08-04-2016, 02:21 PM
Nice work. The vintage photos really help. I didn't know Lattimer was Hoover's urologist. No conflict of interest there.
Harold Weisberg called Lattimer a "right-wing fanatic...Urological complications not having been involved in JFK's assassination, Lattimer was not qualified under the terms of the [Kennedy family's] contract. What qualified him to the Nixon/Rhoads operation was the character of his extremist writing, which was both political and irrelevant to the fact." (Whitewash IV 9) One of Lattimer's hobbies was collecting Jack Ruby memorabilia, including notes, scribblings and drawings. Lattimer had them analyzed by other experts and they came to the conclusion that Ruby was "avenging the Jews in the gas chambers and not JFK" when he shot Oswald. They also found he was obssessive-compulsive and probably a latent homosexual. (Ruby Cover-up 321-23)
Alvarez developed the "jet effect" to explain the movement of JFK's head. I do think he was onto something with the jiggle analysis, but as you said, he ignored several of them. Alvarez was so much in bed with the national security establishment, he was a perfect example of the "hired gun" expert they like to use.
Harold Weisberg called Lattimer a "right-wing fanatic...Urological complications not having been involved in JFK's assassination, Lattimer was not qualified under the terms of the [Kennedy family's] contract. What qualified him to the Nixon/Rhoads operation was the character of his extremist writing, which was both political and irrelevant to the fact." (Whitewash IV 9) One of Lattimer's hobbies was collecting Jack Ruby memorabilia, including notes, scribblings and drawings. Lattimer had them analyzed by other experts and they came to the conclusion that Ruby was "avenging the Jews in the gas chambers and not JFK" when he shot Oswald. They also found he was obssessive-compulsive and probably a latent homosexual. (Ruby Cover-up 321-23)
Alvarez developed the "jet effect" to explain the movement of JFK's head. I do think he was onto something with the jiggle analysis, but as you said, he ignored several of them. Alvarez was so much in bed with the national security establishment, he was a perfect example of the "hired gun" expert they like to use.