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In reply to the discussion: CNN Tonight: The Assassination of JFK [View all]DanTex
(20,709 posts)From what I've read, the "moving entry wound" story is this. The doctor who did the sketch for the Warren Commission made a mistake, and placed the entry wound a few inches higher than it actually was. In the conspiracy theory world, of course, there is no such thing as a mistake.
If the Warren Commission erred, it was in not checking up that the sketch matched the autopsy reports, and also not looking at the photographic and x-ray evidence directly, which they decided to keep out of the public eye and out of the report with the privacy interests of the Kennedy family in mind. The idea that Ford "moved the wound" came from the fact that Ford did in fact change the language in the WC report to indicate that the wound was in the neck rather than the upper back. Although conspiracy theorists obviously think this was some cover-up, the obvious explanation for this is that Ford changed the report to more accurately reflect the (mistaken) sketch which also placed the wound in the neck.
It is of course possible (CTers would argue that it's certain) that the Warren Commission intentionally failed to catch the mistake in the sketch and that Ford intentionally changed the wording because the higher entry wound would be easier to square with the theory that the bullet came from behind. So at the very worst, the WC is guilty of selective negligence, although there is no evidence at all to suggest this.
More importantly, even if this is the case, the fact still remains that the wound in the back was an entry wound (a fact that is supported not only by all the doctors who did the autopsy, but 100% the pathologists who later reviewed the autopsy evidence in subsequent investigations), and that the trajectory is 100% consistent with a shot fired from Oswald's location. So even if this was an intentional mistake by the WC, it would have been a completely unnecessary intentional mistake.