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Of course he was. This is obvious today when you look at the Zapruder film. But the general public
did not get to see the Zapruder film at the time. It was bought by a private corporation which did
not allow it to be viewed publicly.
A journalist was allowed to view it for the purpose of relaying a verbal description of what it
contained to the public and all the other journalists, however. That journalist's name was Dan
Rather, then an obscure figure who just happened to have found himself in Dealey Plaza at the time
Kennedy was killed. Curiously, though, Rather's description of what the Zapruder film showed was
strangely inaccurate on the single most crucial detail. Rather said that the film showed Kennedy
being knocked forward by a shot from behind - consistent with the official story that Oswald was a
lone-nut assassin in the Texas School book depository. In fact, of course, as we all know today, the
film showed the exact opposite : Kennedy being knocked back by a shot from the front. Dan Rather lied through his teeth to serve the government agenda, and he has been richly
rewarded for it since, with his subsequent rise to national prominence.
It was not until the 1970s that the Zapruder film was seen by the public. Bootleg copies of it had
circulated and were being viewed privately. Clown Fox journalist (now) Geraldo got hold of one of
them and decided to show it on his program. It provoked quite a reaction when it was first seen.
This is, in part, what prompted the creation of the House Select Committee on Assassinations in the
1970s, which, compromised and flawed though its operations were, nevertheless did conclude that
Kennedy's death was the result of a conspiracy, and there were at least two shooters involved, one
of them on the knoll. |
20 Jun 2008 16:41
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