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Lone Assassin theorist Gerald Posner, who, in recent years has been the US
media's favorite lone-assassin theory spokesman, deceived Congress under
oath. Click here and learn more about Posner's deception. We have eight
short sound files digitized from a conversation with one of the JFK autopsy
doctors that indicate that Gerald Posner deliberately deceived Congress in
testimony given under oath in 1993. Also you can see the actual text of
Posner's deception of Congress, carried out as he was rudely interrupting
the expert medical testimony of Dr. Randy Robertson. We also have an entire
EAN issue dedicated to the question: Case Closed or Posner Exposed?
Questioning of Dr. Robertson at hearing of Legislation and National Security
Subcommittee, November 17, 1993
Mr. CONYERS. Thank you, Dr. Robertson, for your cooperation.
I have got a couple of problems here. One, the House Assassination Committee
chaired by my colleague, Mr. Stokes, went into the question of this theory
of which direction of the bullet pretty exhaustively, and came to different
conclusions. Are you aware of those hearings and the testimony that came out
of that?
Dr. ROBERTSON. Oh, I am very familiar with them, yes I have read them
extensively.
Mr. CONYERS. You don't agree with it?
Dr. ROBERTSON. No, I do not, because of the mere fact there is a fracture
located in the skull near the area where the autopsy doctors said a bullet
entered. Analysis of the fracture lines confirms their assessment of where
the bullet entered.
Mr. CONYERS. Who are the eye witnesses?
Dr. ROBERTSON. Roy Kellerman, Secret Service agent, FBI agent Francis X.
O'Neil. If you want to include the autopsy pathologists themselves, as well
as Dr. George Burkley, the President's first personal physician who verified
the location of the wounds, you can include them as well.
Mr. CONYERS. So what is the total number of very credible eye witnesses?
Dr. ROBERTSON. At least six, seven, and in many instances, in the HSCA
interviews, which were not available, I believe, by the way, to the members
of the medical review panel, in many instances these - the eyewitnesses who
were present in that autopsy were not asked the specific question of where
they saw the location of wound of entry in the back of the head. So there
may be more who have just not been asked that question.
Mr. POSNER. Mr. Chairman, I know we are very short on time. I was just
wondering if I could make two very quick statements and maybe ask Mr.
Robertson a question.
This is the first time I have heard this information. I think he implies by
what he just said to you that he had interviewed the autopsy doctors, Mr.
Kellerman who is dead, Mr. O'Neil, and others. Have you interviewed them?
Dr. ROBERTSON. No, I haven't.
Mr. POSNER. I have interviewed them.
Dr. ROBERTSON. Roy Kellerman stated this. I have the sworn commission
testimony.
Mr. POSNER. I have interviewed the autopsy doctors. I have interviewed Mr.
O'Neil. What is left here on the record today should not be allowed because
it is not correct, which is the implication that the autopsy doctors agree
with their original drawings in 1963, which were made without the benefit of
the X-rays and the photographs, that they had had done at the autopsy.
To the credit of the House Select Committee on Assassinations and
Congressman Stokes, that committee did a superb job on the forensics of this
case. It was the work of that committee that had the two autopsy physicians
change their mind, that they had been mistaken about the placement of the
wound here, and that it is in
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fact correctly placed 4 inches higher. I have spoken to them about this and
they have confirmed their change of testimony that they gave before the
House Select Committee on Assassinations.
Posner Lies To Congress: The Proof
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J. Thornton Boswell Exposes Gerald Posner's Lies and Errors in a Phone
Conversation with Dr. Gary Aguilar
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Here are digitized sound files of Dr. Boswell telling Dr. Aguilar the real
story about author Gerald Posner's absurd claims to have spoken with Boswell
and also a shocking revelation that Boswell believes that there are errors
in Posner's 1993 book Case Closed. This horrendous book was nominated for
the Pulitzer Prize in History. To the voting committee's credit, it did not
win.
The sound quality has been reduced slightly, in an effort to reduce file
size, but they have NOT been edited. They have also been divided into eight
smaller pieces to further deal with the very large size of audio files. The
next file picks up exactly where the preceding one leaves off and are part
of one continuous 90 second excerpt from a conversation that Dr. Aguilar had
with Dr. Boswell on March 30, 1994.
In late 1993, Gerald Posner rudely interrupted the testimony of Dr. Randy
Robertson before the House of Representatives Legislation and National
Security Subcommittee chaired by Representative John Conyers, to make the
following shocking and preposterous claim.
