Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

In this Evening News segment on 11/22, Walter Cronkite said that we see JFK clutching Mrs. Kennedy in the Altgens photo, but clearly that is not what we see.  So, why did Cronkite say it? First, I'm sure he was told to say it, but why? Well, if he said he was clutching at his throat, that would imply that he got shot in his throat, and they did not want to say that.  They were going with a lone gunman from behind scenario. 

So, when Arlen Specter came up with the Single Bullet Theory in April 1964 to account for 7 wounds in 2 men, it wasn't just because he ran out of bullets, it was because he couldn't concede a frontal shot.

So, when people say that Arlen Specter came up with the Single Bullet Theory, it's more likely that he was just the spokesman for it. The FBI probably came up with it, and they told him that it was a necessity because, after all, there was only one gunman. Right? And he was behind.  

And, you can be certain that they hoped to kill Kennedy without resorting to any shots from the front. We know they took at least one shot from behind that missed, and maybe they took more than one. I suspect that the front shooters were just a fail-safe. They surely hoped that the very first shot would hit him squarely in the head, and if so, they would have called off all the other shooters. Remember, they had spotters nearby to report the damage. But, the shooting didn't go well that day. Look how many shots it took for them to finish him off. I think it's fair to say that the shooting was botched.