Post by Rob Caprio on Sept 28, 2020 20:41:10 GMT -5
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On August 16, 1977, Dr. J. Thornton Boswell was interviewed by the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) regarding the autopsy of President John F. Kennedy (JFK). The Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) looked at this interview during their tenure and designated it MD-26.
Boswell stated that he was contacted by Bruce Smith, Acting Director of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), in the early afternoon of November 22, 1963, and told that he would have to participate in the autopsy of JFK. Boswell said that he told Smith that it was “ridiculous to do the post here.” He was told that Admiral George Burkley had insisted that JFK be brought to Bethesda Naval Hospital (BNH). Boswell thought the post-mortem should have been conducted somewhere else.
Boswell also told the HSCA that he was concerned with the fact that they began the autopsy without written authorization which was something they never did. Why did they do it here? This authorization has to come from the next of kin. Since Jackie Kennedy was with Dr. Burkley, why did it take so long to get permission? By the time they got Jackie Kennedy to sign the authorization form the autopsy was almost over. (MD-26, p.2) What were they afraid of? Were they afraid that she wouldn’t have approved BNH as the autopsy site? If so. Why was Dr. Burkley insisting that the autopsy take place there then? (Ibid.)
Boswell would also tell the HSCA this interesting information.
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…He [Boswell] indicated that DR. BURKLEY was basically supervising everything that went on in the operating room and that the commanding officer was responding to BURKLEY'S wishes. (Ibid.)
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Witnesses have said that an admiral was in-charge of the autopsy and it seems as if one was – Admiral Burkley. Did the Kennedy family ask him to do this or did some other group insist on it. Adding this information to what we already know about Dr. Burkley's activities on November 22, 1963, how can anyone explain how this man was never called to testify before the Warren Commission (WC) or the HSCA? Could it be that he would have led us too close to the conspiracy?
Boswell explains JFK's appearance to us when he first saw him.
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…He said the President’s body was removed from the casket. There were [sic] a pillowcase and sheets around the head area. Regarding those sheets, DR. BOSWELL said that DR. HUMES was very concerned about the potential distress to anyone if any items connected with the autopsy were misused…He said that DR. HUMES personally threw the sheets in the washing machine.. (Ibid, pp. 2-3)
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Was Dr. James Humes worried about someone “misusing" the sheets or was he concerned with what they could show? Dr. Humes continually tampered with and destroyed evidence, but nothing happened to him. Why?
The next paragraph is also interesting.
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At the beginning DR. BURKLEY gave instructions and said very early on that the police had “…captured the guy who did this, all we need is the bullet.” DR. BOSWELL said “…we argued with him at this point…saying the autopsy must be thorough and complete.” (Ibid, p. 3)
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So from the outset the autopsy wasn’t meant to find the truth, but rather it was meant to find support for the official conclusion. How in the world, outside of seeing the person committing the crime, could the authorities solve this crime so fast to the point of capturing the “guy who did this?” it’s impossible as they didn’t even have a good witness. Furthermore, Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) stated late that evening (November 22) that he was not charged with killing JFK and the evidence supports this statement. So why was Burkley saying they had their guy? How could they know this so quickly?
The rest of Boswell's interview follows the official narrative, but near the end he made an curious admission.
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Regarding the autopsy face sheet, Dr. BOSWELL said that the entry wound to the head, if not exactly accurate, may have been “…possibly off a little to the left.” (Ibid, p. 11)
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If the autopsy face sheet was inaccurate in regards to the entry wound to the head, what else could it be inaccurate about? Based on what we have been told, a good bit.
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On August 16, 1977, Dr. J. Thornton Boswell was interviewed by the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) regarding the autopsy of President John F. Kennedy (JFK). The Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) looked at this interview during their tenure and designated it MD-26.
Boswell stated that he was contacted by Bruce Smith, Acting Director of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), in the early afternoon of November 22, 1963, and told that he would have to participate in the autopsy of JFK. Boswell said that he told Smith that it was “ridiculous to do the post here.” He was told that Admiral George Burkley had insisted that JFK be brought to Bethesda Naval Hospital (BNH). Boswell thought the post-mortem should have been conducted somewhere else.
Boswell also told the HSCA that he was concerned with the fact that they began the autopsy without written authorization which was something they never did. Why did they do it here? This authorization has to come from the next of kin. Since Jackie Kennedy was with Dr. Burkley, why did it take so long to get permission? By the time they got Jackie Kennedy to sign the authorization form the autopsy was almost over. (MD-26, p.2) What were they afraid of? Were they afraid that she wouldn’t have approved BNH as the autopsy site? If so. Why was Dr. Burkley insisting that the autopsy take place there then? (Ibid.)
Boswell would also tell the HSCA this interesting information.
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…He [Boswell] indicated that DR. BURKLEY was basically supervising everything that went on in the operating room and that the commanding officer was responding to BURKLEY'S wishes. (Ibid.)
www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=607#relPageId=2&tab=page
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Witnesses have said that an admiral was in-charge of the autopsy and it seems as if one was – Admiral Burkley. Did the Kennedy family ask him to do this or did some other group insist on it. Adding this information to what we already know about Dr. Burkley's activities on November 22, 1963, how can anyone explain how this man was never called to testify before the Warren Commission (WC) or the HSCA? Could it be that he would have led us too close to the conspiracy?
Boswell explains JFK's appearance to us when he first saw him.
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…He said the President’s body was removed from the casket. There were [sic] a pillowcase and sheets around the head area. Regarding those sheets, DR. BOSWELL said that DR. HUMES was very concerned about the potential distress to anyone if any items connected with the autopsy were misused…He said that DR. HUMES personally threw the sheets in the washing machine.. (Ibid, pp. 2-3)
www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=607#relPageId=3&tab=page
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Was Dr. James Humes worried about someone “misusing" the sheets or was he concerned with what they could show? Dr. Humes continually tampered with and destroyed evidence, but nothing happened to him. Why?
The next paragraph is also interesting.
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At the beginning DR. BURKLEY gave instructions and said very early on that the police had “…captured the guy who did this, all we need is the bullet.” DR. BOSWELL said “…we argued with him at this point…saying the autopsy must be thorough and complete.” (Ibid, p. 3)
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So from the outset the autopsy wasn’t meant to find the truth, but rather it was meant to find support for the official conclusion. How in the world, outside of seeing the person committing the crime, could the authorities solve this crime so fast to the point of capturing the “guy who did this?” it’s impossible as they didn’t even have a good witness. Furthermore, Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) stated late that evening (November 22) that he was not charged with killing JFK and the evidence supports this statement. So why was Burkley saying they had their guy? How could they know this so quickly?
The rest of Boswell's interview follows the official narrative, but near the end he made an curious admission.
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Regarding the autopsy face sheet, Dr. BOSWELL said that the entry wound to the head, if not exactly accurate, may have been “…possibly off a little to the left.” (Ibid, p. 11)
www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=607#relPageId=11&tab=page
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If the autopsy face sheet was inaccurate in regards to the entry wound to the head, what else could it be inaccurate about? Based on what we have been told, a good bit.