Quote:But advocates of extensive alteration have never addressed the fine points of Zavada's critique, and in fact are unable to demonstrate that they even understand the concepts underlying the critique
"NEVER ADDRESSED" - more absolutes... you've taken the time to search out, read and comprehend ALL that has been written about the Zfilm and Zavada... ok. :loco:
As you've finally gotten around to reading Zavada's response to Horne (written well over 3 years ago)... hopefully you also read the report itself... LOOKED AT THE FILM MAPS and attachments.... and understand what Mr Zavada's credentials really are...
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Let's see... KODAK investigating whether KODAK took part in the alteration... Maybe we can get Humes & Boswell to give us a critique of the autopsy next....
CONTEXT Jeff... another concept that seems to elude you:
On April 27, 1964... after repeated viewings of the Zapruder Film, REDLICH writes RANKIN a memo basically stating they should let the SS and FBI correct the reports they submitted which are totally incorrect.
THEY should police their own report... sound familiar?
I should add that the facts which we now have in our
possession, submitted to us in separate reports from the FBI and
Secret Service, are totally incorrect and, if left uncorrected, will
present a completely misleading picture.
It may well be that
t[B]his project should be undertaken by the
FBI and Secret Service with our assistance [/B]instead of being done as a
staff project. The important thing is that the project be undertaken
expeditiously.
(The entire Memo is reproduced below (
my emphasis)... to ME this is much worse than the Katzenbach memo... this lays out BEFORE they even get going WHAT the report will say, (hmmmm, no SBT ??)
and questions whether the CONCLUSIONS THEY'VE ARRIVED AT are even physcially possible....
The report will also conclude that the bullets were fired by one person located in the sixth floor southeast corner window of the TSBD building.
Oh the FBI and SS reports. Specifically the FBI's from December 9th:
Investigation has (1) developed detailed background information concerning
Oswald from his birth to his death; (2) strengthened the evidence that
Oswald was the assassin of the President although no clear-cut motive has
been established; and (3) despite numerous allegations which have been
investigated, developed no sound evidence indicating that he received any
financial assistance or that any other person, group, or foreign government
inspired or directed the assassination or was cognizant of his plan to
assassinate President Kennedy.
On the contrary, the data developed strongly
indicates that he acted on his own initiative or impulse with little
advance planning. Also, investigation has disclosed no evidence that
Oswald, while residing in Russia, was recruited by the Soviet intelligence
services or received any assignment or training from the intelligence
services.
Further, investigation has developed no proof of any prior
contact or association between Oswald and his murderer, Jack Leon Ruby.
From the Table of contents JEFF... Notice any EVIDENCE THAT OSWALD WAS THE ASSASSIN chapters? 61 pages and NO EVIDENCE that Oswald was even on the 6th floor... and not one question or concern that someone other than Oswald was either involved or did it..
The one paragraph I posted below is the sum total of the FBI's evidence that shots fired from the SE 6th floor window of the TSBD killed JFK AND were fired by Oswald.
Jeff... I appreciate you reading the entire post and NOT responding, as you promised. I post this in the hopes that new readers can get a sense of CONTEXT... and for experienced ones to chuckle and shake their heads..
DJ
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. THE ASSASSINATION
A. Assassin in Building
Eyewitnesses at the scene of the shooting saw an individual holding a rifle
in a sixth-floor window of the Texas School Book Depository Building
located on the corner of Houston and Elm Streets. One individual stated
that after he heard what he believed to be a second shot, he looked up, and
saw this man take deliberate aim with a rifle and fire in the direction of
the Presidential motorcade as it passed.
B. Patrolman Tippit Killed
II. THE EVIDENCE
A. Events Prior to the Assassination
B. Events Following the Assassination
April 27, 1964
MEMORANDUM
TO: J. Lee Rankin
FROM: Norman Redlich
The purpose of this memorandum is to explain the reasons why
certain members of the staff feel that it is important to take certain
on-site photographs in connection with the location of the approximate
points at which the three bullets struck the occupants of the
Presidential limousine.
Our report presumably will state that the President was hit by
the first bullet, Governor Connally by the second, and the President
by the third and fatal bullet. The report will also conclude that the
bullets were fired by one person located in the sixth floor southeast
corner window of the TSBD building.
As our investigation now stands, however, we have not shown
that these events could possibly have occurred in the manner suggested
above. All we have is a reasonable hypothesis which appears to be
supported by the medical testimony but which has not been checked out
against the physical facts at the scene of the assassination.
Our examination of the Zapruder films shows that the fatal
third shot struck the President at a point which we can locate with
reasonable accuracy on the ground. We can do this because we know the
exact frame (no. 313) in the film at which the third shot hit the
President and we know the location of the photographer. By lining up
fixed objects in the movie frame where this shot occurs we feel that
we have determined the approximate location of this shot. This can be
verified by a photo of the same spot from the point where Zapruder was
standing.
We have the testimony of Governor and Mrs. Connally that the
Governor was hit with the second bullet at a point which we probably
cannot fix with precision. We feel we have established, however, with
the help of medical testimony, that the shot which hit the Governor
did not come after frame 240 on the Zapruder film. The governor feels
that it came around 230, which is certainly consistent with our
observations of the film and with the doctor's testimony. Since the
President was shot at frame 313, this would leave a time of at least 4
seconds between the two shots, certainly ample for even an
inexperienced marksman.
Prior to our last viewing of the films with Governor Connally
we had assumed that the President was hit while he was concealed
behind the sign which occurs between frames 215-225. We have expert
testimony to the effect that a skilled marksman would require a
minimum 2 seconds between shots with this rifle. Since the camera
operates at 18 1/3 frames per second, there would have to be a minimum
of 40 frames between shots.
It is apparent, therefore, that if
Governor Connally was even as late as frame 240, the President would
have to have been hit no later than frame 190 and probably even
earlier.
We have not yet examined the assassination scene to determine
whether the assassin in fact could have shot the President prior to
frame 190. We could locate the position on the ground which
corresponds to this frame and it would then be our intent to establish
by photography that the assassin would have fired the first shot at the
President prior to this point.
Our intention is not to establish the
point with complete accuracy, but merely to substantiate the
hypothesis which underlies the conclusions that Oswald was the sole
assassin.
I had always assumed that our final report would be
accompanied by a surveyor's diagram which would indicate the
approximate location of the three shots.
We certainly cannot prepare
such a diagram without establishing that we are describing an
occurrence which is physically possible. Our failure to do this will,
in my opinion, place this Report in jeopardy since it is a certainty
that others will examine the Zapruder films and raise the same
questions which have been raised by our examination of the films.
If
we do not attempt to answer these observable facts, others may answer
them with facts which challenge our most basic assumptions, or with
fanciful theories based on our unwillingness to test our assumptions
by the investigatory methods available to us.
I should add that the facts which we now have in our
possession, submitted to us in separate reports from the FBI and
Secret Service, are totally incorrect and, if left uncorrected, will
present a completely misleading picture.
It may well be that this project should be undertaken by the
FBI and Secret Service with our assistance instead of being done as a
staff project. The important thing is that the project be undertaken
expeditiously.
It's pretty ridiculous, right? 
