said there was a
shorter PAUSE between the last two shots than the first two. Then we have
other witnesses who thought the shots were evenly spaced and others who
thought the first two were closer together. Since all these witnesses
cannot be right, their accounts alone do not establish the spacing of the
shots. Fortunately we did have one reliable witness, the Zaruder film. We
can see visible evidence of the two shots which struck JFK and those came
about 4.9 seconds apart. We don't have a definitive clue as to when the
missed shot was fired but there is now a clear consensus among LNs that it
was before the shot that hit JFK in the back. How much before is a matter
for debate but my belief, also not evidence, is it was fired about 3.3
seconds before the shot that hit JFK in the back. Lastly he points to
"suspicious activity" behind the GK fence and a puff of smoke. Neither of
these establishes a second shooter or evidence that someone other than
Oswald took part.

Someone named boris offered some vague suggestions. He spoke of a lead
snowstorm in an xray of JFK's head which he claims establishes a front to
back passage of the bullet. Unfortunately for him competent medical
examiners who studied the x-rays and photos unanimously concluded just the
opposite, that the bullet transited from back to front. He also mentions
Connally's wrist wound without elaborating on how that shows evidence of a
second shooter. Lastly he mentions the Dolce report, apparently oblivious
to the fact that Dolce argued that Oswald was the assassin and that his
first and third shots hit JFK and the second hit Connally. That hardly
constitutes evidence of someone other than Oswald being involved.

Chris/mainframetech repeated his opinion that he sees an entry wound in
JFK's forehead which he sees in an internet copy of the photo.
Unfortunately for him qualified medical examiners who have seen more and
better photos and x-rays do not see what he claims to see so it would be a
real stretch to call his observations evidence of anything. Laymen's
opinions are not evidence.

So there we have it. The best evidence the resident conspiracy hobbyists
could offer that someone other than Oswald was involved. Helluva case they
have there. That's what 54 years of spinning their wheels has produced.
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-18 00:38:21 UTC
Permalink
Post by bigdog
Well, I began this thread about a week ago so it seems like a good time to
some up the evidence the conspiracy hobbyists have offered that someone
other than Oswald took part in the assassination.
YOU
YOU
YOU
From donald willis
He mentions Fritz picking up the shells which at most would taint evidence
against Oswald, but is not evidence someone else took part in the crime.
He also speaks of conflicting reports from the DPD regarding radio
transmissions and erroneous reports. He simply assumes the reason for
these inconsistencies are an effort to engage in a cover up without
offering any explanation for how this was evidence that someone other than
Oswald was involved. He never considers that in stressful situations
humans do make mistakes and miscommunication is normal.
He saved his best for later however. He points to the black employees who
appear in the Dillard photo printed on page 67 of the WCR who aren't
apparent in the wide angle version of the same photo. He fails to consider
that the cropped photo was sharply contrasted so the dark skinned
employees would show in the darkened windows. The full photo did not do
this contrasting so those employees blended in with the dark background.
But he doesn't stop there. He claims the photo was actually taken by Bob
Jackson. His trump card is his claim that the original Dillard/Jackson
photo actually showed a shooter on the fifth floor and that the photo was
doctored to cover that up by inserting the black employees.
deke made the best effort
He pointed to JFK's violent backward head snap. For that to be evidence of
a second shooter it would have to be established that the cause of the
backward head snap was a frontal shot. Without establishing that, he is
offering nothing more than an argument and arguments do not constitute
evidence. It isn't even a good argument because bullets do not throw
shooting victims violently in any direction. That is a Hollywood
effect.
He points to witnesses reports that the last two shots were spaced too
closely to have both been fired by a bolt action rifle. Witness accounts
are evidence. However, the witnesses are not in agreement on that point.
Even among the witnesses who though the last two were closer together than
the first two, not everyone said they were so close together that the
couldn't have been fired from a bolt action rifle. Some said there was a
shorter PAUSE between the last two shots than the first two. Then we have
other witnesses who thought the shots were evenly spaced and others who
thought the first two were closer together. Since all these witnesses
cannot be right, their accounts alone do not establish the spacing of the
shots. Fortunately we did have one reliable witness, the Zaruder film. We
can see visible evidence of the two shots which struck JFK and those came
about 4.9 seconds apart. We don't have a definitive clue as to when the
missed shot was fired but there is now a clear consensus among LNs that it
was before the shot that hit JFK in the back. How much before is a matter
for debate but my belief, also not evidence, is it was fired about 3.3
seconds before the shot that hit JFK in the back. Lastly he points to
"suspicious activity" behind the GK fence and a puff of smoke. Neither of
these establishes a second shooter or evidence that someone other than
Oswald took part.
Try to focus. What are you trying to say?
Post by bigdog
Someone named boris offered some vague suggestions. He spoke of a lead
There is no one here named boris. Nor is there a real person named BOZ.
Post by bigdog
snowstorm in an xray of JFK's head which he claims establishes a front to
back passage of the bullet. Unfortunately for him competent medical
Well, something like that. The Carcano bullet is not going to break up
into thousands of dustlike lead particles. Look at the two large
fragments found in the limo.
Post by bigdog
examiners who studied the x-rays and photos unanimously concluded just the
opposite, that the bullet transited from back to front. He also mentions
Nope. They lied.
And their angle does not work unless their shooter was in a helicopter.
Post by bigdog
Connally's wrist wound without elaborating on how that shows evidence of a
second shooter. Lastly he mentions the Dolce report, apparently oblivious
to the fact that Dolce argued that Oswald was the assassin and that his
first and third shots hit JFK and the second hit Connally. That hardly
constitutes evidence of someone other than Oswald being involved.
Chris/mainframetech repeated his opinion that he sees an entry wound in
JFK's forehead which he sees in an internet copy of the photo.
Silly. I have the PRINTS. You don't.
Post by bigdog
Unfortunately for him qualified medical examiners who have seen more and
better photos and x-rays do not see what he claims to see so it would be a
real stretch to call his observations evidence of anything. Laymen's
opinions are not evidence.
Unfortunately for you, I have seen the original Fox set and the original
Groden set. YOU haven't.
Post by bigdog
So there we have it. The best evidence the resident conspiracy hobbyists
could offer that someone other than Oswald was involved. Helluva case they
have there. That's what 54 years of spinning their wheels has produced.
Only because YOU are a slacker and refuse to explain how Oswald could
shoot JFK in the forehead from the sniper's nest. Need a little help?

http://www.the-puzzle-palace.com/Langley29.gif
donald willis
2018-05-18 00:51:31 UTC
Permalink
Post by bigdog
Well, I began this thread about a week ago so it seems like a good time to
some up the evidence the conspiracy hobbyists have offered that someone
other than Oswald took part in the assassination.
YOU
YOU
YOU
From donald willis
He mentions Fritz picking up the shells which at most would taint evidence
against Oswald, but is not evidence someone else took part in the crime.
The tainting itself is the evidence--Fritz took part right there, he is a
"someone else"! Of course, I guess if you believe there WAS no
conspiracy, then it's just Fritz amusing himself and incidentally tainting
the evidence against Oswald.
Post by bigdog
He also speaks of conflicting reports from the DPD regarding radio
transmissions and erroneous reports. He simply assumes the reason for
these inconsistencies are an effort to engage in a cover up without
offering any explanation for how this was evidence that someone other than
Oswald was involved. He never considers that in stressful situations
humans do make mistakes and miscommunication is normal.
So you're saying that being a witness at the Commission hearings was
"stressful"? That poor officer Haygood panicked before the big bad
lawyers and accidentally testified that he sent the "second window"
transmission?

That it was unimportant WHO sent it or WHO told the actual officer
involved that it was the second window? That a "second window" could not
possibly mean that someone other than Oswald might have been at (or near)
that window?
Post by bigdog
He saved his best for later however. He points to the black employees who
appear in the Dillard photo printed on page 67 of the WCR who aren't
apparent in the wide angle version of the same photo. He fails to consider
that the cropped photo was sharply contrasted so the dark skinned
employees would show in the darkened windows. The full photo did not do
this contrasting so those employees blended in with the dark background.
I'd go along with that, maybe, except that the Warren Report speaks of the
"three Depository employees shown in the picture taken by Dillard" (p68).
This is worthy of Ionesco! If the three "blended in with the dark
background", how did the authors of the WR see them? Or had they just
heard that they were SUPPOSED to be there? Nice try, but the text gives
it away....

And your "explanation" does not explain how the image of one person in the
photo (Wilson) became fainter as the others emerged from the
background....
Post by bigdog
But he doesn't stop there. He claims the photo was actually taken by Bob
Jackson. His trump card is his claim that the original Dillard/Jackson
photo actually showed a shooter on the fifth floor and that the photo was
doctored to cover that up by inserting the black employees.
A pretty good assessment. Now, you may not (!) accept my conclusion, but
this does fulfill your requirement that we offer evidence (the two
reproductions of the photo) re someone other than Oswald involved, unless
you think I'm trying to say that Oswald was on the FIFTH floor. I'm
not....
Post by bigdog
deke made the best effort
He pointed to JFK's violent backward head snap. For that to be evidence of
a second shooter it would have to be established that the cause of the
backward head snap was a frontal shot. Without establishing that, he is
offering nothing more than an argument and arguments do not constitute
evidence. It isn't even a good argument because bullets do not throw
shooting victims violently in any direction. That is a Hollywood
effect.
He points to witnesses reports that the last two shots were spaced too
closely to have both been fired by a bolt action rifle. Witness accounts
are evidence. However, the witnesses are not in agreement on that point.
Even among the witnesses who though the last two were closer together than
the first two, not everyone said they were so close together that the
couldn't have been fired from a bolt action rifle. Some said there was a
shorter PAUSE between the last two shots than the first two. Then we have
other witnesses who thought the shots were evenly spaced and others who
thought the first two were closer together. Since all these witnesses
cannot be right, their accounts alone do not establish the spacing of the
shots. Fortunately we did have one reliable witness, the Zaruder film. We
can see visible evidence of the two shots which struck JFK and those came
about 4.9 seconds apart. We don't have a definitive clue as to when the
missed shot was fired but there is now a clear consensus among LNs that it
was before the shot that hit JFK in the back. How much before is a matter
for debate but my belief, also not evidence, is it was fired about 3.3
seconds before the shot that hit JFK in the back. Lastly he points to
"suspicious activity" behind the GK fence and a puff of smoke. Neither of
these establishes a second shooter or evidence that someone other than
Oswald took part.
Someone named boris offered some vague suggestions. He spoke of a lead
snowstorm in an xray of JFK's head which he claims establishes a front to
back passage of the bullet. Unfortunately for him competent medical
examiners who studied the x-rays and photos unanimously concluded just the
opposite, that the bullet transited from back to front. He also mentions
Connally's wrist wound without elaborating on how that shows evidence of a
second shooter. Lastly he mentions the Dolce report, apparently oblivious
to the fact that Dolce argued that Oswald was the assassin and that his
first and third shots hit JFK and the second hit Connally. That hardly
constitutes evidence of someone other than Oswald being involved.
Chris/mainframetech repeated his opinion that he sees an entry wound in
JFK's forehead which he sees in an internet copy of the photo.
Unfortunately for him qualified medical examiners who have seen more and
better photos and x-rays do not see what he claims to see so it would be a
real stretch to call his observations evidence of anything. Laymen's
opinions are not evidence.
So there we have it. The best evidence the resident conspiracy hobbyists
could offer that someone other than Oswald was involved. Helluva case they
have there. That's what 54 years of spinning their wheels has produced.
This from a completely unbiased observer! Of course, I guess that we CTs
treat the Warren Report the same way.... However, I myself do heartily
approve page 116 of the WR, which page correctly cites "Dallas Patrolman
L.L. Hill" as the one who "radioed in around 12:40 p.m." Not poor, beset
Haygood, that is, who, under stress and duress, claimed that it was he who
radioed in....

dcw
bigdog
2018-05-19 01:23:47 UTC
Permalink
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Well, I began this thread about a week ago so it seems like a good time to
some up the evidence the conspiracy hobbyists have offered that someone
other than Oswald took part in the assassination.
YOU
YOU
YOU
From donald willis
He mentions Fritz picking up the shells which at most would taint evidence
against Oswald, but is not evidence someone else took part in the crime.
The tainting itself is the evidence--Fritz took part right there, he is a
"someone else"! Of course, I guess if you believe there WAS no
conspiracy, then it's just Fritz amusing himself and incidentally tainting
the evidence against Oswald.
If Fritz mishandled evidence, that is an indication of incompetence, not
complicity.
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
He also speaks of conflicting reports from the DPD regarding radio
transmissions and erroneous reports. He simply assumes the reason for
these inconsistencies are an effort to engage in a cover up without
offering any explanation for how this was evidence that someone other than
Oswald was involved. He never considers that in stressful situations
humans do make mistakes and miscommunication is normal.
So you're saying that being a witness at the Commission hearings was
"stressful"? That poor officer Haygood panicked before the big bad
lawyers and accidentally testified that he sent the "second window"
transmission?
You are trying to make a big deal out of the inconsistencies in the
original reporting of events which was done under very stressful
circumstances.
Post by donald willis
That it was unimportant WHO sent it or WHO told the actual officer
involved that it was the second window? That a "second window" could not
possibly mean that someone other than Oswald might have been at (or near)
that window?
I am saying you have shown no evidence of anyone other than Oswald
shooting at the president. You have offered nothing but your speculations.
Apparently you think they are a reasonable substitute for actual evidence.
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
He saved his best for later however. He points to the black employees who
appear in the Dillard photo printed on page 67 of the WCR who aren't
apparent in the wide angle version of the same photo. He fails to consider
that the cropped photo was sharply contrasted so the dark skinned
employees would show in the darkened windows. The full photo did not do
this contrasting so those employees blended in with the dark background.
I'd go along with that, maybe, except that the Warren Report speaks of the
"three Depository employees shown in the picture taken by Dillard" (p68).
This is worthy of Ionesco! If the three "blended in with the dark
background", how did the authors of the WR see them? Or had they just
heard that they were SUPPOSED to be there? Nice try, but the text gives
it away....
In all likelihood, they were looking at the actual first generation print
of the Dillard photo, not the copied and recopied and recopied versions
you have looked at online.
Post by donald willis
And your "explanation" does not explain how the image of one person in the
photo (Wilson) became fainter as the others emerged from the
background....
I don't need to explain it. You did since you are the one who is trying to
use these photos as evidence that someone other than Oswald was involved
in the crime.
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
But he doesn't stop there. He claims the photo was actually taken by Bob
Jackson. His trump card is his claim that the original Dillard/Jackson
photo actually showed a shooter on the fifth floor and that the photo was
doctored to cover that up by inserting the black employees.
A pretty good assessment. Now, you may not (!) accept my conclusion, but
this does fulfill your requirement that we offer evidence (the two
reproductions of the photo) re someone other than Oswald involved, unless
you think I'm trying to say that Oswald was on the FIFTH floor. I'm
not....
It doesn't even come close to fulfilling the challenge I gave you. You
have produced no such evidence. You have offered your speculations which
don't remotely rise to the level of evidence.
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
deke made the best effort
He pointed to JFK's violent backward head snap. For that to be evidence of
a second shooter it would have to be established that the cause of the
backward head snap was a frontal shot. Without establishing that, he is
offering nothing more than an argument and arguments do not constitute
evidence. It isn't even a good argument because bullets do not throw
shooting victims violently in any direction. That is a Hollywood
effect.
He points to witnesses reports that the last two shots were spaced too
closely to have both been fired by a bolt action rifle. Witness accounts
are evidence. However, the witnesses are not in agreement on that point.
Even among the witnesses who though the last two were closer together than
the first two, not everyone said they were so close together that the
couldn't have been fired from a bolt action rifle. Some said there was a
shorter PAUSE between the last two shots than the first two. Then we have
other witnesses who thought the shots were evenly spaced and others who
thought the first two were closer together. Since all these witnesses
cannot be right, their accounts alone do not establish the spacing of the
shots. Fortunately we did have one reliable witness, the Zaruder film. We
can see visible evidence of the two shots which struck JFK and those came
about 4.9 seconds apart. We don't have a definitive clue as to when the
missed shot was fired but there is now a clear consensus among LNs that it
was before the shot that hit JFK in the back. How much before is a matter
for debate but my belief, also not evidence, is it was fired about 3.3
seconds before the shot that hit JFK in the back. Lastly he points to
"suspicious activity" behind the GK fence and a puff of smoke. Neither of
these establishes a second shooter or evidence that someone other than
Oswald took part.
Someone named boris offered some vague suggestions. He spoke of a lead
snowstorm in an xray of JFK's head which he claims establishes a front to
back passage of the bullet. Unfortunately for him competent medical
examiners who studied the x-rays and photos unanimously concluded just the
opposite, that the bullet transited from back to front. He also mentions
Connally's wrist wound without elaborating on how that shows evidence of a
second shooter. Lastly he mentions the Dolce report, apparently oblivious
to the fact that Dolce argued that Oswald was the assassin and that his
first and third shots hit JFK and the second hit Connally. That hardly
constitutes evidence of someone other than Oswald being involved.
Chris/mainframetech repeated his opinion that he sees an entry wound in
JFK's forehead which he sees in an internet copy of the photo.
Unfortunately for him qualified medical examiners who have seen more and
better photos and x-rays do not see what he claims to see so it would be a
real stretch to call his observations evidence of anything. Laymen's
opinions are not evidence.
So there we have it. The best evidence the resident conspiracy hobbyists
could offer that someone other than Oswald was involved. Helluva case they
have there. That's what 54 years of spinning their wheels has produced.
This from a completely unbiased observer!
I've never tried to present myself as unbiased.
Post by donald willis
Of course, I guess that we CTs
treat the Warren Report the same way.... However, I myself do heartily
approve page 116 of the WR, which page correctly cites "Dallas Patrolman
L.L. Hill" as the one who "radioed in around 12:40 p.m." Not poor, beset
Haygood, that is, who, under stress and duress, claimed that it was he who
radioed in....
A discrepancy between Haygood testifying he sent the transmission and the
WC stating it was Hill hardly constitutes evidence that someone other than
Oswald took part in the assassination. I suppose you think we live in a
perfect world where people don't make mistakes. All this indicates is
somebody got their signals crossed. Explain why your imaginary
conspirators would bother to change the identification of the officer who
made that transmission. What purpose would that serve?

