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From William...
For all those who say John F. Kennedy was the victim of a vast conspiracy, I say... PROVE IT. In all the years since this tragic event, I have never seen any compelling evidence to make me believe Lee Harvey Oswald was not the LONE ASSASSIN behind this deed. Had he been brought to trial, he almost certainly would have been convicted. The case against him is strong.
I've heard many arguments over the years that have been disproved. First we were told that he couldn't have possibly have fired three shots in that amount of time using the rifle that was certainly his. In fact, however, he could. Others attempted the feat and succeeded. Shooting from the same height, using the same type rifle, aiming at a moving target, from the same distance, other marksmen have duplicated the feat. A couple even managed to hit the target all three times.
Then we were told the President was obviously shot from the front, based mostly on the theory that the fatal head shot jerked him backwards. If one watches the Zapruder Film carefully, however, it is pretty obvious the shot came from behind.
Then there's the magic bullet theory. This insane notion that the bullet in question couldn't have caused all the damage it did. The fact that it was slowed down greatly by passing through Kennedy's soft tissue before hitting the Governor of Texas is rarely mentioned. Nor is it mentioned that when looking at this so called magic bullet, it is never shown from the side where it is quite flattened. Much is said about how the bullet just appeared on the stretcher as if placed there by someone. Those who investigate gunshot wounds, however, know that bullets are often found in the clothing of victims just, well... lying there.
Then there's the policemen running up the grassy knoll chasing echoes. There were lots of echoes that day, and policemen are not highly trained in distinguishing such sounds. Some of the policemen chased the echoes, some ducked for cover, and some went right to the source. One police officer actually caught up with Oswald on the second floor of the building seconds after the shooting. He thought he seemed to be in a hurry and almost detained him until he was assured that he was employed there. This policeman assumed that anyone employed there was not the suspect he was looking for. That may not have been that officer's finest hour, but hindsight is 20/20.
Several eyewitnesses saw a gunman on the sixth floor of the building that day. One witness was in the room below and actually heard the bullet casings hitting the floor. Oswald's rifle was left behind with his palm print on it. Fiber evidence also tied him to the rifle. He was seen carrying the rifle into the building that morning. He was seen in the window before the actual shooting. This evidence alone is damning.
There can be no question that Oswald killed a Dallas police officer a short time later. Several eyewitnesses were present. He ran from the scene and was cornered by police. He tried to shoot more policemen, but his gun misfired, and he was overpowered. Policemen don't like cop killers. It's a wonder they brought him in alive!
Once in custody, Oswald was a cool customer indeed. The few times the press was able to ask him questions he fielded them calmly. When asked if he had killed the President he remarked that he had not been charged with that. One would think an innocent "patsy" would have screamed, "What are you talking about? I want a lawyer." In fact, Oswald's two complaints were that he had no legal counsel, and that he was a victim of police brutality. Every time he was seen by the press he seemed to have a habitual smirk on his face. What was he so happy about? A job well done?
Jack Ruby was a seedy character well known to the Dallas Police Department. Every big city department has one or two. They become well known to the cops, sometimes affectionately, for information they pass along, and favors granted. In his case, officers often drank on the house. He had gotten into an area with reporters and even managed to holler a question at Oswald the day before shooting him. Why did he shoot him? DUH... maybe for exactly the reason he said. He was a soft touch for women and he was appalled at what the first lady had been through. He heard that after having her husband's brains blown all over her she would have to come back to Dallas to testify at Oswald's trial. So the noble Jack Ruby, knowing he could probably get at this punk, and knowing, thanks to the Chief of Police's accommodating courtesy to the press, announcing exactly when his prisoner would be transferred, did exactly that. Presto... instant hero. Uh-oh, why are the treating me like this? "I'm Jack Ruby", he yelled as they knocked him to the ground. "You all know me." Unfortunately for the Dallas Police Department, they did. How quick people forget the responce of most Americans when they'd heard Oswald had been shot. It went something like this: Good! If I had been there, I would have done the same thing!" Poor Jack Ruby. He thought he was going to be a hero, instead they gave him the death penalty. Only then did he start mumbling that the real story could only be told in Washington. Fortunately, he died of natural causes before he could think up some whopper that would have really had the conspiracy nuts going.
Most of these theories come from people with a need to establish blame for a terrible act to some vast machine of doom. Thus, we get all these stories from otherwise credible people who might actually believe what they're saying. One example are the rumors of false federal agents shooing people away from the grassy knoll, no doubt to conceal their secret gunmen. That none of these shadowy figures thought to tell Ape Zapruder, "Hey- You can't set your movie camera up here.", remains quite a lapse on their part.
Kennedy was leading a divided nation. He had won the 1960 election, or not, by the narrowest of margins. He wasn't well loved by the south, the mob, the Cubans, or many conservatives of his time. He was warned not to go to Dallas because of the hate many in that part of the country felt for him and his policies. Some kids actually cheered at Dallas schools when they heard Kennedy had been shot. BUT... like anywhere else, lots of people turned out to see the President. Many in Dallas liked him just fine that sunny November day.
The bigger the tragedy, the bigger the repercussions, the harder it is for people to believe one person could be responsible. The attacks of September 11th were some of the most video taped in history. Yet within days, people were coming out of the woodwork to tell us the planes were being flown by remote control. All the Jewish people in the World trade Center had taken the day off. The Israeli Intelligence Service was behind the whole thing, and no plane actually hit the Pentagon. If you read enough of this kind of nonsense, it starts to make sense. But wild theories and facts are hard to reconcile.
All the facts of the Kennedy assassination point to a lone assassin. To be sure, many people have made alot of money trying to convince us otherwise. To be sure, alot of confusion surrounds that day. Terrible mistakes were made. But it's a fact that most homicides are solved within 72-hours. Sometimes the simplest solutions prove to be so. It may seem unbelievable, but one man with a gun can change the entire course of history. And in this case, I've never seen any compelling evidence to think otherwise.
-Bill-
For a serious student of history, "The Death of a President", by Wiliam Manchester is a must read. Nowhere has the confusion of that day been more accurately captured.
From Romaine...
JFK's Navy dogtags stated that his blood type was type O. Other early references state O+. I believe this to be absolutely true.
However, the person shot in Dallas had type AB+. I do not believe a person can change blood types (blood chimeras may have a second). All of the conspiracy theorists ignore this basic fact.
The real coverup is the identity of the "double" shot in Dallas and how long he had been "standing in" for the original JFK. If the answer to this is some year before 1963, then the coverup was to kill a spy who had done the unthinkable. More likely, he was the person JFK used to cover for him while he met for secret meetings and extramarital affairs. The real patsy here may have been the double.
What became of the Type O+ JFK? That is the root mystery. Perhaps he was shot by a cuckold or passed away when his double was substituting for him.
If the answer has anything to do with Inga Marie Arvad and pal Dr. Josef Mengele in the 1950's, then God help us all. As for Nancy Mascalco Greene ????
From GraLr...
Euan I believe that there may have been a man behind the grassy knoll as the exit wound of a gun shot is larger than the entrance wound. The infliction on the back of the head is larger suggesting that he was shot from the front, However it is possible that because it is said he was shot twice in the head the two bullets may have been close enough to give the impression of an exit wound.
I therefor believe Lee Harvey Oswald did not shoot President Kennedy as he couldn't have, Yes he did run from police but if you were being framed for something as big as an assassination on the president of America wouldn't you?
From Sam...
After reading numerous books, the Warren Commission report and the investigation in 1978, I think I can positively say the following:Oswald was not innocent, he fired 3 times and hit the president once.
There was not a shooter on the grassy knoll.The secret service was not part of the conspiracy.Oswald did NOT fire the fatal head shot.The following scenario is based on the these assumptions:No one in the limo was part of the conspiracy, no one in their right mind would willingly sit in a car that was going to be fired into.If all the blame was to be placed on one man (Oswald), the last thing you would do is have people firing from different directions.If many people were involved, one of them would have spoke out by now, even if it were a deathbed confession.The strongest bit of evidence of 2 shooters is this. Oswald was firing military ammo, which means it was fully jacketed. This is a requirement of the Geneva convention, bullets that break apart are inhumane. The so-called magic bullet was not magical at all, the reason it came out in such good condition after causing 7 wounds is because it was in a metal jacket.
The skull x-rays show many fragments in the President’s skull, a jacketed bullet would not do that, so there HAD to be 2 different types of ammo and 2 different guns, all of Oswald’s casings were the same. The 2nd shooter was on the roof of the DalTex building, in line and behind Oswald. A 30.06 shell casing was found under a AC unit years ago, very rusty and in poor condition. A shot coming from this location would sound as if it came from Oswald’s gun.