QUOTE ON:
Mr. POSNER. I have interviewed the autopsy doctors. I have interviewed Mr.
O'Neil. What is left here on the record today should not be allowed because
it is not correct, which is the implication that the autopsy doctors agree
with their original drawings in 1963, which were made without the benefit of
the X-rays and the photographs, that they had had done at the autopsy.
To the credit of the House Select Committee on Assassinations and
Congressman Stokes, that committee did a superb job on the forensics of this
case. It was the work of that committee that had the two autopsy physicians
change their mind, that they had been mistaken about the placement of the
wound here, and that it is in fact correctly placed 4 inches higher. I have
spoken to them about this and they have confirmed their change of testimony
that they gave before the House Select Committee on Assassinations.
QUOTE OFF:
Nothing could be further from the truth! Not only did the JFK autopsy
pathologists, Humes and Boswell NOT change their minds about the low
position of the head wound (which makes the alleged shot from above and
behind impossible, and therefore refutes the ridiculous lone-assassination
theory that Lee Harvey Oswald alone murdered JFK) but Gerald Posner never
even spoke to Boswell! How do we know this? J. Thornton Boswell himself, a
man who participated in the autopsy of President Kennedy (and who believes
Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone) tells us this in this conversation with Dr.
Aguilar.
So, do we believe Posner or do we believe Boswell? The only reasonable
conclusion we can draw is that Posner, in his determined effort to
rehabilitate the long-discredited Warren Commission version of the
assassination, will stop at nothing, including lying to the United States
Congress, to "close" the case.
What does this false statement to Congress tell us about Gerald Posner's
"journalistic integrity?" Shouldn't he be brought up on charges of
lying to
Congress? Is lying to Congress even a crime that you can be prosecuted for?
Should Posner have to answer for this kind of deliberate deception?
--
Compiling Chronologies
Sammy, G.
unome_gldd@yahoo.com
--
Compiling Chronologies
Sammy, G.
unome_gldd@yahoo.com
"Martin Shackelford" <mshack@concentric.net>
wrote in message
news:c7c7d7$qdt@dispatch.concentric.net...
> You can't prosecute someone for writing a book and appearing on TV a lot,
> fortunately. What basis did you have in mind for prosecutior, as those
> certainly wouldn't be appropriate?
>
> Martin
>
> Sammy, G. wrote:
>
> > --
> > Compiling Chronologies
> >
> > Sammy, G.
> > unome_gldd@yahoo.com
> > "Martin Shackelford" <mshack@concentric.net>
wrote in message
> > news:c79td0$qdq@dispatch.concentric.net...
> >
> >>Here's a memo I wrote about the book shortly after reading it.
> >>
> >>Martin
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Ecagetx wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Any book reviews on "Case Open" by Harold Weisberg?
> >>>
> >>
> >>Memo
> >>by: Martin Shackelford
> >>Date: August 15, 1994
> >>Subject: Case Open by Harold Weisberg
> >>
> >>p. xvi: Posner source Hubert Badeaux labeled Hale Boggs a
> >>
Communist.
> >>
> >>p. 14: Instead of citing testimony, Posner cites as his source Jim
> >>
Moore's book or "Interview with Jim Moore," avoiding citing
> >> the
primary source.
> >>
> >>pp. 29-30: Posner claims he came by his findings through careful
> >>
personal study of an "enhanced" copy of the Zapruder film; he
> >> gives
brief mention in a footnote to an article by David Lui.
> >>
In fact, his "findings" are drawn wholly from the Lui
> >>
article, by a 15 year old Beverly Hills High School student
> >> who
was studying a mediocre bootleg copy of the film. Posner
> >> adds
nothing to what Lui reported in 1979!
> >>
> >>pp. 31-34: Weisberg focuses on the absurdity of Posner's claims of
200
> >>
interviews in a year, along with complete mastery and
original
> >>
indexing of the Warren Commission's 26 volumes--sufficient
> >>
familiarity with the 26 volumes to criticize Sylvia Meagher's
> >> index
as "political" though his own reveals equal biases.
> >>
> >>pp. 45, 48-55: Good, thorough examination of how Posner sugar-coats
> >> the
CIA actions in the Nosenko affair, and how the CIA seems
> >> to
have decided he needed "hostile interrogation" only after
> >> he
indicated the KGB suspected Oswald of being a U.S. agent.
