Following the revelation that an FBI informant may have opened fire just before the 1970 massacre of four anti-war students by members of the US National Guard, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has opened a probe into the events, requesting key documents from the FBI in a letter delivered Saturday morning.
A Friday report by The Cleveland Plain Dealer cites audio forensics experts in claiming that shots matching the acoustic signature of a .38 caliber pistol rang out some 70 seconds before Ohio Guardsmen opened fire on the crowd of students protesting the Vietnam war.
The discovery could finally solve the mystery of who fired first that fateful day -- and why.
"Earlier this year, [audio expert Stuart] Allen and colleague Tom Owen examined the recording at The Plain Dealer's request and determined that Guardsmen were given an order to prepare to fire moments before they unleashed a 13-second fusillade of rifle shots at a May 4, 1970 demonstration that killed four students and wounded nine others," the paper noted. "What compelled the Guard to shoot is the central mystery of the iconic event, which galvanized sentiment against the Vietnam War."
After months of research and analysis of audio discovered in 2007, the paper said it believes FBI informant Terry Norman, pictured above, could have fired four rounds during an altercation just before Guard troops shot into the crowd.
Norman told investigators at the time that he hadn't fired his gun, but he's pictured in television news footage from that day wearing a gas mask and waving a .38-caliber pistol...
One can only speculate how long it will be until Congressman Kucinich gets neuralized by the Men in Black.
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