In the 78 report, a pathologist testified that there was a bullet fragment on the outer table of Kennedy's skull. One thing to remember, the Warren commission said that Oswald fired 3 shots, even they would admit that more than 3 shots means more then 1 shooter, so here is the scenario.Oswald fired the first shot while the limo is partially behind an oak tree. The shot misses and hits the road, a small fragment of which hits Kennedy in the back of the head. Kennedy exclaims "My God, I am hit", this was testified to by Agent Kellerman who was riding in the front seat. The commission discounted his statement because they said that the first shot hit Kennedy and Connally, the so-called magic bullet, and since the magic bullet went through Kennedy's throat, there is no way he could have made that statement.
In the Zapruder film, we see Kennedy raise his hands, and everyone assumed he was reaching for his throat. But the President wore a rigid back brace, perhaps he was actually reaching for the back of his head. The brace also contributed in causing him to fall backwards after the head shot. Connally testified that he heard the first shot and that it did not hit him, the 2nd shot he did not hear and that’s what he was hit by. Oswald fires the 2nd shot, which hits Kennedy and passes through him, into Connally, causing 7 wounds total. The commission said that the 2nd shot missed and struck the sidewalk, then Tague. Now, I think it was Oswald’s 3rd shot that missed and hit Tague, Tague testified that it was either the last or next to last shot that hit him. The head shot was fired by the guy on the Dal-Tex building. Oswald never denied shooting the President, he claimed that he was just a "patsy" or the fall guy.
So here is a scenario that involved just 4 people, including Oswald, and Oswald did not know about the doings of the other 3.Before the shooting, Oswald ran off at the mouth about how he was going to kill Kennedy. He had a pal named George De, who also happened to be friends with a Texas oil guy named Clint. George tells the oilman about his friend who says he is going to kill Kennedy and how he plans on doing it. The oilman hires a sniper (perhaps one left unused from the Bay of Pigs), whom he tells to go onto the roof of the Dal Tex building and IF Oswald does not do the job, then the sniper should finish him off. Oswald knows nothing of the other shooter. Oswald fires once... misses (or hits the road)..... fires again and wounds Kennedy and Connally... the sniper sees that Kennedy is not mortally wounded and fires the fatal head shot.
Oswald is looking through his scope in preparation to fire again when....BOOM.. .Kennedy's head explodes. Oswald jumps, which causes his shot to go way off, this is the one that hits Tague. Most people testified that the last 2 shots were almost on top of one another, impossible with a bolt action rifle that Oswald used. Now Oswald knows something is up and begins to suspect that he was setup, he cannot claim that he was innocent, after all, he did fire 3 times. But he can claim to be a patsy because he knows that someone used him. Only 4 people involved, Oswald gets killed, I bet the sniper did not live long afterwards and the person who told the oilman may just suspect what happened but did not know beforehand what was going to take place and kept his mouth shut out of fear of either being killed or being named a co-conspirator.
Years later, when being informed that he was going to have to testify about the murder, George blew his brains out with a shotgun. The scenario matches available evidence (unlike the warren commission) but whether this is exactly correct or not, one thing is certain. The bullet that caused the head would was different than the ammo that Oswald was firing, which means there was 2 shooters. As far as the coverup that followed, after reading about LBJ, I suspect that he found out afterwards what happened (or maybe before) and did all that he could did finger Oswald as the lone shooter.
He could have simply told people that they knew that Oswald was a commie and that the Russians were involved and in order to prevent WW3, it was imperative that Oswald be the lone nut who killed Kennedy. Other items 1. The driver of the limo, Greer, was not part of the plot. Yes, he did slow down, but if you look at the film, he was looking back and saw Clint Hill running to the car. He simply slowed down to let him in. It was a violation of all he was taught, so he had to deny it. The other agents knew he was close to retiring and so they backed him up 2. The shot that hit the sidewalk 100 yards downrange is important. If Oswald was such a great shot, why did he miss by so much? Something had to have startled him, and I think looking through a scope and seeing a persons head erupt from a shot that he did not expect would do that.
From Tom...
In my own opinion, john kennedy was caught in a military type crossfire.
i have studied this killing for years now,and still come up with the same conclusion. LEE HARVY OSWALD did not shoot john kennedy. JFK was in the way of a little war called vitenam. he was prepared to stop the war, and bring the advisors home. now it is a funny thing that lady bird johnson, just happened to own the company that manfactured the huie helocoptor. alot of money had already gone into the preperation of the war. other companys that LBJ owned controling stocks in, were all manufacturing the war machine. there was gona be a war, one way or another. plus all the other people who owned stocks in the war machine, were getting nervous about thier investments.
if JFK stoped the initial begenning of the war, these people would lose billions of dollars. couldn't have that. plus it is a fact that he was going to dismantel the CIA because of the bay of pigs ordeal. two weeks after JFK was killed, johnson sent the first 5,000 troops into vietnam, and the men who killed kennedy had won. i've read some of the other theries on this web sight, and found most of them with a basis. but some are rediculis. JFK, was hit from the front clearly, as well as the rear. this is caled a count down shot, where two bulliets hit its mark at the same time. if you look at the Zapruder film you can see that the splater goes up into the air, and falls sort of backwards. inside the car there is blood and brain matter, and its on the passanger side of the car, the police man to his right and rear got some on him. no one else got any on them. jackie got some on her but it was after she laid him down in her lap. but he was hit by to shots. one was a schrapnal type, or explosive type, which ever you chose to call it, and the other was an accelerator, or steel tip, which does not explode on contact. now i have fired both types, numerious times. i have been in balastics, for over twenty years.
i couldn't help but notice a scenaro, were a person said(they called it a magic bulliet because it was). well let me tell you, bulliets dont make 90 degree turns in mid air, stoping and starting. bulliets can be deflected once or more bounceing off of objects, but unfourtnetly not in mid air, twice at that. come on you must live in a place where you have never fired a weapon. truth is without this secenaro, that would mean two shooters. warren comission couldn't have that, must be a lone, crazed asasian. now when JFK got to dallas he was troubled about the bubble not being on the car, he was told a series of things from greatin the public, to fresh air. he trusted his men. little did he no the die had been cast, climbing into the car for the last time. windows open all along the route, then those two 90 degree turns, (which aren't supposed to be done), on to elm, then into the plaza. now from the fifth floor oswald would have a clear shot, several if needed, but he dosen't take them there. into the plaza, he makes his move shot one, shot two then shot three. its over. so we are told. but if you will look at warren comission pictures of the snipers view, when JFK was hit, there is some problems. first, the photo of what the sniper saw is a clear line of shot, but to bad its from the third floor not the fifth. notice the signs in plan view. also the brick changes in its laying pattern. this to takes place at the third floor not the fifth. also the 22 november 1963, there was a tree, an elm that leaved out in november. it was fully leaved out on this day. so that means from the fifth floor oswald could see nothing but the tree. LBJ had the tree trimed, so the investigators could examine the crime scene.
but what i wonder is why those two turns, to go through the plaza, that lead back on to the street he just came off of. you understand, these turns were not nessary to get JFK downtown. he could have and should have been taken stright through, under the underpass. the car should never have been in the plaza to start with. i think when miss connely turned to tell JFK (can't say dallas dosen't love you)that was the signal, because that is when the driver hit his brakes, as seen through the lady in reds photo of the car, driver looking back at the president with a grin on his face, as if to say ok here he is. after listening to the tape recording of the guys in florida, ploting the presidents death, i cant help but wonder why hoover didn't infourm bobby of this plan. because if he did, the assination couldn't take place. JFK would not have gotten into the limo without the bubble being on it. and why was the car a loaner. why wasn't it the presidents original car. simple. because the presidents original car didn't have a removeable top. thus there goes the abality to murder JFK.
so the men who killed JFK needed the loaner, which had the abality to be made a convertable. now the shots where fired from a man whole from the ally street stright behind the presidents car, and from the storm drain. done by radio comunications, a count down shot by two shooters. from the storm drain, and the man hole, these men could simply walk away un noticed. oswald was exactly what he said he was, a patsy. he was waiting for a phone call, that never came. when he relized he was the fall guy, he panicked, and left Quickly. funny the first rifle shown on tv, was a mauser rifle. some one found out oswald didn't have a mauser. they quickly changed, this info to a rifle showing it the next day. it was an italian manlicher. now oswald was composed through all this activity. even when arrested, there was little resistance. this was a very small man, with one of the worst rifles on the market. this plan to kill JFK was in the works for a long time. careful planning went into this.
i keep reading other peoples thoughts, and i keep comming back to some body named dick. well how old are you. are you old enough to own a gun. have you ever fired one. because your logic is way out of line. projectiles have many shapes, designed for a paticular hunt. this is not a liberal thing, or conservative. it is a murder, that was commited in dallas, that should have been handeled in dallas. why was all those men running around, taking film, movie camers, pretending to be CIA, when we now no there were no CIA agents on the ground. they were all in the car, third in the motorcade, when they should have been right behind the president, followed by the press car, which was next to last. all these abnormalities, didn't happen by chance. they were placed in position, by someones design. if the press car was were it supposed to be, maybe they would have caught something on film, and we would no by now what really happened. but someone made sure that wasn't to be.
no JFK was killed by men, some in his circle, some outside his circle. the evidence if you will just look at it, with open eyes, can see this was not oswald. this was a modern day cou da ta. i belive some of those men are still alive today, not many, but a few. i just hope that the truth will come out. the way tecnology is developeing, sooner or later, we will no, who did what. cause un blimished bulliets, magic bullites, car order destroyed, then changed to totally re done, (a loaner). state law ignored, violating states rights, motor cade route changed, an open car, how would oswald no JFK would be in an open car if it was him and he acted alone. that within itself proves conspiracy. some one had to tell him kennedy was in the open. no just look at the whole picture. if you look through the eyes of truth, you will know the truth. but like an old saying, (there is no one as blind as one who wont see. think about it. and this is just the surface i have researched.
