more fono-folly (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

"NO  National Guardsmen were convicted of wrongdoing" is what I obviously
meant.

I need to vaccuum out this keyboard.

JL

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 5:56 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> One of the lessons of Kent State is don't throw bags of shit at 20 year
> olds with guns.
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> > As in the case of George Zimmerman, I wasn't in the studio, but I know
> what
> > I heard.
> >
> > CNN reported yesterday on an audiotape recorded at Kent State at the
> time
> > of the 1970 shootings.  According to an audio engineer, his machines
> can
> > enhance the tape till you hear people speaking.
> >
> > A survivor is trying to get the case reopened. National Guardsmen were
> > convicted of wrongdoing. He sent the tape to the FBI, which replied
> that
> > nothing was audible.
> >
> > Back to yesterday.  The helpful audio engineer played the tape for a
> CNN
> > journalist as the oscilloscope danced on the screen in vivid blue and
> > yellow patterns.  Without enhancement, I heard
> >
> >
> "SSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHSSSSSSZZZZZZZZSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHMMMOWZZZZZZZZZZZSS
> SSSSSS
> > SSSSSZZZZZZZMMMM."
> >
> > Then he played the enhanced tape:
> >
> >
> "SSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHSSSSSSZZZZZZZZSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHMMMOWZZZZZZZZZZZSS
> SSSSSS
> > SSSSSZZZZZZZMMMM."
> >
> > "Listen again," said the journalist.
> >
> > (I won't repeat myself.)
> >
> > But this time there were subtitles, and they were clear as day!  They
> said,
> > "Prepare to fire!"  "Get down!" and "Guard fire!"
> >
> > (Was "Guard fire!"  a recognized National Guard order? Maybe.)
> >
> > "Listen again." Subtitles.
> >
> > Experienced journalist:  "I don't know about you, but when I hear that
> I
> > get chills!"
> >
> > Engineer shakes head sadly and only hopes that his investigations will
> keep
> > something similar from ever happening again.
> >
> > More (and less) detail:
> >
> > http://articles.cnn.com/2012-04-27/us/us_kent-state-shootings-archive-
> > audio_1_alan-canfora-student-protesters-shootings?_s=PM:US
> >
> > JL
> > --
> > "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
> truth."
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