Sure, and Teddy, Bobby, and the whole Kennedy clan allowed LBJ to sit at JFK's desk and never a peep out of them for 40 years?
Sure, and Teddy, Bobby, and the whole Kennedy clan allowed LBJ to sit at JFK's desk and never a peep out of them for 40 years?
The comment was on the fact that the fingerprint from Wallace was identified with 34 matching points of congruence. European courts accept as absolute proof of identity 16 matching points... some courts require a couple more.
The following quotation is from a qualified expert source material:
A single unexplained difference between the two prints is enough to guarantee that they come from difference sources. But how many agreeing points must we have before we can guarantee that the prints come from the same source? This has been the subject of some debate. Most European courts require 16 minutiae, a few countries require more. In America, the testimony of a fingerprint expert is sufficient to legally establish a match, regardless of the number of matching minutiae, although defense lawyers will often hammer away at an expert who introduces evidence with fewer than 10 matching points.
Keogh, E. An Overview of the Science of Fingerprints. Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, 2001; Vol. 2, No. 1 (January-June 2001): http://anil299.tripod.com/vol_002_no_001/papers/paper005.html; Published January 8, 2001.
The fingerprint expert examined the fingerprints of Mac Wallace and the latent fingerprint found in the sniper's nest without knowing anything about the source of either sample. His conclusion was that the latent print had 34 points of congruence with the left pinky finger of the sample on the card... Mac Wallace's fingerprint.
That, my friend, is a "slam dunk!"
Politics makes strange bedfellows.
Actually Bobby was also murdered less than five years later just after a victory in the California primary that might have propelled him to the Presidency. From there he could have re-opened the investigation without interference from Lyndon. Having two brothers murdered in less than five years may have been enough to silence Teddy and the rest of the clan.
With Hoover on LBJ's side. Hoover and LBJ were the two most feared men in Washington at the time. Are you kidding?