John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 46, President for 1,026 days, was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas Texas. He, his wife, Jackie, the Vice President and many others were in Dallas for a reelection campaign for the upcoming election in 1964 when the horrible incident happened. Sadly, there is no decent explanation of the assassination from the government – The Warren Report is a 26 Volume Report that claims that Lee Harvey Oswald is the lone assassin – I do not agree with this.
The CIA was one branch of the government that was definitely a big thorn in Kennedy’s side, and he, a thorn in theirs. The Bay of Pigs Invasion was the spark that ignited the devastating fire! Crossfire by Jim Marrs (1989) explains that over fifteen-hundred
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Peter Dale Scott tells us in his book Deep Politics and the Death of JFK (1993) that late in 1963 Kennedy had authorized the withdrawal of one-thousand U.S. troops from Vietnam – this was the first step towards total retreat from Vietnam, which he anticipated would happen by the end of 1965 (Scott 24). This incident added to the fire that was roaring underneath the CIA – something had to be done about Kennedy.
The Mafia is also a key suspect in this assassination. Especially Carlos Marcello, who was the mob boss in New Orleans – he was deported because of Attorney General Robert Kennedy, President Kennedy’s brother (Sherer April 1991). Robert Kennedy focused much of his time on getting rid of organized crime, and he did a pretty good job. In the Web Site “Who Murdered JFK and Why?” Marcello was quoted saying that President Kennedy was like a dog and Bobby Kennedy was his tail. The dog will keep biting you if you only cut off its tail, but cut off the head and the dog will die, tail and all. I would say that’s a pretty good analogy of what happened. If President Kennedy were to die, then Robert Kennedy wouldn’t be able to keep going after the mob. Another Mafia boss, Santos Trafficante from Miami also made a ‘prediction’ about Kennedy’s death when he said “Kennedy’s not going to make it to the election. He’s going to be hit (http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/9719/jfk.html).” Many major crime bosses
On November 29, 1963, our 35th President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. A young and vigorous leader who was a victim of the fourth Presidential assassination in the history of a country. This assassination was known as a world tragedy, and a great lost to our nation. Many conspiracies were formed while the investigation of his assassination was undergoing, making his case unsolved. But with the many conspiracies, the assassination caused a lot of effect on our country over the years. Making the JFK assassination a remarkable case.
However Castro found out about the plot, apparently through one of the Mafia bosses who was a Cuban sympathizer, Carlos Trafficante, and redirected it back at Kennedy. Another one of the mafia bosses also wanted to get back at Kennedy. Kennedy had won the presidential election with the mafia's help, and still his brother Robert, Attorney General at the time, was publicly prosecuting these same bosses as an effort to put down organized crime. It is believed that Trafficante redirected the Cuban exiles to accompany Oswald in Dallas. The third is the amount of government cover-ups that arose from the assassination. One year earlier Kennedy had made a secret pack with Russia that he would not interfere with the Cuban government. But Kennedy broke this pack by plotting to assassinate Castro. It was believed that if Castro was assassinated then Russia would have retaliated with nuclear weapons. Therefore Kennedy had to be eliminated so that this would not have happened. His death virtually eliminated the threat of Soviet retaliation against the U.S. for his plot to remove Castro using Mafia resources. The murder of Oswald by Jack Ruby plays into this theory that the government was somehow involved. Why would Jack Ruby kill Oswald? I believe that Ruby killed Oswald so that he would not leak to the public that the assassination was a conspiracy. How would the American people take it? Our president was killed by our own
The CIA’s involvement in the killing of JFK is one of the popular theories put forward by conspiracy theorists. President Kennedy was said to have told an official in his administration, “I want to splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds” (McGovern, 2013, para. 3). Many of the individuals who disliked Kennedy believed he was the reason for the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961. They also believed that he would reduce the size of the military industrial complex and that he was not going after communism hard enough. The CIA was involved
Very early in Kennedy’s presidency he had his first major conflict in foreign affairs in the Bay of Pigs, which ended in disaster. He was told of a secret plan
withdraw U.S forces from the Vietnam war which would destroy some of their links. JFK did not
There are numerous competing theories and perspectives that strive to unravel the mystery that surround one of the most notorious assassinations in the history of United States; President, John F. Kennedy (Waldron 2). Many scholars have described the premature demise of JFK as one of the biggest blows to democracy and peace in the United States. The war in Vietnam is reported to have escalated after JFK assassination, a feature that has been used to back the underlying notion that United States military imperialism and aggression significantly increased after 1963 (Stone, Zachary, Garrison & Marrs 4). Even though perceptions on the
For decades there have been many conspiracy theories on the JFK assassination, people are still in shock wondering how no one knows what really happened. There were two official government investigations that were spaced out fifteen years apart, with surprisingly different conclusions. Even after half a century the latest Gallup poll shows that “85 percent of the American public believes there was a conspiracy in the assassination” There are so many different ideas to what might have happened. These theories vary from being the CIA, Mafia, Vice President Johnson, or even space aliens. Of course with modern forensic technology we have today, we are able to make better educated assumptions. Fifty decades ago it was defiantly a lot harder to investigate
This week I would write about one of the greatest conspiracies that the world has seen, and this is the assassination of John F Kennedy. The 35th President of the United States was shot the November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas at 12.30pm . He was fatally shot in his wife's car. The ten-month investigation concluded that the President had been assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald that was founded dead while he was in police custody by Jack Ruby.