You have identified an anomaly. You have failed to explain why that
anomaly is evidence somebody other than Oswald took part in the crime and
why it indicates anything more than human error.
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-20 00:59:39 UTC
Permalink
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Well, I began this thread about a week ago so it seems like a good time to
some up the evidence the conspiracy hobbyists have offered that someone
other than Oswald took part in the assassination.
YOU
YOU
YOU
From donald willis
He mentions Fritz picking up the shells which at most would taint evidence
against Oswald, but is not evidence someone else took part in the crime.
The tainting itself is the evidence--Fritz took part right there, he is a
"someone else"! Of course, I guess if you believe there WAS no
conspiracy, then it's just Fritz amusing himself and incidentally tainting
the evidence against Oswald.
If Fritz mishandled evidence, that is an indication of incompetence, not
complicity.
Exactly. Then why the cover-up. Incompetence explains more than
conspiracy.
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
He also speaks of conflicting reports from the DPD regarding radio
transmissions and erroneous reports. He simply assumes the reason for
these inconsistencies are an effort to engage in a cover up without
offering any explanation for how this was evidence that someone other than
Oswald was involved. He never considers that in stressful situations
humans do make mistakes and miscommunication is normal.
So you're saying that being a witness at the Commission hearings was
"stressful"? That poor officer Haygood panicked before the big bad
lawyers and accidentally testified that he sent the "second window"
transmission?
You are trying to make a big deal out of the inconsistencies in the
original reporting of events which was done under very stressful
circumstances.
Post by donald willis
That it was unimportant WHO sent it or WHO told the actual officer
involved that it was the second window? That a "second window" could not
possibly mean that someone other than Oswald might have been at (or near)
that window?
I am saying you have shown no evidence of anyone other than Oswald
shooting at the president. You have offered nothing but your speculations.
Apparently you think they are a reasonable substitute for actual evidence.
Physical evidence.
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
He saved his best for later however. He points to the black employees who
appear in the Dillard photo printed on page 67 of the WCR who aren't
apparent in the wide angle version of the same photo. He fails to consider
that the cropped photo was sharply contrasted so the dark skinned
employees would show in the darkened windows. The full photo did not do
this contrasting so those employees blended in with the dark background.
I'd go along with that, maybe, except that the Warren Report speaks of the
"three Depository employees shown in the picture taken by Dillard" (p68).
This is worthy of Ionesco! If the three "blended in with the dark
background", how did the authors of the WR see them? Or had they just
heard that they were SUPPOSED to be there? Nice try, but the text gives
it away....
In all likelihood, they were looking at the actual first generation print
of the Dillard photo, not the copied and recopied and recopied versions
you have looked at online.
Post by donald willis
And your "explanation" does not explain how the image of one person in the
photo (Wilson) became fainter as the others emerged from the
background....
I don't need to explain it. You did since you are the one who is trying to
use these photos as evidence that someone other than Oswald was involved
in the crime.
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
But he doesn't stop there. He claims the photo was actually taken by Bob
Jackson. His trump card is his claim that the original Dillard/Jackson
photo actually showed a shooter on the fifth floor and that the photo was
doctored to cover that up by inserting the black employees.
A pretty good assessment. Now, you may not (!) accept my conclusion, but
this does fulfill your requirement that we offer evidence (the two
reproductions of the photo) re someone other than Oswald involved, unless
you think I'm trying to say that Oswald was on the FIFTH floor. I'm
not....
It doesn't even come close to fulfilling the challenge I gave you. You
have produced no such evidence. You have offered your speculations which
don't remotely rise to the level of evidence.
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
deke made the best effort
He pointed to JFK's violent backward head snap. For that to be evidence of
a second shooter it would have to be established that the cause of the
backward head snap was a frontal shot. Without establishing that, he is
offering nothing more than an argument and arguments do not constitute
evidence. It isn't even a good argument because bullets do not throw
shooting victims violently in any direction. That is a Hollywood
effect.
He points to witnesses reports that the last two shots were spaced too
closely to have both been fired by a bolt action rifle. Witness accounts
are evidence. However, the witnesses are not in agreement on that point.
Even among the witnesses who though the last two were closer together than
the first two, not everyone said they were so close together that the
couldn't have been fired from a bolt action rifle. Some said there was a
shorter PAUSE between the last two shots than the first two. Then we have
other witnesses who thought the shots were evenly spaced and others who
thought the first two were closer together. Since all these witnesses
cannot be right, their accounts alone do not establish the spacing of the
shots. Fortunately we did have one reliable witness, the Zaruder film. We
can see visible evidence of the two shots which struck JFK and those came
about 4.9 seconds apart. We don't have a definitive clue as to when the
missed shot was fired but there is now a clear consensus among LNs that it
was before the shot that hit JFK in the back. How much before is a matter
for debate but my belief, also not evidence, is it was fired about 3.3
seconds before the shot that hit JFK in the back. Lastly he points to
"suspicious activity" behind the GK fence and a puff of smoke. Neither of
these establishes a second shooter or evidence that someone other than
Oswald took part.
Someone named boris offered some vague suggestions. He spoke of a lead
snowstorm in an xray of JFK's head which he claims establishes a front to
back passage of the bullet. Unfortunately for him competent medical
examiners who studied the x-rays and photos unanimously concluded just the
opposite, that the bullet transited from back to front. He also mentions
Connally's wrist wound without elaborating on how that shows evidence of a
second shooter. Lastly he mentions the Dolce report, apparently oblivious
to the fact that Dolce argued that Oswald was the assassin and that his
first and third shots hit JFK and the second hit Connally. That hardly
constitutes evidence of someone other than Oswald being involved.
Chris/mainframetech repeated his opinion that he sees an entry wound in
JFK's forehead which he sees in an internet copy of the photo.
Unfortunately for him qualified medical examiners who have seen more and
better photos and x-rays do not see what he claims to see so it would be a
real stretch to call his observations evidence of anything. Laymen's
opinions are not evidence.
So there we have it. The best evidence the resident conspiracy hobbyists
could offer that someone other than Oswald was involved. Helluva case they
have there. That's what 54 years of spinning their wheels has produced.
This from a completely unbiased observer!
I've never tried to present myself as unbiased.
Post by donald willis
Of course, I guess that we CTs
treat the Warren Report the same way.... However, I myself do heartily
approve page 116 of the WR, which page correctly cites "Dallas Patrolman
L.L. Hill" as the one who "radioed in around 12:40 p.m." Not poor, beset
Haygood, that is, who, under stress and duress, claimed that it was he who
radioed in....
A discrepancy between Haygood testifying he sent the transmission and the
WC stating it was Hill hardly constitutes evidence that someone other than
Oswald took part in the assassination. I suppose you think we live in a
perfect world where people don't make mistakes. All this indicates is
somebody got their signals crossed. Explain why your imaginary
conspirators would bother to change the identification of the officer who
made that transmission. What purpose would that serve?
You have identified an anomaly. You have failed to explain why that
anomaly is evidence somebody other than Oswald took part in the crime and
why it indicates anything more than human error.
donald willis
2018-05-20 01:03:04 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Well, I began this thread about a week ago so it seems like a good time to
some up the evidence the conspiracy hobbyists have offered that someone
other than Oswald took part in the assassination.
YOU
YOU
YOU
From donald willis
He mentions Fritz picking up the shells which at most would taint evidence
against Oswald, but is not evidence someone else took part in the crime.
The tainting itself is the evidence--Fritz took part right there, he is a
"someone else"! Of course, I guess if you believe there WAS no
conspiracy, then it's just Fritz amusing himself and incidentally tainting
the evidence against Oswald.
If Fritz mishandled evidence, that is an indication of incompetence, not
complicity.
At best, you too are drawing conclusions, just different ones. Nice of
you, though, to agree with Prof. Marsh here!
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
He also speaks of conflicting reports from the DPD regarding radio
transmissions and erroneous reports. He simply assumes the reason for
these inconsistencies are an effort to engage in a cover up without
offering any explanation for how this was evidence that someone other than
Oswald was involved. He never considers that in stressful situations
humans do make mistakes and miscommunication is normal.
So you're saying that being a witness at the Commission hearings was
"stressful"? That poor officer Haygood panicked before the big bad
lawyers and accidentally testified that he sent the "second window"
transmission?
You are trying to make a big deal out of the inconsistencies in the
original reporting of events which was done under very stressful
circumstances.
You are ignoring the obvious collusion between Henslee, the transcriber,
and DPD officers at the scene on 11/22/63:

In Dealey: Henslee puts the wrong name and call number on the "second
window" transcription. Haygood colludes, says that he sent the message,
when he obviously did not.

In Oak Cliff: Henslee again puts the wrong name and call number on the
"auto 38" transmission. Sgt. Hill colludes, falsely telling the
Commission that he did not send it.

Same m.o. at both ends of the case. Your "inconsistencies" don't stand up
to any scrutiny....
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
That it was unimportant WHO sent it or WHO told the actual officer
involved that it was the second window? That a "second window" could not
possibly mean that someone other than Oswald might have been at (or near)
that window?
I am saying you have shown no evidence of anyone other than Oswald
shooting at the president. You have offered nothing but your speculations.
Apparently you think they are a reasonable substitute for actual evidence.
No, just examples of false transcriptions and false testimony. The
collusion of at least three DPD officers is something more than
"inconsistency", evidence that it wasn't just a lone nut involved.
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
He saved his best for later however. He points to the black employees who
appear in the Dillard photo printed on page 67 of the WCR who aren't
apparent in the wide angle version of the same photo. He fails to consider
that the cropped photo was sharply contrasted so the dark skinned
employees would show in the darkened windows. The full photo did not do
this contrasting so those employees blended in with the dark background.
I'd go along with that, maybe, except that the Warren Report speaks of the
"three Depository employees shown in the picture taken by Dillard" (p68).
This is worthy of Ionesco! If the three "blended in with the dark
background", how did the authors of the WR see them? Or had they just
heard that they were SUPPOSED to be there? Nice try, but the text gives
it away....
In all likelihood, they were looking at the actual first generation print
of the Dillard photo, not the copied and recopied and recopied versions
you have looked at online.
How do you know what I've looked at? You're assuming! I'm basing my
conclusions on the photo on page 67 of the Warren Report (hardcover
edition, not an online version) and the version of the same "Dillard" in
Pictures of the Pain, hardly a purveyor of third-generation photography!