> >>
> >>pp. 58-64, 76-77: Posner's dishonest use of the Failure Analysis
> >>
materials; includes complete letter from Failure Analysis.
> >>
> >>pp. 74, 172: Exposes Posner's description of himself as a
"Wall Street
> >>
lawyer," noting that he only briefly worked for Cravath,
> >> Swaine
and Moore (the firm whose lawyers defended Oswald at
> >> the
ABA mock trial, and weren't impressed by Posner's book);
> >> he
briefly did discovery work for IBM in a major anti-trust
> >> case,
menial legal work, then left the firm.
> >>
> >>p. 109: Weisberg points out that Oswald is alleged to have selected
for
> >> a
sniper's nest the Deposiory floor least likely to be
> >>
deserted at the time of the motorcade, due to the laying of
> >> new
floor, in addtion to normal work, and the likelihood of
> >> people
brown-bagging their lunches, as Bonnie Ray Williams
did.
> >>
> >>p. 110: Posner's book is careful to omit evidentiary photos. Note
what
> >> he
chooses to include instead in his photo section, despite
> >> the
many references to evidence photos in his book, and to
> >> issues
on which photos bear.
> >>
> >>pp. 111-112, 134: Weisberg analyses Posner's reasons for citing his
own
> >>
interviews, often in cases where they include no new
> >>
information. By citing his interviews (unavailable to the
> >>
reader)instead of readily available testimony and documents,
> >> he
reduces the chances that the reader might stumble onto
> >>
something contradictory to his thesis in the same testimony,
> >> often
even on the same page.
> >>
> >>p. 114: Another lawyer's tactic is to cite a secondary witness if a
> >>
primary witness says things contrary to his thesis.
> >>
> >>pp. 119-120: The Warren Commission time studies, relied upon by
> >>
Posner, didn't include the time it would have taken to
conceal
> >> the
rifle. Posner makes it seem even easier by having Oswald
> >> cross
the 6th floor diagonally, impossible due to the rows of
> >>
stackes of boxes.
> >>
> >>pp. 163-65: Discusses the evidence that the Tague curb was patched,
> >>
something clearly not done by Lee Oswald.
> >>
> >>Though a difficult read, the book is a valuable addition to the
> >>critiques of the Posner fraud.
> >
> >
> > Martin,
> >
> > I have to agree. Well done!
> >
> > I think Posner's actions are criminal, and in some cases, he probably
should
> > be prosecuted!
> >
> > Sammy, G.
Following is my partial "Critique" of Posner's book;
GERALD POSNER
Posner
claims that the early critics printed "lies" which were repeated by
the rest of the critics over and over again so many times that they are now
viewed as "fact" by readers who have never read the Warren Report!
I presume that Posner's solution is to print "NEW LIES".
BETWEEN
1:50 p.m. FRI. & HIS MURDER AT 11:21 a.m. SUN. OSWALD WAS
INTERROGATED
REPEATEDLY WITHOUT BENEFIT OF LEGAL COUNSEL.
ALTHOUGH
HE "PLEADED FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION SEVERAL TIMES."
Contrary
to Gerald Posner's taped interview claim Oswald DID shout
"I'M JUST A PATSY" (My
video Tape #39) (YOU
LIED GERRY)
Posner
also claims on page 329 that a photo enhancement study of the Zapruder Film
shows Gov. Connaly's suit jacket lapel being moved by a bullet moving through it
at an early enough Zapruder frame to support the single bullet theory. (Z
223-224) Posner does NOT print that enhanced photo anywhere in his 600 page
book. Simple enough for conjecture. BUT, that's ALL it is, CONJECTURE. Again,
Posner like the Commission uses DRAWINGS to simulate JFK & Connally's
positions (erroneously in several ways).
1.
On pg. 328 Posner changes the Commission finding that the
bullet entered JFK at "THE THIRD THORACIC VERTEBRA" to
"THE SIXTH CERVICAL VERTEBRA". (see Fig. #1. for relevancy)…
1a. In the footnote on page 287 Posner cites the bullet holes in JFK's
clothing. Being VERY careful "NOT" to mention the
measurements. Jacket: 5 & 3/8" below top of the
collar. Shirt:
5 & 3/4" below top of the collar.
2.
Posner's drawing of Z 223-224 shows JFK's RIGHT arm reacting to the first hit.
