My Scenario - Part 10

[Ben Holmes]

My Scenario Part 10

First - a quick review is in order. I've demonstrated that I will do
precisely what I say I will: to wit, I will match in length, detail,
and number of citations any scenario posted by a believer. I've done
so repeatedly, and invariably, believers then run away. I then
demonstrated that the Warren Commission refused to investigate prior
assassination attempts that would have shed light on the conspiracy to
murder the President. I then showed that the Warren Commission had
their "conclusions" in written form before they interviewed a single
witness... and that the Commission clearly indicated a desire **NOT**
to hold a real investigation. I then demonstrated that the evidence
from just moments after the shooting strongly supported a shooter at
the Grassy Knoll. I went on to show that the original medical opinion
within hours was for a frontal shot striking JFK. I then demonstrated
that believers deny what the Commission stated about when Connally is
seen reacting to a shot in the film, yet refuse to *explain* that
reaction. I demonstrated that the Warren Commission provably lied
about which shot struck Connally. I then demonstrated that there's
*no* evidence for transit - which is necessary to an SBT. I then
demonstrated that the Edgewood Arsenal tests contradicted the Warren
Commission's theory, and they simply ignored those facts. I then
covered evidence tending to show that the Autopsy Report isn't the
original one.

CE-399 - which I've demonstrated cannot have caused the wounds it's
said to have caused - has an interesting history. The Warren
Commission was quite uninterested in the chain of custody for this
most vital piece of evidence, they refused to call as witnesses those
who handled and transmitted this bullet. Nor was the Commission
interested in having the witnesses identify this bullet.

It's fortunate that they weren't interested, because of the four
individuals who were supposed to have handled CE-399 - none of them
were willing to positively identify that bullet as the same one that
they handled.

Despite already having the testimony of Drs. Humes, Finck, Oliver,
Shaw, or Gregory, or Frazier - all raising doubts about CE-399, it
wasn't until May 20th, 1964 that the Commission decided that they
needed to know more about the provenance of this bullet - and
requested from the FBI the "tracing of various items of physical
evidence." From Commission Exhibit 2011, dated July 7th, we learn the
following: (CE-399 was being referred to as "C1" at this time)

"On June 12, 1964, Darrell C. Tomlinson, Maintenance Employee,
Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Texas was shown Exhibit Cl, a rifle slug,
by Special Agent Bardwell D. Odum, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Tomlinson stated it appears to be the same one he found on a hospital
carriage at Parkland Hospital on November 22, 1963, but he cannot
positively identify the bullet as the one he found and showed to O.P.
Wright."

"On June 12, 1964, O.P. Wright, Personnel Officer, Parkland Hospital,
Dallas, Texas, advised Special Agent Bardwell D. Odum that Exhibit Cl,
a rifle slug, shown him at the tine of the interview, looks like the
slug found at Parkland Hospital on November 22, 1963, which he gave to
Richard Johnsen, Special Agent of the Secret Service. ... He advised
he could not positively identify Cl as being the same bullet which was
found on Novenber 22, 1963."

"On June 24, 1964, Special Agent Richard E. Johnsen, United States
Secret Service, Washington, D.C., was shown Exhibit Cl, a rifle
bullet, by Special Agent Elmer Lee Todd, Federal Bureau of
Investigation. Johnsen advised he could not identify this bullet as
the one he obtained from O.P. Wright, Parkland Hospital, Dallas,
Texas, and gave to James Rowley, Chief, United States Secret Service,
Washington, D.C. , on November 22, 1963.

"On June 24, 1964, James Rowley, Chief, United States Secret Service,
Washington, D.C., was shown Exhibit Cl, a rifle bullet, by Special
Agent Elmer Lee Todd. Rowley advised he could not identify this bullet
as the one he received from Special Agent Richard E. Johnsen and gave
to Special Agent Todd on November 22, 1963."

"On June 24, 1964, Special Agent Elmer Lee Todd, Washington, D.C.,
identified Cl, a rifle bullet, as being the same one he received from
James Rowley, Chief, United States Secret Service, Washington, D.C.,
on November 22, 1963."

That's a pretty poor chain of custody, wouldn't you say? And despite
this horrendous state of affairs, wouldn't it have been the right
thing to do to call these people and have them testify to clear up
this matter? There are also missing documents in this chain of
custody... such as the November interview done of Tomlinson, or the
Odum reports. As Raymond Marcus points out, in his monograph "The
Bastard Bullet": "If these omitted documents supported the
Commission's version of CE-399's origin, and contained no information
further clouding its authenticity, why were they not presented?"

A question that believers will never credibly answer...

If believers cannot even produce the chain of custody of the most
important evidence in this case - what was the Warren Commission
doing?

Watch, as believers absolutely REFUSE to refute the evidence showing
that CE-399 isn't the original bullet found.