Again, then, why did the authors of the WR think there were three figures
in the photo, on the fifth floor, when neither you nor I nor they could
see them?
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
And your "explanation" does not explain how the image of one person in the
photo (Wilson) became fainter as the others emerged from the
background....
I don't need to explain it. You did since you are the one who is trying to
use these photos as evidence that someone other than Oswald was involved
in the crime.
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
But he doesn't stop there. He claims the photo was actually taken by Bob
Jackson. His trump card is his claim that the original Dillard/Jackson
photo actually showed a shooter on the fifth floor and that the photo was
doctored to cover that up by inserting the black employees.
A pretty good assessment. Now, you may not (!) accept my conclusion, but
this does fulfill your requirement that we offer evidence (the two
reproductions of the photo) re someone other than Oswald involved, unless
you think I'm trying to say that Oswald was on the FIFTH floor. I'm
not....
It doesn't even come close to fulfilling the challenge I gave you. You
have produced no such evidence. You have offered your speculations which
don't remotely rise to the level of evidence.
False transcriptions, false testimony, and inexplicably inconsistent
photos are not "speculation".
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
deke made the best effort
He pointed to JFK's violent backward head snap. For that to be evidence of
a second shooter it would have to be established that the cause of the
backward head snap was a frontal shot. Without establishing that, he is
offering nothing more than an argument and arguments do not constitute
evidence. It isn't even a good argument because bullets do not throw
shooting victims violently in any direction. That is a Hollywood
effect.
He points to witnesses reports that the last two shots were spaced too
closely to have both been fired by a bolt action rifle. Witness accounts
are evidence. However, the witnesses are not in agreement on that point.
Even among the witnesses who though the last two were closer together than
the first two, not everyone said they were so close together that the
couldn't have been fired from a bolt action rifle. Some said there was a
shorter PAUSE between the last two shots than the first two. Then we have
other witnesses who thought the shots were evenly spaced and others who
thought the first two were closer together. Since all these witnesses
cannot be right, their accounts alone do not establish the spacing of the
shots. Fortunately we did have one reliable witness, the Zaruder film. We
can see visible evidence of the two shots which struck JFK and those came
about 4.9 seconds apart. We don't have a definitive clue as to when the
missed shot was fired but there is now a clear consensus among LNs that it
was before the shot that hit JFK in the back. How much before is a matter
for debate but my belief, also not evidence, is it was fired about 3.3
seconds before the shot that hit JFK in the back. Lastly he points to
"suspicious activity" behind the GK fence and a puff of smoke. Neither of
these establishes a second shooter or evidence that someone other than
Oswald took part.
Someone named boris offered some vague suggestions. He spoke of a lead
snowstorm in an xray of JFK's head which he claims establishes a front to
back passage of the bullet. Unfortunately for him competent medical
examiners who studied the x-rays and photos unanimously concluded just the
opposite, that the bullet transited from back to front. He also mentions
Connally's wrist wound without elaborating on how that shows evidence of a
second shooter. Lastly he mentions the Dolce report, apparently oblivious
to the fact that Dolce argued that Oswald was the assassin and that his
first and third shots hit JFK and the second hit Connally. That hardly
constitutes evidence of someone other than Oswald being involved.
Chris/mainframetech repeated his opinion that he sees an entry wound in
JFK's forehead which he sees in an internet copy of the photo.
Unfortunately for him qualified medical examiners who have seen more and
better photos and x-rays do not see what he claims to see so it would be a
real stretch to call his observations evidence of anything. Laymen's
opinions are not evidence.
So there we have it. The best evidence the resident conspiracy hobbyists
could offer that someone other than Oswald was involved. Helluva case they
have there. That's what 54 years of spinning their wheels has produced.
This from a completely unbiased observer!
I've never tried to present myself as unbiased.
Post by donald willis
Of course, I guess that we CTs
treat the Warren Report the same way.... However, I myself do heartily
approve page 116 of the WR, which page correctly cites "Dallas Patrolman
L.L. Hill" as the one who "radioed in around 12:40 p.m." Not poor, beset
Haygood, that is, who, under stress and duress, claimed that it was he who
radioed in....
A discrepancy between Haygood testifying he sent the transmission and the
WC stating it was Hill hardly constitutes evidence that someone other than
Oswald took part in the assassination. I suppose you think we live in a
perfect world where people don't make mistakes. All this indicates is
somebody got their signals crossed. Explain why your imaginary
conspirators would bother to change the identification of the officer who
made that transmission.
I guess you didn't read the post I reprinted for you. I can only
re-direct you to that, not just try to sum it up again.

What purpose would that serve?
Post by bigdog
You have identified an anomaly. You have failed to explain why that
anomaly is evidence somebody other than Oswald took part in the crime and
why it indicates anything more than human error.
As I noted, above, the "anomalies" are clear evidence of collusion between
Henslee, Haygood, and Sgt. Hill.

dcw
bigdog
2018-05-20 22:21:30 UTC
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Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Well, I began this thread about a week ago so it seems like a good time to
some up the evidence the conspiracy hobbyists have offered that someone
other than Oswald took part in the assassination.
YOU
YOU
YOU
From donald willis
He mentions Fritz picking up the shells which at most would taint evidence
against Oswald, but is not evidence someone else took part in the crime.
The tainting itself is the evidence--Fritz took part right there, he is a
"someone else"! Of course, I guess if you believe there WAS no
conspiracy, then it's just Fritz amusing himself and incidentally tainting
the evidence against Oswald.
If Fritz mishandled evidence, that is an indication of incompetence, not
complicity.
At best, you too are drawing conclusions, just different ones. Nice of
you, though, to agree with Prof. Marsh here!
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
He also speaks of conflicting reports from the DPD regarding radio
transmissions and erroneous reports. He simply assumes the reason for
these inconsistencies are an effort to engage in a cover up without
offering any explanation for how this was evidence that someone other than
Oswald was involved. He never considers that in stressful situations
humans do make mistakes and miscommunication is normal.
So you're saying that being a witness at the Commission hearings was
"stressful"? That poor officer Haygood panicked before the big bad
lawyers and accidentally testified that he sent the "second window"
transmission?
You are trying to make a big deal out of the inconsistencies in the
original reporting of events which was done under very stressful
circumstances.
You are ignoring the obvious collusion between Henslee, the transcriber,
In Dealey: Henslee puts the wrong name and call number on the "second
window" transcription. Haygood colludes, says that he sent the message,
when he obviously did not.
In Oak Cliff: Henslee again puts the wrong name and call number on the
"auto 38" transmission. Sgt. Hill colludes, falsely telling the
Commission that he did not send it.
Same m.o. at both ends of the case. Your "inconsistencies" don't stand up
to any scrutiny....
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
That it was unimportant WHO sent it or WHO told the actual officer
involved that it was the second window? That a "second window" could not
possibly mean that someone other than Oswald might have been at (or near)
that window?
I am saying you have shown no evidence of anyone other than Oswald
shooting at the president. You have offered nothing but your speculations.
Apparently you think they are a reasonable substitute for actual evidence.
No, just examples of false transcriptions and false testimony. The
collusion of at least three DPD officers is something more than
"inconsistency", evidence that it wasn't just a lone nut involved.
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
He saved his best for later however. He points to the black employees who
appear in the Dillard photo printed on page 67 of the WCR who aren't
apparent in the wide angle version of the same photo. He fails to consider
that the cropped photo was sharply contrasted so the dark skinned
employees would show in the darkened windows. The full photo did not do
this contrasting so those employees blended in with the dark background.
I'd go along with that, maybe, except that the Warren Report speaks of the
"three Depository employees shown in the picture taken by Dillard" (p68).
This is worthy of Ionesco! If the three "blended in with the dark
background", how did the authors of the WR see them? Or had they just
heard that they were SUPPOSED to be there? Nice try, but the text gives
it away....
In all likelihood, they were looking at the actual first generation print
of the Dillard photo, not the copied and recopied and recopied versions
you have looked at online.
How do you know what I've looked at? You're assuming! I'm basing my
conclusions on the photo on page 67 of the Warren Report (hardcover
edition, not an online version) and the version of the same "Dillard" in
Pictures of the Pain, hardly a purveyor of third-generation photography!
Again, then, why did the authors of the WR think there were three figures
in the photo, on the fifth floor, when neither you nor I nor they could
see them?
There were three figures in the close up photo. If the wide angle photo of
the TSBD was a different photo, it was taken at a different time. There's
your answer.
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
And your "explanation" does not explain how the image of one person in the
photo (Wilson) became fainter as the others emerged from the
background....
I don't need to explain it. You did since you are the one who is trying to
use these photos as evidence that someone other than Oswald was involved
in the crime.
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
But he doesn't stop there. He claims the photo was actually taken by Bob
Jackson. His trump card is his claim that the original Dillard/Jackson
photo actually showed a shooter on the fifth floor and that the photo was
doctored to cover that up by inserting the black employees.
A pretty good assessment. Now, you may not (!) accept my conclusion, but
this does fulfill your requirement that we offer evidence (the two
reproductions of the photo) re someone other than Oswald involved, unless
you think I'm trying to say that Oswald was on the FIFTH floor. I'm
not....
It doesn't even come close to fulfilling the challenge I gave you. You
have produced no such evidence. You have offered your speculations which
don't remotely rise to the level of evidence.
False transcriptions, false testimony, and inexplicably inconsistent
photos are not "speculation".
None of which you have established.
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
deke made the best effort
He pointed to JFK's violent backward head snap. For that to be evidence of
a second shooter it would have to be established that the cause of the
backward head snap was a frontal shot. Without establishing that, he is
offering nothing more than an argument and arguments do not constitute
evidence. It isn't even a good argument because bullets do not throw
shooting victims violently in any direction. That is a Hollywood
effect.
He points to witnesses reports that the last two shots were spaced too
closely to have both been fired by a bolt action rifle. Witness accounts
are evidence. However, the witnesses are not in agreement on that point.
Even among the witnesses who though the last two were closer together than
the first two, not everyone said they were so close together that the
couldn't have been fired from a bolt action rifle. Some said there was a
shorter PAUSE between the last two shots than the first two. Then we have
other witnesses who thought the shots were evenly spaced and others who
thought the first two were closer together. Since all these witnesses
cannot be right, their accounts alone do not establish the spacing of the
shots. Fortunately we did have one reliable witness, the Zaruder film. We
can see visible evidence of the two shots which struck JFK and those came
about 4.9 seconds apart. We don't have a definitive clue as to when the
missed shot was fired but there is now a clear consensus among LNs that it
was before the shot that hit JFK in the back. How much before is a matter
for debate but my belief, also not evidence, is it was fired about 3.3
seconds before the shot that hit JFK in the back. Lastly he points to
"suspicious activity" behind the GK fence and a puff of smoke. Neither of
these establishes a second shooter or evidence that someone other than
Oswald took part.
Someone named boris offered some vague suggestions. He spoke of a lead
snowstorm in an xray of JFK's head which he claims establishes a front to
back passage of the bullet. Unfortunately for him competent medical
examiners who studied the x-rays and photos unanimously concluded just the
opposite, that the bullet transited from back to front. He also mentions
Connally's wrist wound without elaborating on how that shows evidence of a
second shooter. Lastly he mentions the Dolce report, apparently oblivious
to the fact that Dolce argued that Oswald was the assassin and that his
first and third shots hit JFK and the second hit Connally. That hardly
constitutes evidence of someone other than Oswald being involved.
Chris/mainframetech repeated his opinion that he sees an entry wound in
JFK's forehead which he sees in an internet copy of the photo.
Unfortunately for him qualified medical examiners who have seen more and
better photos and x-rays do not see what he claims to see so it would be a
real stretch to call his observations evidence of anything. Laymen's
opinions are not evidence.
So there we have it. The best evidence the resident conspiracy hobbyists
could offer that someone other than Oswald was involved. Helluva case they
have there. That's what 54 years of spinning their wheels has produced.
This from a completely unbiased observer!
I've never tried to present myself as unbiased.
Post by donald willis
Of course, I guess that we CTs
treat the Warren Report the same way.... However, I myself do heartily
approve page 116 of the WR, which page correctly cites "Dallas Patrolman
L.L. Hill" as the one who "radioed in around 12:40 p.m." Not poor, beset
Haygood, that is, who, under stress and duress, claimed that it was he who
radioed in....
A discrepancy between Haygood testifying he sent the transmission and the
WC stating it was Hill hardly constitutes evidence that someone other than
Oswald took part in the assassination. I suppose you think we live in a
perfect world where people don't make mistakes. All this indicates is
somebody got their signals crossed. Explain why your imaginary
conspirators would bother to change the identification of the officer who
made that transmission.
I guess you didn't read the post I reprinted for you. I can only
re-direct you to that, not just try to sum it up again.
What purpose would that serve?
Post by bigdog
You have identified an anomaly. You have failed to explain why that
anomaly is evidence somebody other than Oswald took part in the crime and
why it indicates anything more than human error.
As I noted, above, the "anomalies" are clear evidence of collusion between
Henslee, Haygood, and Sgt. Hill.
That is nothing more than speculation which doesn't rise to the level of
evidence and doesn't indicated someone other than Oswald was involved.
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-17 20:02:19 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by Jason Burke
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Why would Fritz take a chance and tamper with the hulls unless they (a)
were not from the Carcano, (b) were not found in the "sniper's nest", or
(c) were, say, four in number? If a, b, or even perhaps c, you don't have
Oswald in the "nest"....
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
A pre-fab suspect description (i.e., one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22)
indicates that they were looking for someone, in particular, BEFORE anyone
had done anything. A suspect description without witnesses who could have
provided that description is itself pretty suspect....
True, maybe there was a shy witness who saw Oswald as he was leaving the
sixth floor and could have provided height & weight estimates, but it has
been how many years and no one has volunteered such information....
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Was Oswald at a "second window"? Then it was "someone other"....
dcw
It's amazing how the CT crowd grasps at straws.
Heck, there aren't even any straws to grasp.
If the "second window from the end" transmission was only confusion, why
was it covered up? That is, the wrong cop's call number was appended to
it, then that wrong cop testified that he sent it. The second major DPD
radio log transcription exposed the first fraud; the Warren Report (of all
people) exposed the second. LNers cling to the Warren Report--except when
it exposes a fraud perpetrated on the Warren Commission!
You continue to try to present questions as if they are evidence. If you
want evidence, you have to find the answers to those questions.
Check my post from three hours ago (6:46pm 5/14)--there are your answers,
and the reasons for them. Not just assumptions or speculation.
dcw
You mean the one that McAdams refused to post?
bigdog
2018-05-12 23:46:00 UTC
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Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Why would Fritz take a chance and tamper with the hulls unless they (a)
were not from the Carcano, (b) were not found in the "sniper's nest", or
(c) were, say, four in number? If a, b, or even perhaps c, you don't have
Oswald in the "nest"....
You are speculating. Speculation is not evidence.
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
A pre-fab suspect description (i.e., one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22)
indicates that they were looking for someone, in particular, BEFORE anyone
had done anything. A suspect description without witnesses who could have
provided that description is itself pretty suspect....
I don't know where you are going with this one. The description came from
Brennan who immediately went to the nearest cop and described the man he
saw fire the last shot from the window. Where is your evidence the it was
"one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22".
Post by donald willis
True, maybe there was a shy witness who saw Oswald as he was leaving the
sixth floor and could have provided height & weight estimates, but it has
been how many years and no one has volunteered such information....
The witness is known. It was Brennan.
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Was Oswald at a "second window"? Then it was "someone other"....
Of course you overlook the other more likely explanation that there was
miscommunication about where the shooter was. In the aftermath of any
event, it is quite common for facts to get garbled. For example the early
reports said a Secret Service agent had been killed in the attack, a
couple had been arrested, and the rifle was variously described as a
Winchester, an Enfield, and a Japanese rifle, all erroneous. Following the
Reagan assassination attempt it was reported that Reagan had not been hit
and the Jim Brady had been killed. None of these erroneous reports are
evidence of a conspiracy in either assassination attempt. You are simply
leaping to illogical conclusions based on the flimsiest of information.
donald willis
2018-05-14 03:35:27 UTC
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Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Why would Fritz take a chance and tamper with the hulls unless they (a)
were not from the Carcano, (b) were not found in the "sniper's nest", or
(c) were, say, four in number? If a, b, or even perhaps c, you don't have
Oswald in the "nest"....
You are speculating. Speculation is not evidence.
The witness evidence says that Fritz picked up the hulls, an act which for
some reason he could neither confirm nor deny, in his affidavit on the
subject. So your own so-called "evidence"--the DPD photos of the hulls in
situ--was in fact apparently not evidence, and useful only as only a sort
of department-store window dressing. They were just photos of some hulls
which the DPD had uh rearranged, for no reason. This is not speculation.
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
A pre-fab suspect description (i.e., one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22)
indicates that they were looking for someone, in particular, BEFORE anyone
had done anything. A suspect description without witnesses who could have
provided that description is itself pretty suspect....
I don't know where you are going with this one. The description came from
Brennan who immediately went to the nearest cop
a) A photo in "Pictures of the Pain" shows Brennan about 12:34 chatting
in front of the depository with some fellow witnesses. So it was not at
all "immediately", unless the "nearest cop" forgot to tell his witness not
to talk to anyone else.

b) And you know that the description did not come from Brennan.
Certainly not the height. Certainly not the weight. Not the weapon.
Sawyer did not even know that Brennan saw the man in the
depository--Sawyer said his witness did not know if the suspect had even
been in the depository! Try again, pal. No one knows WHO that suspect
description came from....

and described the man he
Post by bigdog
saw fire the last shot from the window. Where is your evidence the it was
"one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22".
It's right in the suspect description, most of which has no known
source....
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
True, maybe there was a shy witness who saw Oswald as he was leaving the
sixth floor and could have provided height & weight estimates, but it has
been how many years and no one has volunteered such information....
The witness is known. It was Brennan.
You're funny.
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Was Oswald at a "second window"? Then it was "someone other"....
Of course you overlook the other more likely explanation that there was
miscommunication about where the shooter was.
And you conveniently overlook the follow-up to the 12:37
"miscommunication". There was more to it than that, if indeed it was
miscommunication. The wrong call number was appended to it, in the first
major DPD transcription of its logs. Yet the wrong cop testified to the
hapless Commission that he indeed sent it! He did not correct the error.
Fraud upon fraud. But the Warren Report somehow got it right and
correctly attributed the transcription to the right cop! Two cheers for
the WR!

