The sniper's perch on the 5th floor -- follow-up

[Donald Willis]

Might as well double down on my out-of-left-field maintaining of a 5th-floor sniper's perch in the TSBD.  You'll recall witness Brennan's confusion re the double windows, which he at first thought were just long long windows.  Notice on CE 477 he crams Norman and Jarman into one single window ("B") on the 5th floor, leaving all the other windows on the floor vacant.  Then notice that he allots the sniper a full double-window ("A") on the 6th floor.  Why?  I think because he saw the sniper, or at least the rifle, first in the east window of a double-window, then thought he saw the same man in the west window of the same double-window.  So he has to circle both halves of the double window in question.  Clearly, though, (if anything in Brennan's testimony can be said to be clear) the location of that double window is in error.  The west window of the SE corner double window on the 6th floor was closed at 12:30.  But both sides of the SE end double window on the 5th floor were open.  But Brennan has to leave those windows vacant when he is persuaded that the sniper was on the floor above.  "A" has to have been on the 5th floor.

dcw

[BT George]

Might as well double down on my out-of-left-field maintaining of a 5th-floor sniper's perch in the TSBD. You'll recall witness Brennan's confusion re the double windows, which he at first thought were just long long windows. Notice on CE 477 he crams Norman and Jarman into one single window ("B") on the 5th floor, leaving all the other windows on the floor vacant. Then notice that he allots the sniper a full double-window ("A") on the 6th floor. Why? I think because he saw the sniper, or at least the rifle, first in the east window of a double-window, then thought he saw the same man in the west window of the same double-window. So he has to circle both halves of the double window in question. Clearly, though, (if anything in Brennan's testimony can be said to be clear) the location of that double window is in error. The west window of the SE corner double window on the 6th floor was closed at 12:30. But both sides of the SE end double window on the 5th floor were open. But Brennan has to leave those windows vacant when he is persuaded that the sniper was on the floor above. "A" has to have been on the 5th floor.
dcw

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[NoTrueFlags Here]

Might as well double down on my out-of-left-field maintaining of a 5th-floor sniper's perch in the TSBD. You'll recall witness Brennan's confusion re the double windows, which he at first thought were just long long windows. Notice on CE 477 he crams Norman and Jarman into one single window ("B") on the 5th floor, leaving all the other windows on the floor vacant. Then notice that he allots the sniper a full double-window ("A") on the 6th floor. Why? I think because he saw the sniper, or at least the rifle, first in the east window of a double-window, then thought he saw the same man in the west window of the same double-window. So he has to circle both halves of the double window in question. Clearly, though, (if anything in Brennan's testimony can be said to be clear) the location of that double window is in error. The west window of the SE corner double window on the 6th floor was closed at 12:30. But both sides of the SE end double window on the 5th floor were open. But Brennan has to leave those windows vacant when he is persuaded that the sniper was on the floor above. "A" has to have been on the 5th floor.
dcw

Might as well. Might be true. No way to know for sure. We can't see it in a film. It is not necessary to explain anything. It's certainly not Hemingway.