General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy believed President Kennedy was killed by a conspiracy. [View all]stopbush
(24,395 posts)I have no problems with him posting evidence from the WCR that - when viewed in isolation - seems to contradict the general or final conclusions of the WC. What such testimony and evidence proves is that the WC did, indeed, examine ALL the evidence it could get it's hands on, including evidence that seems at odds with its final conclusions.
Any murder case is going to have evidence that seems to be contradictory. It's the job of law enforcement and the judicial system to make the best sense that they can of the contradictions and to come up with a case supported by the preponderance of the evidence proving a case beyond a reasonable doubt.
I would imagine that most JFK CTists would be shocked, SHOCKED to learn that the WCR did NOT entirely rule out the possibility that there was a conspiracy involved to kill JFK. What they did say was that after running down thousands upon thousands of "leads" provided to them that claimed to show a conspiracy, that they could find no evidence of the same. Not by the mob, the CIA, the SS, the Russians, the Cubans, et al, writing:
"Based upon the investigation reviewed in this chapter, the Commission concluded that there is no credible evidence that Lee Harvey Oswald was part of a conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy. The conclusion that there is no evidence of a conspiracy was also reached independently by Dean Rusk, the Secretary of State; Robert S. McNamara, the Secretary of Defense; C. Douglas Dillon, the Secretary of the Treasury; Robert F. Kennedy, the Attorney General; J. Edgar Hoover, the Director of the FBI; John A. McCone, the Director of the CIA; and James J. Rowley, the Chief of the Secret Service, on the basis of the information available to each of them," (http://jfkassassination.net/russ/jfkinfo/wcr6.htm#p19 )
while holding the door slightly ajar for CTists by writing,
"Because of the difficulty of proving negatives to a certainty the possibility of others being involved with either Oswald or Ruby cannot be established categorically, but if there is any such evidence it has been beyond the reach of all the investigative agencies and resources of the United States and has not come to the attention of this Commission." (http://jfkassassination.net/russ/jfkinfo/wcr1.htm#p2 )