RIP to the Single-bullet theory?

[Jon Banks]

The FBI, in their investigation during the immediate aftermath of the Kennedy assassination, didn’t consider the idea that Kennedy and Connolly were struck by the same bullet. They also didn’t consider the idea that at least one shot missed.

James Tague’s injury is what led to the birth of the Single-Bullet theory.

The single–bullet theory was developed in three stages:

Stage 1: December 1963

The FBI’s report into the assassination matched the wounds to the three bullets in the following way:

one bullet caused all of Governor Connally’s wounds by passing through his torso and shattering his right wrist;

one bullet caused President Kennedy’s fatal head wound;

and one bullet caused one of Kennedy’s non–fatal wounds by entering his back, but did not cause his throat wound.2

Stage 2: March 1964

The Warren Commission modified this explanation by assuming that Kennedy’s throat wound had been caused by the same bullet that had caused his back wound.

Stage 3: June 1964

When the wounding of the bystander, James Tague, was unexpectedly made public, the commission became obliged to use the only plausible explanation that would account for all of the wounds having been inflicted by just three bullets:

one bullet caused Tague’s wound;

one bullet caused President Kennedy’s fatal head wound;

and one bullet caused all of Kennedy’s and Connally’s non–fatal wounds by entering Kennedy’s back, exiting through his throat, entering Connally’s back, exiting his chest, passing through his right wrist, and lodging itself in his left thigh: the single–bullet theory.

http://22november1963.org.uk/single-bullet-theory-jfk-assassination

[Michael Capasse]

The only reason for a SBT was a missed shot.
The James Tague hit was public and became the missed shot.

[Charles Collins]

The FBI, in their investigation during the immediate aftermath of the Kennedy assassination, didn’t consider the idea that Kennedy and Connolly were struck by the same bullet. They also didn’t consider the idea that at least one shot missed.

James Tague’s injury is what led to the birth of the Single-Bullet theory.

http://22november1963.org.uk/single-bullet-theory-jfk-assassination

The only reason for a SBT was a missed shot.
The James Tague hit was public and became the missed shot.

I have already posted Willens’ account which in no uncertain terms explains how the SBT originated. It was not due to Tague. It was to explain where the bullet went after it exited JFK’s throat. [Edit: this theory began in February 1964]

[Michael Capasse]

I have already posted Willens’ account which in no uncertain terms explains how the SBT originated. It was not due to Tague. It was to explain where the bullet went after it exited JFK’s throat. [Edit: this theory began in February 1964]

Based on an internal memo at the end of April, your timing is wrong. 

[Jon Banks]

I have already posted Willens’ account which in no uncertain terms explains how the SBT originated. It was not due to Tague. It was to explain where the bullet went after it exited JFK’s throat. [Edit: this theory began in February 1964]

It's possible, even likely, that the FBI knew they had a problem prior to April 1964 but the public becoming aware of Tague's injury is what forced them to come up with an explanation for the throat wound.

The public hadn't seen the autopsy photos or Zapruder film at that point so there would've been little doubt about the FBI's findings had the James Tague issue not become part of the public's awareness...

[Michael Capasse]

It's possible, even likely, that the FBI knew they had a problem prior to April 1964 but the public becoming aware of Tague's injury is what forced them to come up with an explanation for the throat wound.

The public hadn't seen the autopsy photos or Zapruder film at that point so there would've been little doubt about the FBI's findings had the James Tague issue not become part of the public's awareness...

I agree, and without a missed shot there probably would not have been a SBT

[Charles Collins]

Based on an internal memo at the end of April, your timing is wrong. 

No it’s not. You are jumping to the wrong conclusion regarding the memo. Your claim that Tague caused the SBT is wrong by several months and the wrong reason. Live with it…