Was anyone out there alive and aware when JFK, MLK and RFK were shot?

[Taverner]

113. I actually don't buy a "conspiracy" as much as a confluence of events

Yes, Oswald was there to kill Kennedy

They did find his bullets

There were also rounds from OTHER guns, some standard issue for Secret Service

A certain number of the established "law and order" did not like Kennedy

My dad, a cop in SF at the time worked with a mostly Irish department

He remembers it was split 50/50 among all of the Irish Cops - half were cheering, the other half sobbing

He told me that among the force, there was a rift between those who were "lace curtain" and true Irish

It had nothing to do with religion - the Scots-Irish there were just as divided

Now take a shot ringing out - you are on duty and you HATE Kennedy

You now have a cover - you can shoot the President while everyone is looking away - towards Oswald's direction - and in the confusion, no one knows it was you

Or they did - and they kept it hush-hush

The reason I don't go full blown government conspiracy FOR the killing is that the insconsistencies they cite are red herrings. Guys on the grassy knoll dressed well, it happens. Go to Golden Gate Park any day.

But the idea of a President, shot by one of his own security detail?

Would you want that kind of coverage?

At a time when we are almost at war with the USSR?

Remember this would have been LBJ's thinking

Consider that he didn't rat out Nixon for playing dirty tricks

He was a big believer in sweeping things under the rug

Warren gave the report, either by bribe or coercion. Now I truly believe he felt guilty and as 'penance' to himself as Chief Justice he presided over landmark civil rights cases that ensured many of the freedoms we have today.

So I think there was a conspiracy to cover up, just as there was for 9/11, Iran-Contra, and pretty much any other grievous violation.

Except they are getting bolder now - they aren't even trying to cover things up.

Bush pardoning everyone for Iran-Contra on Christmas Day was the last time the government made ANY effort to cover anything up AND sweep it under the rug.