From Gianna...
time passes there will always be the government conspiracy theory on the Assination of President John F. Kennedy.
For all we know, Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby are friends and the hit men behind the assination with help from the government.
In the original Midnight Newspaper photos I have, the picture of Jack Ruby (left) is shown being shot-- However, the picture of Jack Ruby shown on the Internet or books of Jack Ruby do not show the same man. I believe the concrete picture of the picture of Jack Ruby in the Midnight Newspaper photos I have taken in 1974.
We know, through time, that the conspiracy theories are by those who attempt to change the real facts because of their own criminal involvements in covering up the truth.
Nobody knows if the Jack Ruby in the picture was shot by Oswald. Nobody knows whether Lee Harvey Oswald is dead. You never knew these two men could be living in Reno, Nevada with the government protecting their families identities.
From Sam...
The assassination of John Kennedy is no mystery people have for years got it wrong yes Lee Harvey Oswald was not the shooter and their was no shot fired from behind anybody knows if you shoot at a long distance with any firearm their is going to be a hole the size of a fist in all of the pictures and movie reels taken that day only one really show the direction of the bullet that hit Kennedy.
With that said if you also take that reel and look at it closely you will see the bullet hit Kennedy's head at the left side about 2 cm's back above the left eye on a 15 degee angle height and 4 to 7 degree width leaving a 6 to 8 cm slice down his left skull the range of that shot can only come from a distance of 60 to 80 metres, the bullet than exits in lines with the left ear at the back of Kennedy's head slight centre of the back of the skull leaving the reported small finger like hole at the back of Kennedy's skull, This type of bullet was fired from a rifle more commonly used on a farm than in military circles.
If you also look very closely the first bullet hits the Governor hand before the scrapel hits Kennedy in the throat after clipping the top of the front seat of the motor car their was also scrapel hitting the governor in the leg that day in 1963,
The bullet just misses the driver of the vehilce even the second shot nearly hits both the driver and governor before hitting Kennedy in the head, In all of the films that day their is no mussel fire or puff of smoke anywhere near the buildings where Lee harvey Olsward was supposed to have fired.
Nor does the shot come from the grassy Nom or behind some fence neither these place's were good enough to have such a impacted even for a marksman to carryout such an act they would not have used these places they are to opened in such a large gathering, It is more likely it come from the front of the motor vehicle just off to the right side of the road down near the over pass where their is ample time to move on as the motor car speed pass with the dead Kennedy inside. Even with a telescope one must not be in the open to hide the mussle flash and silenters do not block out a military style sniper rifle fire trust me i know i have fired many rifles and their is no way a sniper was used in Dallas on Nov 22 1963.
This was a amateur shooting who had gotten away because of the confusion of the noise the shots had caused remember the witness accounts that say that they heard between three to four shots,
Well anybody who fires rifles and hand guns knows this after a shot is fired their is always the crack affected before the bullet hits it target some seconds later as their was only two shots fired that day their was four noises heard the first being the shot that hit the governors hand followed by the crack affect before the next shot was fire cock and reload aim then fire a second shot is heard then a crack noise before hitting Kennedy in the head the shooter check to see if the target is in a state of trouble or dead,
Lots of people hitting the ground and screaming plenty of time to get one last look at the primary target as the motor vehicle passes with your intend target now fatally shoot.
Your escape route is now open as the police in close in on where they believe the shots came from too everyone is look around hoping the shooter is gone as they do they miss you walking straight pass them you walk down the road in the direction of that Kennedy is taken still holding the casing with the firearm as you put it away, You then get into your waiting car and drive away calmly before the police can block of the exits and closed down the sceen all in a space of ten minutes.
You then drive hundreds of kilometres back to your farm unpack the rifle place it where it has always been kept and go about your business of farming the property making out your unaware of what just took place, This is likely to be the case have a look at how many farmers were in their twenty's and had dealings with the government and FBI during thoses years you will then come up with your true suspect and shooter who is still alive to tell the truth and close this chapter for good.
The Question that need to be answered is what areas was not look at that day? Why kill Kennedy? If Kennedy was shot from behind why did not the driver and the governor end up dead too from the first shot? If this was a marksman why choose even buildings or grassy nom if their was so many police around? If their was more than one shooter how come more people were not arrested? If the Mafia had ordered the killing why not do it at the airport? If the government Military ordered it why not just shoot down the plane in mid-Air? If the government FBI was behind it then why do it in such a way known it would lead to a conspiracy? If another country had commence the orders to the killings why choose Dallas why not Wastington and why not by posion? If the government want Kennedy dead why not make it look like a accident?
It is because these question have never been answered that many think their was a conspaircy involving many people
First to solve this case go to Dallas position yourself in a motor vehicle drive the root taken by Kennedy that day look at all the angles and then get out walk down to the bridge over pass stand near the inter middle pilon and look at the position to where Kennedy would have been shot you will have your answer as to the real shooting position you will also find in that area the fragments of the bullets casings and other fragments from that day in Nov 22 1963 still presence in or around the sceen of the Bridge, Their is also a good chance you will find a piece clothing used by the shooter just beneath the surface of the soil with the cleaning kit used pryer to the fatal shooting these are the clues one must find to know the persons idenity who is a farmer..
This person arrest will stun a nation when it is solved because of the reason they will tell.
From Dick...
Conspiracy? Where's your evidence of a conspiracy? You don't have any. If any of you conspiracy theorists look at the real evidence, you will see that the evidence points to lee harvey oswald. You call yourselves researchers. You can't spell "studied" right Rob. You can't even spell "government" either. Lee harvey oswald's fingerprints were found on the boxes and on the window of the 6th floor depository. His RIFLE was found on the 6th floor. He was seen, by workers, on the 6th floor minutes before the shooting.
The magic bullet theory isn't fiction. It is fact. That is how the magic bullet theory works. Conally did not sit directly in front of jfk. He sat more to the left and his seat was positioned lower than jfk's.
THE HEAD SHOT (the jet effect by luis alvarez)
A high velocity bullet fired into the head of jfk would not cause the head to jerk forward. Instead, the bullet slides into the head of jfk. However, the forward jet stream of blood and the momentum of the brain matter propelled the head backwards. Simple physics people. When a jet uses fuel, the engines on the rear of the jet shoot backwards, propelling the jet forward. When a rocket uses fuel, the engines on the bottom of the rocket shoot towards the ground propelling the rocket in the opposite direction, towards the sky. Watch a rocket or a jet taking off and you will see what i am talking about.
Also watch the zapruder film. When an individual is shot, the entrace wound is a very small hole. However, the exit hole will always be larger than the entrance hole. Have any of you every shot a pop can? The entrace hole is small, while the exit hole is larger. Same thing with the zapruder film. The right, front of jfk's head is blasted out. The brain matter and blood spills out of the front of his head. The brain matter and blood never spills out of the back of the head. Therefore the shot came from behind jfk causing the exit hole in the right, front portion of his head. Have a look for yourselves.
BRAIN SPILLS FROM THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE HEAD!
Ladies and gentleman, you don't have any proof of a conspiracy. Just desperate facts and speculation. Try to do some real research
From Garry...
Two things you might not read anywhere else: The fence at the manhole had a cut in it until just a few years ago. It was noticed by a limo driver and it was replaced within a week.
I was a limo driver and picked up a high placed US banker one day with his wife. They asked for a tour of downtown Dallas. As I toured them around the downtown area I offered to take them by the JFK site.
They became very nervous and would not let me take them there. Why?
Could it be the bankers also were involved? I met at one time one of those who had researched the death of Kennedy, and he told me that in fact the bankers were the ones that did it. My experience with that couple later made me wonder if he just might have been right. Kennedy was going to make some currency change the bankers did not want and he refused to budge. That is what did him in.
Another possibility: Both JFK and Robert planned and had Marilyn Monroe killed. When it came to light in the Congress and Senate, they realized that the nation would find out sooner or later. The combined body made the decision to be judge, jury, and executioner. Gerald Ford was paid for his part with the presidency, when Nixon stepped down. Oh! We'll never know will we?
Just why was Robert killed? It was to stop him from running and being elected president. Anything else?