In the aftermath of any
Post by bigdog
event, it is quite common for facts to get garbled. For example the early
reports said a Secret Service agent had been killed in the attack, a
couple had been arrested, and the rifle was variously described as a
Winchester, an Enfield, and a Japanese rifle, all erroneous.
Yes, and you don't even mention that one cop radioed that he thought that
several people had been shot, or killed!

dcw


Following the
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Reagan assassination attempt it was reported that Reagan had not been hit
and the Jim Brady had been killed. None of these erroneous reports are
evidence of a conspiracy in either assassination attempt. You are simply
leaping to illogical conclusions based on the flimsiest of information.
bigdog
2018-05-15 01:47:52 UTC
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Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Why would Fritz take a chance and tamper with the hulls unless they (a)
were not from the Carcano, (b) were not found in the "sniper's nest", or
(c) were, say, four in number? If a, b, or even perhaps c, you don't have
Oswald in the "nest"....
You are speculating. Speculation is not evidence.
The witness evidence says that Fritz picked up the hulls, an act which for
some reason he could neither confirm nor deny, in his affidavit on the
subject. So your own so-called "evidence"--the DPD photos of the hulls in
situ--was in fact apparently not evidence, and useful only as only a sort
of department-store window dressing. They were just photos of some hulls
which the DPD had uh rearranged, for no reason. This is not speculation.
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2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
A pre-fab suspect description (i.e., one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22)
indicates that they were looking for someone, in particular, BEFORE anyone
had done anything. A suspect description without witnesses who could have
provided that description is itself pretty suspect....
I don't know where you are going with this one. The description came from
Brennan who immediately went to the nearest cop
a) A photo in "Pictures of the Pain" shows Brennan about 12:34 chatting
in front of the depository with some fellow witnesses. So it was not at
all "immediately", unless the "nearest cop" forgot to tell his witness not
to talk to anyone else.
b) And you know that the description did not come from Brennan.
Certainly not the height. Certainly not the weight. Not the weapon.
Sawyer did not even know that Brennan saw the man in the
depository--Sawyer said his witness did not know if the suspect had even
been in the depository! Try again, pal. No one knows WHO that suspect
description came from....
and described the man he
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saw fire the last shot from the window. Where is your evidence the it was
"one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22".
It's right in the suspect description, most of which has no known
source....
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True, maybe there was a shy witness who saw Oswald as he was leaving the
sixth floor and could have provided height & weight estimates, but it has
been how many years and no one has volunteered such information....
The witness is known. It was Brennan.
You're funny.
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3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Was Oswald at a "second window"? Then it was "someone other"....
Of course you overlook the other more likely explanation that there was
miscommunication about where the shooter was.
And you conveniently overlook the follow-up to the 12:37
"miscommunication". There was more to it than that, if indeed it was
miscommunication. The wrong call number was appended to it, in the first
major DPD transcription of its logs. Yet the wrong cop testified to the
hapless Commission that he indeed sent it! He did not correct the error.
Fraud upon fraud. But the Warren Report somehow got it right and
correctly attributed the transcription to the right cop! Two cheers for
the WR!
If you go back to the OP, you will see I specifically asked for evidence
that others were involved, not challenges to the evidence against Oswald.
If you want to argue that Fritz picking up the shells taints that
evidence, that weakens the case against Oswald but doesn't present
evidence that other people were involved.
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In the aftermath of any
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event, it is quite common for facts to get garbled. For example the early
reports said a Secret Service agent had been killed in the attack, a
couple had been arrested, and the rifle was variously described as a
Winchester, an Enfield, and a Japanese rifle, all erroneous.
Yes, and you don't even mention that one cop radioed that he thought that
several people had been shot, or killed!
Yes, a lot of misinformation gets reported, even by cops. Cops relay what
they hear which may or may not be accurate
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2018-05-15 20:57:54 UTC
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Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Why would Fritz take a chance and tamper with the hulls unless they (a)
were not from the Carcano, (b) were not found in the "sniper's nest", or
(c) were, say, four in number? If a, b, or even perhaps c, you don't have
Oswald in the "nest"....
You are speculating. Speculation is not evidence.
The witness evidence says that Fritz picked up the hulls, an act which for
some reason he could neither confirm nor deny, in his affidavit on the
subject. So your own so-called "evidence"--the DPD photos of the hulls in
situ--was in fact apparently not evidence, and useful only as only a sort
of department-store window dressing. They were just photos of some hulls
which the DPD had uh rearranged, for no reason. This is not speculation.
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2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
A pre-fab suspect description (i.e., one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22)
indicates that they were looking for someone, in particular, BEFORE anyone
had done anything. A suspect description without witnesses who could have
provided that description is itself pretty suspect....
I don't know where you are going with this one. The description came from
Brennan who immediately went to the nearest cop
a) A photo in "Pictures of the Pain" shows Brennan about 12:34 chatting
in front of the depository with some fellow witnesses. So it was not at
all "immediately", unless the "nearest cop" forgot to tell his witness not
to talk to anyone else.
b) And you know that the description did not come from Brennan.
Certainly not the height. Certainly not the weight. Not the weapon.
Sawyer did not even know that Brennan saw the man in the
depository--Sawyer said his witness did not know if the suspect had even
been in the depository! Try again, pal. No one knows WHO that suspect
description came from....
and described the man he
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saw fire the last shot from the window. Where is your evidence the it was
"one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22".
It's right in the suspect description, most of which has no known
source....
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Post by donald willis
True, maybe there was a shy witness who saw Oswald as he was leaving the
sixth floor and could have provided height & weight estimates, but it has
been how many years and no one has volunteered such information....
The witness is known. It was Brennan.
You're funny.
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3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Was Oswald at a "second window"? Then it was "someone other"....
Of course you overlook the other more likely explanation that there was
miscommunication about where the shooter was.
And you conveniently overlook the follow-up to the 12:37
"miscommunication". There was more to it than that, if indeed it was
miscommunication. The wrong call number was appended to it, in the first
major DPD transcription of its logs. Yet the wrong cop testified to the
hapless Commission that he indeed sent it! He did not correct the error.
Fraud upon fraud. But the Warren Report somehow got it right and
correctly attributed the transcription to the right cop! Two cheers for
the WR!
If you go back to the OP, you will see I specifically asked for evidence
that others were involved, not challenges to the evidence against Oswald.
If you want to argue that Fritz picking up the shells taints that
evidence, that weakens the case against Oswald but doesn't present
evidence that other people were involved.
The ID of the witness for the 12:37 DPD radio transmission was covered up.
"Second window" means a different floor, means another person was
involved; otherwise, why cover up his identity?

dcw
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2018-05-16 02:40:23 UTC
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Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Why would Fritz take a chance and tamper with the hulls unless they (a)
were not from the Carcano, (b) were not found in the "sniper's nest", or
(c) were, say, four in number? If a, b, or even perhaps c, you don't have
Oswald in the "nest"....
You are speculating. Speculation is not evidence.
The witness evidence says that Fritz picked up the hulls, an act which for
some reason he could neither confirm nor deny, in his affidavit on the
subject. So your own so-called "evidence"--the DPD photos of the hulls in
situ--was in fact apparently not evidence, and useful only as only a sort
of department-store window dressing. They were just photos of some hulls
which the DPD had uh rearranged, for no reason. This is not speculation.
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2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
A pre-fab suspect description (i.e., one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22)
indicates that they were looking for someone, in particular, BEFORE anyone
had done anything. A suspect description without witnesses who could have
provided that description is itself pretty suspect....
I don't know where you are going with this one. The description came from
Brennan who immediately went to the nearest cop
a) A photo in "Pictures of the Pain" shows Brennan about 12:34 chatting
in front of the depository with some fellow witnesses. So it was not at
all "immediately", unless the "nearest cop" forgot to tell his witness not
to talk to anyone else.
b) And you know that the description did not come from Brennan.
Certainly not the height. Certainly not the weight. Not the weapon.
Sawyer did not even know that Brennan saw the man in the
depository--Sawyer said his witness did not know if the suspect had even
been in the depository! Try again, pal. No one knows WHO that suspect
description came from....
and described the man he
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saw fire the last shot from the window. Where is your evidence the it was
"one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22".
It's right in the suspect description, most of which has no known
source....
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Post by donald willis
True, maybe there was a shy witness who saw Oswald as he was leaving the
sixth floor and could have provided height & weight estimates, but it has
been how many years and no one has volunteered such information....
The witness is known. It was Brennan.
You're funny.
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3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Was Oswald at a "second window"? Then it was "someone other"....
Of course you overlook the other more likely explanation that there was
miscommunication about where the shooter was.
And you conveniently overlook the follow-up to the 12:37
"miscommunication". There was more to it than that, if indeed it was
miscommunication. The wrong call number was appended to it, in the first
major DPD transcription of its logs. Yet the wrong cop testified to the
hapless Commission that he indeed sent it! He did not correct the error.
Fraud upon fraud. But the Warren Report somehow got it right and
correctly attributed the transcription to the right cop! Two cheers for
the WR!
If you go back to the OP, you will see I specifically asked for evidence
that others were involved, not challenges to the evidence against Oswald.
If you want to argue that Fritz picking up the shells taints that
evidence, that weakens the case against Oswald but doesn't present
evidence that other people were involved.
The ID of the witness for the 12:37 DPD radio transmission was covered up.
"Second window" means a different floor, means another person was
involved; otherwise, why cover up his identity?
It's amazing how you assume these various inconsistencies to be the
product of a cover up and not the normal errors and miscommunications that
happen in the normal course of events.
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2018-05-17 02:59:03 UTC
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Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Why would Fritz take a chance and tamper with the hulls unless they (a)
were not from the Carcano, (b) were not found in the "sniper's nest", or
(c) were, say, four in number? If a, b, or even perhaps c, you don't have
Oswald in the "nest"....
You are speculating. Speculation is not evidence.
The witness evidence says that Fritz picked up the hulls, an act which for
some reason he could neither confirm nor deny, in his affidavit on the
subject. So your own so-called "evidence"--the DPD photos of the hulls in
situ--was in fact apparently not evidence, and useful only as only a sort
of department-store window dressing. They were just photos of some hulls
which the DPD had uh rearranged, for no reason. This is not speculation.
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2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
A pre-fab suspect description (i.e., one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22)
indicates that they were looking for someone, in particular, BEFORE anyone
had done anything. A suspect description without witnesses who could have
provided that description is itself pretty suspect....
I don't know where you are going with this one. The description came from
Brennan who immediately went to the nearest cop
a) A photo in "Pictures of the Pain" shows Brennan about 12:34 chatting
in front of the depository with some fellow witnesses. So it was not at
all "immediately", unless the "nearest cop" forgot to tell his witness not
to talk to anyone else.
b) And you know that the description did not come from Brennan.
Certainly not the height. Certainly not the weight. Not the weapon.
Sawyer did not even know that Brennan saw the man in the
depository--Sawyer said his witness did not know if the suspect had even
been in the depository! Try again, pal. No one knows WHO that suspect
description came from....
and described the man he
Post by bigdog
saw fire the last shot from the window. Where is your evidence the it was
"one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22".
It's right in the suspect description, most of which has no known
source....
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
True, maybe there was a shy witness who saw Oswald as he was leaving the
sixth floor and could have provided height & weight estimates, but it has
been how many years and no one has volunteered such information....
The witness is known. It was Brennan.
You're funny.
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Post by donald willis
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Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Was Oswald at a "second window"? Then it was "someone other"....
Of course you overlook the other more likely explanation that there was
miscommunication about where the shooter was.
And you conveniently overlook the follow-up to the 12:37
"miscommunication". There was more to it than that, if indeed it was
miscommunication. The wrong call number was appended to it, in the first
major DPD transcription of its logs. Yet the wrong cop testified to the
hapless Commission that he indeed sent it! He did not correct the error.
Fraud upon fraud. But the Warren Report somehow got it right and
correctly attributed the transcription to the right cop! Two cheers for
the WR!
If you go back to the OP, you will see I specifically asked for evidence
that others were involved, not challenges to the evidence against Oswald.
If you want to argue that Fritz picking up the shells taints that
evidence, that weakens the case against Oswald but doesn't present
evidence that other people were involved.
The ID of the witness for the 12:37 DPD radio transmission was covered up.
"Second window" means a different floor, means another person was
involved; otherwise, why cover up his identity?
It's amazing how you assume these various inconsistencies to be the
product of a cover up and not the normal errors and miscommunications that
happen in the normal course of events.
I know, I know! LNers have descended to satire. I mean, they couldn't
simply be blind to what's right in front of them. DPD transcriber Sgt.
Henslee put the wrong call number and name--"Haygood"--on the 12:37
"second window" transmission. Well and good--could be a "normal error".
DPD Patrolman Clyde Haygood then testified before the Warren Commission
that Sgt. Henslee's "normal error" was not an error, that he indeed sent
that transmission. An abnormal error! The word "normal" allows LNers not
to have to reason at all about things that don't jibe with their
preconceptions....

In case you think that Henslee and Haygood were actually not in error,
consider that the authors of the Warren Report did not believe them and
attributed the "second window" transmission to the RIGHT DPD officer, LL
Hill. Sgt. Jim Bowles, however, in HIS transcription was the first to
correct Henslee & Haygood....

