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Originally Posted by Howard Treesong
Proud, i believe your statement above about prints is not correct. The FBI did indeed find a palm print on the barrel of the rifle, but it was underneath the fore grip and could not have been wiped off without disassembling the rifle. It was not a fingerprint, but it absolutely was Oswald's palm print.
IIRC it was a fellow from the Dallas Police who claimed to have gotten a print from the underside of the barrel.
It was Sebastian Latona who processed the rifle for the FBI and found no useful prints as of November 23rd.
But it's certainly fair to say
one print isn't 'all over' anything.
But even if that print was lifted from the rifle, how surprising would it be to have your fingerprint on something you supposedly owned?
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There was, however, some snafu on the evidentiary chain on the rifle. This is from memory, but I think it was found by the Dallas PD in the TSBD, sent to D.C., then for some reason sent back to Dallas. I think conspiracy theorists make much of what is likely a simple ****up.
It's true the FBI took the evidence the DPD collected for examination. That is why the FBI ran the gun for prints and didn't find any - or evidence the gun was tested for prints.
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My father definitely told me that the folks he know on the commission were definitely surprised by the scope and enduring nature of the conspiracy theories.
I have no reason to doubt that many people who served were doing the best they knew how. However, if they are fed bad information their conclusions might not be safe. GIGO.