Due to secret Cuban operations, the CIA had both a motive and means to kill John F Kennedy. Throughout most of JFK’s presidency, he was highly critical of the CIA; however, it was not always this way. JFK had been in support of CIA operations in Cuba until, according to MaryFerrell.org, “This changed with the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba, inherited from the Eisenhower administration. Kennedy accepted responsibility publicly, but privately blamed the CIA and obtained the resignation of longtime Director Allen Dulles and others. He also implemented NSAM 55, transferring control of paramilitary operations to the Defense Dept”(MaryFerrell.org). This was not only the start of poor relations between JFK and the CIA, but triggered many CIA personnel to blame JFK privately for their failure. Leaving many CIA officers very
.One of the most well known days in American history is the day that John F. Kennedy was fatally shot and killed in Dallas,Texas. On November 22,1963, President John F. Kennedy was killed during his ride on a motorcade. He was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald, which is documented that he had no motive to kill the president. His assassination impacted policies and America in drastic ways. Many people were affected as well by this great loss.
On November 22, 1963 national tragedy struck America after the catastrophic death of the thirty-fifth president of the United States, John F. Kennedy. Kennedy arrived in Dallas with his wife, Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, by his side and rode in a convertible limousine behind John and Nellie Connolly through Dealy Plaza. When the motorcade took way through downtown Dallas, shots were fired at president Kennedy soon killing him. The assassination of president John F. Kennedy made questions surface about his death, and when those questions were left unanswered, distrust of the government in the 1960’s formed; in return led conspiracies to thrive.
The assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 has created very strong conspiracy theories, which accuse involvement of the CIA, the Mafia, the present Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro, the KGB, or even some more names that are in the works today. Some conspiracy theories claim that the United States federal government covered up crucial information in the aftermath of the assassination. Former Los Angeles District Attorney Vincent Bugliosi estimated that a total of 42 groups, 82 assassins, and 214 people had been accused at one time or another in various conspiracy scenarios. Which seems like way to many people involved and accused for the the death of one man. But most of these conspiracy’s have
• In my opinion the CIA was involved in the assassination. They wanted to get revenge because of the fail invasion of The Bay of Pigs. • JFK also wanted to "splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds". • The purpose of the invasion was to overthrow Fidel Castro.
First off, Kennedy was under a lot of pressure during the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. After the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion, the
The day November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, would soon become known as a tragic day in US history. John F Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, had been drumming up support for the upcoming election. Tragically, he was brutally gunned down by Lee Harvey Oswald. At first glance, this assassination seems like a simple murder. A communist defector simply was angry with JFK and decided to kill him. Many people have failed to notice, however, that the CIA not only had motive to kill JFK, but they also attempted to cover up many details about Lee Harvey Oswald, and JFK in general. If the general populus continues to believe what the CIA wants them to, we will never understand who truly was responsible for his death. The CIA played a large role in John F Kennedy’s death because of the CIA’s motive to kill him, the CIA coverups in the investigation following his death, and promising unfollowed leads that the investigators have ignored.