A short post for the conspiracy naysayers.

[BlueStreak]

157. We can infer what happened by looking at what followed

That isn't a perfect method, but it is better than simply saying "gosh how can we ever know anything?"

We know that the CIA went on to do all sorts of assassinations and government overthrows, and most of them were never revealed any more clearly than the JFK story. We know that the whole enterprise of the "black budget government" has gone on to become a vast operation completely out of control. Is there a connection between Snowden and JFK? Most certainly on some level.

We know that several of JFKs political enemies, most notably Nixon and the whole cadre that surrounded GHW Bush, went on to acquire vast amounts of power. Was this a direct result of offing Kennedy? We can't say that, but is it foolish for anybody to assume there are no connections.

And so on...

None of that gets us to a "smoking gun" level of certainty. But it certainly informs us as to how much trust we should put into what appeared from the very first day to be a whitewash job by the Warren Commission.

Only a fool assumes that the darker side of our government is naturally inclined to behave itself.