Mike Morgan, Michael Hauversbuck, and others have been claiming for years, and even decades, that this tall man standing in back at the Midnight Press Conference was James Bookhout.
They have emphatically claimed it on the basis of nothing. Just pure bravado. It's not as though Bookhout- or anyone else- ever claiimed that it's an image of him. It's not as though it compares favorably to any known image of Bookhout.
In fact, it contradicts Bookhout. Bookhout claimed that he didn't attend the Midnight Press Conference. He told the Warren Commission that after the first lineup at 4:20 on Friday afternoon, he didn't lay eyes on Oswald again until Saturday morning. Here is his exact testimony to the Warren Commission:
Mr. STERN - When the lineup was concluded, what happened next, as far as you were concerned?
Mr. BOOKHOUT - I returned to the homicide and robbery bureau.
Mr. STERN - Was Oswald brought back there, or taken elsewhere?
Mr. BOOKHOUT - I don't recall specifically whether he was brought back to the homicide and robbery bureau, or placed in jail, but I do know that I didn't interview him any more that day.
Mr. STERN - Did you have any further contact with him that day? Friday?
Mr. BOOKHOUT - No.
Mr. STERN - When did you next see Oswald?
Mr. BOOKHOUT - Well, it would be on the morning of November 23, 1963, in the homicide and robbery bureau.
So, that settles it. This tall guy is NOT James Bookhout. I was right. They were wrong. And frankly, that applies to everything I've been saying.
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