But in the actual Z
223-224 JFK's right arm is not even visible. (still behind the sign)
3.
Posner's 223-224 doesn't even show JFK's left arm. But in the actual Z 223-224
we see JFK's left arm reacting to the hit.
4.
Posner's 223-224 show Connally's body, right arm and Stetson hat in different
positions than depicted in the actual Z 223-4.
5.
In EITHER depiction Connally's wrist is NOT in position to receive a bullet allegedly
exiting his chest.
6.
When Connally's wrist WAS in position to receive a bullet exiting his chest, his
left thigh was
NOT in proper alignment.
So again we have Posner DISAGREEING with the Commission in his feeble
attempt to SUPPORT
thier conclusions.
IT
WOULD ALSO FORCE ME TO BELIEVE THAT ALTHOUGH STRIKING "NO" BONE
JFK's
REACTION WAS IMMEDIATE. WHILE AFTER RECEIVING 5 WOUNDS, AND SMASHING 2 BONES
(5th rib & right radius) CONNALLY HAD A DELAYED REACTION.
IT
ALSO DEMANDS THAT I BELIEVE THAT A BULLET'S 45/60 DEGREE DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY
WOULD EXIT 5-6 INCHES "HIGHER" THAN IT'S POINT OF ENTRANCE WITHOUT
BEING DEFLECTED AS IT "STRUCK NO BONE".
I'M
NOT GOING TO REPRODUCE HIS 600 PAGES HERE, THEN WRITE ANOTHER 1200 PAGES OF
REBUTTAL. THIS IS JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF POSNER'S LIES, DISTORTIONS AND OMISSIONS.
I REPEAT, MY GOAL IS TO WHET YOUR APPETITE ENOUGH FOR YOU TO RESEARCH FOR
YOURSELF. AND, UNTIL YOU DO YOU'LL NEVER KNOW FOR SURE WHICH SIDE IS LYING TO
YOU.
A
much more PLAUSIBLE explanation for Connally's lapel moving at frame 223-224 (IF
IT DID) is Testimony of a motorcycle Officer that "IT WAS SO WINDY THAT AS
I TURNED THE CORNER FROM MAIN ONTO HOUSTON I WAS ALMOST BLOWN OFF MY BIKE."
Testimony of motorcycle Officer Marion Baker Volume III pg. 245)
On
page 148 the Warren Report says of Officer Baker: "As he turned the corner
from Main onto Houston at a speed of about 5 to 10 miles per hour, a strong wind
blowing from the NORTH almost unseated him." (i.e.-The grassy knoll is on
the NORTH side of Elm St.)
The
footnote on page 245 of Posner's book IRONICALLY points out the "STIFF
NORTH-SOUTH WIND" that existed in Dealy Plaza that day!
Posner
uses this footnote to point out that the "STIFF NORTH-SOUTH wind blew the
odor of gunpowder further into the Plaza." (to passengers in the motorcade
as they drove through the Plaza)
WHAT
POSNER DIDN'T POINT OUT WAS THAT THE MOTORCADE WAS TRAVELING IN AN
"EAST-WEST DIRECTION."
Remember,
the TSBD was at the EASTERN end of
the Plaza, while JFK's Limo was nearer the WESTERN end of the Plaza!
So,
even if the seventh floor and the roof of the TSBD DIDN'T block the "STIFF
NORTH-SOUTH" wind from Oswald's firing point from the sixth floor SOUTHEAST
corner window, it would have blown the odor of gunpowder through the Plaza in a
NORTH-SOUTH direction which would be parallel to HOUSTON St. Yet NO witness
below the sixth floor window smelled gunpowder! Only those driving past the
grassy knoll!
(THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONJECTURE & TESTIMONY)
(WR
Pg.482) List of attorneys assisting the WC. Is attorney S. Paul Posner related
to author Gerald Posner?)
Posner
also claims in his book "case closed" that the EARLY shot caused
Zapruder to jump blurring the frame! (Thanks
Gerry)
If
that were true, it would PROVE that MORE THAN THREE SHOTS WERE FIRED. Judging by
the blurring of frames 195, 197, 203, 213, 222, 229, 234, 244, 256 and 262.
(choke on that one Posner.)
Before
I go any further critiquing the Posner book, I bring your attention to page of
417 line 3 of "case
closed" where Posner alludes to "1 million-plus words" of the 26
volumes.
