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.

Having covered the evidence that shows that Connally was hit by a
different bullet, indeed up to *three* different bullets than was JFK
- it's time to dispose of the mythical SBT.

Believers just HATE the actual testimony, so let's take a look at what
the doctor who treated Gov. Connally said about the number of shots:

Mr. DULLES - Or two bullets?
Dr. SHAW - Yes; or three.
Mr. DULLES - Why do you say three?
Dr. SHAW - He has three separate wounds. He has a wound in the chest,
a wound of the wrist, a wound of the thigh.
Mr. DULLES - Oh, yes; we haven't. come to the wound of the thigh yet,
have we?
Mr. McCLOY - You have no firm opinion that all these three wounds were
caused by one bullet?
Dr. SHAW - I have no firm opinion.
Mr. McCLOY - That is right.
Dr. SHAW - Asking me this now if it was true. If you had asked me a
month ago I would have.
Mr. DULLES - Could they have been caused by one bullet, in your
opinion?
Dr. SHAW - They could.

So the medical evidence wasn't in the Commission's favor, indeed,
virtually ALL of the medical testimony was contrary to CE-399 as the
cause of the wounds as described by the Warren Commission.

In order to have an SBT - the first essential is to have a complete
transit by a bullet of JFK's body. This essential element was
**NEVER** demonstrated during the autopsy, and indeed was a
speculation made after the fact. The only physical evidence which
could show any "transit" of a bullet through JFK, the photograph
showing the interior of JFK's chest; disappeared while under
government control. The testimony 'connected' three wounds - the back,
the tip of the lung, and the throat - into a single trajectory. But
the only evidence for this damage to the lung simply disappeared.

Here's Dr. Humes testimony:
Commander Humes: ... The area of discoloration on the apical portion
of the right upper lung measured five centimeters in greatest
diameter, and was wedge shaped in configuration, with its base toward
the top of the chest and its apex down towards the substance of the
lung. Once again Kodachrome photographs were made of this area in the
interior of the President's chest.

Yet there's no such photos existing... None have *ever* been seen.

Official investigations have long known of this missing photographs:

"A phone call on January 21, 1967, 10 weeks after the inventory was
signed, reveals the importance of Clark’s private proceedings. Clark
had LBJ on the line. In the declassified, tape-recorded call, Clark
reported, "Ah, we had the three pathologists that performed the
autopsy on the evening of November 22nd come in. We had to bring Finck
from Vietnam ... They went into archives last night [sic, January 20,
1967] ... Now, we've run into one problem last night [sic] that we
didn't know of. That is, there may be a photo missing. Dr. Humes ...
testified before the Warren Commission that this one photo [was] made
of the highest portion of the right lung. The other two doctors don't
recall if such a photo was made. They do recall discussing the desired
ability of making such a photo. But there is no such photo in these
exhibits."

Thus, 10 weeks after Humes and Boswell had signed an affidavit that
said that none of JFK’s autopsy photographs were missing, Humes was
apparently grousing about a missing autopsy photograph."

http://www.history-matters.com/essays/jfkmed/How5Investigations/How5InvestigationsGotItWrong.htm
So the only "evidence" that could conceivably demonstrate a transiting
bullet in JFK has disappeared. While under government control.

And without proof of transit, there can be no "SBT." And the evidence
AGAINST transit is strong indeed:

1. The depth of the wound.
2. The location of the wound.
3. The missing interior chest photo. (as described above)
4. The original description of the throat wound.
5. The original autopsy describing a different explanation for the
throat wound. (Rankin)
6. The size of the wound in comparison to it's supposed "exit".
7. The complete lack of any metal found on the front of the shirt &
tie.
8. The missing report & testimony of Stombaugh.
9. The earliest attempts to explain the frontal shot (Life Magazine,
Mandel's article)

Without the SBT, conspiracy is a settled fact.

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