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In reply to the discussion: 32 Reasons and Arguments There Was No Conspiracy Behind Oswald Killing Kennedy [View all]Bolo Boffin
(23,872 posts)35. (31) Almost all of the "usual suspects" would have to have enlisted the others.
Bugliosi, page 1460:
Let's assume, for example, that the CIA was behind the assassination. After the assassination, how could the CIA have gotten the FBI, Secret Service, Dallas Police Department, the autopsy doctors, indeed, the Warren Commission itself, to go along with the horrendous crime the agency had committed and do the great number of things the conspiracy theorists say these various groups did to cover up the CIA's complicity in Kennedy's murder? Wouldn't that be an impossible task? The only way (there is no other way) that agencies and people like the FBI, autopsy doctors, et cetera, would all agree to cover up the murder of the president of the United States for the CIA (or mob, FBI, military-industrial complex, etc.) would be if they themselves were part of the original conspiracy to murder Kennedy. And again, no rational person can possibly believe these groups and people all got together to murder the president.
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32 Reasons and Arguments There Was No Conspiracy Behind Oswald Killing Kennedy [View all]
Bolo Boffin
Mar 2013
OP
(1) There is no credible evidence, direct or circumstantial, that any suspected group actually did.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2013
#1
(2) Any entertainment of a conspiracy by them would have been "reckless, irrational, and dangerous."
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2013
#2
(3) Since there's no credible evidence against the "usual suspects," who else?
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2013
#3
(5) The complexity of any proposed JFK assassination conspiracy argues against it working.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2013
#5
(6) If Oswald was part of a conspiracy, they waited a long time to bring him aboard.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2013
#6
(7) Oswald's conduct in the month before the assassination (until Nov 19) precludes a conspiracy.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2013
#7
(9) Oswald wasn't the kind of person anyone would hire to be the point person.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2013
#9
(10) Oswald wasn't the kind of person who would work with or for a conspiracy.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2013
#10
(11) Those who then knew Oswald and Ruby rejected the idea either acted in concert with others.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2013
#11
(12) The Warren Commission's conclusions were supported by JFK's brothers and son.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2013
#12
(13) Oswald never showed any evidence of having a mysterious source of money.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2013
#13
(15) No group would have let Oswald use a rifle so easily traceable to him.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2013
#15
(17) The use of a military rifle that could not use soft-point bullets argues against conspiracy.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2013
#17
(18) Conspirators would not have chosen someone with Oswald's shooting expertise.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2013
#18
(19) Oswald had no track record as a hit man with any suspected organization.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2013
#19
(21) Oswald's desire to blow up the Dallas FBI office argues against conspiracy.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2013
#25
(22) Oswald would not have done anything to draw attention to himself before the hit.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2013
#26
(23) Oswald's many applications for employment in October preclude a conspiracy.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2013
#27
(27) Oswald's extreme isolation in the weeks before the assassination argue against conspiracy.
Bolo Boffin
May 2013
#31
(28) A conspiracy would have made sure Oswald was unavailable for any interrogation.
Bolo Boffin
May 2013
#32
(29) Oswald not bringing his revolver to work on Thursday is evidence of his acting alone.
Bolo Boffin
May 2013
#33
(30) Oswald never offering to turn state's evidence supports no conspiracy.
Bolo Boffin
May 2013
#34
(31) Almost all of the "usual suspects" would have to have enlisted the others.
Bolo Boffin
May 2013
#35
the evidence is that he can't see one of the most obvious conspiracies and
NoMoreWarNow
May 2013
#44
Thanks, but that testimony has more holes in it than a spaghetti strainer, and it's full of
Ghost in the Machine
Nov 2013
#67
Ok, I've read some of the "53 Reasons" post, but I still have to say it's full of holes....
Ghost in the Machine
Nov 2013
#69