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JFK Assassination

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Overview

The JFK Assassination conspiracy theory posits that the murder of U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, was not the act of a lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald, but the result of a coordinated plot involving entities such as the CIA, the Mafia, or elements of the U.S. government. Spanning decades of speculation, the theory remains unproven despite extensive investigations and document releases.

When: November 22, 1963
Where: Dallas, Texas, United States
Who: John F. Kennedy (U.S. President)
Involved: Alleged: CIA, Organized Crime (Mafia), Anti-Castro Cuban groups, Elements of the U.S. government,
Why: Alleged motives include preventing Kennedy’s policy shifts (e.g., Cuba, Vietnam), retaliation for anti-Mafia efforts, or consolidating political power
Outcome: Presidential assassination of John F. Kennedy, Official narrative upheld by Warren Commission (1964); conspiracy theories persist with partial document releases ongoing as of 2025

The original conspiracy

Key Figures

Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald
Alleged lone gunman per official reports; central figure in conspiracy claims suggesting he was a patsy or part of a larger plot
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Vice President who became President after Kennedy’s death; accused by some theorists of involvement to secure presidency
Allen Welsh Dulles
Allen Welsh Dulles
Former CIA Director fired by Kennedy; Warren Commission member; suspected by some of orchestrating a cover-up

Contemporary Dismissals

The official investigation into John F. Kennedy’s assassination, conducted by the Warren Commission (established by President Lyndon B. Johnson via Executive Order 11130 on November 29, 1963), concluded in its 1964 report that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, firing three shots from the Texas School Book Depository. The report dismissed conspiracy allegations, asserting that no evidence linked Oswald to the CIA, the Mafia, or foreign entities like Cuba or the Soviet Union (Warren Commission Report, 1964, p. 21). FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover reinforced this, stating in a memo that the Bureau’s evidence conclusively tied Oswald to the crime without external aid (Hoover, Memo to Deputy Attorney General Katzenbach, November 25, 1963). Early media coverage, such as The New York Times article “Panel Finds Oswald Alone Killed Kennedy” (September 28, 1964), echoed this, framing doubters as fringe theorists. CIA Director John McCone testified to the Commission that agency records showed no Oswald connection beyond routine monitoring (McCone, Testimony to Warren Commission, 1964). Inconsistencies challenged these dismissals, but official sources maintained the lone gunman narrative, citing ballistic evidence and Oswald’s Marxist sympathies as sufficient explanation (Warren Commission Report, 1964, pp. 374–375).

Proven Factual?

Still Unproven True. Despite decades of speculation, declassified documents, and investigations like the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA, 1976–1979), no definitive evidence has proven a conspiracy in JFK’s assassination as of March 7, 2025. The HSCA concluded a “probable conspiracy” based on acoustic evidence suggesting a second shooter (HSCA Final Report, 1979, p. 95) but could not identify co-conspirators, and this finding remains contested. Ongoing releases, such as 2,400 new FBI files announced in February 2025, fuel debate but lack a conclusive “smoking gun.”

Key Figures In Exposing

James Carothers Garrison
James Carothers Garrison
New Orleans District Attorney: led 1967–1969 investigation alleging CIA and anti-Castro involvement; inspired Oliver Stone’s JFK
Mark Lane
Mark Lane
Attorney and author: wrote Rush to Judgment (1966), challenging Warren Commission findings with witness testimonies
Jefferson Morley
Jefferson Morley
Journalist: authored books and runs JFK Facts blog, pushing for CIA document transparency

Media and Pop Culture

Type: Film
Title: JFK
Description: 1991 Oliver Stone film dramatizing Jim Garrison’s investigation, popularizing conspiracy narratives
Type: Film
Title: Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy
Description: 1989 book by Jim Marrs detailing multiple conspiracy angles, influencing public skepticism
Type: Film
Title: JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (Documentary)
Description: 2021 Oliver Stone documentary revisiting evidence, alleging government involvement

References

- Warren Commission, “Report of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy,” U.S. Government Printing Office, September 24, 1964
- House Select Committee on Assassinations, “Final Report,” U.S. Government Printing Office, March 29, 1979
- Lane, Mark, “Rush to Judgment: A Critique of the Warren Commission’s Inquiry,” Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1966
- Marrs, Jim, “Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy,” Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1989
- National Archives, “JFK Assassination Records – 2023 Additional Documents Release,” August 23, 2023
- Reuters, “US FBI finds thousands of new files on JFK assassination,” February 11, 2025

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