I know some decedents of the Mob in Chicago who believe that the Mob killed JFK. Pay back for going after the Unions. After lots of support from the mob and Chicago machine to get elected..he and RFK turned on them.
The question is..how did they manipulate Oswald?
The ties between the Chicago Outfit and JFK where long and deep. Plus the Outfit and CIA 'had a thing'. And like Oswald, they don't/didn't like being a patsy (sucker) either.
Keep in mind, E Howard Hunt's wife, Dorothy, died in a 1972 Plane Crash while it was in its landing approach into Midway Airport (SW side of Chi). She had $10K in cash in her purse.
(I'll leave it at that.)
Oswald had governemnt ties (informant, etc), he "looked" like the perfect assassin ie his defection and associations. I think it would have been easy to set him up by asking him to maybe....place a call at a certain time from the break room at the Depository, so that he'd think he was assisting in some sort of stake out....whatever. I think when he heard that JFK had been shot outside of the building where he worked, he KNEW he'd been set up. I think his actions after this realization are those of a frightened patsy. (why did a Dallas Police squad car stop and honk in front of Oswald's rooming house during the few minutes he was there?)
“Mob killed JFK”?Yrs back I read a book(can’t remember title)that postulates that same theory.Makes one think.I believe it’s “possible”.No doubt the mob was highly po’d when(AG Bobby?)started agressively pursuing the mafia.After all,from what i understand they were quite helpfull in getting JFK elected.Lots of mafia influence in Chicago,Boston,NYC,etc via unions.How to manipulate LHO?Not too hard imo.Classic example of a patsi.A little man-desperate for recognition-not to sharp-who was a loser to boot.Jack Ruby-long time mob associate-in turn silences LHO.