JFK Assassination Documents to be released this year

[Fiver]

The throat shot and the head shot came from the south knoll. That is the scientific fact.

The throat shot could not have come from the South Knoll.

"When one first stands behind the picket fence, he/she is struck by a number of sensations. First, there is no clear shot at the middle lane of Elm Street [where the limousine was] until the instant of the head shot, allowing for no earlier shots or tracking of the moving target. It turns out that the intended victim is obscured by road signs and a white retaining wall about ten feet in front of the fence.

An even more compelling problem was driven home during the filming of JFK. I was fortunate to be able to stand near the camera as this scene was reenacted. With the street crowd added as it appeared on the day of the shooting, it became clear that, insofar as the first two shots are concerned, a grassy knoll shot was also obstructed by the crowd that lined the sidewalk. The assassin would thus [have] had to shoot through the white wall, the road signs, and bystanders to get to the President. If the assassin shot Kennedy in the head, he had to shoot in the first second the car emerged from behind the retaining wall, again past (or through) the heads of spectators." - Guy Russo, pro-conspiracy consultant for Oliver Stone's JFK.

If there was a headshot from the front, it would have to:
* Be fired at a laterally moving target less than 1 second after the target became visible. That's almost impossible.
* Strike at the same instant that a rear shot hit JFK's head. That is impossible to do on purpose.
* Be completely unnecessary, since the Book Depository shooter had already put a round into JFK's head.
* Not penetrate the far side of JFK's skull.
* Completely disappear, leaving no bullet fragments in JFK's brain.

[Fiver]

I'm rather neutral on this but what happens if when all the latest documents have been analysed or a new enquiry proves LHO and A.N. Other did the shooting? Will that be the end of it or will the Lone Gunman supporters not accept it?

That's what the Conspiracists claimed would happen for each of the multiple previous investigations and document releases.

If there was a Conspiracy and they were stupid enough to document their assassination plot in the first place, they've had 60 years to destroy that evidence.

[Fiver]

Personally, I don't reject the possibility of a second gunman, but he doesn't have to be in league with Oswald - who would want to do something as complex and risky as killing the President, and then choosing Oswald as a partner or a patsy? He was totally unreliable, and who could be sure of what he might say when questioned?

Agreed. A second, unrelated shooter who missed completely, while unlikely, is possible. A second shooter in the Daltex building, while unlikely, is possible. Oswald recruiting a second member for the New Orleans Fair Play for Cuba, while unlikely, is possible. Someone in the Castro regime using Oswald as the shooter, while wildly unlikely, is possible.

Using a shooter from the Grassy Knoll is impossible. Faking the photographic, ballistic, x-ray, and fingerprint evidence is impossible.

[Fiver]

If I recall correctly Fiver someone produced a document ‘linking’ Oswald to the CIA until someone noticed that the serial numbers were wrong and that it was a fake. I recall at the time that I may….just may have noted the supreme irony of the conspiracy side using an actual faked document…not just an alleged one.

All of the proven faked documents have come from the Conspiracy side.

Though to be fair, plenty of Conspracists have condemned the fakes and loonies like Jim Garrison.