"normal error"--the stuff of satire!

dcw
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Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Why would Fritz take a chance and tamper with the hulls unless they (a)
were not from the Carcano, (b) were not found in the "sniper's nest", or
(c) were, say, four in number? If a, b, or even perhaps c, you don't have
Oswald in the "nest"....
You are speculating. Speculation is not evidence.
The witness evidence says that Fritz picked up the hulls, an act which for
some reason he could neither confirm nor deny, in his affidavit on the
subject. So your own so-called "evidence"--the DPD photos of the hulls in
situ--was in fact apparently not evidence, and useful only as only a sort
of department-store window dressing. They were just photos of some hulls
which the DPD had uh rearranged, for no reason. This is not speculation.
Post by bigdog
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Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
A pre-fab suspect description (i.e., one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22)
indicates that they were looking for someone, in particular, BEFORE anyone
had done anything. A suspect description without witnesses who could have
provided that description is itself pretty suspect....
I don't know where you are going with this one. The description came from
Brennan who immediately went to the nearest cop
a) A photo in "Pictures of the Pain" shows Brennan about 12:34 chatting
in front of the depository with some fellow witnesses. So it was not at
all "immediately", unless the "nearest cop" forgot to tell his witness not
to talk to anyone else.
b) And you know that the description did not come from Brennan.
Certainly not the height. Certainly not the weight. Not the weapon.
Sawyer did not even know that Brennan saw the man in the
depository--Sawyer said his witness did not know if the suspect had even
been in the depository! Try again, pal. No one knows WHO that suspect
description came from....
and described the man he
Post by bigdog
saw fire the last shot from the window. Where is your evidence the it was
"one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22".
It's right in the suspect description, most of which has no known
source....
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
True, maybe there was a shy witness who saw Oswald as he was leaving the
sixth floor and could have provided height & weight estimates, but it has
been how many years and no one has volunteered such information....
The witness is known. It was Brennan.
You're funny.
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Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Was Oswald at a "second window"? Then it was "someone other"....
Of course you overlook the other more likely explanation that there was
miscommunication about where the shooter was.
And you conveniently overlook the follow-up to the 12:37
"miscommunication". There was more to it than that, if indeed it was
miscommunication. The wrong call number was appended to it, in the first
major DPD transcription of its logs. Yet the wrong cop testified to the
hapless Commission that he indeed sent it! He did not correct the error.
Fraud upon fraud. But the Warren Report somehow got it right and
correctly attributed the transcription to the right cop! Two cheers for
the WR!
If you go back to the OP, you will see I specifically asked for evidence
that others were involved, not challenges to the evidence against Oswald.
If you want to argue that Fritz picking up the shells taints that
evidence, that weakens the case against Oswald but doesn't present
evidence that other people were involved.
The ID of the witness for the 12:37 DPD radio transmission was covered up.
"Second window" means a different floor, means another person was
involved; otherwise, why cover up his identity?
It's amazing how you assume these various inconsistencies to be the
product of a cover up and not the normal errors and miscommunications that
happen in the normal course of events.
He must have studied at the feet of the master, Harold Weisberg. This was
one of his favorite "methods." Any mistake was evidence of a cover up.
Unless the mistake supported a conspiracy reading; in that case the
mistake was an admission of a fact that proved conspiracy. Ridiculous.
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-18 00:28:00 UTC
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Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Why would Fritz take a chance and tamper with the hulls unless they (a)
were not from the Carcano, (b) were not found in the "sniper's nest", or
(c) were, say, four in number? If a, b, or even perhaps c, you don't have
Oswald in the "nest"....
You are speculating. Speculation is not evidence.
The witness evidence says that Fritz picked up the hulls, an act which for
some reason he could neither confirm nor deny, in his affidavit on the
subject. So your own so-called "evidence"--the DPD photos of the hulls in
situ--was in fact apparently not evidence, and useful only as only a sort
of department-store window dressing. They were just photos of some hulls
which the DPD had uh rearranged, for no reason. This is not speculation.
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
A pre-fab suspect description (i.e., one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22)
indicates that they were looking for someone, in particular, BEFORE anyone
had done anything. A suspect description without witnesses who could have
provided that description is itself pretty suspect....
I don't know where you are going with this one. The description came from
Brennan who immediately went to the nearest cop
a) A photo in "Pictures of the Pain" shows Brennan about 12:34 chatting
in front of the depository with some fellow witnesses. So it was not at
all "immediately", unless the "nearest cop" forgot to tell his witness not
to talk to anyone else.
b) And you know that the description did not come from Brennan.
Certainly not the height. Certainly not the weight. Not the weapon.
Sawyer did not even know that Brennan saw the man in the
depository--Sawyer said his witness did not know if the suspect had even
been in the depository! Try again, pal. No one knows WHO that suspect
description came from....
and described the man he
Post by bigdog
saw fire the last shot from the window. Where is your evidence the it was
"one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22".
It's right in the suspect description, most of which has no known
source....
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
True, maybe there was a shy witness who saw Oswald as he was leaving the
sixth floor and could have provided height & weight estimates, but it has
been how many years and no one has volunteered such information....
The witness is known. It was Brennan.
You're funny.
Post by bigdog
Post by donald willis
Post by bigdog
Post by bigdog
3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Was Oswald at a "second window"? Then it was "someone other"....
Of course you overlook the other more likely explanation that there was
miscommunication about where the shooter was.
And you conveniently overlook the follow-up to the 12:37
"miscommunication". There was more to it than that, if indeed it was
miscommunication. The wrong call number was appended to it, in the first
major DPD transcription of its logs. Yet the wrong cop testified to the
hapless Commission that he indeed sent it! He did not correct the error.
Fraud upon fraud. But the Warren Report somehow got it right and
correctly attributed the transcription to the right cop! Two cheers for
the WR!
If you go back to the OP, you will see I specifically asked for evidence
that others were involved, not challenges to the evidence against Oswald.
If you want to argue that Fritz picking up the shells taints that
evidence, that weakens the case against Oswald but doesn't present
evidence that other people were involved.
The ID of the witness for the 12:37 DPD radio transmission was covered up.
"Second window" means a different floor, means another person was
involved; otherwise, why cover up his identity?
It's amazing how you assume these various inconsistencies to be the
product of a cover up and not the normal errors and miscommunications that
happen in the normal course of events.
The transcripts were AFTER the event. And they had a few.
I think it was deliberate by Bowles who was more concerned with making
his department look good than the Truth.
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He must have studied at the feet of the master, Harold Weisberg. This was
one of his favorite "methods." Any mistake was evidence of a cover up.
Unless the mistake supported a conspiracy reading; in that case the
mistake was an admission of a fact that proved conspiracy. Ridiculous.
Well, just covering up mistake just proves cover-up. But it could be a
benign cover-up to cover up incompetetence. Doesn't prove that Bowles
was one of the shooters.
donald willis
2018-05-19 01:46:08 UTC
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Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Why would Fritz take a chance and tamper with the hulls unless they (a)
were not from the Carcano, (b) were not found in the "sniper's nest", or
(c) were, say, four in number? If a, b, or even perhaps c, you don't have
Oswald in the "nest"....
You are speculating. Speculation is not evidence.
The witness evidence says that Fritz picked up the hulls, an act which for
some reason he could neither confirm nor deny, in his affidavit on the
subject. So your own so-called "evidence"--the DPD photos of the hulls in
situ--was in fact apparently not evidence, and useful only as only a sort
of department-store window dressing. They were just photos of some hulls
which the DPD had uh rearranged, for no reason. This is not speculation.
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2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
A pre-fab suspect description (i.e., one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22)
indicates that they were looking for someone, in particular, BEFORE anyone
had done anything. A suspect description without witnesses who could have
provided that description is itself pretty suspect....
I don't know where you are going with this one. The description came from
Brennan who immediately went to the nearest cop
a) A photo in "Pictures of the Pain" shows Brennan about 12:34 chatting
in front of the depository with some fellow witnesses. So it was not at
all "immediately", unless the "nearest cop" forgot to tell his witness not
to talk to anyone else.
b) And you know that the description did not come from Brennan.
Certainly not the height. Certainly not the weight. Not the weapon.
Sawyer did not even know that Brennan saw the man in the
depository--Sawyer said his witness did not know if the suspect had even
been in the depository! Try again, pal. No one knows WHO that suspect
description came from....
and described the man he
Post by bigdog
saw fire the last shot from the window. Where is your evidence the it was
"one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22".
It's right in the suspect description, most of which has no known
source....
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Post by donald willis
True, maybe there was a shy witness who saw Oswald as he was leaving the
sixth floor and could have provided height & weight estimates, but it has
been how many years and no one has volunteered such information....
The witness is known. It was Brennan.
You're funny.
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3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Was Oswald at a "second window"? Then it was "someone other"....
Of course you overlook the other more likely explanation that there was
miscommunication about where the shooter was.
And you conveniently overlook the follow-up to the 12:37
"miscommunication". There was more to it than that, if indeed it was
miscommunication. The wrong call number was appended to it, in the first
major DPD transcription of its logs. Yet the wrong cop testified to the
hapless Commission that he indeed sent it! He did not correct the error.
Fraud upon fraud. But the Warren Report somehow got it right and
correctly attributed the transcription to the right cop! Two cheers for
the WR!
If you go back to the OP, you will see I specifically asked for evidence
that others were involved, not challenges to the evidence against Oswald.
If you want to argue that Fritz picking up the shells taints that
evidence, that weakens the case against Oswald but doesn't present
evidence that other people were involved.
The ID of the witness for the 12:37 DPD radio transmission was covered up.
"Second window" means a different floor, means another person was
involved; otherwise, why cover up his identity?
It's amazing how you assume these various inconsistencies to be the
product of a cover up and not the normal errors and miscommunications that
happen in the normal course of events.
The transcripts were AFTER the event. And they had a few.
I think it was deliberate by Bowles who was more concerned with making
his department look good than the Truth.
No, it was Henslee who concocted the phony transcription of the radio
logs. Bowles *corrected* his uh "mistakes"....
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He must have studied at the feet of the master, Harold Weisberg. This was
one of his favorite "methods." Any mistake was evidence of a cover up.
Unless the mistake supported a conspiracy reading; in that case the
mistake was an admission of a fact that proved conspiracy. Ridiculous.
Well, just covering up mistake just proves cover-up. But it could be a
benign cover-up to cover up incompetetence. Doesn't prove that Bowles
was one of the shooters.
bigdog
2018-05-20 00:53:58 UTC
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Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Why would Fritz take a chance and tamper with the hulls unless they (a)
were not from the Carcano, (b) were not found in the "sniper's nest", or
(c) were, say, four in number? If a, b, or even perhaps c, you don't have
Oswald in the "nest"....
You are speculating. Speculation is not evidence.
The witness evidence says that Fritz picked up the hulls, an act which for
some reason he could neither confirm nor deny, in his affidavit on the
subject. So your own so-called "evidence"--the DPD photos of the hulls in
situ--was in fact apparently not evidence, and useful only as only a sort
of department-store window dressing. They were just photos of some hulls
which the DPD had uh rearranged, for no reason. This is not speculation.
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2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
A pre-fab suspect description (i.e., one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22)
indicates that they were looking for someone, in particular, BEFORE anyone
had done anything. A suspect description without witnesses who could have
provided that description is itself pretty suspect....
I don't know where you are going with this one. The description came from
Brennan who immediately went to the nearest cop
a) A photo in "Pictures of the Pain" shows Brennan about 12:34 chatting
in front of the depository with some fellow witnesses. So it was not at
all "immediately", unless the "nearest cop" forgot to tell his witness not
to talk to anyone else.
b) And you know that the description did not come from Brennan.
Certainly not the height. Certainly not the weight. Not the weapon.
Sawyer did not even know that Brennan saw the man in the
depository--Sawyer said his witness did not know if the suspect had even
been in the depository! Try again, pal. No one knows WHO that suspect
description came from....
and described the man he
Post by bigdog
saw fire the last shot from the window. Where is your evidence the it was
"one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22".
It's right in the suspect description, most of which has no known
source....
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Post by donald willis
True, maybe there was a shy witness who saw Oswald as he was leaving the
sixth floor and could have provided height & weight estimates, but it has
been how many years and no one has volunteered such information....
The witness is known. It was Brennan.
You're funny.
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3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Was Oswald at a "second window"? Then it was "someone other"....
Of course you overlook the other more likely explanation that there was
miscommunication about where the shooter was.
And you conveniently overlook the follow-up to the 12:37
"miscommunication". There was more to it than that, if indeed it was
miscommunication. The wrong call number was appended to it, in the first
major DPD transcription of its logs. Yet the wrong cop testified to the
hapless Commission that he indeed sent it! He did not correct the error.
Fraud upon fraud. But the Warren Report somehow got it right and
correctly attributed the transcription to the right cop! Two cheers for
the WR!
If you go back to the OP, you will see I specifically asked for evidence
that others were involved, not challenges to the evidence against Oswald.
If you want to argue that Fritz picking up the shells taints that
evidence, that weakens the case against Oswald but doesn't present
evidence that other people were involved.
The ID of the witness for the 12:37 DPD radio transmission was covered up.
"Second window" means a different floor, means another person was
involved; otherwise, why cover up his identity?
It's amazing how you assume these various inconsistencies to be the
product of a cover up and not the normal errors and miscommunications that
happen in the normal course of events.
The transcripts were AFTER the event. And they had a few.
I think it was deliberate by Bowles who was more concerned with making
his department look good than the Truth.
No, it was Henslee who concocted the phony transcription of the radio
logs. Bowles *corrected* his uh "mistakes"....
So you don't think people should correct mistakes.
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-13 19:40:28 UTC
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Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
I think his theory is that they were collected from tests and then dropped
in the WRONG place on the fifth floor and a different rifle was used for
the assassination and that shooter picked up HIS shells.
Post by donald willis
Why would Fritz take a chance and tamper with the hulls unless they (a)
were not from the Carcano, (b) were not found in the "sniper's nest", or
(c) were, say, four in number? If a, b, or even perhaps c, you don't have
Oswald in the "nest"....
A. Which Cacano?
B. Well, Fritz did not pick them up from the sniper's nest. That's sorta
the reason why it's suspicious. The ejection pattern does not make them
line up near the wall.
C. I don't know. Maybe he has Oswald there observing?
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2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Not clear what you are talking about.
Post by donald willis
A pre-fab suspect description (i.e., one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22)
indicates that they were looking for someone, in particular, BEFORE anyone
had done anything. A suspect description without witnesses who could have
provided that description is itself pretty suspect....
True, maybe there was a shy witness who saw Oswald as he was leaving the
sixth floor and could have provided height & weight estimates, but it has
been how many years and no one has volunteered such information....
That YOU know about. But you cover up so much that you may have
overlooked something. Maybe the witness you killed wrote it down.
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3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Was Oswald at a "second window"? Then it was "someone other"....
Was someone else at a second window?
Who were the two men that witnesses saw? Name them.
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dcw
donald willis
2018-05-15 01:40:34 UTC
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Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. _3 witnesses to Fritz picking up hulls_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
I think his theory is that they were collected from tests and then dropped
in the WRONG place on the fifth floor and a different rifle was used for
the assassination and that shooter picked up HIS shells.
Post by donald willis
Why would Fritz take a chance and tamper with the hulls unless they (a)
were not from the Carcano, (b) were not found in the "sniper's nest", or
(c) were, say, four in number? If a, b, or even perhaps c, you don't have
Oswald in the "nest"....
A. Which Cacano?
B. Well, Fritz did not pick them up from the sniper's nest.
You're agreeing with me??? Not used to that....

