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Best Evidence

The book, : Disguise and Deception in the Assassination of John F. Kennedy, would be a tedious read to a person less familiar with the JFK assassination, but offers many important revelations to those who have read other books on the subject. The author, David Lifton, gives an insightful and highly researched look into one of the most tragic events in our nation's history. Lifton brings into question the sincerity of the Warren Commission's investigation of President Kennedy's assassination, as well as the use of false evidence and autopsy reports.
The first faulty evidence described by Lifton is the Zapruder film. The Zapruder film is the only animated evidence available to help study the ...

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the other to accommodate two bullets hitting (plus a miss). The Zapruder film was then modified to match that scenario. Lifton proposes this modification was done by removing original frames and substituting them with touched-up frames. Lifton backs up his theory by discussing Zapruder film artifacts that point to special effects modifications. The main points are jiggle blurring of highlights that are incompatible between the limousine and the background of many frames.
Next, Lifton discusses the fraudulent autopsy photos and X-rays. He proposes an elaborate theory, in which the presidents body was modified before the official autopsy was performed at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Washington DC. According to Lifton, the President's body did not arrive at Bethesda in its original coffin. Therefore, he believes that Kennedy's body was altered, before the autopsy, in a way that supported the authorities' claim of the President being shot from behind. But by using photographical ...

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Added: 4/25/2008 06:42:11 PM
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