Hear No Evil: Social Constructivism and the Forensic Evidence in the Kennedy Assassination PDF
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HEAR NO EVIL SOCIALC ONSTRUCTIVISMA ND THE FORENSIC EVIDENCEI N THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION DonaldB yronT homas MaryF erreFllo undatioPnr ess www .maryferrell.org Copyrig©h 2t0 10b yD onalBdy roTnh omas Allr ighrtess ervuendd eIrn ternatiaonndaP la n-American CopyrigChotn ventions. LibraorfyC ongreCsast alCoagr dN umber: 2009934748 ISBN-1937:8 -0-9801213-9-1 ISBN-0I:0 -9801213-9-6 Mary FerreFlolu ndatioPnr ess P.OB. ox7 23 Ipswich, MA 01938 Fromt hePu blisher I firsth earadb outD on Thomass hortalftye rh isl andmarScki encea nd Justiacret icwlaes w rittaebno uitn t heW ashingtPoons t".S tudBya cks Theoroyf 'GrassKyn ollN'e:w ReporSta ysS econdG unmanF ireadt Kennedyb"l areodn eo ft hen ationm'osr ep rominennetw spape-ras r arity givetnh ed eafenisnigl enwciet hw hicht hen ationmaeld iag reetmeods to f ther evelatiaobnosu tt heJ FK assassinatthiaotcn a met umblinogut o f governmenfitl etsh roughtohuet1 990s. 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RexB radford MaryF erreFlolu ndation IV Tableo fC ontents Foreworbdy,J imL esar xi Lisotf T ables XXV Introduction Sociopathy? 2 TheG rassKyn oll 3 A ProstituotfSi coine nce 7 TheE ar-ShEoxtp eriment 8 TheD auberDte cision 10 Acknowledgements 14 Chapte1r. TheC rimeS cene 15 TheB urgundPyl aiSdh irt 20 TheB rownP apeWrr apper 24 TheS hooteBrl'isn d 33 TheG un-Rest 36 TheC hicken Bones 47 TheA PB 55 Chapte2r. FingerprEivnitd ence 67 TheR ighotf A ccess 71 TheP rodigal Print 76 UnclReu styS'tsa sh 80 TheP rinotn t heF oregrip 85 Chapte3r. GunshoRte sidues 95 TheS treamiBnlgu eF lecks 97 PrimeErl emenotnst heP araffCians ts 99 GSR Forensics 105 OswalRde d-Handed 108 Chapte4r. T heM urderW eapon 117 TheM annlicher-MMaiuxsuepr 119 TheD enteCda rtridge 126 TheD eadlAyc curaRtiefl e 135 AberdePerno viGnrgo undTse sts 138 VI BlakeyP'rso blem 141 TheS pectrograDpahtiac 143 Chapte5r. P hotogrammetry 157 NegatiEvvei dence 159 HunteorfF ascists 166 WindowB oxes 171 BadgemaBnl,a cDko gM an,a ndt he ClassGiucn man 180 Chapte6r. T heZ apr udeFri lm 193 TheW oundinSge quence 194 EpisodBilcu rs 201 TheF light Time Factor 211 Chapte7r. T heA utopsPya rt1 :T heT hroat Woun2d2 1 TheT hroaEtx posed 226 Shoitn t heB ack 235 Chapte8r. T heA utopsPya rtI IT:h eH eadW ound 247 TheI ncredible Shrinking Wound2 48 HolieosftH olies 263 TheC ocktaPialr ty 270 TheR adiopaque Lump 277 Chapte9r. T erminaBla lltiiscs 297 TheG overnoDre layed 300 BullDeetf ormatVieolno city 305 Bullet Wipe 311 ThorburnP'oss ition 315 "MyG od,I 'mH it" 322 Chapte1r0 .T heR earwarHde adS nap 333 Forwarwdi tCho nsideraFbolrec e 334 TheP residOevnetr T-hrown 338 DeatThh roes 340 TheK ronleSicnh uss 346 TheJ etR ecoiElf fect 351 vii LattimeSrt'esp ladder 362 WoundS platter 365 Chapte1r1 .T heM agicB ullet 375 TheC urbsto&n Teh eB ystander 379 TheS tretcohfeT rr uth 392 "A MisslRee moved" 400 Chapte1r2 .B ulleTtr ajectory 421 422 RockeStc ience Trajectooftrhye H eadS hot 426 Trajectooftr hye N eckW ound 437 A SingulTarra jectAonrayl ysis 443 Chapte1r3 .C omparatiBvuel leLte adA nalysis 451 Fragmentary Evidence 456 BullMeett allurgy 462 TracEel emenitnsC arcanBou llets 466 Guinvns T heF BI 476 Revelatifornosmt heN AA Data 482 Chapte1r4 .T heT ippit Case 491 TheS helGla me 494 Button-ButtWohno-'sg ott heB utton? 500 TheH angman'Fsa voriBtael lisEtxipcesr t 503 Rounda ndR ound 508 OswaldM'asn yB illfolds 512 TheR osetSttao ne 516 TheS tatiWoang on 522 TheM exicaRne staurant 525 Chapte1r5 .L ieD etection 537 TheD efectPiovley graph 542 Chapte1r6 .B allisAtciocu stics 559 BelLla boratoSrpye'cst rographs 560 TheS tucMki crophone 563 SuspeIcmtp ulses 569 Vlll DealePyl azTae sSth ots 576 Order thienD ata 582 BlakeyO'tsh ePrr oblem 584 TheW eiss-AschkeSnoansayMr o del 593 ShocWka veP recedence 596 Chapte1r7 .T heA coustiCchsa llenged 613 TheF BIS ignAanla lysis 614 NRC Paneoln B allisAtciocu stics 618 Statisticulation 625 TheD oublDee cker 633 EviednceS quelched 642 Cleaars a B ell 643 TheF ifteeMni nutGea p 644 TheN RC Redux 654 Chapte1r8 .T heA coustiicnPs r imeT ime 667 TheB ikew itthh eM ike 668 Sensimetrics 685 Chapte1r9 .R econstruction 691 Synchronization 698 Backfire 702 TheF irSshto t 706 TheS econSdh ot 709 TheT hird Shot 712 TheF ourtShh ot 713 TheF ifthS hot 717 Epilogue 727 Bibliography 739 Index 751 ix
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