In article <
b65583a4-1d46-47a0...@v7g2000pbg.googlegroups.com>,
aeffects says...
>
>On Jan 31, 6:37=A0am, Ben Holmes <
ad...@burningknife.com> wrote:
>> In the previous paragraphs, Mark Lane began listing the real facts surrou=
>nding
>> the
>> bus driver, McWatters.
>>
>> "When that part of the case against Oswald collapsed, newspapers which ha=
>d
>> previously told of a grinning assassin neglected to publish McWatters'
>> correction.
>> More to the point, however, is that while seeking to identify Milton Jone=
>s, who
>> was 16 years of age, McWatters picked out a man of 24 and thereby raised =
>doubts
>> as
>> to his powers of observation.
>>
>> McWatters said that he did not tell the Dallas police that the number two=
> man in
>> the lineup was the same man who got on his bus. Thinking of young Jones,
>> McWatters
>> said that the number two man resembled one of his passengers.
>>
>> '... I told them [the Dallas police] that there was one man in the lineup=
> was
>> about the size and the height and complexion of a man that got on my bus,=
> but as
>> far as positively identifying the man I could not do it.'
>>
>> The Dallas police prepared a list of the results of the lineups in which =
>Oswald
>> appeared. Published as part of Commission Exhibit 2003, it notes, 'Cecil =
>J.
>> McWatters, positive identification'. Yet McWatters told the Commission he=
> made
>> no
>> positive identification. Nevertheless, in the words of the Report, 'The
>> Commission
>> is satisfied that the lineups were conducted fairly.'"
>
>the Commission is "satisfied"? My-oh-my, that's setting the bar pretty
>damn low, isn't it?
They apparently were "satisfied" with anything that helped them support their
preconceived theory.
And stayed away from anything that didn't...
>> Mark Lane is pointing out the facts regarding the bus driver, McWatters; =