Ford's Editing Backed 'Single Bullet' Theory

[Jerry Freeman]

No argument from anybody because there is no argument.

[Mike Orr]

Who told Ford that the back wound should have been moved up to the base of the neck , or did Gerald Ford just do it on his own ? Arlen Specter never really believed the CE-399 sham , did he ? Ford was the leak ( Mole ) going to J. Edgar Hoover and keeping Hoover informed on what the Warren Commission was doing as far as their "Findings" were concerned . LHO said he was a Patsy and I believe he was telling the truth !

[Mike Orr]

As Gerald Ford was telling Arlen S. " Why don't we just move this shallow back entry wound on up to the base of the neck and just have that bullet become the Single Bullet theory and have it going through JFK & JC . Hell we are the Warren Commission and we can do anything we want . You know Arlen , I just might be President one of these days and someone might take a shot at me . As Arlen says , " if you can be President then I can surely be a Senator after this 26 volume set hits the stands. Hell , we'll just let Humes (the moving wounds) take the heat .

[Royell Storing]

Gerald Fords placement of the "base of the neck" ( AKA back wound ) would almost have put the bullet hole very close to where JFK's shirt collar would have been . But that really doesn't matter because DR. HUMES WOUNDS OF MOVEMENTS would have covered for any placement . Apparently Thomas Robinson should not have been in the room when Humes was rearranging wounds ! "That's what the Drs. did" Ooops !

     Or taking a bone saw to the head of JFK.

[Mike Orr]

We know Ford lied , as did Specter .

[Mike Orr]

Jerry Ford was said to be the mole for J. Edgar Hoover , in that he kept Hoover appraised as to what was going on  with the Warren Commission and where they were heading as far as their beliefs and findings . Did Jerry Ford , on his own , decide that the shot in the back below the right shoulder blade and to the right of the spine , be moved up to the base of the neck which of course became the path of the " Single Bullet Theory " ? As part of not not believing certain findings of the Warren Commission , there are thoughts that Hale Boggs going against some parts of these findings might have cost him his life when his plane went down and was never found , kind of like Ron Brown during the Clinton Presidency and of course the crash of Ted Kennedy which almost cost him his life and then the crash of JFK Jr. & his wife and her sister who all died in his plane .

[Michael Walton]

Hi Mike O --

The people on this board can only handle one conspiracy at a time so let's stick to JFK. :-)

Ford - yes, just a nice little last-minute tweak to the official report to shove that round peg into a square hole a little bit further.

Hale Boggs - heard about the plane crash; don't think anything sinister happened

Brown and Clinton - never heard of such a conspiracy

Ted Kennedy crash - probably just a run-of-the-mill crash

JFK Junior's crash - he should have never been flying so late in the day. He was not instrument rated and lost his bearings up there. Nothing sinister.

[John Mytton]

As a member of the Warren Commission that investigated the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford suggested that the panel change its initial description of the bullet wound in Kennedy's back to place it higher up in the body. The change, critics said, may have been intended to support the controversial theory that a "single bullet" struck Kennedy from behind, exited his neck and then wounded Texas Gov. John B. Connally Jr. The Warren Commission relied on it heavily in concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald was Kennedy's lone assassin, firing from a sniper's nest above and behind the president in the Texas School Book Depository. Ford's handwritten editing, revealed in newly disclosed papers kept by the commission's general counsel, was accepted with a slight change. The initial draft of the report stated: "A bullet had entered his {Kennedy's} back at a point slightly below the shoulder to the right of the spine." Ford wanted it to read:" A bullet had entered the back of his neck slightly to the right of the spine."   The Final Report said:" A bullet had entered the base of the back of his neck slightly to the right of his spine."       The Washington Post  By George Lardner Jr. July 3 , 1997

Hi Mike, all Ford did was make the wording more accurately represent what was written in the autopsy report.

Ford correcting a rough draft.



The original autopsy report.



 

JohnM