That's sorta
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the reason why it's suspicious. The ejection pattern does not make them
line up near the wall.
If I recall correctly, two witnesses--Sgt. Hill and Roger Craig--said they
saw the shells in a different configuration....
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C. I don't know. Maybe he has Oswald there observing?
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2. _Insp. Sawyer's orphan apb with no viable source for most of its
elements_______________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Not clear what you are talking about.
Post by donald willis
A pre-fab suspect description (i.e., one concocted before 12:30pm 11/22)
indicates that they were looking for someone, in particular, BEFORE anyone
had done anything. A suspect description without witnesses who could have
provided that description is itself pretty suspect....
True, maybe there was a shy witness who saw Oswald as he was leaving the
sixth floor and could have provided height & weight estimates, but it has
been how many years and no one has volunteered such information....
That YOU know about. But you cover up so much that you may have
overlooked something. Maybe the witness you killed wrote it down.
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3. Haygood replacing LL Hill at WC hearings, as sender of 12:37 "second
window from the end" transmission________________________________
Explain how that is evidence that someone other than Oswald took part in
the assassination.
Was Oswald at a "second window"? Then it was "someone other"....
Was someone else at a second window?
Who were the two men that witnesses saw? Name them.
I'd say only one man, *after* the shooting stopped--Bonnie Ray Williams,
at his window. He was so close to where the shooting came from that
witnesses mistakenly thought that he was the shooter. Witnesses to
someone clowning around on a window sill *before* the shooting saw only
someone drawing attention to the area, and he got it--what, 9 or 10
people? Fischer, Edwards, Mrs. W, Brennan, Euins, Jackson, Couch,
Dillard, Worrell....

dcw
deke
2018-05-11 03:00:49 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
OK. I will go ahead and state my top three reasons (out of about 50
others) why I think someone other than Oswald (and possibly excluding
Oswald altogether) was involved in the assassination, realising of course,
that hard core LNs will never accept them.

1. Violent backward head snap in Zapruder film.

2. Numerous witness reports of hearing two of the shots spaced so closely
together such that they could not have come from the same manual bolt
action rifle.

3. Witnesses reporting suspicious activity behind the fence on the grassy
knoll prior to the shooting and puffs of smoke rising from shrubs on
the knoll immediately after the shooting.

Again, I don't expect this to convince any LN's here - it just is what it
is.
bigdog
2018-05-12 03:10:18 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
OK. I will go ahead and state my top three reasons (out of about 50
others) why I think someone other than Oswald (and possibly excluding
Oswald altogether) was involved in the assassination, realising of course,
that hard core LNs will never accept them.
1. Violent backward head snap in Zapruder film.
2. Numerous witness reports of hearing two of the shots spaced so closely
together such that they could not have come from the same manual bolt
action rifle.
3. Witnesses reporting suspicious activity behind the fence on the grassy
knoll prior to the shooting and puffs of smoke rising from shrubs on
the knoll immediately after the shooting.
Again, I don't expect this to convince any LN's here - it just is what it
is.
Well, I'll give you points for at least trying. I suppose we could call
the above evidence. It's just very flimsy evidence.

The backward head snap is hardly evidence that someone other than Oswald
took part in the assassination. It is not evidence of a shot from the
front or any other direction. That is an argument. If you have every
served on jury duty, I'll bet the judge explained to you the difference
between evidence and arguments. Evidence takes the form of eyewitness
testimony, expert witness testimony, physical evidence, and stipulations.
Stipulations are points of facts both sides agree upon without dispute.
The reason the backward head snap is not evidence of a second shooter is
that bullets do not propel human bodies violently like that. They are way
to small and if the pass through the victim only a portion of their
momentum is transferred to the victim. Whatever the reason was for the
backward head snap, we can safely say it was not the force of a gunshot.

The recollection of SOME witnesses that there were two closely space shots
is also flimsy for several reasons. For one, that is disputed by other
witnesses who said the three shots were closely spaced. It is also true
that a gunshot can produce more than one sound. Muzzle blast, echo, the
sound a supersonic bullet makes when it splits the air, and impact of the
bullet on a hard surface (i.e. skull). The fact that some witnesses
recalled two closely spaced shots does not establish there were two
closely spaced shots.

Suspicious activity behind the fence is not evidence of a shooter. What
made it suspicious? As for the smoke, modern ammunition emits very little
smoke which dissipates almost immediately. It is highly unlikely that
anyone who was watching JFK would turn their head to the GK soon enough to
see gunsmoke.

As flimsy as the evidence you presented is, so far it is the best anyone
has come up with so far, and I'm not just talking about this thread. It is
the best the conspiracy hobbyists have come up with during the past 54
years.
mainframetech
2018-05-12 23:49:23 UTC
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Post by deke
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
OK. I will go ahead and state my top three reasons (out of about 50
others) why I think someone other than Oswald (and possibly excluding
Oswald altogether) was involved in the assassination, realising of course,
that hard core LNs will never accept them.
1. Violent backward head snap in Zapruder film.
2. Numerous witness reports of hearing two of the shots spaced so closely
together such that they could not have come from the same manual bolt
action rifle.
3. Witnesses reporting suspicious activity behind the fence on the grassy
knoll prior to the shooting and puffs of smoke rising from shrubs on
the knoll immediately after the shooting.
Again, I don't expect this to convince any LN's here - it just is what it
is.
Well, I'll give you points for at least trying. I suppose we could call
the above evidence. It's just very flimsy evidence.
The backward head snap is hardly evidence that someone other than Oswald
took part in the assassination. It is not evidence of a shot from the
front or any other direction. That is an argument.
WRONG! You've screwed up once again! Since there is a bullet hole in
the right forehead/temple area (that you alone can't see) there is ample
proof that there was a frontal shot, and the 'large hole' in the BOH seen
by over 39 witnesses is a blowout from that forehead entry. Small hole
going in, large hole exiting, which is customary knowledge.
Post by bigdog
If you have every
served on jury duty, I'll bet the judge explained to you the difference
between evidence and arguments. Evidence takes the form of eyewitness
testimony, expert witness testimony, physical evidence, and stipulations.
Stipulations are points of facts both sides agree upon without dispute.
Keep trying to pretend you have a point, to make yourself feel better.
The frontal bullet hole is there for all to see.
Post by bigdog
The reason the backward head snap is not evidence of a second shooter is
that bullets do not propel human bodies violently like that. They are way
to small and if the pass through the victim only a portion of their
momentum is transferred to the victim. Whatever the reason was for the
backward head snap, we can safely say it was not the force of a gunshot.
Oh? Now your a ballistics expert and forensic pathologist. I'm sure
somewhere there is an end to your many faces. This sniper shooting shows
a head being thrown back violently from a sniper's shot:

http://www.military.com/video/specialties-and-personnel/snipers/how-to-end-a-hostage-situation/1712813005001
Post by bigdog
The recollection of SOME witnesses that there were two closely space shots
is also flimsy for several reasons. For one, that is disputed by other
witnesses who said the three shots were closely spaced. It is also true
that a gunshot can produce more than one sound. Muzzle blast, echo, the
sound a supersonic bullet makes when it splits the air, and impact of the
bullet on a hard surface (i.e. skull). The fact that some witnesses
recalled two closely spaced shots does not establish there were two
closely spaced shots.
Suspicious activity behind the fence is not evidence of a shooter. What
made it suspicious? As for the smoke, modern ammunition emits very little
smoke which dissipates almost immediately. It is highly unlikely that
anyone who was watching JFK would turn their head to the GK soon enough to
see gunsmoke.
Actually, a few did. See the statements of Sam Holland who was in a
good position to see the smoke and to immediately go down to the area
where the shooter was hanging out. He found footprints in the mud from
the rain that morning, and mud on a bumper and cigarette butts. Signs of
someone waiting there for the motorcade. Of course, we should give some
consideration to the story of Walter Rischel.
Post by bigdog
As flimsy as the evidence you presented is, so far it is the best anyone
has come up with so far, and I'm not just talking about this thread. It is
the best the conspiracy hobbyists have come up with during the past 54
years.
BULL! An LN fairy story to help them sleep at night. Much evidence
has ben garnered from the ARRB files which the LNs avoid like the plague,
probably because the answers are there. The evidence against a shooter at
the GK is flimsy.

Chris
bigdog
2018-05-14 03:16:36 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Post by deke
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
OK. I will go ahead and state my top three reasons (out of about 50
others) why I think someone other than Oswald (and possibly excluding
Oswald altogether) was involved in the assassination, realising of course,
that hard core LNs will never accept them.
1. Violent backward head snap in Zapruder film.
2. Numerous witness reports of hearing two of the shots spaced so closely
together such that they could not have come from the same manual bolt
action rifle.
3. Witnesses reporting suspicious activity behind the fence on the grassy
knoll prior to the shooting and puffs of smoke rising from shrubs on
the knoll immediately after the shooting.
Again, I don't expect this to convince any LN's here - it just is what it
is.
Well, I'll give you points for at least trying. I suppose we could call
the above evidence. It's just very flimsy evidence.
The backward head snap is hardly evidence that someone other than Oswald
took part in the assassination. It is not evidence of a shot from the
front or any other direction. That is an argument.
WRONG! You've screwed up once again! Since there is a bullet hole in
the right forehead/temple area (that you alone can't see)
There is a claim, by you, that there is a bullet hole in the "right
forehead/temple" and I am hardly the only one who doesn't see it. Of the
participants on this forum, so far Amy and Marsh are your only allies on
this.
Post by mainframetech
there is ample
proof that there was a frontal shot, and the 'large hole' in the BOH seen
by over 39 witnesses is a blowout from that forehead entry. Small hole
going in, large hole exiting, which is customary knowledge.
It is nothing but your opinion that there is proof of a frontal shot and
that the large defect was limited to the BOH. Laymen's opinions do not
constitute evidence.
Post by mainframetech
Post by bigdog
If you have every
served on jury duty, I'll bet the judge explained to you the difference
between evidence and arguments. Evidence takes the form of eyewitness
testimony, expert witness testimony, physical evidence, and stipulations.
Stipulations are points of facts both sides agree upon without dispute.
Keep trying to pretend you have a point, to make yourself feel better.
The frontal bullet hole is there for all to see.
Yet only you, Amy, and Marsh see it.
Post by mainframetech
Post by bigdog
The reason the backward head snap is not evidence of a second shooter is
that bullets do not propel human bodies violently like that. They are way
to small and if the pass through the victim only a portion of their
momentum is transferred to the victim. Whatever the reason was for the
backward head snap, we can safely say it was not the force of a gunshot.
Oh? Now your a ballistics expert and forensic pathologist.
No, I'm the guy who trusts what real experts have to say rather than
trying to substitute my opinion for theirs. You're the other guy. The real
experts are ALL on my side on every technical issue regarding the
assassination.
Post by mainframetech
I'm sure
somewhere there is an end to your many faces. This sniper shooting shows
http://www.military.com/video/specialties-and-personnel/snipers/how-to-end-a-hostage-situation/1712813005001
The hostage taker is not thrown violently backward. For one thing the shot
came from his right and exited from the left side of his head as can be
seen in the slow motion sequence. There is visible tissue being ejected
from the left side of his head. His head is turned slightly to his left at
the impact of the bullet fired from the side just as JFK's head was pushed
slightly forward by the impact of the bullet. The hostage taker then falls
BACKWARD. His fall is roughly perpendicular to the flight of the bullet
indicating it was not the force of the bullet that caused him to fall
backward.
Post by mainframetech
Post by bigdog
The recollection of SOME witnesses that there were two closely space shots
is also flimsy for several reasons. For one, that is disputed by other
witnesses who said the three shots were closely spaced. It is also true
that a gunshot can produce more than one sound. Muzzle blast, echo, the
sound a supersonic bullet makes when it splits the air, and impact of the
bullet on a hard surface (i.e. skull). The fact that some witnesses
recalled two closely spaced shots does not establish there were two
closely spaced shots.
Suspicious activity behind the fence is not evidence of a shooter. What
made it suspicious? As for the smoke, modern ammunition emits very little
smoke which dissipates almost immediately. It is highly unlikely that
anyone who was watching JFK would turn their head to the GK soon enough to
see gunsmoke.
Actually, a few did. See the statements of Sam Holland who was in a
good position to see the smoke and to immediately go down to the area
where the shooter was hanging out.
He saw smoke. He didn't say he saw gun smoke and it is highly unlikely he
would have if there had been gun smoke because that dissipates rapidly.
Post by mainframetech
He found footprints in the mud from
the rain that morning,
Right. About a hundred of them in a 2x3 space.
Post by mainframetech
and mud on a bumper and cigarette butts.
And that's your evidence of a sniper?
Post by mainframetech
Signs of
someone waiting there for the motorcade. Of course, we should give some
consideration to the story of Walter Rischel.
Why?
Post by mainframetech
Post by bigdog
As flimsy as the evidence you presented is, so far it is the best anyone
has come up with so far, and I'm not just talking about this thread. It is
the best the conspiracy hobbyists have come up with during the past 54
years.
BULL! An LN fairy story to help them sleep at night. Much evidence
has ben garnered from the ARRB files which the LNs avoid like the plague,
probably because the answers are there. The evidence against a shooter at
the GK is flimsy.
I invited you to post the best evidence you had of a conspiracy. So far
you've passed.
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-15 13:09:35 UTC
Permalink
Post by bigdog
Post by mainframetech
Post by bigdog
Post by deke
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
OK. I will go ahead and state my top three reasons (out of about 50
others) why I think someone other than Oswald (and possibly excluding
Oswald altogether) was involved in the assassination, realising of course,
that hard core LNs will never accept them.
1. Violent backward head snap in Zapruder film.
2. Numerous witness reports of hearing two of the shots spaced so closely
together such that they could not have come from the same manual bolt
action rifle.
3. Witnesses reporting suspicious activity behind the fence on the grassy
knoll prior to the shooting and puffs of smoke rising from shrubs on
the knoll immediately after the shooting.
Again, I don't expect this to convince any LN's here - it just is what it
is.
Well, I'll give you points for at least trying. I suppose we could call
the above evidence. It's just very flimsy evidence.
The backward head snap is hardly evidence that someone other than Oswald
took part in the assassination. It is not evidence of a shot from the
front or any other direction. That is an argument.
WRONG! You've screwed up once again! Since there is a bullet hole in
the right forehead/temple area (that you alone can't see)
There is a claim, by you, that there is a bullet hole in the "right
forehead/temple" and I am hardly the only one who doesn't see it. Of the
participants on this forum, so far Amy and Marsh are your only allies on
this.
Post by mainframetech
there is ample
proof that there was a frontal shot, and the 'large hole' in the BOH seen
by over 39 witnesses is a blowout from that forehead entry. Small hole
going in, large hole exiting, which is customary knowledge.
It is nothing but your opinion that there is proof of a frontal shot and
that the large defect was limited to the BOH. Laymen's opinions do not
constitute evidence.
Physical evidence is not an opinion.
The Single Bullet Theory is an opinion.
Post by bigdog
Post by mainframetech
Post by bigdog
If you have every
served on jury duty, I'll bet the judge explained to you the difference
between evidence and arguments. Evidence takes the form of eyewitness
testimony, expert witness testimony, physical evidence, and stipulations.
Stipulations are points of facts both sides agree upon without dispute.
Keep trying to pretend you have a point, to make yourself feel better.
The frontal bullet hole is there for all to see.
Yet only you, Amy, and Marsh see it.
How many times are you going to misrepresent the facts? Is this a contest
you WC defenders are having or are you trying for a new World's Record?

