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In reply to the discussion: Nov. 22, 1963: 50 years, and still no conspiracy|Op Ed LA Times [View all]grantcart
(53,061 posts)I will take full responsibility for not understanding the nuance of what you were saying, but questions are not strawmen.
It seems that your point is not that Oswald was an early suspect but that he was quickly identified as the only suspect.
I was not aware that the FBI came to an early conclusion that Oswald was the only shooter, and assumed that it was only after a lengthy investigation. If you have any actual citation that shows the FBI came to an early conclusion, I would be interested in that.
There is of course one major indicator that a conspiracy was in hand, but it isn't in the various points that are usually discussed (like the magic bullet), it is in Ruby.
Ruby was not a 'made man' in the Mafia but did business and was in that community. He made a lot of statements after his conviction that muddied the waters but, and here is the real problem, on his death bed he said no one else was involved. And on top of it there are credible statements by reliable people who knew Ruby that he was a non stop talker, the last person anyone would put on a 'nobody talks operation'.
In the end somebody always talks, the fact that no one has in 50 years is, in itself an indicator.
Until somebody has actual facts of a conspiracy I am going to have to do along with Ted, he was smart guy and deeply invested in the answer.