From Joseph...
Here are some random , but I believe, completely verifiable facts. I present these for different reasons. The primary reason is that I have never seen or read of these facts.
The Manlicher Carnao rifle, reputedly used by Oswald has been described as a "Heavy" "high powered" rifle. The caliber of this rifle is not dissimilar to what hunters use for large game in America. Think of the 35 cal. Remington. Rifles of the .35 Rem nd of the Carcano are called by hunters, "brush busters". Yes they ARE "high powered" , but the bullets are designed to go through light brush. High VELOCITY rifles, .223 , ..22-250 , and the like , can and more importantly Do "bounce" and change velocity [direction], upon contact of a "small branch". These bullets don't "explode", and rarely if ever, come out of their jacket material.
Keep the above in mind.
Once upon a time in America, a bullet, named the "Frangible" was used by super-duper top secret, "stirred not shaken" killers. My best guess is by government or government sanction killers. What in the world is a frangible". One takes a hollow point bullet. One fills the hollow tip with water or gel, [if the murder is to appear as that done by an amateur] , or by liquid mercury , if the murder scene is being controlled by interested parties. This sort of ammunition was "outed" by Frederick Forsythe in his famous novel "The Day of the Jackal". This sort of ammunition was expressly designed to explode upon impact with any bone or hard muscle body parts. And , yes, a head would literally explode when hit with one of these type of bullets. The sort of ammunition that one would use WOULD be both high power AND high velocity. A "necked down cartridge" with a .22 , .22 magnum , sized head , inserted into the cartridge. BYT, the sound of a .223 is a sharp crack, much like a firecracker. "I heard what I thought was the sound of firecrackers" , set off as a salute to the President". Does that statement sound familiar to anyone?
Testimony of a person, who described a Secret Service man brandishing an odd rifle were completely discounted during the Warren Commission. Later a photo was produced in his photo-panorama book, showing a SS man brandishing a M-16. Or a rifle very similar to one. Folks, Top Secret, military items don't have to be nuclear, chemical, or UFO nature . Once upon a time, the landing gear of the B-52 bomber was classified Top Secret.
Another oft overlooked fact was the JFK, had a messed up back. He wore, an old style back brace [with some sort of metal reinforcement surely], with a long amount of ace bandage wrapped around the brace. I do think that the bullet wound in the back, removed by someone [conspiracy buffs can state and/or argue who exactly]. The entrance wound was allegedly probed by doctors and was found not to continue through the body. Factoring in the actions , daily done , so that JFK could walk, sit, without screaming out in pain, I very much doubt that his trip to Dallas, occasioned this back support ritual to be not done of 22 November. It is widely documented that JFK was taking a large amount of pain killers- the back. Also he was reputedly taking large amounts of amphetamine-to function while under the influence of heavy narcotics.
Fact, while a child in Kindergarten, I lived through the phasing out of circulation, of actual silver dollars. Pieces of paper named "Silver Certificates" , allowed the holder of same, to redeem the paper for one troy ounce of 98% silver. These notes, BTW, were issued by the Department of Treasury, not the Federal Reserve Bank. So this certificates were '"real money" and not paper SAYING that they were money. [everyone pull out a current U.S. dollar and read what it says.]
JFK for reasons unknown, began the issue of Silver Certificates, circumventing the Federal Reserve Bank. Or in essence, "doing monetary policy" from the Oval Office; and not being beholden to the Federal Reserve Bank. [which is a cartel of private banks which sell Federal Reserve Notes, to the Department of Treasury for face amount plus interest.]. Even back in 1963, some 32 years ago, we are talking about a great amount of money.
A pursuit of LOGIC. The Romans had a nice phrase.....qui bono...or , "who benefits".
Yes, LBJ escaped impeachment. Why was he going to be impeached? His aid, one "Bobby Baker", was being "interviewed" by some Congressional committee or another, [a Senate sub-committee?]. And yes, Mr. Baker was ready to "spill the beans". He had been informed that he had one of two choices. Accept blanket immunity and "tell all" concerning LBJ, or go to jail. Mr. Baker did neither actually......22 November 1963 transpired and....................
How does one "discover" who or whom, "put out the hit"?
Maybe pulling out of archives, what investment banks were selling short during the week prior to the murder. Maybe securing archival information as to the production of Ben Franklin silver half dollars. Was production slowing prior to the murder? I know this for a fact, the production of actual money, silver half dollars, quarters, dimes and most importantly of all, the printing of Silver Certificates stopped VERY shortly after the murder. Who even thinks of examining such data, when an American President has been murdered in a very graphic manner.
Now a days, it is taken as a matter of fact that politicians receive money to dole out political favors. In the early 1960's, the American public had not the cynical attitude of people of today.
During the "Watergate Affair", a term came into use. "Follow the money". I believe it to be impossible to determine the money flows some 32 years prior. Also remember, literally, bags of money would change hands during any political event. Financial instruments called "Bear's Bonds", existed. Having one of these, one could literally "cash it in" anywhere throughout the world.
Who pulled the trigger[s] ? At this point who really cares?
Somewhere in the Bible, it says, "the love of money is evil". A group of evil people effectuated this murder. Will we ever know the facts? Not in my lifetime.
A supposition based upon my spiritual beliefs, in some dimension that we all call "Hell" as a shorthand of _expression, there are a number of people in eternal agony.
And I believe this is for sure........they ain't smiling happy either.
Fellow Traveler
From Synder...
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the victim of an enormous plot at the highest levels of the US government.
Kennedy was not supposed to win the 1960 election, the conservative institution had deemed Nixon the proper successor to the aging Eisenhower. Kennedy's election to the highest office of the land was the result of underhanded dealings with extra-political organizations including the mafia. Sam Giancana, Chicago boss, purportedly got JFK 100,000 votes "from the grave." JFK's father, always the opportunistic politician, swung West Virginia. Thus, the man who was ignored by the conservative leadership upset the balance of power.
A new wave of Liberal thoughts and actions would sweep the country. In 1000 days, the Kennedy administration encouraged race relations and peaceful coexistence with the Communist Bloc. America had found herself again, amidst the goodwill and progressive movements initiated in the Oval Office. Kennedy managed to foil the entrenched right wing politicians at almost every turn.
During the Cuban fiascos the military-industrial complex attempted to bring the US into WW III, it tried to escalate the conflict in Indo-China, and sought to undermine the Kennedy administration.
JFK's biggest crimes in the eyes of the conservatives were to fire some of their own, to buck the trend by supervising their operations more closely, to commit the country to a progressive movement and war on crime, and to cut down on big business.
International corporations, that had run freely for the past decade, were threatened they realized something had to be done. Kennedy went so far as to threaten the sacred "Oil Depletion Allowance" and thus gained greater enemies in the global oil industry; potentially the most profitable and powerful faction on the face of the planet. Thus JFK opposed the intelligence community, organized crime, big business, and the international oil cartels all at once. Once these factions allied against the common enemy, JFK's fate was sealed.
The mechanics of the assassination are a fascinating field of study, but it is the WHY that is the fundamental question in this case.
From Dave...
Dear People of America
JFK was and still our greatest president next to FDR and he is my HERO !! Only self-righteous idiots moralize about his weaknesses and his exploits. True lovers of America should STILL keep his memory alive--"...forget NOT your dying king" (Shakespeare). It is up to us to talk about JFK, keep his memory alive--pass it on to future generations and allow his spirit to penetrate our consciousness because it is still alive in our land today. His death WAS a conspiracy and the "official government version" is nothing short of bullchips !!
I have read most of what people have posted on this web site and except for those boneheads who say, "JFK is dead and gone and there is nothing you can do to change the world so forget Kennedy" NOT TRUE ! JFK is dead to THEM --they are the ruthless, heartless, souless fools who inhabit our government today. There are too many in our government that would LOVE to forget JFK, understate his accomplishments, minimalize his achievements and deny that he had a special charisma. To those I say LONG LIVE JFK !!! He will FOREVER be the shining light.
In fact, there are many that would say (and I am one of them) that our country has NEVER been the same since JFK and that all the presidents since JFK have really NEVER been as great as he. Maybe poor attempts at capturing that glory and optimism he so inspired in us. On Nov 22nd, 1963, we lost something great, hopeful and glorious in the pathos of our country, we have NEVER been the same country. Maybe we will NEVER be the same regardless of a booming economy, lifestyle or political climate.
AMERICA !!!! WAKE THE F**K UP !!
A picture is worth a thousand words concerning JFK's death ! I challenge each person who reads this to go to any major search engine on the world wide web and type in "JFK autopsy photos" and look for the color head photo of him lying on his back. It is clear as day that there is a LARGE GAPING HOLE IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD !! Any breathing person can see as plain as day that there is no hole in the BACK OF HIS HEAD BUT A LARGE HOLE IN THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD !!! WHAT ELSE do you NEED ?????? THAT IS THE MOST TELLING INDICATION OF BEING SHOT FROM THE SIDE AND THUS A CONSPIRACY INDEED occurred and we are all being dupped into the "official" version proposed by pawns and pundits like Gerald Posner, Peter Jennings and many others whose motivations need to be questioned.