You keep conveniently forgetting Dr. Lawrence Angel. Just admit the hole
and try to explain it as an exit wound.
Post by bigdog
Post by mainframetech
Post by bigdog
The reason the backward head snap is not evidence of a second shooter is
that bullets do not propel human bodies violently like that. They are way
to small and if the pass through the victim only a portion of their
momentum is transferred to the victim. Whatever the reason was for the
backward head snap, we can safely say it was not the force of a gunshot.
Oh? Now your a ballistics expert and forensic pathologist.
No, I'm the guy who trusts what real experts have to say rather than
trying to substitute my opinion for theirs. You're the other guy. The real
experts are ALL on my side on every technical issue regarding the
assassination.
Post by mainframetech
I'm sure
somewhere there is an end to your many faces. This sniper shooting shows
http://www.military.com/video/specialties-and-personnel/snipers/how-to-end-a-hostage-situation/1712813005001
The hostage taker is not thrown violently backward. For one thing the shot
came from his right and exited from the left side of his head as can be
seen in the slow motion sequence. There is visible tissue being ejected
from the left side of his head. His head is turned slightly to his left at
the impact of the bullet fired from the side just as JFK's head was pushed
Slightly forward? Prove it.
Post by bigdog
slightly forward by the impact of the bullet. The hostage taker then falls
BACKWARD. His fall is roughly perpendicular to the flight of the bullet
indicating it was not the force of the bullet that caused him to fall
backward.
Post by mainframetech
Post by bigdog
The recollection of SOME witnesses that there were two closely space shots
is also flimsy for several reasons. For one, that is disputed by other
witnesses who said the three shots were closely spaced. It is also true
that a gunshot can produce more than one sound. Muzzle blast, echo, the
sound a supersonic bullet makes when it splits the air, and impact of the
bullet on a hard surface (i.e. skull). The fact that some witnesses
recalled two closely spaced shots does not establish there were two
closely spaced shots.
Suspicious activity behind the fence is not evidence of a shooter. What
made it suspicious? As for the smoke, modern ammunition emits very little
smoke which dissipates almost immediately. It is highly unlikely that
anyone who was watching JFK would turn their head to the GK soon enough to
see gunsmoke.
Actually, a few did. See the statements of Sam Holland who was in a
good position to see the smoke and to immediately go down to the area
where the shooter was hanging out.
He saw smoke. He didn't say he saw gun smoke and it is highly unlikely he
would have if there had been gun smoke because that dissipates rapidly.
Post by mainframetech
He found footprints in the mud from
the rain that morning,
Right. About a hundred of them in a 2x3 space.
Post by mainframetech
and mud on a bumper and cigarette butts.
And that's your evidence of a sniper?
Post by mainframetech
Signs of
someone waiting there for the motorcade. Of course, we should give some
consideration to the story of Walter Rischel.
Why?
Post by mainframetech
Post by bigdog
As flimsy as the evidence you presented is, so far it is the best anyone
has come up with so far, and I'm not just talking about this thread. It is
the best the conspiracy hobbyists have come up with during the past 54
years.
BULL! An LN fairy story to help them sleep at night. Much evidence
has ben garnered from the ARRB files which the LNs avoid like the plague,
probably because the answers are there. The evidence against a shooter at
the GK is flimsy.
I invited you to post the best evidence you had of a conspiracy. So far
you've passed.
Steve M. Galbraith
2018-05-12 23:53:09 UTC
Permalink
Post by bigdog
Post by deke
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
OK. I will go ahead and state my top three reasons (out of about 50
others) why I think someone other than Oswald (and possibly excluding
Oswald altogether) was involved in the assassination, realising of course,
that hard core LNs will never accept them.
1. Violent backward head snap in Zapruder film.
2. Numerous witness reports of hearing two of the shots spaced so closely
together such that they could not have come from the same manual bolt
action rifle.
3. Witnesses reporting suspicious activity behind the fence on the grassy
knoll prior to the shooting and puffs of smoke rising from shrubs on
the knoll immediately after the shooting.
Again, I don't expect this to convince any LN's here - it just is what it
is.
Well, I'll give you points for at least trying. I suppose we could call
the above evidence. It's just very flimsy evidence.
The backward head snap is hardly evidence that someone other than Oswald
took part in the assassination. It is not evidence of a shot from the
front or any other direction. That is an argument. If you have every
served on jury duty, I'll bet the judge explained to you the difference
between evidence and arguments. Evidence takes the form of eyewitness
testimony, expert witness testimony, physical evidence, and stipulations.
Stipulations are points of facts both sides agree upon without dispute.
The reason the backward head snap is not evidence of a second shooter is
that bullets do not propel human bodies violently like that. They are way
to small and if the pass through the victim only a portion of their
momentum is transferred to the victim. Whatever the reason was for the
backward head snap, we can safely say it was not the force of a gunshot.
The recollection of SOME witnesses that there were two closely space shots
is also flimsy for several reasons. For one, that is disputed by other
witnesses who said the three shots were closely spaced. It is also true
that a gunshot can produce more than one sound. Muzzle blast, echo, the
sound a supersonic bullet makes when it splits the air, and impact of the
bullet on a hard surface (i.e. skull). The fact that some witnesses
recalled two closely spaced shots does not establish there were two
closely spaced shots.
Suspicious activity behind the fence is not evidence of a shooter. What
made it suspicious? As for the smoke, modern ammunition emits very little
smoke which dissipates almost immediately. It is highly unlikely that
anyone who was watching JFK would turn their head to the GK soon enough to
see gunsmoke.
As flimsy as the evidence you presented is, so far it is the best anyone
has come up with so far, and I'm not just talking about this thread. It is
the best the conspiracy hobbyists have come up with during the past 54
years.
This is the conspiracy "what aboutism" method of explaining what they
think happened. Bud calls them conspiracy "trading cards."

They consist of these disjointed, disconnected "what about this?" and
"what about that?" anecdotes. In conspiracy land bringing these cards out
alone constitutes explaining what happened. All of the other evidence can
be discarded.

