Getting Some Facts Straight About the Single-Bullet Theory

[Gerry Down]

However, they never mention the fact that the 14-cm measurement clearly appears to be in pen, whereas all the other markings on the face sheet seem to be in pencil, and that, if nothing else, the measurement is clearly darker than all the other markings on the face sheet. This, of course, suggests that the measurement was added to the sheet after the autopsy.

I didn't notice this before. I've heard Bugliosi say this as fact (the 14cm measurement) and when he did it sounded convincing until i read your post.

[Michael T. Griffith]

I didn't notice this before. I've heard Bugliosi say this as fact (the 14cm measurement) and when he did it sounded convincing until i read your post.

Bugliosi would say whatever he thought the government wanted him to say.

The autopsy face sheet was marked "verified." 14 cm below the right mastoid process is not even close to Boswell's mark for the back wound. Boswell stood by every other drawing and mark on the face sheet, but he claimed he goofed when he made the back-wound dot. So every other mark and drawing he made on the face sheet accurate except the back-wound dot. How convenient.

[Gerry Down]

However, they never mention the fact that the 14-cm measurement clearly appears to be in pen, whereas all the other markings on the face sheet seem to be in pencil, and that, if nothing else, the measurement is clearly darker than all the other markings on the face sheet. This, of course, suggests that the measurement was added to the sheet after the autopsy.

I wonder if this specific measurement was added in several weeks, months after the fact to support the SBT.

[Michael T. Griffith]

I wonder if this specific measurement was added in several weeks, months after the fact to support the SBT.

That's a safe bet. We know that as of January 27, 1964, "the autopsy" still placed the back wound below the top of the shoulder blade. We know this from the declassified transcript of the Warren Commission's 1/27/64 executive session where Rankin refers to an autopsy photo showing the back wound "below the shoulder blade."

We also know that as of that executive session, "the autopsy" still claimed that a head-shot fragment exited the throat wound. Rankin said that "We have an explanation there in the autopsy that probably a fragment came out the front of the neck." We know from Lt. Lipsey's HSCA testimony that late in the autopsy, the doctors concluded that the throat wound was caused by a head-shot fragment. That's because they had already established beyond any doubt that the back wound had no exit point.

[Gerry Down]

That's a safe bet. We know that as of January 27, 1964, "the autopsy" still placed the back wound below the top of the shoulder blade. We know this from the declassified transcript of the Warren Commission's 1/27/64 executive session where Rankin refers to an autopsy photo showing the back wound "below the shoulder blade."

To me the "shoulder blade" might be the top of your shoulder (where you knock off dandruff, or where Biden likes to put his hands). This might, or might not, simply be a case of semantics.

[John Iacoletti]

I've never heard anyone (particularly a doctor) refer to the top of the shoulder as "shoulder blade".  It's a different bone.

[Michael T. Griffith]

To me the "shoulder blade" might be the top of your shoulder (where you knock off dandruff, or where Biden likes to put his hands). This might, or might not, simply be a case of semantics.

That's silly. Educated adults know that the shoulder blades are bones and are part of the bone structure that supports your shoulders. Everyone but the ignorant knows the difference between a shoulder blade and a shoulder.