Mr. McCLOY. Do you solemnly swear the testimony you give in this case,
this hearing, will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth, so help you God?
Mr. SHANEYFELT. I do.
Mr. McCLOY. You know why we are here? It is to ascertain all the facts
and circumstances which seem to be relevant to the assassination of the
President and the death of his alleged assassin, and there are certain
identifications which I believe you can be helpful to us with, and with
that I will just ask you to respond to the questions.
Mr. EISENBERG. Mr. Shaneyfelt, can you state your full name, please?
Mr. SHANEYFELT. Yes, Lyndal L. Shaneyfelt.
(At this point, the Chief Justice entered the hearing room.)
Mr. EISENBERG. Can you give us your position?
Mr. SHANEYFELT. I am a special agent with the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, assigned to the FBI laboratory.
Mr. EISENBERG. What unit?
Mr. SHANEYFELT. I am in the document section of the FBI Laboratory here
in Washington.
Mr. EISENBERG. Does your work in that section customarily include
photographic work as well as written documents?
Mr. SHANEYFELT. That is true.
Mr. EISENBERG. Could you briefly give us your qualifications as an
expert in photography, Mr. Shaneyfelt?
Mr. SHANEYFELT. Yes; I have been in photographic work since about 1937.
I started working with the FBI in 1940. Three years prior to this I had
worked as a newspaper photographer in Hastings, Nebr., and on entering
the FBI I worked in the photographic section of the FBI for about 8
years before I became a special agent. I became an agent in 1951, spent
a year in Detroit as a field investigator, and then was returned to the
laboratory and assigned as a document examiner. I was also assigned
cases involving photographic examinations, because of my extensive
experience in photography.