N.Y. Times Article By Gerald Posner (Re. The Jefferies Film)
David Von Pein
Op-Ed Contributor
The New York Times
"Single Bullet, Single Gunman"
By: GERALD POSNER
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"The ability to use advanced forensics and minuscule traces of DNA to
solve crimes, even cold cases decades old, has turned many Americans
into armchair sleuths seeking to "solve" the unexpected deaths of
people like Princess Diana and Anna Nicole Smith. But sometimes, old-
fashioned evidence is as useful in solving puzzles as anything under a
nuclear microscope.
Last weekend, a never-before-seen home movie was made public showing
President John F. Kennedy's motorcade just before his assassination.
An amateur photographer, George Jefferies, took the footage and held
onto it for more than 40 years before casually mentioning it to his
son-in-law, who persuaded him to donate it to the Sixth Floor Museum
in Dallas. The silent 8-millimeter color film was of interest to most
people simply because it showed perhaps the clearest close-up of
Jacqueline Kennedy taken that morning.
But to assassination researchers, the footage definitively resolves
one of the case's enduring controversies: that the bullet wound on
Kennedy's back, as documented and photographed during the autopsy, did
not match up with the location of the bullet hole on the back of his
suit jacket and shirt. The discrepancy has given conspiracy theorists
fodder to argue that the autopsy photos had been retouched and the
report fabricated.
This is more than an academic debate among ballistics buffs. It is
critical because if the bullet did enter where shown on the autopsy
photos, the trajectory lines up correctly for the famous "single
bullet" theory - the Warren Commission hypothesis that one bullet
inflicted wounds to both Kennedy and Gov. John Connally of Texas.
However, if the hole in the clothing was the accurate mark of where
the bullet entered, it would have been too low for a single bullet to
have inflicted all the wounds, and would provide evidence of a second
assassin.
For years, those of us who concluded that the single-bullet theory was
sound, still had to speculate that Kennedy's suit had bunched up
during the ride, causing the hole to be lower in the fabric than one
would expect. Because the holes in the shirt and jacket align
perfectly, if the jacket was elevated when the shot struck, the shirt
also had to have been raised.
Some previously published photos taken at the pivotal moment showed
Kennedy's jacket slightly pushed up, but nothing was definitive.
Meanwhile, conspiracy theorists have done everything to disprove that
the jacket was bunched. Some used grainy photos or film clips to
measure minute distances between Kennedy's hairline and his shirt,
what they dubbed the "hair-to-in-shoot distance."
The new film has finally resolved the issue. At the end of the clip,
as the camera focuses on the backs of the president and first lady,
Kennedy's suit is significantly bunched up, with several layers
creased together. Only 90 seconds before Lee Harvey Oswald fired the
first shot, Kennedy's suit jacket was precisely in the position to
misrepresent the bullet's entry point.
While the film solves one mystery, it leaves another open: estimates
are that at least 150,000 people lined the Dallas motorcade route that
fateful day, so there must be many other films and photographs out
there that have never come to light. Those who have them should bear
in mind that even the most innocuous-seeming artifacts, like the
Jefferies tape, can sometimes put enduring controversies to rest. As
Gary Mack, the curator of the Sixth Floor Museum said the other day,
'The bottom line is, don't throw anything away'." -- G. Posner; Feb.
2007
David Von Pein
Walt
I wish I'd have written a post yesterday that said I was predicting
that the Jefferies film would be used to prop up the Warren
Commission's lies. I knew it would happen just as sure as the sun
rises every morning.
The only thing that puzzles me about this episode is: Why are they
propping up the lie at this time. They usually trot out something
like this when there's something in the wind that threatens to topple
the shaky house of cards, called the Warren Report. Somethings got
them stirred up...... I wonder what it is?? My first guess is, it has
something to do with the recent death of E.Howard Hunt.
Walt
aeffects
the house of cards is down, Walt... this latest is a PR move by the
City of Dallas through Gary's 6th Floor emporium. perhaps the walk-in
gate at the 6th Floor Emporium is down a few thousand these day's.
Release a never before seen, 43 years after the fact - completely
irrelevant to the assassination/location event[s]. Nothing wrong with
a little national media exposure propping up the LN theory along the
way,eh? :) Doesn't Jackie look fit and well in the Jeffries film?
David Von Pein
Walt never lets us down. His failure to evaluate ANYTHING correctly
and logically is just...well...astounding.
