[thinden]

an autopsy of Foster's body by the Fairfax County (Va.) Medical Examiner's office, "preliminary results include the finding that a .38-caliber revolver, constructed from two different weapons, was fired [into] the victim's mouth with no exit wound," the FBI report said.

does anybody remember the fibbers admitting the was no exit wound before?

[honway]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/whitewater/docs/fosterviii.htm

Interesting catch, that's the first time I have read that there was no exit wound.

D. Search for Bullet

During the Park Police, Fiske, and OIC investigations, searches were conducted of Fort Marcy Park for the bullet that caused Mr. Foster's death.

On July 22, 1993, four Park Police personnel (Hill, Johnson, Rule, and Morrissette) searched with a metal detector the immediate area where the body was found. Their search for the bullet was unsuccessful.

Investigators in Mr. Fiske's Office conducted a search in the area where Mr. Foster's body was found. Their search for the bullet fired from Mr. Foster's gun was unsuccessful.

With the assistance of Dr. Lee, the National Park Service, and a large number of investigators, the OIC organized a broader search of Fort Marcy Park for the fatal bullet. The search was led by Richard K. Graham, an expert in crime scene metal detection. The search plan was devised utilizing information obtained through ballistics tests performed by the Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland.

[Fred Mertz]

That's interesting. I vividly recall that Fort Marcy Park was searched meticulously with metal detectors in search of the missing bullet. They found lots of interesting Civil War artifacts to include balls of ammo from that era.

[honway]

Favish says that last photo is particularly at issue, because an earlier published report claimed the existence of a neck wound on Foster's body that contradicts an FBI memo written two days after the deputy counsel's death.

If there was no exit wound from the head, then maybe there was a search for the bullet related to the possible neck wound.

The neck wound would explain why the photos are not being released.