I still weep for our beloved JFK, the early days of my youth when JFK reined in our capital, and our parents hope for us !!! I think we have gotten off the track since then and have never regained that greatness.
SEE THE COLOR AUTOPSY PHOTO AND SEE THE TRUTH about JFK and then ask yourself: What am I going to do about it ?? WHat action am I going to take make people aware of this simple but profound truth????
LONG LIVE JFK !!!!
From Mark...
I feel JFK was in a conspiracy within Texas meaning that Howard Hunt made such arrangments.
I appreciate your comments.
From Dick...
JFK was himself a product of the Irish Mafia, his daddy (Joseph Kennedy) made all his money running rum for the likes of Al Capone during prohibition.
It is probably that fact and the fact that because the old man probably "bought" the presidency by collecting on long due debts from past "favors", the son was probably totally oblivious to the old man's underworld connections, and the son was subsequently duped into letting himself be groomed for the highest office in the land.
The movie "Godfather" sort of gives a clue on how the "mafia" of the 30s and 40s tried to become a legitimate enterprise in the late 50s and early 60s after suffering two previous decades of being pummeled and chased by the government, by putting their sons and daughters through law school to become the lawyers and politicians of the new era, able to wield major influence for their underworld "constituents".
The problem is, after JFK became president, he did the right thing, stepped up to his moment in history, and became a very noble statesman, and he also became very independent of his old man's influence and desires. There is one other very telling event that gives us a clue as to how independent JFK had become towards the end of his presidency. That is the fact that his father suffered a massive, debilitating stroke, and was "incommunicado" during some of the most important and historic moments of JFK's presidency. Couple that with the fact that JFK appointed his younger, inexperienced brother, Bobby, to the highest law enforcement office in the land. Of course his younger brother was also an idealogue, and promptly proceeded to prosecute the law of the land with a vengeance, and probably began stepping on the very toes of those gangsters whose fathers had helped JFK become what he was, by becoming indebted to Old Man Joe. Can you imagine a young Bobby Kennedy, still wet behind the ears, giving orders to the old grizzled and well-connected lawman, J. Edgar Hoover?
It is my beleif that JFK's youth and independence, both his greatest assets, are also what killed him in the end. He was rich, therefore could not be bought. He was young, and lacked all of the jaded political connections or croni-isms that existed in his peers in the Senate and Congress. Take for instance, his vice president, Lyndon Johnson, who was himself a very experienced and well-connected man politically. JFK's youth and inexperience brought him nothing but trouble among the old war hawks that manned the joint chiefs and the intelligence agencies. Basically JFK was a lamb sitting amongst wolves. There are a few very telling photographs of the early days of his presidency, a young and very fresh faced JFK sitting in cabinet meetings in the midst of some of the most rabid old warriors this country ever produced. Photos from the Cuban Missile Crises are especially revealing.
A lot of people have a hard time accepting a "government conspiracy" but we must put it all in proper perspective. In 1963 the government was much smaller than it is today, and the men of the moment that weilded the most power would fit in a normal size board room, probably amounting to a dozen or so very powerful and prominent politicians and military hawks. It would be no mean feat for these few and powerful to turn on their "Caesar" and prosecute an assassination and the subsequent necessary cover-up. It was also easier to keep the many more hundreds of subordinates and fringe players who became involved in line by threatening careers with the "national security" stick. Even the doctors at Parkland Hospital themselves wrote many years later that they were afraid to speak contrary to the official government line (the Warren Commission autopsy report) for fear of jeapardizing very lucrative medical careers and appointments in some of the finest medical schools in the land.
Finally, we must consider the hard evidence that many more minor witnesses and fringe players in this tragedy died very violent deaths at young ages in the years that closely followed November 1963.
Is a government conspiracy possible?
Is there any other precedent or evidence we can consider in answering this question?
Yes there is. We have substantial evidence of foul play during the Nixon adminsitration with Watergate and other covert activities against US citizens during the Vietnam anti-war hysteria, some of these covert operations were very violent.
All taken, it adds up to a very feasible and possible scenario for conspiracy and coverup, and the more you examine the hard evidence, the documents and the eyewitness testimony, the more you realize that the case for a lone nut gunman is pure science fiction.
From Bob in Mississippi ...
To Harold R.
If you were at Bethesda Naval, then you should have known Dr. Jeff Pitzer, Lt. Cmdr.? See what happened to him. Talked too much to the wrong people and whamo. Days before the guy retires and takes his autopsy negs to sell to the highest bidder, someone, who knows who, gets a wet contract to take him out before he causes internal damages to the adminstation in power and the powers that be.
If you have not, read the book by Atty. Barr McClellan, Blood,Money & Power. He as a young lawyer worked for the lawfirm that handled all of the affairs of LBJ for 40 years or so. He alleges that LBJ and others, many oilmen, and Texas politicos, some alive now, some dead, arranged to get JFK committed to coming to Dallas, or Houston, or Austin, it didnt really matter, teams were ready, so that he would not leave Texas alive. By alleging disputes within the Dem party, shortfall of funds coming in, JFK was to be lured into the killing field, and slaughtered like a lamb and he fell for the bait, but had serious misgivings as expressed at a dinner party gathering just before leaving for Texas. He had a premonition of impending doom hanging over him for several days, rumors were in the wind, or what, we dont know, but Adali Stevenson asked that he cancel the trip out of concerns for his safety based upon what he saw in Texas and how he personally was mistreated by the crowds.
I have contacted the woman who was allegedly having an affair with Oswald in New Orleans that was shown in the most recent JFK tv series. She says that Oswald, her lover, was working for the CIA and was to infiltrate anti-Castro elements set upon killing JFK wherever and whenever possible.She now lives in the Netherlands. She had Florida ties but abandoned them to escape the carnage of lives destroyed in the massive post JFK assassination coverup.
I understand that the body of JFK was not in the walnut casket delivered on Air Force One from Love Field, but had been transferred to a gray metal military casket and taken to your Hospital for autopsy. During the trip, a Dallas mortician expert on facial reconstruction, did extensive mortuary clay work to reconstruct JFK;'s head in the front and right area around the right ear and eye. I have read that this area was blasted out and the eye was hanging down on the cheek. There have been questions of a crossfire shot, that passed in front of the face of JK and hit JFK in the left side of the head at same time of the frontal shot exploding his head, tho most likely the impact shattered the bones in all kinds of manner due to impact ballistic actions.
I want the source of the list of guests at the party spoken of by Mrs. Brown, the paramous of LBJ, who attended the grand party feasting on quail and goodies at the Murchison mansion, the evening before the Dealey Plaza shooting. Anybody out there have the definitive guestlist, if so let me have it.
Bob In Mississippi
From Jim...
Hi all, I believe Hoover was the one responsible for the killing of the Kennedys. This homosexual didn’t want public knowledge of his activities and the Kennedys had that over him. Hoover was besotted with his own power and orchestrated the assassinations. No other group was powerful enough, nor had the ability to silence so many administrations in a cover-up.
From Tiffany...
I think that the people on the inside, the one's who were "close" to Kennedy were the one's who killed him. There is a lot of evidence that is missing that was crucial to the solving of his murder. One mans cloths were dry-cleaned right after and the limo in which his was driving in was cleaned as soon as the got to the hospital, now if that doesn't cry conspiracy I don't know what does. Obviously someone was trying to cover something up because who wouldn't want to know who or how their president was killed. So think about it somethings just doesn't add up.
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From Rob...
I have studid the assassination of J.F.K since I did it at school and Ithink the goverment should be ashamed of themselfs for covering it up and letting people think that is was Lee Harvey Oswald who did it when he did not.
The thing that convicted Oswald was that he had lived in russia and that he had a rifle, but it was proven that he had not used a rifle that day and he also could not have fired the shots in the time he had. Oswald would have to had fired 3 shots within 10seconds which he could not have done with the rifle as it was a bolt action which takes about 4 seconds to reload and the sights were damaged.
There ware at least 2 gun man which means a conspiracy and the shot which took half of J.F.K's head off could not have come from the back which means it came from the front and there is only 2 places at the front the shot could have come from one being the grassy knowl and the other being the man hole just in front of the grassy knowl.
From Alicia...
from a 15yr old in maryland my grammer suckz so... oswald didn’t do it I think, he may have shot the gun, but didn’t kill jfk. his shot was just a distraction so the sniper could get a clear shot on jfk after he was hit in the throat. point blank
Every1 know it was a cover up because the government had 2 something 2 do with it but had oswald killed 2 make it seem like he was the sniper. they say he shot from the 6th floor of the depository but at the same time of the assassination he was eating lunch on the 1st floor and they had evidence 2 back that up. think about it 6th...1st floor, hmmm at the same time, u know there had 2 be more people involved and there were. and the so called FBI didn’t pay attention to 2 suspects of this.
