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In reply to the discussion: GHW Bush, JFK's assassination, the CIA and drugs [View all]MinM
(2,650 posts)289. The Final Govt Investigation concluded there was a Conspiracy...
The HSCA concluded that you're full of crap .. zap.
Or as the late Gaeton Fonzi referred to it...
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But, but life is so much easier w/o complications. Denial is sooo nice sometimes. nm
rhett o rick
Dec 2012
#4
Back in early 1970's, published in, of all places, Computer World, was a very detailed discussion
kelliekat44
Dec 2012
#228
Vincent Bugliosi, in "Reclaiming History," examines this issue (of
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#262
"RH" should win a Pulitzer, imho, not that most Americans will ever bother
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#267
Speaking of entertaining, have you read the novel 'The Tears of Autumn' by
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#271
And here's a link to a (not complete) list of witnesses/connected individuals who died,
Mc Mike
Jan 2013
#294
@johnsimkin: Harold Feldman published an important article on the JFK assassination in The Nation...
MinM
Dec 2012
#258
I honestly don't think he believed it after Bobby Kennedy made it clear that he knew what happened..
MrMickeysMom
Dec 2012
#34
And you obviously believe Arlen Specter's bogus "Single Bullet Theory". Enough said. nt.
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#83
dballance in post #1 made a particular claim concerning the direction of the shot
cpwm17
Dec 2012
#199
You're correct, but don't expect the JFK CTists to bother viewing the evidence.
stopbush
Dec 2012
#158
Well perhaps if the government allowed all the evidence to be public it could be reviewed.
dballance
Dec 2012
#194
CIA assigned 1963 Oswald minder George Joannides the 1977 job of liaison with HSCA.
Octafish
Dec 2012
#206
I don't believe LHO acted alone, either. And I also believe the CIA was involved...
Cooley Hurd
Dec 2012
#207
It is most troubling, seeing the way history has unfolded since that terrible day.
Octafish
Dec 2012
#211
A friend of mine, who was in the Korean War, said that the "jerk backwards" that JFK did...
Cooley Hurd
Dec 2012
#200
If fact, had your friend been able to do a frame-by-frame film analysis, such
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#204
I don't believe Oswald acted alone. Certainly, the congressional Commission on Assassinations didn't
Cooley Hurd
Dec 2012
#70
The Business Coup has been known for decades (and is irrelevant in this discussion)...
Cooley Hurd
Dec 2012
#136
Those kinds of accusations are meaningless on a handled internet forum. You could be CIA or
stevenleser
Dec 2012
#264
Have you read Vincent Bugliosi's "Reclaiming History" yet? If not, I strongly
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#80
I'm on the final chapter ("Conclusion of No Conspiracy") now and hope to
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#148
The thought has occurred to me over the years: What if he disclosed everything,
NBachers
Dec 2012
#2
I think that is why they are insisting on so much "privacy" don't want anyone catching a stray word.
rwsanders
Dec 2012
#160
how about the October Surprise. Plus the strategy of minority tools like Clarence THOMAS
UTUSN
Dec 2012
#79
Wasn't he also in the plot to overthrow FDR, the one they tried to recruit Mj. Gen Smedley Butler?
rwsanders
Dec 2012
#161
Read "Blood, Money and Power, how LBJ killed JFK" by Barr McClellan for additional information
Samantha
Dec 2012
#7
Those who think LBJ had a role in the assassination of JFK have a very high hurdle to
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#96
You really need to read Vincent Bugliosi's "Reclaiming History". Bugliosi
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#149
While I would never have described myself previously as a "CTer," I suppose I
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#155
Thank you for posting. As a brother who has a (younger) brother who
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#268
Your syntax is so garbled that I'm having trouble discerning exactly what's got
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#255
I don't think all members of the Warren Commission were 'enemies of Kennedy'. Perhaps
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#182
And I highly recommend Blood, Money & Power simply for the evidence the author produced
Samantha
Dec 2012
#164
When facts are lacking, everything is a CT. Your theory is nothing more than
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#224
Um, perhaps you missed the fact that both WTC1 and WTC2 collapsed into themselves?
dballance
Dec 2012
#121
You still have not explained why common building fires might have brought down WTC7
dballance
Dec 2012
#132
Google it. John Kerry was recorded stating that it was brought down in a 'controlled
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#99
C'mon! It's PERFECTLY SAFE to go into a tilting building-on-fire with explosives!
Cooley Hurd
Dec 2012
#241
Perhaps your reading comprehension skills prevented you from properly following the thread:
Cooley Hurd
Dec 2012
#237
Are you trying to discredit this post by referencing a completely unrelated event
Ian62
Dec 2012
#87
Yes, and he cleverly shaved small portions of his head so his hairline would appear similar -- but
MADem
Dec 2012
#202
Well, Congress voted to go to war with Iraq over evidence inferior to this
MannyGoldstein
Dec 2012
#75
LHO was also indisputably a committed Marxist who admired Castro and one who took serious
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#86
How much do you know about the meeting that took place the night before JFK's murder....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#18
John McAdams is a professional debunker who has made a career of espousing the lone-nut line.
Octafish
Dec 2012
#110
You asked me that last time you attempted to divert discussion of the JFK assassination.
Octafish
Dec 2012
#265
Questions? Your puerile demands? Your straw men? Why don't you ever criticize the BFEE, zappamaman?
Octafish
Dec 2012
#274
NO - the evidence is that only three of the bullets could have come from Oswald
Taverner
Dec 2012
#284
Um, Vincent Bugliosi also makes an incredibly substantive case that LHO
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#89
Why did you disagree? And on what grounds specifically? I'm just starting
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#181
Thanks for that link. I would hardly conclude from it, though, that Bugliosi's book
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#179
Thanks again for the additional links. I'm somewhat new to the back alleys and
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#205
Nixon also claimed that he wasn't in Dallas that day until an investigative reporter....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#53
LHO's fingerprints and palm prints were found on the Mannlicher-Carcano
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#91
The Mauser and M-C both have a similar appearance to non-experts, according
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#183
The man who found the gun, Deputy Eugene Boone, signed a sworn affidavit....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#189
"JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters" is the best book
Peace Patriot
Dec 2012
#100
Thank you for this very informative post -- another reputable book I have on my list to read
Samantha
Dec 2012
#174
I still have doubts about LBJ, too, which Douglass does not put to rest.
Peace Patriot
Dec 2012
#191
James Douglass' book is an excellent resource, and not just about the assassination!
LongTomH
Dec 2012
#186
I find it interesting that some assert that conspiracies never happen. Or just not in the USA.
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#131
Yep....no conspiracy involved in the assassination of Lincoln, or the attempted coup.....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#140
No one, including Bugliosi and his defenders here myself included, denies that
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#209
Yeah...I guess the House Select Committee on Assassinations got it all wrong in 1978....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#217
Because the Warren Commission apologists have no answer to Hunt's confession, and....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#138
There are a series of claims in the OP (which is copied from an entry on
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#208
Yes, blaming the innocent and excusing the guilty is all the rage for some in this thread. n/t
cpwm17
Dec 2012
#215
EHH's deathbed confession is plausible, since it came from a 1st hand acct...
Cooley Hurd
Dec 2012
#242