As has been pointed out before, the assassination is the most studied
event in American history. If you study any event enough, magnify
everything you're going to find odd things. It's normal. But for the
conspiracy believer there are no innocent explanations for events.
Everything points to their conspiracy.
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-14 15:16:12 UTC
Permalink
Post by Steve M. Galbraith
Post by bigdog
Post by deke
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
OK. I will go ahead and state my top three reasons (out of about 50
others) why I think someone other than Oswald (and possibly excluding
Oswald altogether) was involved in the assassination, realising of course,
that hard core LNs will never accept them.
1. Violent backward head snap in Zapruder film.
2. Numerous witness reports of hearing two of the shots spaced so closely
together such that they could not have come from the same manual bolt
action rifle.
3. Witnesses reporting suspicious activity behind the fence on the grassy
knoll prior to the shooting and puffs of smoke rising from shrubs on
the knoll immediately after the shooting.
Again, I don't expect this to convince any LN's here - it just is what it
is.
Well, I'll give you points for at least trying. I suppose we could call
the above evidence. It's just very flimsy evidence.
The backward head snap is hardly evidence that someone other than Oswald
took part in the assassination. It is not evidence of a shot from the
front or any other direction. That is an argument. If you have every
served on jury duty, I'll bet the judge explained to you the difference
between evidence and arguments. Evidence takes the form of eyewitness
testimony, expert witness testimony, physical evidence, and stipulations.
Stipulations are points of facts both sides agree upon without dispute.
The reason the backward head snap is not evidence of a second shooter is
that bullets do not propel human bodies violently like that. They are way
to small and if the pass through the victim only a portion of their
momentum is transferred to the victim. Whatever the reason was for the
backward head snap, we can safely say it was not the force of a gunshot.
The recollection of SOME witnesses that there were two closely space shots
is also flimsy for several reasons. For one, that is disputed by other
witnesses who said the three shots were closely spaced. It is also true
that a gunshot can produce more than one sound. Muzzle blast, echo, the
sound a supersonic bullet makes when it splits the air, and impact of the
bullet on a hard surface (i.e. skull). The fact that some witnesses
recalled two closely spaced shots does not establish there were two
closely spaced shots.
Suspicious activity behind the fence is not evidence of a shooter. What
made it suspicious? As for the smoke, modern ammunition emits very little
smoke which dissipates almost immediately. It is highly unlikely that
anyone who was watching JFK would turn their head to the GK soon enough to
see gunsmoke.
As flimsy as the evidence you presented is, so far it is the best anyone
has come up with so far, and I'm not just talking about this thread. It is
the best the conspiracy hobbyists have come up with during the past 54
years.
This is the conspiracy "what aboutism" method of explaining what they
think happened. Bud calls them conspiracy "trading cards."
You mean like your SBT and how you keep changing the frame numbers? You
guys can't even agree on when the first shot was. Clean up your own house.
Post by Steve M. Galbraith
They consist of these disjointed, disconnected "what about this?" and
"what about that?" anecdotes. In conspiracy land bringing these cards out
alone constitutes explaining what happened. All of the other evidence can
be discarded.
As has been pointed out before, the assassination is the most studied
Maybe the most covered up.
Oh wait, maybe that's Trump.
Post by Steve M. Galbraith
event in American history. If you study any event enough, magnify
everything you're going to find odd things. It's normal. But for the
conspiracy believer there are no innocent explanations for events.
Everything points to their conspiracy.
Bud
2018-05-15 02:57:34 UTC
Permalink
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by Steve M. Galbraith
Post by bigdog
Post by deke
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
OK. I will go ahead and state my top three reasons (out of about 50
others) why I think someone other than Oswald (and possibly excluding
Oswald altogether) was involved in the assassination, realising of course,
that hard core LNs will never accept them.
1. Violent backward head snap in Zapruder film.
2. Numerous witness reports of hearing two of the shots spaced so closely
together such that they could not have come from the same manual bolt
action rifle.
3. Witnesses reporting suspicious activity behind the fence on the grassy
knoll prior to the shooting and puffs of smoke rising from shrubs on
the knoll immediately after the shooting.
Again, I don't expect this to convince any LN's here - it just is what it
is.
Well, I'll give you points for at least trying. I suppose we could call
the above evidence. It's just very flimsy evidence.
The backward head snap is hardly evidence that someone other than Oswald
took part in the assassination. It is not evidence of a shot from the
front or any other direction. That is an argument. If you have every
served on jury duty, I'll bet the judge explained to you the difference
between evidence and arguments. Evidence takes the form of eyewitness
testimony, expert witness testimony, physical evidence, and stipulations.
Stipulations are points of facts both sides agree upon without dispute.
The reason the backward head snap is not evidence of a second shooter is
that bullets do not propel human bodies violently like that. They are way
to small and if the pass through the victim only a portion of their
momentum is transferred to the victim. Whatever the reason was for the
backward head snap, we can safely say it was not the force of a gunshot.
The recollection of SOME witnesses that there were two closely space shots
is also flimsy for several reasons. For one, that is disputed by other
witnesses who said the three shots were closely spaced. It is also true
that a gunshot can produce more than one sound. Muzzle blast, echo, the
sound a supersonic bullet makes when it splits the air, and impact of the
bullet on a hard surface (i.e. skull). The fact that some witnesses
recalled two closely spaced shots does not establish there were two
closely spaced shots.
Suspicious activity behind the fence is not evidence of a shooter. What
made it suspicious? As for the smoke, modern ammunition emits very little
smoke which dissipates almost immediately. It is highly unlikely that
anyone who was watching JFK would turn their head to the GK soon enough to
see gunsmoke.
As flimsy as the evidence you presented is, so far it is the best anyone
has come up with so far, and I'm not just talking about this thread. It is
the best the conspiracy hobbyists have come up with during the past 54
years.
This is the conspiracy "what aboutism" method of explaining what they
think happened. Bud calls them conspiracy "trading cards."
You mean
Tony is going to proceed to show that he has no idea what Steve means...
Post by Anthony Marsh
like your SBT and how you keep changing the frame numbers?
What are you talking about? We haven`t moved any of the frame numbers.
Post by Anthony Marsh
You
guys can't even agree on when the first shot was.
12:30ish.
Post by Anthony Marsh
Clean up your own house.
Post by Steve M. Galbraith
They consist of these disjointed, disconnected "what about this?" and
"what about that?" anecdotes. In conspiracy land bringing these cards out
alone constitutes explaining what happened. All of the other evidence can
be discarded.
As has been pointed out before, the assassination is the most studied
Maybe the most covered up.
Oh wait, maybe that's Trump.
Post by Steve M. Galbraith
event in American history. If you study any event enough, magnify
everything you're going to find odd things. It's normal. But for the
conspiracy believer there are no innocent explanations for events.
Everything points to their conspiracy.
donald willis
2018-05-15 20:58:20 UTC
Permalink
Post by Bud
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by Steve M. Galbraith
Post by bigdog
Post by deke
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
OK. I will go ahead and state my top three reasons (out of about 50
others) why I think someone other than Oswald (and possibly excluding
Oswald altogether) was involved in the assassination, realising of course,
that hard core LNs will never accept them.
1. Violent backward head snap in Zapruder film.
2. Numerous witness reports of hearing two of the shots spaced so closely
together such that they could not have come from the same manual bolt
action rifle.
3. Witnesses reporting suspicious activity behind the fence on the grassy
knoll prior to the shooting and puffs of smoke rising from shrubs on
the knoll immediately after the shooting.
Again, I don't expect this to convince any LN's here - it just is what it
is.
Well, I'll give you points for at least trying. I suppose we could call
the above evidence. It's just very flimsy evidence.
The backward head snap is hardly evidence that someone other than Oswald
took part in the assassination. It is not evidence of a shot from the
front or any other direction. That is an argument. If you have every
served on jury duty, I'll bet the judge explained to you the difference
between evidence and arguments. Evidence takes the form of eyewitness
testimony, expert witness testimony, physical evidence, and stipulations.
Stipulations are points of facts both sides agree upon without dispute.
The reason the backward head snap is not evidence of a second shooter is
that bullets do not propel human bodies violently like that. They are way
to small and if the pass through the victim only a portion of their
momentum is transferred to the victim. Whatever the reason was for the
backward head snap, we can safely say it was not the force of a gunshot.
The recollection of SOME witnesses that there were two closely space shots
is also flimsy for several reasons. For one, that is disputed by other
witnesses who said the three shots were closely spaced. It is also true
that a gunshot can produce more than one sound. Muzzle blast, echo, the
sound a supersonic bullet makes when it splits the air, and impact of the
bullet on a hard surface (i.e. skull). The fact that some witnesses
recalled two closely spaced shots does not establish there were two
closely spaced shots.
Suspicious activity behind the fence is not evidence of a shooter. What
made it suspicious? As for the smoke, modern ammunition emits very little
smoke which dissipates almost immediately. It is highly unlikely that
anyone who was watching JFK would turn their head to the GK soon enough to
see gunsmoke.
As flimsy as the evidence you presented is, so far it is the best anyone
has come up with so far, and I'm not just talking about this thread. It is
the best the conspiracy hobbyists have come up with during the past 54
years.
This is the conspiracy "what aboutism" method of explaining what they
think happened. Bud calls them conspiracy "trading cards."
You mean
Tony is going to proceed to show that he has no idea what Steve means...
Post by Anthony Marsh
like your SBT and how you keep changing the frame numbers?
What are you talking about? We haven`t moved any of the frame numbers.
Post by Anthony Marsh
You
guys can't even agree on when the first shot was.
12:30ish.
Well, I guess 12:29 is 12:30ish. Tague said the clock on the TSBD said
12:29 when he heard the shooting.
Post by Bud
Post by Anthony Marsh
Clean up your own house.
Post by Steve M. Galbraith
They consist of these disjointed, disconnected "what about this?" and
"what about that?" anecdotes. In conspiracy land bringing these cards out
alone constitutes explaining what happened. All of the other evidence can
be discarded.
As has been pointed out before, the assassination is the most studied
Maybe the most covered up.
Oh wait, maybe that's Trump.
Post by Steve M. Galbraith
event in American history. If you study any event enough, magnify
everything you're going to find odd things. It's normal. But for the
conspiracy believer there are no innocent explanations for events.
Everything points to their conspiracy.
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-17 02:01:33 UTC
Permalink
Post by Bud
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by Steve M. Galbraith
Post by bigdog
Post by deke
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
OK. I will go ahead and state my top three reasons (out of about 50
others) why I think someone other than Oswald (and possibly excluding
Oswald altogether) was involved in the assassination, realising of course,
that hard core LNs will never accept them.
1. Violent backward head snap in Zapruder film.
2. Numerous witness reports of hearing two of the shots spaced so closely
together such that they could not have come from the same manual bolt
action rifle.
3. Witnesses reporting suspicious activity behind the fence on the grassy
knoll prior to the shooting and puffs of smoke rising from shrubs on
the knoll immediately after the shooting.
Again, I don't expect this to convince any LN's here - it just is what it
is.
Well, I'll give you points for at least trying. I suppose we could call
the above evidence. It's just very flimsy evidence.
The backward head snap is hardly evidence that someone other than Oswald
took part in the assassination. It is not evidence of a shot from the
front or any other direction. That is an argument. If you have every
served on jury duty, I'll bet the judge explained to you the difference
between evidence and arguments. Evidence takes the form of eyewitness
testimony, expert witness testimony, physical evidence, and stipulations.
Stipulations are points of facts both sides agree upon without dispute.
The reason the backward head snap is not evidence of a second shooter is
that bullets do not propel human bodies violently like that. They are way
to small and if the pass through the victim only a portion of their
momentum is transferred to the victim. Whatever the reason was for the
backward head snap, we can safely say it was not the force of a gunshot.
The recollection of SOME witnesses that there were two closely space shots
is also flimsy for several reasons. For one, that is disputed by other
witnesses who said the three shots were closely spaced. It is also true
that a gunshot can produce more than one sound. Muzzle blast, echo, the
sound a supersonic bullet makes when it splits the air, and impact of the
bullet on a hard surface (i.e. skull). The fact that some witnesses
recalled two closely spaced shots does not establish there were two
closely spaced shots.
Suspicious activity behind the fence is not evidence of a shooter. What
made it suspicious? As for the smoke, modern ammunition emits very little
smoke which dissipates almost immediately. It is highly unlikely that
anyone who was watching JFK would turn their head to the GK soon enough to
see gunsmoke.
As flimsy as the evidence you presented is, so far it is the best anyone
has come up with so far, and I'm not just talking about this thread. It is
the best the conspiracy hobbyists have come up with during the past 54
years.
This is the conspiracy "what aboutism" method of explaining what they
think happened. Bud calls them conspiracy "trading cards."
You mean
Tony is going to proceed to show that he has no idea what Steve means...
Post by Anthony Marsh
like your SBT and how you keep changing the frame numbers?
What are you talking about? We haven`t moved any of the frame numbers.
You guys keep changing the frame numbers for your competing SBTs.
Post by Bud
Post by Anthony Marsh
You
guys can't even agree on when the first shot was.
12:30ish.
Zapruder frame?
Post by Bud
Post by Anthony Marsh
Clean up your own house.
Post by Steve M. Galbraith
They consist of these disjointed, disconnected "what about this?" and
"what about that?" anecdotes. In conspiracy land bringing these cards out
alone constitutes explaining what happened. All of the other evidence can
be discarded.
As has been pointed out before, the assassination is the most studied
Maybe the most covered up.
Oh wait, maybe that's Trump.
Post by Steve M. Galbraith
event in American history. If you study any event enough, magnify
everything you're going to find odd things. It's normal. But for the
conspiracy believer there are no innocent explanations for events.
Everything points to their conspiracy.
Bud
2018-05-18 00:12:27 UTC
Permalink
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by Bud
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by Steve M. Galbraith
Post by bigdog
Post by deke
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
OK. I will go ahead and state my top three reasons (out of about 50
others) why I think someone other than Oswald (and possibly excluding
Oswald altogether) was involved in the assassination, realising of course,
that hard core LNs will never accept them.
1. Violent backward head snap in Zapruder film.
2. Numerous witness reports of hearing two of the shots spaced so closely
together such that they could not have come from the same manual bolt
action rifle.
3. Witnesses reporting suspicious activity behind the fence on the grassy
knoll prior to the shooting and puffs of smoke rising from shrubs on
the knoll immediately after the shooting.
Again, I don't expect this to convince any LN's here - it just is what it
is.
Well, I'll give you points for at least trying. I suppose we could call
the above evidence. It's just very flimsy evidence.
The backward head snap is hardly evidence that someone other than Oswald
took part in the assassination. It is not evidence of a shot from the
front or any other direction. That is an argument. If you have every
served on jury duty, I'll bet the judge explained to you the difference
between evidence and arguments. Evidence takes the form of eyewitness
testimony, expert witness testimony, physical evidence, and stipulations.
Stipulations are points of facts both sides agree upon without dispute.
The reason the backward head snap is not evidence of a second shooter is
that bullets do not propel human bodies violently like that. They are way
to small and if the pass through the victim only a portion of their
momentum is transferred to the victim. Whatever the reason was for the
backward head snap, we can safely say it was not the force of a gunshot.
The recollection of SOME witnesses that there were two closely space shots
is also flimsy for several reasons. For one, that is disputed by other
witnesses who said the three shots were closely spaced. It is also true
that a gunshot can produce more than one sound. Muzzle blast, echo, the
sound a supersonic bullet makes when it splits the air, and impact of the
bullet on a hard surface (i.e. skull). The fact that some witnesses
recalled two closely spaced shots does not establish there were two
closely spaced shots.
Suspicious activity behind the fence is not evidence of a shooter. What
made it suspicious? As for the smoke, modern ammunition emits very little
smoke which dissipates almost immediately. It is highly unlikely that
anyone who was watching JFK would turn their head to the GK soon enough to
see gunsmoke.
As flimsy as the evidence you presented is, so far it is the best anyone
has come up with so far, and I'm not just talking about this thread. It is
the best the conspiracy hobbyists have come up with during the past 54
years.
This is the conspiracy "what aboutism" method of explaining what they
think happened. Bud calls them conspiracy "trading cards."
You mean
Tony is going to proceed to show that he has no idea what Steve means...
Post by Anthony Marsh
like your SBT and how you keep changing the frame numbers?
What are you talking about? We haven`t moved any of the frame numbers.
You guys keep changing the frame numbers for your competing SBTs.
There is only one SBT, a single bullet travelling through Kennedy and
Connally.
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Post by Bud
Post by Anthony Marsh
You
guys can't even agree on when the first shot was.
12:30ish.
Zapruder frame?
The Zapruder film did not catch Oswald shooting or the bullet in flight.
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by Bud
Post by Anthony Marsh
Clean up your own house.
Post by Steve M. Galbraith
They consist of these disjointed, disconnected "what about this?" and
"what about that?" anecdotes. In conspiracy land bringing these cards out
alone constitutes explaining what happened. All of the other evidence can
be discarded.
As has been pointed out before, the assassination is the most studied
Maybe the most covered up.
Oh wait, maybe that's Trump.
Post by Steve M. Galbraith
event in American history. If you study any event enough, magnify
everything you're going to find odd things. It's normal. But for the
conspiracy believer there are no innocent explanations for events.
Everything points to their conspiracy.
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-13 20:04:53 UTC
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Post by deke
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
OK. I will go ahead and state my top three reasons (out of about 50
others) why I think someone other than Oswald (and possibly excluding
Oswald altogether) was involved in the assassination, realising of course,
that hard core LNs will never accept them.
1. Violent backward head snap in Zapruder film.
2. Numerous witness reports of hearing two of the shots spaced so closely
together such that they could not have come from the same manual bolt
action rifle.
3. Witnesses reporting suspicious activity behind the fence on the grassy
knoll prior to the shooting and puffs of smoke rising from shrubs on
the knoll immediately after the shooting.
Again, I don't expect this to convince any LN's here - it just is what it
is.
Well, I'll give you points for at least trying. I suppose we could call
the above evidence. It's just very flimsy evidence.
No. No matter what we point out you can find some way to ignore it.
Post by bigdog
The backward head snap is hardly evidence that someone other than Oswald
took part in the assassination. It is not evidence of a shot from the
OK, I tried to give you guys a way out, but you didn't take it.
If not for the ricochet theory how can you explain how Oswald could
shoot JFK in the forehead from the sniper's nest?

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front or any other direction. That is an argument. If you have every
"Every" jury duty? No one has. I have a friend who did serve on a
grandjury in a murder case, but he is not allowed to talk about it.
WHat's you point? You don't have any. It's just another of you patented
phony Argument by Autority stories. We see through you.
Post by bigdog
served on jury duty, I'll bet the judge explained to you the difference
between evidence and arguments. Evidence takes the form of eyewitness
testimony, expert witness testimony, physical evidence, and stipulations.
Doesn't natter. YOU deny evidence. YOU deny science.
Post by bigdog
Stipulations are points of facts both sides agree upon without dispute.
The reason the backward head snap is not evidence of a second shooter is
that bullets do not propel human bodies violently like that. They are way
Silly. Then why did Itek claim that a bullet thrust JFK's head forward
2.3 inches in only half a Zapruder frame? Because they were stupid
conspiracy theorists or because they were CIA?
Post by bigdog
to small and if the pass through the victim only a portion of their
momentum is transferred to the victim. Whatever the reason was for the
backward head snap, we can safely say it was not the force of a gunshot.
But the WC did and the CIA did so you must accept anything they said.
Post by bigdog
The recollection of SOME witnesses that there were two closely space shots
is also flimsy for several reasons. For one, that is disputed by other
witnesses who said the three shots were closely spaced. It is also true
Never rely on witnesses. Don't be a mainframe tech.
Post by bigdog
that a gunshot can produce more than one sound. Muzzle blast, echo, the
sound a supersonic bullet makes when it splits the air, and impact of the
bullet on a hard surface (i.e. skull). The fact that some witnesses
recalled two closely spaced shots does not establish there were two
closely spaced shots.
Duh! So just ignore all witnesses and use science.
Post by bigdog
Suspicious activity behind the fence is not evidence of a shooter. What
Exactly. It could just be someone trying to sneak a smoke.
And you don't find it suspicious that the only person confronted by Joe
Smith flashed genuine SS identification and the SS said it had no agents
there?
Post by bigdog
made it suspicious? As for the smoke, modern ammunition emits very little
smoke which dissipates almost immediately. It is highly unlikely that
anyone who was watching JFK would turn their head to the GK soon enough to
see gunsmoke.
So what? You just gave away the whole game. You ADMITTED that modern
guns DO emit smoke. You are going to get kicked out of the cover-up.
Post by bigdog
As flimsy as the evidence you presented is, so far it is the best anyone
has come up with so far, and I'm not just talking about this thread. It is
the best the conspiracy hobbyists have come up with during the past 54
years.
False. WE have the autopsy photos, YOU don't. Keep guessing and making
up crap.
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-12 03:17:58 UTC
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Post by deke
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
OK. I will go ahead and state my top three reasons (out of about 50
others) why I think someone other than Oswald (and possibly excluding
Oswald altogether) was involved in the assassination, realising of course,
that hard core LNs will never accept them.
1. Violent backward head snap in Zapruder film.
Sure, but clever WC defenders will point out that Oswald was part of the
overall plot so he is just as guilty as the grassy knoll shooter.
Post by deke
2. Numerous witness reports of hearing two of the shots spaced so closely
together such that they could not have come from the same manual bolt
action rifle.
Except that the Carcano CAN be fired that quickly.
Post by deke
3. Witnesses reporting suspicious activity behind the fence on the grassy
knoll prior to the shooting and puffs of smoke rising from shrubs on
the knoll immediately after the shooting.
Not puffs plural. There was only one shot from the grassy knoll and
smoke is not proof of a shot.
Post by deke
Again, I don't expect this to convince any LN's here - it just is what it
is.
Well, how about just being cogent for the conspiracy believers?
Jason Burke
2018-05-12 21:56:01 UTC
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Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by deke
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
OK. I will go ahead and state my top three reasons (out of about 50
others) why I think someone other than Oswald (and possibly excluding
Oswald altogether) was involved in the assassination, realising of course,
that hard core LNs will never accept them.
1. Violent backward head snap in Zapruder film.
Sure, but clever WC defenders will point out that Oswald was part of the
overall plot so he is just as guilty as the grassy knoll shooter.
Seriously!?! There WAS no "grassy knoll shooter". But keep up the fantasy,
Anthony Anthony. Until you go the way of that dude in South Windsor.
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by deke
2. Numerous witness reports of hearing two of the shots spaced so closely
?????? together such that they could not have come from the same manual bolt
?????? action rifle.
Except that the Carcano CAN be fired that quickly.
Reality strikes! Though it doesn't matter in this case.
Post by Anthony Marsh
Post by deke
3. Witnesses reporting suspicious activity behind the fence on the grassy
?????? knoll prior to the shooting and puffs of smoke rising from shrubs on
?????? the knoll immediately after the shooting.
Not puffs plural. There was only one shot from the grassy knoll and
smoke is not proof of a shot.
Post by deke
Again, I don't expect this to convince any LN's here - it just is what it
is.
Well, how about just being cogent for the conspiracy believers?
You spelled "fantasizesers" incorrectly, Anthony Anthony.
claviger
2018-05-17 02:51:12 UTC
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Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
How dare you humiliate CTs by asking such a simple question, knowing they
have nothing to fill in those blanks after 50 years! This question
qualifies as cruel and unusual punishment banned by the US Constitution.
Anthony Marsh
2018-05-18 15:08:16 UTC
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Post by claviger
Post by bigdog
Let's make it short and sweet.
List the three best pieces of evidence that someone other the Oswald took
part in the assassination.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
Please note that the request was for evidence that others took part, not
the reasons you don't believe the WCR? Challenging evidence of Oswald's
guilt is not the same as supplying evidence of someone else's guilt.
How dare you humiliate CTs by asking such a simple question, knowing they
have nothing to fill in those blanks after 50 years! This question
qualifies as cruel and unusual punishment banned by the US Constitution.
I already filled it in.

YOU
YOU
YOU

You are the best argument FOR conspiracy.
If there is nothing to hide, why the cover-up?
Steve BH
2018-05-20 22:06:05 UTC
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