Louis Steven Witt aka the "Umbrella Man" the afircan american who was with them, to them they didn’t even exist. by the time they wanted 2 investigate it was too late. And there were 18 witnesses involved, u know they all died 6 were shot, 3 were in car accidents, 2 by suicide, 1 from a cut throat, 1 from a karate chop 2 the neck, 2 from natural causes, and 3 from heart attacks. in my mind im thinking "damn" half of them had 2 b killed off so no one would ever find out. but in the end we're living in a screwed up world because people just don’t want to except the truth.
From Bash of England...
The world knows that the CIA or the FBI or both must be the only ones who could have killed the president of United States of America. Both organizations are innocent as we cannot prove them guilty of the crimes they have done since their birth. I cannot imagine of anything else.
From Scott...
LBJ Was the Murderer, He was the only one capable of doing it.
I have read many books Much more evidence Points to Other people involved than a lone nut. The Number One thing, Parkland Hospital Doctors who where invited to gun shot victims everyday said "The throat wound was an entry", which means front shot!! Case closed. Tell that to Posner
From Dave...
My theory simple Bobby jfk's brother was comming down hard on the mob how many made mobsters do you have to tick off before something is done.
It was a warning to bobby to lay off and if the president could be killed he too was not invincible remember in those days the mob ran EVERYTHING.on more than one occasion it was said to kill the snake you cut off the head not the tail the head the most powerful man in the country and older brother of the most hated man alive to the mob.bobby had EVERY government agency working in all 50 states to bring down organized crime.remember jfk was the one who appointed bobby to the position and thus gave him the power and resources to bring down the mob.Oswald was a player but not alone.jack ruby was supposed to have Oswald killed but his men couldnt get close enough so he did it himself.or be killed for not tieing up this loose end.....
From Grave...
I have no idea who pulled the trigger but, it is my belief that the council on foreign relations were the main force behind the murders of John fF. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr. and John F. Kennedy, Jr.
They are the only force on the face of this earth that have that kind of power. After all, who can go into Bethesba Naval Hospital and dictate to Naval officers as to how the autopsy will go down? No one except the United States Government. Not the Mafia, Cubans, Russians or anyone else. The United States Government is guilty of murder!!!!!!!!!!!!
From Rebecca...
I would have to say there is a good possibility that Aristotle Onasis knew or had some involvement in the death of JFK. The problem with figuring out the truth of those behind killing Kennedy is that there were SO MANY people with motives. These are my favorite contenders in order of who I think was most likely responsible, but really, isn't everyone responsible since noone has done anything about this tragedy? 1.Onasis- having an affair with JFK's wife; marry JFK's wife and pissed about being shut out of lucrative smuggling due to both K brothers' crackdown on the mob. 2. LBJ- to gain power/presidency 3. Former head of CIA Allan Dulles- fired by Kennedy over Bay of Pigs fiasco 4. FBI Director Hoover- Kennedy remarked that he wanted the old bulldog gone 5. ANY higher ups in the CIA- Kennedy said he would "splinter the Cia into a thousand Pieces" 6. Nixon- jealousy, fear of not being able to "beat" the Kennedys 7. Castro or Cubans- CIA miserably failed to assasinate Castro many times before and made sure to piss off the cubans by blaming JFK for the Bay of Pigs (which Kennedy, like a true leader, accepted even though it was the CIA's fault 8. The Mob- JFK and RFK crackdown... personally I think they would have gone after RFK first, and if it was the mob, it was Onasis. 9. Military higher ups and weapons manufatures, although unlikely in my opinion because when they want a war they don't give a darn about the pres, they get their war. I would like to point out that Ruby killed Oswald in order to "save poor MRS. K from having to testify at the trial", which may link Onasis to the plot. The mob loved JFK, and RFK was going after mobsters that the mob wanted busted or shut up. Plus the deal that the Kennedy's had with the mob was more comfortable than the one LBJ or Nixon or Ford gave them. Even if Oswald acted alone, which he didn't, but even if he FIRED alone, everyone on this list and many not included wanted JFK gone for one reason or another. The real tragedy it that they were all quite content to cover it up and go on with their merry lives. I believe Oswald did fire at Kennedy, but did not hit the kill shot. The velocity of the bullet and subsequent damage was far too severe to have come from a low-medium powered rifle at that distance. Oswald was left to take the fall for all that is evil in america.
From Nick...
I have seen many documentaries and films on the JFK assassination, and read many books on it as well.
I really don't know what to believe anymore. In fact, most of the specials I saw on TV this year for the 41st anniversary of Kennedy's death focused on Oswald as the lone assassin or was in conspiracy with someone else.
I do not believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, he may have been one of the assassins, but he certainly did not do all the shooting by himself. There was some sort of conspiracy, but who really knows who was behind it. In watching the British documentary "The Men Who Killed Kennedy" many years ago I always felt a chill and a sense of believability in the part where the American journalist travels to France to interview a man in prison for murder named Christian David. David admitted he knew of a contract that was out to kill President Kennedy early in 1963 and was asked to be a part of it, but refused. David tells the reporter that three men (part of a Sicilian drug/crime ring) agreed and carried out the assassination. At the time the documentary was made, David claimed two of the men were still alive and would not release their names in fear of his life. However, he did mention the one's name (can't remember the exact name, but it was an Italian name), who died in a shootout in Mexico in the early 1970s. This man was supposedly the one on the "little hill behind the fence" David says or as we know it as the grassy knoll, when the other two were hiding in buildings behind Kennedy's motorcade. David's story seems pretty accurate and believable, especially since he has been in prison for years in Europe and likely would not have access to the information we have in the USA on the assassination.
The real creepy part of the documentary is when they show an actual picture of the supposed assassin. In my opinion, he does bare some resemblance to "the badge man" blow up picture from Mary Moorman's famous photograph. In fact, I believe David mentioned that this man did wear some sort of uniform that day to blend in and not be noticed. He also mentioned, this assassin was the only one out of the three to use and explosive bullet, so no evidence of a bullet would be found tracing back to his rifle.
Whether this is true or not or how it is connected to Oswald and a possible conspiracy, who knows? However, I do think this theory makes sense somewhat.
Nick from Pennsylvania
From Jerry...
WHO? THE KU KLUX KLAN
WHY? KENNEDY WANTED TO GIVE THE AFRICAN AMERICANS CIVIL RIGHTS.
HOW? TWO SHARPSHOOTERS, ONE OF WHICH BEING OSWALD. FIRST SHOT CAME FROM THE GRASSY KNOLL, HITTING KENNEDY IN THE THROAT. THE SECOND SHOT CAME FROM OSWALD, HITTING KENNEDY IN THE BACK, THEN HITTING CONNALY. THEN THE THIRD AND FATAL SHOT ALSO CAME FROM OSWALD.
THE PRISTINE BULLET WAS THE THROAT BULLET. IT WAS MOVED BY A KKK INSIDER FROM KENNEDY TO CONNALY.
From Dan...
I have read enough opinions on this website that have caused me to wonder how smart the average person really is. I remember that Friday that our President was killed. I couldn't believe that some unimportant, lowly, little man like Lee Harvey Oswald could commit such an act. I read the Warren Report, I couldn't believe it came up with the idea that Oswald was the lone gun man. I was even more convinced by Mark Lane's "Rush to Judgment" they were wrong. I waited for years for the "truth".
After 40 years there has been not one shred of evidence to implicate a conspiracy. When I see statements like "the whole back of his head was blown off" I wonder how on Gods Earth did they come up with that. I have seen the Z-film many times, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see the front left temple exploding from the impact. Or the gun shots from the grassy knoll, anyone standing in of the muzzle blast would have known exactly who did the shooting. The smoke hanging in the air, that's a good one too. If anyone's fired a gun in the last 75 years they know there's very little smoke with today's gunpowder. The worst culprits are those who want to create history, Oliver Stones "JFK" and the History Channels "The Men Who Killed Kennedy". History is suppose to be the truth, it is not fiction or conjecture. So many crack pots have come forth with new ideas or rehashed versions of old ones without one bit of truth. My guess most of these people claim they were at "Woodstock" too.
If anyone wants to seek the truth start with http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm and read other sources that have more credence than the "Enquirer"
From Lawrence...
I spent 20-25 years obsessed with the Kennedy assassination, reading every book I could, purchasing new ones as they were published, even digging up classics such as "Six Seconds in Dallas" by Josiah Thompson to add to my collection.
Then I read "Conspiracy of One" with an open mind, and later on(circa 1993), read Gerald Posner's "Case Closed"; at that point I went back and reread everything in my collection with a skeptical frame of mind. I had so many contradictory feelings about the things Posner wrote in his book (very well researched) vs. what assassination critics were positing in their texts (not as well documented, except in rare cases such as Thompson's "Six Sceconds"), that I took a vacation in Dallas, TX for a week in 1993. I found that, as anyone who would bother to go there could see, shooting from the sixth floor of the Texas School Depository was not a difficult task, particularly not for a former Marine who had attained more than an average rating in marksmanship, and had spent the preceding two months practicing with his rifle for hours on end.