I
think it important that what he claims to have read is actually only ten percent
of the PUBLISHED record. For The Report and its 26 volumes contain in excess of
over TEN million words.
IF
THE CRITICS LIED, You won't know it unless you've read the Report and the 26
volumes.
Between
pages 268-9 Posner publishes 14 pages of photos: On the 9th of those
photographic pages look at the middle picture (marked 225) of the FBI
reenactment of the assassination. Now look at the white dot on back of the
stand-in for JFK where the bullet entered,
Also
look at the 13th page top photo where Posner ID's Ruby at Oswald's midnight
press conference. Just like the WR Posner neglects to ID Dallas District
Attorney Henry Wade standing with Ruby. (Both of whom were from Chicago.)
With
friends like Posner the Commission didn't need any enemies.
In Appendix A on page 472 Posner again disagrees with the WR where he
writes "The bolt action can easily be executed in a FRACTION of a
second." THAT TELLS ME THAT THE COMMISSION AND THE FBI WERE TOTAL IDIOTS!
FOR THEIR PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS DICTATED THAT IT TOOK AN ABSOLUTE
MINIMUM OF 2.3 SECONDS TO RECYCLE THE BOLT BETWEEN ANY TWO SHOTS WITHOUT
ALLOWING ANY TIME FOR AIMING.
Starting
on page 474 Posner goes on to further destroy the work of the Commission and the
FBI by extending the timing of the shots by stating that the 1st shot was fired
from the southeast 6th floor window between Z frames 160 and 166. Which extends
the time period to 8.4 seconds instead of 5.6 seconds. (It's really 8.36 seconds
counting from frame 160.) (If he counted from Z frame 166 it would be 8.03
seconds.) So, even supporters of the WR know that the timing of 3 shots in 5.6
seconds attributed to Oswald was impossible! In order to accomplish this, Posner
wants us to believe that Oswald waited until JFK was obscured by the tree before
he fired his first shot. (WR pg. 100 CE #889 Frame 166.)
What
Posner doesn't account for with this hypotheses is that if the first shot were
fired at an earlier point, it would automatically mean that the shot was fired
more to the southEAST than the southWEST where James Teague was wounded at the
triple overpass by a chip from the curb hit by the shot that missed.
THIS
ONE I REALLY WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND!
(WR
116:) "FBI experts disclosed metal smears which, "were
spectrographically determined to be lead with a trace of antimony." The
mark on the curb could have originated from the lead core of a bullet but the
absence of copper precluded "the possibility that the mark on the curbing
section was made by an unmutilated military full-metal jacket bullet such as the
bullet from Governor Connally's stretcher."
Ya got it? (Now turn to Posner pg. 475)
"THE
FIRST SHOT
During
the first shot (dotted line) there were oak trees and a traffic-light support
post between Oswald and Elm Street. The shot was almost certainly deflected by a
branch and its only trace was a nick made on a concrete curb near the Triple
Underpass. A chip of concrete from that shot cut James Teague on the
cheek."
POSNER
WANTS US TO BELIEVE THAT A BULLET BEING "DEFLECTED" BY A
"TINY" BRANCH STRIPPED THE BULLET OF ITS FULL COPPER JACKET EXPLAINING
THE ABSENCE OF COPPER ON THE CURBING. (see WR PG. 100
CE
#889)
AT
THE SAME TIME POSNER WANTS US TO BELIEVE THAT THE EXACT SAME TYPE OF BULLET
COULD INFLICT 7 WOUNDS ON 2 GROWN MEN SMASHING 2 STURDY BONES
"WITHOUT" STRIPPING THE BULLET OF ITS FULL COPPER JACKET AS IN THE
CASE OF CE #399 ALLEGEDLY FOUND ON CONNALLY'S STRETCHER. (The very least he
could do was issue a bottle of soda with each book to wash that one down with.)
Posner's
explanation of the "single bullet" on page 476-477 further destroys
the credibility of the Commission and the FBI by arbitralarily CHANGING the
muzzle velocity and TWICE changes the exit velocity (Connally's chest/Connally's
wrist) of the "MAGIC BULLET." (WR pg. 95.)
On
page 339 Posner takes the liberty of changing the weight of a 6.5 Carcano bullet
to "average weight was 161.2 grains".
POSNER
KNOWS FULL WELL THAT THE WEIGHT OF THE FRAGMENTS SURGICALLY REMOVED FROM GOV.
