Subject: Files Confession Part 8 Date: 3 Dec 1998 04:38:23 GMT From: pittelli@aol.com (Pittelli) Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy.jfk RESULTS 3 targets that were struck in the center did not fall either towards or away from the rifle (apparently because of insufficient density in the melons.) 4 targets that were struck in the center were propelled towards the rifle. 6 targets that were struck in the upper quadrant were propelled away from the rifle. There were no exceptions. i.e., no target that was struck in the center was propelled away from the rifle, and no target that was struck in the upper quadrant was propelled towards the rifle. THE MELONS: 2 melons struck in the center by bullets from the Enfield did not jump either forwards or backwards. 2 melons struck in the upper right hand quadrant by rounds from the Enfield rolled away from and to the left from the rifle. 1 melon struck in the center by a bullet from the AR-15 did not jump forwards or backwards. 1 melon struck in its center by a bullet from the AR-15 rolled off the saw horse in the direction of the rifle. 1 melon struck in its center by a bullet from the AR-15 jumped about 3-4 inches towards the rifle. In these tests a pattern seemed to be indicated, that when the melons were struck in the center by an exploding round, they either did not move or they recoiled towards the rifle. However, when they were struck in the upper quadrant, they moved away from the rifle. We surmised that our melons did not have sufficient density to provide a satisfactory test of the "jet effect." THE 1-GALLON SEALED CANS OF HOMINY, WEIGHING 6 LBS.: 1 can, struck in the center by an exploding hollow point round from the AR-15 jumped about 2 feet towards the rifle. 2 cans, struck in the upper quadrant by special exploding rounds (comparable to the ones used by Files) jumped over one foot away from the rifle. 1 can, struck in the upper quadrant by an exploding hollow point jumped away from the rifle. 1 can, struck dead center by a jacketed, 175-grain bullet from the Enfield (Oswald's rounds were about 160 grains) jumped 6 feet towards the rifle. 1 can, struck in the upper quadrant by a 175-grain bullet from the Enfield jumped 2 feet away from the rifle. 35. On page 588 of Volume 25 of the Warren Commission Report, there is evidence not pursued by the Warren Commission of Osawld being seen with a "teenager" firing weapons in a field. A picture of James E. Files at age 21 was given to investigator West by Files. Robert G. Vernon had the picture examined by police sketch artist Lois Gibson of the Houston Police Department. Ns. Gibson is one of the leading photo identification experts in the USA and handles work of this nature for the FBI, DEA, State of Texas, State of New Mexico and the State of Arkansas. Ms. Gibson verified that the picture of the 21 year old man is indeed James E. Files. In the picture, Files appears to be a "teenager." 36. In 1992, Investigator Joe West filed a suit to exhume the body of JFK in both Federal Court in Houston and in the 160th Judicial District of Dallas. While the Federal action was thrown out of court for lack of standing, the Dallas action was deemed valid. In late 1992, Mr. West had a series of heart attacks and died in early 1993. The legal case died with him. 37. On August 9, 1993, the FBI - after making a deal with Files's attorney, Don Ervin of Houston to talk to Files with Ervin present - went around Ervin and visited Files at Joliet. Former Joliet Warden Salvador Godinez (now the Deputy Director of the Michigan Department of Corrections) informed Vernon that the FBI "muscled" their way into the prison to see Files through Internal Affairs and that there is no record of their visit. The FBI did release a report on their visit with Files and gave the Assassination Archives Review Board a copy of the report. The report indicates that the FBI attempted to discredit Files by doubting his military record and trying to trick him into identifying FBI agents with Italian names as Mafia members. Mr. Files's confession to the FBI regarding his part in the JFK assassination is consistent with the transcription herein. 38. Richard Helms committed perjury when he appeared before a Congressional Committee in the 1970's and has since retired from the CIA and lives abroad. 39. Former CIA - DEA pilot Robert "Tosh" Plumlee has confessed that he was the co-pilot on a CIA supported flight that flew Johnny Rosselli into Dallas on the morning of 11/22/63. Mr. Plumlee also related that Rosselli had come from Washington before catching the flight to Dallas in Tampa. 