Mr. Shaneyfelt. The weapon has been retouched by placing a highlight along the stock almost up to the end of the bolt. The highlight is brushed right across the top of the highlight that we have previously discussed at the nob or the curvature of the stock where it goes down and then back up to the curve.
Mr. Eisenberg. Could you put an arrow pointing to the brushed-in highlight and mark it C?
Mr. Shaneyfelt. Yes.
Mr. Eisenberg. Can you put an arrow pointing to the original highlight and mark it D; both on 754 and 746B? You had earlier marked with a circle 746E at point A, showing the highlight as it appears in 133A?
Mr. Shaneyfelt. Of course, this highlight does not appear in that same area of Commission Exhibit 746B.
Mr. Eisenberg. You mean the highlight marked C on 754?
Mr. Shaneyfelt. Yes.
Mr. Eisenberg. Looking at the photograph, at the weapon, the stock appears to be straight, which does not correspond to the Exhibit 139. As I understand your testimony, this is simply a retouching; this effect of a straight stock is simply achieved by retouching the photograph or doctoring it?
Mr. Shaneyfelt. That is my opinion. I would refer to it as retouching rather than doctoring, because what has been done has been retouched, and doctoring infers an attempt to disguise.
Mr. Eisenberg. I didn't mean to imply such a thing—but retouched, then?