CONNALLY WERE "MORE" THAN WHAT WAS MISSING FROM CE#399 THAT THE
COMMISSION FOUND WEIGHED 160-161 GRAINS. SO HE TAKES THE LIBERTY OF EXTENDING
THE MAXIMUM OF 161 GRAINS TO "AVERAGE" 161.2 GRAINS. FURTHER
ILLUSTRATING THE IMPOSSIBILITIES OF THE WARREN COMMISSION CONCLUSIONS.
On
page 478 Posner again claims poetic license with truth where he writes:
"Oswald came very close to being captured as he fled from the Book
Depository. But, within 3 minutes of his final shot, he walked, unmolested, out
of the front entrance, WHILE THE REAR WAS GUARDED." Apparently part of the
9 MILLION words that Posner didn't read in the 26 volumes was the testimony of
Dallas Secret Service CHIEF Forrest Sorrels in Volume VII pg. 348: Sorrels
testified that he returned to the scene 20-25 minutes later and entered the REAR
door of the TSBD and that it was UNGUARDED.
Giving
further evidence that the TSBD had no connection to the assassination in the
minds of the authorities for at least one half
hour.
GERRY POSNER HAD AN AXE-GAVE THE CRITICS FORTY WHACKS
Why
did Posner lists a bibliography in the back of his book?
If
he MISSED 90 percent of the report that he just dedicated 600 pages to support,
how much do you think he missed in the writings of those critics he set out to
destroy?
In
the footnote on page 270 Posner writes: "Robert Sam Anson wrote that the
scope was set for a left-handed person (They've Killed the President, p. 76).
There is no such thing as a left-handed scope, and tests determined that the
very slight misalignment on Oswald's scope may actually have aided him in
hitting Kennedy (WC Vol. III, p. 411; HSCA Vol. VII, pp. 371-72)
AGAIN
this must be part of the 90 percent of the 26 Volumes that Posner DIDN'T read
for pg. 799 of Volume XXV exhibits an FBI report stating that the "scope
was mounted as if for a LEFT-HANDED person"
Furthermore:
Testimony in Volume III pg. 411 makes NO SUCH statement that the misaligned
scope would actually have aided Oswald in hitting Kennedy. (Its only an
assumption made by the Commission and its printed on page 194 of the Report.
Same
footnote Posner writes: Sylvia Meagher charged that the Carcano had a "hair
trigger," which would have hurt Oswald's marksmanship (Accessories p. 102)
But the Carcano required three pounds of pull, whereas a hair trigger requires
less than sixteen ounces (HSCA Vol. VII, p. 371).
THIS
IS WHAT'S PRINTED ON PAGE 102 OF "ACCESSORIES AFTER THE FACT" by
Sylvia Meagher: Commissioner McCloy then asked: "If you were having a dry
run with this, you could certainly make yourself used to the drag in the trigger
without discharging the rifle, could you not?" Simmons replied:
Yes
but there are two stages to the trigger. Our riflemen were all used to a trigger
with a constant pull. When the slack was taken up, then they expected the round
to fire. But actually when the slack is taken up, you tend to have a hair
trigger here, which requires a bit of getting used to.... (3H 450-451)"
THAT'S
PART OF THE TESTIMONY OF RONALD SIMMONS, CHIEF OF THE INFANTRY WEAPONS
EVALUATION BRANCH OF THE BALLISTICS LABORATORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.
(VOLUME III PAGES 441-451)
The
testimony is about the POOR quality of the alleged assassination rifle. EACH
SHOT REQUIRED PULLING THE TRIGGER "TWICE". (I'm not an expert but I
understand that a real shooter must SQUEEZE the trigger to expect accuracy!)
On
pg. 317 Posner quotes FBI agent Lyndal Shaneyfelt as saying:
"that
a minimum of 2.25 to 2.3 seconds was necessary between shots to operate the bolt
and REAIM. (emphasis added)
That
one sentence contains THREE (3) omissions on Posner's part.
1. Shaneyfelt is the FBI Document Examiner and Photographic Expert.
(Volume V pg. 138.) HE'S "NOT" A WEAPONS EXPERT.