40. When FBI agent Zack Shelton first gave investigator West the lead on James E. Files, Shelton verified that FIles had been stripped and tortured and left for dead. Shelton also told West that the FBI had been unable to "break" Files into talking about any crimes in which he was involved. 41. Files's birthdate, place of birth and various aspects of his younger years were confirmed by his mother's sister to Vernon. His aunt also told Vernon that Files had sent her and her husband letters from Vietnam in the early 60's telling them that the "Government has turned me into a killer." 42. According to lone-gunman theorists, Oswald used the alleged murder weapon to shoot and kill President Kennedy on November 22, 1963. However, when a paraffin test was performed on Oswald's cheek to detect the presence of gunpowder residue, it came back negative. Lone-gunman theorists reply that the paraffin test performed on the cheek of an FBI man who test-fired the Mannlicher-Carcano for the WC was also negative. This supposedly proves the paraffin test is irrelevant. However, for the FBI's test-firing to have been valid, the rifle would have had to be in direct contact with the agent's cheek when fired. The WC did not specify that this requirement was met, and the Commission refused to allow a lawyer acting in Oswald's behalf to observe the test conducted by the FBI agent. Perhaps the negative results of the November 22 paraffin test explain why the Dallas police declined to test the Mannlicher-Carcano to see if it had been fired in the last several hours.(43) 43. This is staggering to consider. Here you had the alleged murder weapon in the most important murder case of the century, but the Dallas police department failed to test it to see if it had been fired that day! 44. According to author Gerald Posner, the fatal head shot came from behind and exploded out of the "right side" of Kennedy's head (6:307-316). There is massive eyewitness testimony against this view and for the fact that the fatal head shot came from the front and exited the right rear portion of the President's skull. Virtually all lone-gunman theorists deny there was a large defect in the rear of JFK's head, but the wound was closely observed by numerous witnesses, including Parkland and Bethesda medical personnel. Harrison Livingstone has superbly documented this eyewitness evidence in his books High Treason 2 and Killing the Truth. Posner attacks two of the Dallas doctors who continue to maintain that the large wound was in the back of the head, Dr. Robert McClelland and Dr. Charles Crenshaw, who recently wrote a book rejecting the autopsy findings. Posner engages in a scurrilous attack on Dr. Crenshaw, questioning his sanity and veracity. As part of his attack, Posner quotes some disparaging comments about Crenshaw made by an anonymous "close Crenshaw friend" (6:313-314). Posner does not inform his readers that Dr. Crenshaw, a man of impeccable reputation, is Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and is on the staff of John Peter Smith Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. In addition, Dr. Crenshaw has been honored with inclusion in several medical and professional societies and has published extensively. Dr. Crenshaw was present during the efforts to save JFK's life. He noted "much of what was going on, and his recollections are extensive" (10:110). Dr. Crenshaw says the large defect was in the back of the President's head, and he is certain the wound could only have been caused by a shot from the front. After the President had been pronounced dead, Dr. Crenshaw stood right behind Aubrey Rike as Rike helped to put Kennedy's body in the coffin. He remembers Rike commenting that he could feel the edges of bone around the hole in the back of the President's head (10:112). Rike has confirmed this in numerous interviews (e.g., 10:118). Apparently Posner couldn't find an anonymous "close friend" of Dr. McClelland's to assail his sanity and character, so he questions the doctor's judgment and memory. Three of the other Dallas doctors, along with Dr. Michael Baden, a long-time defender of the single-assassin theory, are enlisted to assist in the attack (6:312-313). However, Dr. McClelland, a deeply religious man, has been consistent in his descriptions of JFK's head wound. He told the WC that the large defect was in the back of the head, and, unlike