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In reply to the discussion: Why is it so important for some people that the Kennedy assassination [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)77. For starters: The FBI destroyed evidence.
The Hosty Note.
That's evidence of obstruction of justice.
If you want to learn more, try some of these books:
Rush to Judgment -- Mark Lane
Accessories After the Fact -- Sylvia Meagher
On the Trail of the Assassins -- Jim Garrison
Whitewash -- Harold Weisberg
The Echo From Dealey Plaza -- Abraham Bolden
Plausible Denial -- Mark Lane
Spy Saga -- Philip Melanson
Treachery in Dallas -- Walt Brown
The Man Who Knew Too Much -- Dick Russell
JFK and Vietnam -- John M. Newman
Deep Politics and the Death of JFK -- Peter Dale Scott
Oswald and the CIA -- John M. Newman
The Last Investigation -- Gaeton Fonzi
Destiny Betrayed: JFK, Cuba, and the Garrison Case -- James DiEugenio
Deadly Secrets -- Warren Hinckle and William Turner
Act of Treason -- Mark North
JFK -- Fletcher Prouty
Not in Your Lifetime -- Anthony Summers
Crossfire -- Jim Marrs
High Treason -- Harrison Edward Livingstone and Robert J. Groden
High Treason 2 -- Harrison Edward Livingstone
The Killing of a President -- Robert J. Groden
Coup d'Etat in America -- Alan J. Weberman and Michael Canfield
First Hand Knowledge: How I Participated in the CIA-Mafia Murder of President Kennedy -- Robert D. Morrow
Who Killed JFK? -- Carl Oglesby
Brothers -- David Talbot
A Farewell to Justice -- Joan Mellen
Family of Secrets -- Russ Baker
Breach of Trust -- Gerald D. McKnight
Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA -- Jefferson Morley
Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam -- Gareth Porter
JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters -- James Douglass
The Last Word -- Mark Lane
Nexus: The CIA and Political Assassination -- Larry Hancock
Crime and Cover-Up -- Peter Dale Scott
JFK vs. CIA: The Central Intelligence Agency's Assassination of the President -- Michael Calder
That's evidence of obstruction of justice.
If you want to learn more, try some of these books:
Rush to Judgment -- Mark Lane
Accessories After the Fact -- Sylvia Meagher
On the Trail of the Assassins -- Jim Garrison
Whitewash -- Harold Weisberg
The Echo From Dealey Plaza -- Abraham Bolden
Plausible Denial -- Mark Lane
Spy Saga -- Philip Melanson
Treachery in Dallas -- Walt Brown
The Man Who Knew Too Much -- Dick Russell
JFK and Vietnam -- John M. Newman
Deep Politics and the Death of JFK -- Peter Dale Scott
Oswald and the CIA -- John M. Newman
The Last Investigation -- Gaeton Fonzi
Destiny Betrayed: JFK, Cuba, and the Garrison Case -- James DiEugenio
Deadly Secrets -- Warren Hinckle and William Turner
Act of Treason -- Mark North
JFK -- Fletcher Prouty
Not in Your Lifetime -- Anthony Summers
Crossfire -- Jim Marrs
High Treason -- Harrison Edward Livingstone and Robert J. Groden
High Treason 2 -- Harrison Edward Livingstone
The Killing of a President -- Robert J. Groden
Coup d'Etat in America -- Alan J. Weberman and Michael Canfield
First Hand Knowledge: How I Participated in the CIA-Mafia Murder of President Kennedy -- Robert D. Morrow
Who Killed JFK? -- Carl Oglesby
Brothers -- David Talbot
A Farewell to Justice -- Joan Mellen
Family of Secrets -- Russ Baker
Breach of Trust -- Gerald D. McKnight
Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA -- Jefferson Morley
Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam -- Gareth Porter
JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters -- James Douglass
The Last Word -- Mark Lane
Nexus: The CIA and Political Assassination -- Larry Hancock
Crime and Cover-Up -- Peter Dale Scott
JFK vs. CIA: The Central Intelligence Agency's Assassination of the President -- Michael Calder
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Why is it so important for some people that the Kennedy assassination [View all]
Seeking Serenity
Nov 2013
OP
I know this Onion piece has been posted over and over again, and I believe Oswald acted alone,
ScreamingMeemie
Nov 2013
#11
You do understand the article isn't making fun of the assassination, but of conspiracy believers...
eqfan592
Nov 2013
#14
Not to mention that the only bullet that was found and subjected to ballistics tests
BlueStreak
Nov 2013
#58
Same reason that some people cringe whenever they hear that mindless "American exceptionalism" crap
BlueStreak
Nov 2013
#56
Riddle me this: Kennedy didn't invade Cuba during Bay of Pigs OR the Cuban Missile Crisis...
Cooley Hurd
Nov 2013
#70
No, but they make great tools for people who don't want to their own dirty work, for obvious
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#80
No, I'm not joking. If you wanted to hire a hitman, would you be looking for someone rational
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#86
Do you have a link to that fact? I agree he did not act rationally but I have never seen
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#90
Did you know that the United States House Select Committee concluded that there was a conspiracy?
NYC_SKP
Nov 2013
#6
Did you know that the only evidence they had to make that conclusion turned out to be non-credible?
Bolo Boffin
Nov 2013
#8
I never called it a trump card. I offer it for to the author of this OP for it's context.
NYC_SKP
Nov 2013
#18
the actual conclusion of an investigation hobbled by CIA intransigence and supervised by Joannides
reddread
Nov 2013
#10
Put your faith in one who seeks the truth. Doubt anyone who claims to have found it.
Scuba
Nov 2013
#9
I merely asked why some people are so committed to the conspiracy idea.
Seeking Serenity
Nov 2013
#26
In your OP you ask, why it is "so hard to accept that a great man like Kennedy was killed by an...
scarletwoman
Nov 2013
#38
I think what I hate worse is being told "you weren't alive so you don't know"...
cynatnite
Nov 2013
#36
I'm not trying to invalidate YOUR opinion, I'm just fighting back against those
scarletwoman
Nov 2013
#47
I'm 71 and it never felt right to me then either, and nothing in government has been
shraby
Nov 2013
#67
As someone who was a young person of voting age at the time it happened, I highly recommend
enough
Nov 2013
#33
Maybe for some it's impossible to consider that it was one person who did the shooting. n/t
cynatnite
Nov 2013
#34
Hell, even in that situation i could probably still get 3 shots off faster...
eqfan592
Nov 2013
#109
Your framing is strange...There is no "need" to believe it's a conspiracy and about 70 to 80 %
whathehell
Nov 2013
#75
I think it's you who thinks they HAVE to believe. Believe me, conspiracy was the last thing on
ancianita
Nov 2013
#111