2. Army Chief weapons expert Simmons testified 2.3 seconds WITHOUT
AIMING. (VOLUME III PG. 441-51)
3. FBI Weapons Expert Robert A. Frazier testified 2.3 seconds WITHOUT
AIMING. (Volume III 390-441)
IF
THE GOVERNMENT & THEIR SUPPORTERS LIED, You won't know it unless you've read
the Report and the 26 volumes.
On
page 36 (note 7) Posner states that he interviewed KGB defector Yuri Nosenko.
(not without CIA approval he
didn't!)
Do you think it possible for an author to gain CIA approval for access to
a KGB defector without knowing in advance if
the book would be CRITICAL OR SUPPORTIVE of the
"Official Report"?
Would
that explain why Posner didn't report that Nosenko stated that he and the
Soviets suspected Oswald of being an American spy?
I
could have been this pointed on any one of these points but I choose to do it
now! POSNER YOU'RE A LYING S.O.B.
IN
THE FOOTNOTE ON PAGE 116 YOU WRITE OF OSWALD'S PICTURE OF A CAR IN GENERAL
WALKER'S BACK YARD. AND THAT THE PICTURE AS PRINTED IN THE 26 VOLUMES IS IN AN
ALTERED CONDITION. YOU THEN GO ON TO SAY THAT IT'S [ALSO] IN AN ALTERED
CONDITION AS PRINTED IN CHIEF CURRY'S BOOK. YOU CLAIM THAT MARINA WAS MISTAKEN
WHEN SHE SAID THAT WHEN OSWALD SHOWED IT TO HER IT HAD NO HOLE IN IT. (proving
the destruction of evidence by either the Dallas or Federal authorities.) You
very carefully neglect to inform the reader that it's printed with the hole in
Volume XVI pg. 7 as it would take a novice "years" to find it. (Volume
XI pg.294-5) MARINA "REPEATEDLY" REFERS TO THE PICTURE IN AN
"UNALTERED" CONDITION.
1.
By Oswald.
2.
By the Secret Service.
3.
By the FBI.
When
you read Marina's testimony on this subject in XI 294-5 you will see that the questions AND answers were quite detailed and lengthy with EMPHATIC
response was IMPOSSIBLE to just be "MISTAKEN" as Posner claims.
Posner
also very carefully neglects to inform the reader that its printed WITHOUT the
hole on pg. 113 of Chief Curry's book. Which is a very rare book and quite hard
to find. I HAVE BOTH THESE BOOKS AND HAVE STUDIED BOTH PICTURES UNDER
MAGNIFICATION. (And i'm not suggesting that magnification is even needed.)
WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT YOU'RE A LYING S.O.B.
Don't
let this whore fool you folks. READ! READ! READ!
HE
WANTS YOU TO TAKE HIS WORD FOR IT THAT THE CRITICS LIED!
(Indeed, some of them did. But their goal was not to critique the Warren
Report but publish MISINFORMATION to discredit ALL critics.)
I
BEG YOU TO READ "BOTH" SIDES AND DETERMINE FOR YOURSELF WHICH
SIDE LIED!
In
his footnote on page 404 Posner informs us that of the 552 witnesses the
Commission took testimony from, "Only 94 personally appeared before any
Commissioners. The largest number, 395, were questioned by the legal staff; 61
supplied affidavits; and 2 gave statements (WR p. xiii). POSNER NEGLECTED TO
INFORM THE READER THAT ON 229 SEPARATE OCCASIONS THEY WENT "OFF THE
RECORD". And that's
EXAMPLE:
Volume V pg. 255 Testimony of Dallas Police Sgt. Patrick Dean complaining that
Commission lawyer Griffin went "OFF THE RECORD" and told Dean how much
help Griffin could be to Dean in the future if Dean were willing to change his
testimony. THAT'S THE COMMISSION OF A FELONY! Yet Griffin is still practicing law.
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PRISCILLA JOHNSON (CIA)
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Affidavit
of Roger L. McCarthy
I, Roger L. McCarthy, having been duly sworn, declare as follows:
1. I am Chief Executive officer of Failure Analysis Associates, Inc., (FaAA)
which is headquatered in Menlo Park California. FaAA, founded in 1967, is
thelargest engineering firm in the nation dedicated primarily to the analysis
and prevention of failures of an engineering or scientific nature. FaAA is
awholly owned subsidiary and the largest operating unit of The Failure
Group,Inc, (Failure). Failure employs almost 500 full time staff, including
almost 300 degreed professionals, more than 90 of whom hold doctorates in their
fields. We maintain nine offices in the U.S., three in Europe, and one in
Canada. I am also Chief Executive Officer of The Failure Group, Inc. The
Failure Group, Incorporated is a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ
exchange, under the symbol "FAIL"
2. I hold five academic degrees; 1) A Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from
the
University of Michigan, 2) A Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from
the University of Michigan, 3) An S. M. degree in Mechanical Engineering from
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 4) The professional degree of
Mechanical Engineer (Mech. E.) from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (MIT) and 5) A Ph.D. in
MechanicalEngineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). I
graduated from the University of Michigan Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude, the
Outstanding Undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering in 1972, and a National
Science Foundation Fellow.
