Subject: Aguilar's "Back of the Head" Witnesses - 10
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2001 03:27:25 GMT
From: jmcadams@primenet.com (John McAdams)
Organization: Marquette University
Newsgroups: alt.assassination.jfk
Followup-To: alt.assassination.jfk

Gary Aguilar claims to have examined the testimony of 46 witnesses to
Kennedy's head wound, at both Parkland and Bethesda, and found that 44
of the 46 described the head wound as contradicting the photos and
x-rays of the autopsy as they exist in the National Archives.

So does Gary have 44 "back of the head" witnesses?  And are his 46
witnesses selected so as to avoid witnesses who placed the wound at
the top of the head, or the side of the head?

Let's take one example:

The following quotes from Aguilar are taken from:

http://www.assassinationweb.com/ag6.htm

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3) SECRET SERVICE AGENT WILLIAM GREER was asked by Arlen Specter for
the Warren Commission to describe the head wound he saw at Bethesda.
Greer said, "I would--to the best of my recollection it was in this
part of the head right here." Specter immediately asked, "Upper
right?" Greer: "Upper right side." Specter: "Upper right side, going
toward the rear. and what was the condition of the skull at that
point?" Greer: "The skull was completely--this part was completely
gone." (Warren Comm-- V2:127)(emphasis added)

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It's puzzling indeed why Aguilar included Greer as a "back of the
head" witness when he said "upper right side."  Specter's "going
toward the rear" implies a wound more posterior than anterior, but
that is what the photos and x-rays show.

.John

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