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==The Role of the FBI==
==The Role of the FBI==


[[Image:FBI letter to Knollwood-min.png|right|250px|File:FBI response to Knollwood.pdf]]
[[Image:FBI letter to Knollwood-min.png|left|250px|Letter from the FBI]]
William Branham stated many times that the FBI was somehow involved in authenticating the Houston photograph:
William Branham stated many times that the FBI was somehow involved in authenticating the Houston photograph:


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George Lacy was the fifth president of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners, which he helped found in 1942.  He owned and operated an indepedent forensics lab in Houston, Texas. There are a number of things that William Branham was not honest about relating to Mr. Lacy's involvement with the picture:
George Lacy was the fifth president of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners, which he helped found in 1942.  He owned and operated an indepedent forensics lab in Houston, Texas. There are a number of things that William Branham was not honest about relating to Mr. Lacy's involvement with the picture:


#Mr. Lacy was not an employee of the FBI.  He was '''NEVER''' the head of the FBI for fingerprint and documents.
#The FBI confirmed in a letter dated September 5, 1974 that''' Mr. Lacy was NEVER an employee of the FBI'''.  He was '''NEVER''' the head of the FBI for fingerprint and documents.
#The FBI had no involvement with the examination of the Houston photograph.
#The FBI had no involvement with the examination of the Houston photograph.
#Mr. Lacy lived and practiced in Houston and was not brought from California to Houston to examine the photograph.
#Mr. Lacy lived and practiced in Houston and was not brought from California to Houston to examine the photograph.