From: "Jean" Subject: Re: The "heavy brown bag" Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 7:02 AM On Jun 15, 10:51 pm, John Blubaugh wrote: > On Jun 15, 12:16 am, Sandy McCroskey > wrote: > > > > > > > On Jun 14, 7:58 pm, John Blubaugh wrote: > > > > On Jun 14, 12:26 pm, bigdog wrote: > > > > > On Jun 13, 12:23 am, John Blubaugh wrote: > > > > > > On Jun 10, 9:15 pm, "tomnln" wrote: > > > > > > > The blanket/bag were touching each other when they were photographing the > > > > > > evidence. > > > > > > That certainly does not surprise me. Does it surprise the LN crowd? > > > > > > JB > > > > > No. > > > > Then the bag was contaminated and the fiber evidence is useless. Not > > > that it wasn't useless in the first place since the fiber was so > > > common. > > > > JB > > > The photograph was taken after the analysis was made. This has already > > been pointed out. > > And where can if find an official source for that or is it just > another LN opinion. Here ya go, John, three official sources. 1. http://www.history-matters.com/archive/contents/wc/contents_wh17.htm Scroll down to CE 738 and read the WC's caption: "Photograph of property released by the Dallas Police Department to the FBI on November 26, 1963." 2. Lt. Day testified: QUOTE: >>> Mr. BELIN. I am going to now hand you what has been marked as 738 and ask you to state if you know what this is. Mr. DAY. Yes, sir. This is a photograph of most of the evidence that was returned to the FBI the second time on November 26, 1963. It was released to Agent Vince Drain at 2 p.m., November 26. >>>> UNQUOTE http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/day1.htm 3. Paul Stombaugh, the FBI's fiber expert, testified that he placed his mark on the blanket: QUOTE: >>> Mr. STOMBAUGH. Due to the fact this was a piece of fabric and hard to mark, I put a piece of evidence tape on the blanket, stapled it to the blanket, and put my initials "PMS" with the date 11-23-63 thereon. >>>> UNQUOTE http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/stombaugh.htm The tape is visible in CE 738, which also shows the bag darkened by the FBI's fingerprint chemicals. http://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh17/html/WH_Vol17_0269b.htm So where's the official source saying that the photo was taken *before* the fibers were found? Right, there isn't one. Someone jumped to a conclusion and it has been a CT "fact" ever since. Jean