Walt obviously, via his above silly remarks, must think that "THEY"
had CONTROL over 82-year-old George Jefferies (and his son-in-law),
which resulted in Jefferies donating the film to the Museum in Dallas
this week.
If "they" didn't "control" Jefferies (and his film), or if Jefferies
(and son-in-law) aren't THEMSELVES part of "the plot", then Walt looks
like a kook -- yet again.
Surprise!
Papa Andy
Weisberg had a very thorough analysis of the 'shirt bunching' issue
of course he had to spend many years suing the government to get the
data
but Posner doesn't care about any of that
he rather spin his fictional straw man arguments
will your man VB do better?
A
lazu...@webtv.net
shirt was also at the T3 spinal level (as was the wound), noonly the
jacket. The shirt most certainly did/could not bunch up, even if the
jacket did in a minor way. Besides, if the jacket was as bunched as the
nutters need to have it, there would have to be two holes in the jacket!
Oh well, Posner happens.
Old Laz
lazu...@webtv.net
lazu...@webtv.net
lazu...@webtv.net
T-3, were never asked by their superiors for this huge contradiction
with the Warren Commission and the report was buried in the archives.
David Von Pein
Papa. It's really a non-issue for both CTs and LNs, to tell the
(logical) truth of the situation.
Because.......
ONE hole in jacket + ONE hole in JFK's back = The ONE bullet obviously
went through both items. Period.
In lieu of those facts, Papa, how do YOU explain the "holes"
discrepancy (using some reason & logic)?
Short of gobs of stuff being faked in some manner, what choice IS
there other than the Occam's-like scenario I just outlined?
lazu...@webtv.net
t3/t4
YoHarvey
> What about Dr. Ebersole and X-Ray tech Custer putting the entrance at
> t3/t4
David, I've said it before....if God and JFK came down from heaven and
said "there was no conspiracy, LHO did it by himself", these crazy CT
kooks would say "wow, this is bigger than we thought". They simply
prove one more time evidence means nothing to them. Their paranoia
won't allow for it.
aeffects
sit-down Beetle, you inchoate moron....
Walt
Ha ha ha ha ROTFLMAO.... Is that ol Beetle Bailey exposin his ignorant
ass again?
Walt
Lone
schizophrenic curator is still celebrating the dieing national lone
nut paranoia. I saw this guy Gary Mack once on the telly. This guy
needs help from skilled psychologists or maybe just a couple of
drinks. Or a fuck. I am not sure if he believes this lone nut bullshit
deep in his heart. For a man with a brain in the head, it would be a
great experience to visit this 6th floor national paranoia museum.
Just to sit there and getting high...from all the toxic lies, filthy
paranoia and rotten falsehood surrounding him.
Those Posners, Bugliosis. Macks and Specters are stinking from the
head like fish--- and they know it.
David Von Pein
all-inclusive LN tome which he KNOWS is packed with lies?? Really??
"If there's one thing I take pride in, it's that I never, ever make a
charge without supporting it. You might not agree with me, but I
invariably offer an enormous amount of support for my position." --
V.B.
lazu...@webtv.net
than a donkey should know that.
Lone
Yes. It is much harder to fabricate a 1600 -page -consistence lie than
to tell the simple truth. Bugloisi is just one more of that Warren
lie- laywers. If he wouldnd be the tricky lawyer he is, he would have
needed another 21 years to cobble altogehther his book.
You know Ptolemaeus spent a hole life to prove that the earth is in
the center of the universe. Do we believe that today?
Bugliosis attempt to turn the clock back to 1964 will be a big flop.
Maby i ll buy a issue of that book, just to nail it on the wall of my
toilet.
Papa Andy
it's not a question of holes
it's a question of what they correspond to on the body
go back to Weisberg
A
Walt
> On Feb 21, 5:09 pm, "David Von Pein" <davevonp...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Doesn't really make a damn bit of difference (re. the "bunching"),
> > Papa. It's really a non-issue for both CTs and LNs, to tell the
> > (logical) truth of the situation.
>
> > Because.......
>
> > ONE hole in jacket + ONE hole in JFK's back = The ONE bullet obviously
> > went through both items. Period.
That's true ....A bullet did in fact pass through both JFK's body and
his jacket.... The real question is: Which direction was the most
logical ....Front to back ?? or Back to front??
Without being insulting.... I do believe a ten year old could make a
logical deduction about the direction of travel.
Walt
YoHarvey
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aeffects? Come on, lol some more for us. It's what you do best!
Actually, it's all you do!
Mom and dad must be proud!