The mob putting out a hit on JFK? But why?
LBJ may make more sense but would LBJ go to such an extent risking getting caught and ruining the rest of his life?
Dunno.
The Lee Harvey Oswald always seemed to me like he was acting alone and there’s no compelling evidence to convince me otherwise. But this Kilgallen thing is interesting.
Giancana helped Kennedy get elected. The WV primary was crucial and Humphrey was favored. The mob was tied to the unions pension fun and delivered the votes to Kennedy. Joe Kennedy had mob res since he and the Italians split up the scotch and hard liquor business during prohibition.
After they were elected they went after the mafia. Giancana sent Johnny Roselli and another guy to Hyannis Port to talk to Joe Kennedy and remind him the mafia had helped the boys get elected. Roselli was a fixer and planner for the mob. The CIA used him to plot against Castro. He’s the one who came up with trying to poison his cigars.
Joe Kennedy said he would talk to the boys when they came for Christmas, but he had a major stroke and reportedly that conversation never took place.
“The mob putting out a hit on JFK?”
The mob would have been the hired trigger men only.
From an old Art Bell show with old DC insider Jack Anderson hawking his book on the JFK "hit"...
...the Mob was pretty ticked off at AG RFK for going after them, and JFK for not taking out Castro when he had the chance, and Castro was pretty ticked off as well, so...
...Castro hired the Mob with the false promise of returning their casinos seized by the Castro regime.
Again, remember it was an aging Jack Anderson writing what probably was his finally hurrah. I think he died about a year later.
YMMV.
When JFK found out his father used the Chicago mob to help him win the Presidency, he was pissed. That’s why he and Robert hit the mob with RICO actions and whatnot.
His breaking of the mob in the 1960’s is why the mob killed him.
If you still have doubts read “Best Evidence” by David S Lifton.