some of the other Dallas doctors, he has never had a convenient change of memory. Moreover, it is strange that when Dr. McClelland testified before the WC, not one of the other Parkland doctors questioned or contradicted his testimony on this issue. In fact, all but one of the Dallas doctors who testified before the Commission on the subject placed the head wound in the right rear part of the skull, just as Dr. McClelland did (18:308-337). And, the one Dallas doctor who seemed to differ with his colleagues on the head wound later placed it more toward the right rear part of the head in a filmed interview (68:87). Dr. Peters' change of memory seems to be especially pronounced. According to Posner, Dr. Peters now accepts the WC's placement of the head wound. However, when asked about the wound for the documentary The Men Who Killed Kennedy, he said, I could see that he had a large, about seven-centimeter, opening in the right occipital-parietal area [i.e., the right rear part of the head]. A considerable portion of the brain was missing there, and the occipital cortex, the back portion of the brain, was lying down near the opening of the wound, and blood was trickling out. As Dr. Peters gave this description of the head wound, he repeatedly illustrated his explanation by placing his right hand on the right rear part of the head, exactly where Crenshaw and McClelland locate the wound. Just what is the evidence that there was a large wound in the back of President Kennedy's head? The following individuals got a good look at, and in many cases also handled, the President's head and are on record that the large wound was in the rear of the skull: * Audrey Bell, a nursing supervisor at Parkland Hospital. * Diana Bowron, Parkland Hospital nurse. Nurse Bowron actually cleaned the large defect and packed it with gauze squares in preparing the body for the casket. She vividly remembers that the large head wound was in the right rear part of the skull. * Dr. Kemp Clark, Parkland Hospital. * Dr. Charles Crenshaw, Parkland Hospital. * Jerrol Custer, the x-ray technician at Bethesda Hospital who took the President's autopsy x-rays. * Dr. Richard Dulaney, Parkland Hospital. * Dr. John Ebersole, Bethesda Hospital radiologist. In an extensive interview with his hometown newspaper in 1978, Dr. Ebersole said, "When the body was removed from the casket there was a very obvious horrible gaping wound in the back of the head" (18:543). * William Greer, Secret Service agent, who drove the presidential limousine. * Clint Hill, a Secret Service agent who was taken to the morgue for the express purpose of viewing the President's wounds and who was also in the Parkland trauma room when the President was being treated. It was Agent Hill who climbed onto the back of the limousine to get Jackie Kennedy to return to her seat. Hill testified that as he was lying over the top of the back seat "I noticed a portion of the President's head on the right rear side was missing and he was bleeding profusely" (8:285, emphasis added). * Patricia Hutton (now Patricia Gustaffson), a nurse at Parkland Hospital who placed a bandage against the wound in the back of the head. * James Curtis Jenkins, a Navy lab technician at Bethesda Hospital who was present at the autopsy. * Dr. Robert Karnei, Bethesda Hospital, who was present at the autopsy. * Roy Kellerman, a Secret Service agent who was present at the autopsy. * Dr. Robert McClelland, Parkland Hospital. * Doris Nelson, a chief nurse at Parkland Hospital. * Floyd Riebe, a photographic technician who took pictures of the President's body at Bethesda Hospital. * Aubrey Rike, an ambulance driver and funeral home worker in Dallas. Rike was called to Parkland Hospital soon after the shooting and assisted in placing the President's body in the casket. Rike could actually feel the edges of the large wound in the back of the head. * Tom Robinson, the mortician who had the job of putting the President back together after the autopsy in case the family wanted to take one last look at him. Robinson, of course, had to spend a good part of his time handling the President's head. He saw and felt the large wound in the back. * Jan Gail Rudnicki, a lab assistant at Bethesda Hospital who was present at the autopsy. * Roy Stamps, a Fort Worth newsman who saw Kennedy lying in the limousine before he was moved into Parkland Hospital. Said Stamps, "I rushed up and saw Kennedy lying in the car.... The back of his head was gone" (5:362, emphasis added).