Further, ear witnesses who claimed they heard shots from behind them from the Grassy Knoll, had both that area and the Book Depository behind them as the President passed in front of them; don't believe me or the book writers, go see for yourself. The trip is worthwhile for that, and to see that many of the critics of the Warren Report have made a living from their notoriety as conspiracy ' witnesses' .
As I said, don't believe me, go see for yourself.
From Mike...
For the information of a previous contributor, the alleged French/Corsican conspirator firing from the grassy knowl was Lucien Sarti. But he was subsequently able to prove he was NOT in Dallas at the time (he was in Jail) and he did threaten Central TV with a law suit for defamation at the time. In all re - runs of the Central TV produced documentary, his name was cut out.
After many years of having alternating thoughts about did Oswald do it or not? - i am now convinced he did not participate and this becaues his brother Robert has said many times that Lee just wanted to be famous. Well if thats the case - why didn't Lee during a number of TV interviews at the Dallas County jail simply admit to it? If he really wanted to be famous for a while i would have expected him to relish in the glory by announcing confidently "Yes i did it and i'm proud to have done it and the reason i did it was..............."
Because he denied any involvement continuosly, and never hinted at being some kind of hero - i believe he didn't do it.
Mike O'Neill
From Chris...
Man, what can I say? Its been 41 years now since one of histories greatest Presidents was brutally killed. I've read so many books and search websites from time to time to read what people say and think about this murder, and I can honestly say that this subject has many Americans concerned about the faith of their government.
What I can say in a post 9-11 America is that I will never doubt the Federal Government could conspire to kill a government official, even a president. But I do ask this, "If America can have Saddam Hussein and/or Osama Bin Laden at gunpoint and NOT pull the trigger, how can we pull the trigger on our Commander in Chief?"
The same bipartisan views that were in place in 1962 and 1963 are still in debate, so can the government have a hand in this? I often hear we will never know what happened to Kennedy, but I think we will. I have no doubt that new evidence will come to life and the government will have no choice but to publish the findings. Our government has spent countless dollars into forming Boards, Administrations, and Committees to find out the truth. Would a government still be trying to cover-up a 40 year old action by spending money on unneeded reviews? I highly doubt so, and I highly doubt that the FBI, CIA, or LBJ had anything directly to do with Kennedys death, not to say someone inside these organizations had something to do with it. The link with Oswald and the CIA has me curious.
The FBI questioning has me even more curious. When Oswald was asked about being in New Mexico weeks earlier, the CIA ordered the FBI questioning stopped. There is no doubt Oswald had something to do with it, and no doubt that Jack Ruby had information and/or a confession that was never told. In my opinion and in all probability there was an uprising between Cuba and Russia after the "episode" that took place under Kennedys reign as President, so Cuba being so close to the US had a spy, leak, or intelligence inside our government. They reported back to Cuba and Russia the events taking place in the White House. Russia definitely didn't care too much about the US with the actions taking place in Vietnam and with the Missle Crisis.
So Russia saw a threat with Kennedy and had plans to take him out, with the help of Cuban intelligence,.....and that is where Oswald probably came in. Lastly I'm willing to bet Robert Kennedy was killed because of the threat to the US another Kennedy would take power, whether a conspiracy of government or conspiracy of self.
Chris Raines
From A.J. -
I do not believe that Oswald acted alone.
One of your commenters said that it is not possible to reload the gun three times and aim in that little bit of time. This is not true. Oslwald was an excellent sharpshooter, marine trained. Expert sharpshooters have shown today that it is possible to reload and aim three times withing that time frame.
However even if Oswald fired even just one shot, there is no way possible that he could have composed himself and become calm enough to leave the depository seventh floor, go downstairs and get Coke, drink it and leave. If you have just killed a man, you will be fluhed, sweaty, shaking, and overall worried about the police. Even the best killer cannot hide all of these feelings.
Also in that day, even though Kennedy was in an open vehicle, he was flanked by Secret Service all around. How can it be that the assassain was able to get off three or less shots without there being any quick reaction from the secret service. They had to have known of the plot and been involved.
Also no one can prove that there was not a gunman in the grassy knoll. Also if Jackie 'cared' so much about John, then why didnt she immediately jump on top of him, along with the Secret Service agents, to protect him.... because they were all involved. Everyone knew of the plan even the vice-president Johnson. He had to have. Kennedy was thinking about stopping aid to South Vietnam. Who was the one that sent TROOPS there, just years later-Johnson. He must have been in on the plot, because he wanted to invade North Vietnam, whereas Kennedy did not.
There is also the physics angle. Phyisicians who have studied the assassination, have proved that it is impossible for the shot that went through his neck to have come from the seventh story window in the depository.
That third shot had to have come, with its impact, from directly behind in a Secret Service car or from the grassy knoll.
From Danielle...
In the past year I have heard more than i can chew about the jfk assasination concerning Oswald and others. Its crazy to imagine all the cover ups the goverment has had a part in.
When my teacher Edgar Tatro (jfk expert) showed my class the men who killed kennedy i was amazed. Mr. Tatro is amazing to watch and to see how most of his life has been based around getting to the bottom of it all is really facinating... Many people know so much and still wont come forth and talk about it.
The irony in it all is crazy... I hope one day the truth will be revealed about it all and on my part I BELIEVE L.H. OSWALD DID DO IT OR HAD A MAJOR ROLE IN IT....
- Amazed student from the U.S
From Poldens...
I am a former Marine. I qualified as an expert on the rifle and pistol range. I know when you shoot someone in the front of the head, the back or side comes off. You can't shoot some one in the back of the head and have the back of the head come off.
Where were we the American citizens???? We watched as the commission and government covered this whole mess up. We were all to scared to say anything for fear we would be killed to. Along the way 42 witnesses or people who came forward died or where killed by the conspirators, believe it.
Johnson's wife's family owned bell Helicopter and where did all those contracts for helicopters go once he became president. To Vietnam that's where. The Johnson family became one of the riches families in the United States. Johnson, J. Edgar and the Mafia comprised this scheme to kill Kennedy and they were successful....
Be on your guard, it could happen again......
From Nick of PA...
I have seen many documentaries and films on the JFK assassination, and read many books on it as well.
I really don't know what to believe anymore. In fact, most of the specials I saw on TV this year for the 41st anniversary of Kennedy's death focused on Oswald as the lone assassin or was in conspiracy with someone else.
I do not believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, he may have been one of the assassins, but he certainly did not do all the shooting by himself. There was some sort of conspiracy, but who really knows who was behind it. In watching the British documentary "The Men Who Killed Kennedy" many years ago I always felt a chill and a sense of believability in the part where the American journalist travels to France to interview a man in prison for murder named Christian David. David admitted he knew of a contract that was out to kill President Kennedy early in 1963 and was asked to be a part of it, but refused. David tells the reporter that three men (part of a Sicilian drug/crime ring) agreed and carried out the assassination. At the time the documentary was made, David claimed two of the men were still alive and would not release their names in fear of his life. However, he did mention the one's name (can't remember the exact name, but it was an Italian name), who died in a shootout in Mexico in the early 1970s. This man was supposedly the one on the "little hill behind the fence" David says or as we know it as the grassy knoll, when the other two were hiding in buildings behind Kennedy's motorcade. David's story seems pretty accurate and believable, especially since he has been in prison for years in Europe and likely would not have access to the information we have in the USA on the assassination.
The real creepy part of the documentary is when they show an actual picture of the supposed assassin. In my opinion, he does bare some resemblance to "the badge man" blow up picture from Mary Moorman's famous photograph. In fact, I believe David mentioned that this man did wear some sort of uniform that day to blend in and not be noticed. He also mentioned, this assassin was the only one out of the three to use and explosive bullet, so no evidence of a bullet would be found tracing back to his rifle.
Whether this is true or not or how it is connected to Oswald and a possible conspiracy, who knows? However, I do think this theory makes sense somewhat.
Nick from Pennsylvania
From Zachary...
What I think happened to JFK is that he was not murdered by Lee Harvey Oswald I believe the conspiracy theory because theres no way LHO could have killed him because it takes a good amout of time to take aim reload and find the president again.
From Andrew...
mafia, secret service, cia, and dallas finest all conspired to kill kennedy. lyndon johnson, gerald ford and j edgar hoover knew about the plot to. ford was a member of the warren commision who compiled 364 pages of garbage to feed too the public pertaining to the fact that oswald killed jfk as a nut. kennedy hated the cia and was on the verge of disbanding them when he was killed. two of the men who was also part of the warren commission were in fact cia and did as they were paid to do CONVINCE THE WORLD THAT JFK WAS KILLED BY L H OSWALD.
i do believe that oliver stones movie tells a lot of truth,think about it why did the film industry put out that awful movie about jack ruby?????????
