We have all seen the Jet Propulsion Lab's enhanced photos. We have all (hopefully) seen the picture of W from 2002 driving his pick-up truck on his ranch wearing a bulgy tee shirt (the post is in this group's archives and the photo is available at www.whitehouse.gov). But here's a new twist.
There is evidence that JFK had a bulgy shirt as well.
From http://www.whoshotjfk.co.uk/SBT/Home_tests.htm
The SBT was hashed out by Dr. James Humes and Arlen Spector during the first half of '64. [14] Spector was an Assistant Counsel to the WC, and Humes had conducted JFK's autopsy, a job for which he was ill-trained since he had no direct experience with gunshot victims. [15] Specter & Humes had to deal with a 3-shot limit: a lone assassin could fire a Mannlicher-Carcano bolt-action rifle only 3 times in 6-7 seconds, the time-frame for the attack on JFK. 2 shots were accounted for: #1 the fatal head shot, and #2 the shot that hit concrete on Commerce St. wounding by-stander James Tague. #3 had to cause 7 wounds in 2 guys.
That remaining bullet needed a trajectory through the base of JFK's neck in order to exit his throat, contradicting a "huge body of testimony and evidence" in the autopsy that proved a bullet hole further down JFK's back. [16] 7 medical folks and 6 lawmen (at least) reported seeing a "low" back wound consistent with the bullet holes in his clothing. {see below}
Specter & Humes needed to invent a Magic Shirt to support the Magic Bullet Theory. The Magic Shirt Theory says JFK's shirt crept from his upper back to the base of his neck, according to the WC (or crept up and "bunched" 2 inches lower, according to the HSCA). That's the ONLY way to reconcile the bullet hole in JFK's shirt with an exit wound in his throat.
Check out Humes' WC testimony:
Specter: "What effect would [JFK's musculature] have on the positioning of the shirt and coat...?"
Humes: "I believe this would have a tendency to push the portions of the coat which show the defects here somewhat higher on the back of the President than on a man with less muscular developement... "I believe that this action [of JFK waving his arm] would further accentuate the elevation of the coat and shirt with respect to the back of the President." [17]
JFK's muscles pushed his coat "somewhat higher on the back"? Waving his arm "would accentuate the elevation of the coat and shirt"?
JFK's tailors had to hoot at that! A 4+ inch doubled-up fold in the shirt means that 4+ inches of slack material had to be custom tailored into his shirt around his shoulders. Absurd in the extreme.
From CLOTHES AND THE MAN - PRINCIPLES OF FINE MEN'S DRESS, by Alan Flusser: "The body of the shirt should have no more material than is necessary for a man to sit comfortably. Excess material bulging around the midriff could destroy the lines of the jacket." [18] Jack Kennedy with ruined jacket lines? A crooked collar? Not a chance.