From: dabbott@augean.eleceng.adelaide.edu.AU (Derek Abbott)
Subject: Re: Connally's Wound
Organization: Electrical and Electronic Eng., University of Adelaide
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 04:24:52 GMT

In article <1isionINNoql@news.cerf.net> eidetics@nic.cerf.net (Eidetics Int'l) writes:
>From Jon Volkoff, mail address eidetics@cerf.net
>
>dabbott@augean.eleceng.adelaide.edu.AU (Derek Abbott @ Electrical and Electronic
>Eng., University of Adelaide) writes:
>>According to Dr. Beter's AUDIO LETTER, Conelly was shot intentionally
>>not accidentally,  as he was a "vital witness," so to ensure his account
>>of the assassination saw as little as possible.
>>
>>This theory is totally rediculous. Beter doesn't even mention that Jackie is
>>also in the car as a potential witness.
>>
>>Am I missing something obvious or is Beter some crackpot?
>
>Now quoting from Audio Letter #3, Topic #1:
>
>  "The Conspirators left nothing to chance or the vagaries of
>marksmanship.  President Kennedy was killed by device--mounted
>inside the limousine and fired at him from point blank range.
>The murder weapon was, of course, hidden, mounted inside the seat
>upholstery in front of the President.
>
>   Based on the appearance of the blast in the Zapruder film,
>it's possible that the murder weapon was essentially an extremely
>sawed off shotgun, hidden in the seat upholstery ahead of him.
>But it appears much more likely that the blast was produced by
>what is known as a shaped charge in a special mounting.  A shaped
>charge is a specially configurated explosive device which
>essentially produces a focused explosion--that is, an explosion
>that mostly aims in one direction instead of going in all
>directions like a stick of dynamite.  A shaped charge is what
>enables a bazooka to blast a Sherman Tank out of action and
>shaped charges come in many sizes including some small enough to
>have been hidden easily in the Kennedy limousine.
>
>   An advantage of the shaped charge, from the Conspirators' view
>point, is that contrary to a gun or shotgun it would not produce
>a bullet or buckshot which might be found by someone in the
>vicinity and cause undesirable questions to be asked.  The only
>problem with the shaped charge would be its noise.  Such a bang
>would tend to attract the attention of others in the car.
>However, the Conspirators knew that Jackie Kennedy would be too
>                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>distraught and preoccupied with Jack himself after the blast to
>have such details register, and the driver of the car would also
>be preoccupied with the urge of business of trying to maneuver
>out of the ambush.  But that still left Governor John Connally,
>riding in the front seat ahead of the President.  The sound of
>the shaped charge could be expected to attract his attention,
>even if it was muffled and partially lost in the confusion of
>gunshots from snipers.
>
>   The possibility existed that Connally alone might be able to
>detect that some sort of device had been fired just behind him
>inside the car.  Therefore John Connally was a specific target in
>the ambush along with Kennedy.  He was not, as has often been
>supposed, merely the victim of a stray bullet, much less the
>victim of a bullet that had first struck Kennedy as alleged by
>the Warren Commission.  Connally was potentially the single most
>dangerous witness to the assassination.  So, it was imperative
>that he be incapacitated or killed outright.  It did not really
>matter whether Connally was killed or just seriously injured, so
>long as his ability to observe events clearly was ruined.  This
>they, of course, accomplished."
>
>Perhaps you ought to read things more carefully the next time you post.

Thanx for pointing out the Jackie bit. However, it still doesn't make
sense.

On one hand Beter is saying that they shot Conelly so as to leave "nothing
to chance,"  yet they are leaving open the chance of Jackie seeing
something incriminating accidently.

What about the Cops on bikes driving behind? What about the movie
cameras?

What if the driver, Jackie, ambulance man or whoever saw the supposed
incriminating damage to the back seat, whilst the body was being removed?
Lots of paramedics might have noticed it, if it was really there.

They were taking a lot of risks for people who take no chances.

Beter just doesn't stack up.
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