3. I am a Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer in the States of
California (#M20040) and Arizona (#13684). I have authored several dozen
scientific papers, and currently serve on the Visiting Committee of MIT's
Mechanical Engineering Department. In 1992 I was appointed by President Bushto
two year term on the President's Commission on the National Medal of Science. I
have attached my current resume with a listing of my publications as exhibit 1.
4. In early 1992 Failure Analysis Associates, Inc. (FaAA) was approached by
representatives of the American Bar Association (ABA) to assist in putting
together a "courtroom of the 21st century" instructional session, in
the form
of a mock trial, for the annual ABA meeting, which was to be held that summer
in San Francisco, California. FaAA was involved in the process of selecting the
topic of the trial, which was eventually decided to be the trial of Lee Harvey
Oswald for first degree murder for the assassination of President John F.
Kennedy in Dallas in 1963. To simplify the task in
coordinating the extensive computer analysis and evidence, FaAA agreed to
provide the expert witness analysis, and the testifying experts themselves, for
both the prosecution and defense. Separate teams were assembled to assist each
side.
5. While FaAA was not funded for the investigation or evidence developed
for
either side, we applied the best techniques available to some, but certainly
not all, of the questions that have remained concerning the assassination, and
Lee Harvey Oswald's role in it. The "Courtroom of the 2lst Century"
theme
required the most modern conputerized animation and
video presentation. There was not a conclusion reached by FaAA as a company
concerning the issues of the assassination. Each of our teams did its best
within the factual, time and resource constraints to assist the two eminent
trial lawyer teams to resolve the key issues for their respective sides. In the
end, after two days of trial, the mock jury, selected by the jury analysis firm
DecisionQuest, was split 7 for conviction and 5 for acquittal of Lee Harvey
Oswald on the first degree murder charge.
6. Each of our teams sought to find sufficient information in the extensive
investigation records of the Warren Commission, and the House Select Committee
proceedings, that, when combined with the unparalleled technical analysis
skills of our organization, would produce incontrovertible scientific findings
that would resolve some of the outstanding issues one way or another. I believe
the jury's inability to resolve Oswald's guilt in light of FaAA's
investigation, and state-of-the-art visualization, stems from the fact that 1)
FaAA did not have the time or resources to completely analyze the whole
investigatory record, and 2) there are gaps in the factual record that our
analysis was unable to bridge. For example, if
the National Archives could locate the brain of President Kennedy, which was
sent to them and not buried with his body, we believe the direction of the
fatal bullet could be incontrovertibly resolved.
7. Subsequent to our presentation one Gerald Posner contacted Dr. Robert
Piziali, the leader of the prosecution team, and requested copies of the
prosecution material, but not defense material, which we provided. Eventually
Random House published a book by Mr. Posner entitled "Case Closed".
While Mr.
Posner acknowledges in the book the material from Failure Analysis Associates
he does not mention or acknowledge the ABA, or mention or acknowledge that
there was additional material prepared by FaAA for the defense. Incredibly, Mr.
Posner makes no mention of the fact that their mock jury that heard and saw the
technical material that he believes is so persuasive and "closed" the
case, but
which also saw the FaAA material prepared for the defense, could not reach a
verdict.
8. In early televised interviews of Mr. Posner that were witnessed by FaAA
staff, Mr. Posner made no attempt to correct any supposition by a questioner
that the FaAA analytical work was performed at his request for him, and
certainly left quite the opposite impression.
Further the affiant sayth not.
(signed)
Roger L. McCarthy
KAREN GATES
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME
Comm. #965772
THE 6 DAY OF DEC. 1993
NOTARY PUBLIC - CALIFORNIA
(signed)
San Mateo County
Karen Gates
My Comm. Expires May 6, 1995
Notary Public
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