I feel sorry for america to kill their own commander-in- chief, lie about it, and have us believe that were so dumb we cannot see the truth.50 people heard shots come from the knowle, witnesses testimony were incorrectly interpreted,kennedy's brains goes missing,that so called magic bullit, the three tramp's could go on but i won't because i know the truth.. and one day so will the wold
From Stephen...
Back in the sixties the Mafia was still in control of many industries and had their hands into everything. Plenty of money, all types of connections both home and abroad. The bosses were extremely powerful men who had control of many capable assassins. They were experienced and I think they were promised by Joe Kennedy certain important things if they could get Jack elected. Once he was elected,the Kennedy's thought they were powerful enough to reneg on their promises to the Mob. Nobody especially at this time in history did this to the Mafia.
Remember they were a nation wide if not global criminal enterprise. These men had been born with vendetta in their blood. They arranged Jack Kennedy's death after the Kennedy's tried to double cross them. You did not mess with these people because they could care less who they killed.
From Kayamnandi...
As total outsider, only got involved in JFK after Kevin Costner's movie. Have a few thoughts.
1. The Kennedy family: Their brother, father, son, husband in JFK has been killed. Just very obvious from the start was that the Warren Report was not correct and yet none of them ever made an issue about it publicly that they want to know the truth. If my family member was killed under curious circumstances, I as sure as hell am going for the truth. Maybe its because they already know the truth.
2. Most theories suggest that the CIA was involved. Is that the highest authority in the USA? Would the President or Vice President be higher? In any case, the highest power approved this assassination. Who else would be so powerful as to silence a whole investigation despite the discrepancies? - To just accept a report and go on business as usual. Maybe running a country is hard work but your obvious choice should be to get behind the truth. Maybe they already know the truth too.
What if Pres Johnson approved the assassination? He has the power to do so. If he accepted the Warren Report, everyone else has to as well. He and his cabinet and advisors and who else is necessary to silence a whole nation into believing. No one really has the right to question. This was a coup. And the whole government had to be involved. Why else would no one in a high position question the Warren report? It was better for the nation that JFK is dead, in their eyes in any case.
If the government plans to kill their husband and brother, the Kennedy's has to be involved. Not in the killing of JFK but knowing about it. Does not really matter whether it was before or after the killing, they were informed of the reasons behind the planned assassination. Maybe a promise to support R Kennedy's presidential campaign? Maybe the Kennedy's were promised the title of royalty? Above the law and untouchable? Maybe they were just told that this is what happened and why it had to happened. Maybe they were threatened. Whatever the reason, the Kennedy's accepted the conditions. Why is it so difficult to touch the Kennedy's? Totally hands-off policy from the government down. No other American president's family or any other great achiever has achieved there level of 'stardom'. Maybe they were given this right for allowing or accepting the death of JFK.
I think the future in the truth behind JFK will stay unresolved. If my theory is correct, the government will never incriminate itself. And maybe the truth behind JFK is known to all future presidents. And general feelings are that the Kennedy's have suffered enough. Why drag an innocent party like maybe the Kennedy's through another tragedy? This may be a case where the truth is more damaging than any conspiracy.
Maybe it is time that the conspirators of the world give up on JFK. Personally I think that all involved are either dead or has suffered enough personal tragedies. My believe is that we will never discover the truth. And what if we do? Is it so important that we do...
From Someone...
The fatal shot came from the grassy knoll based on current evidance that shows a frontal hit. The thought of there being a shot from the grassy knoll and the evidance that is part of that thought per witnesses and other information directs all evidance to the grassy knoll for this reason. With all situations envolving ammunition and there expelled cartridges and the time lapse of gun fire and the escape of a person form a scene of a crime, always leaves some type of "trailed evidance" leading to clues. The shots fired by that grassy knoll holds evidance within surrounding physical structures..........
ONE, has there been any metal detection devices used to find spent cartidges, are there any cartridges that were missfired and ejected onto to the ground NOT picked up by the shooter, AND are there any underground sewer grating that would allow water to flow into a specific point where the cartidge would fall OR role into.........
CHECK THE SEWER GRATES AND UNDER GROUND SEWER SYSTEMS FOR EVIDANCE..........
the shooting needs more evidance, Why not check these areas ????????????
If the areas are not checked we will reading about JFK for another moronic 1000000000000 years.....
Question..Who killed JFK? The turqouise station wagon driver and a collective of communist cold war nutts returning home from a deer hunting expedition who had a wild notion to bet on who could kill JFK first!!!
Another thing about the sewer grates...The guy in the station wagon started firing in the presidants direction as soon as he got out of the car behind the grassy knoll, he had poor parking access and had to run and fire ASSUMABLY towards the presidants direction....
One shot fired, and heard by only those on the side of the building adjascent to the Grassy knoll (left if facing towards JFK) the sound bounced off the wall and was redirected,The second shot was a miss fire, of these two cartridges one should be found in the sewer (grate) systems,
The third shot is the one that fataly killed JFK and was the one that is talked about regarding SMOKE coming from the grassy knoll. This was a run and shoot situation becuase of poor accessibility. There is a witness. WHO?????? If there were five shots, this is the puzzle piece to ponder.
From: Just A thought
From Paula...
Just a thought but what if JFK was taking us too a place that authorities didnt want us to go(no vietmam, peace with Ruissia)? All things being equal LBJ was going to be replaced in 64 for another running mate (fact). LBJ knew he could never be president with JFK around.
Kennedy was coming into the social conciense movement era (imagine JFK and the hippies of 67)talk about the summer of love.Then he would have stepped down (if he servived the womanizing scandals or other issues) and RFK would have taken the US through a period of ?????? with his brother as an advisor.
After this term Edward would have taken over. Now the Kennedys had the love of the people but not all. There are individuals who set the course of history or believe they know what is best for you and I and we just dont understand that this kind of change would have been extremely difficult for people who want to control,because thats what it comes down to folks.
Whoever controls, controls. The good news is that we must never be afraid because this is how they control, stand up, be free for there are those better than us who had the courage to stand up for freedom of thought and speach. JFK , MLK, RFK and JOL just to mention afew.
From Joanne...
This is way 'out there' compared to everyone else's opinions on the matter but I believe Onassis killed all 3 of them. My theory is that he may have had Marilyn killed out of love and respect for Jackie, considering it was less than 3 months after the Happy Birthday song. Then I think he may have had jfk killed out of an ever increasing love for Jackie and for the fact that jfk remained scandalous and fully disrespectful to his beautiful wife.
After a respectable amount of years, he finally asked Jackie to marry him but right before Bobby announced he would run for president. I think she may have refused Onassis proposal to keep the Kennedy name 'pure' so that Bobby wouldn't have bad publicity before his campaign. I think the final shots were made to overwhelmingly convince her that being with him would be the safest place for her and her children. I think that Onassis had enough money to pay down a chain of people to do these hits far enough away so that his name would never be associated with any crime. It's just my theory but what a book THAT would make! Concerning Monroe, while the whole world looked at the Kennedys, Onassis could have walked right out of there with a smoking gun.
From Joanne in WA
From Randy...
I think that Joe DiMaggio had the mob kill the Kennedys over the death of Marilyn Monroe. The Kennedys were responsible for the death of Joe's ex. Joe commented afterwards that the Kennedys got what they had coming.
From Joshua...
I know it was his Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson that was behind the whole plot. L.B.Johnson is responsible for having J.F.K. killed just like Andrew Johnson was responsible for having Lincoln killed.
It is a related conspiracy. You can't ignore the facts. Oswald didn't do it. JFK was shot from the front.
Johnson had someone else do it. Jack Ruby killed Oswald. Ruby was involved also.
They need to reopen the investigation files and prove that Johnson had Kennedy Killed.
I am a Republican and this is what I believe.
Joshua of Dubuque, IA
From Floyd...
I believe LBJ and J. Edgar Hoover using elements within the FBI and CIA were the group responsible for the murder of JFK. It seems to me that this extensive coverup involved in the murder of JFK could only have been done by people in the highest level of government.
Jim Garrison knew who committed this act but he could not prove it. I have seen all the histroy channel's programs titled "The Men Who Killed Kennedy" which to me proves that Kennedy was killed by people high up within the United States Government.
Floyd; in Orlando Florida
From Ashley...
I am an eighth grader in an Anglican school in Australia. Currently in my class of history, we are studying the assignation of John F Kennedy.
And I as many do feel so sorry for him and his wife, and all of the people present with him at the time. But I have a theory, I am not sure if it could even be cloe to right, but I think that Oswald was not working alone. I think that Oswald was definitely involved but Jack Ruby could of have had something to do with it. See I think that Oswald shot John F Kennedy from the Texas School Book Depository, but Jack Ruby was at grassy knoll. As Oswald was taken to jail Jack Ruby obviously shot him and he did t
