I don’t have any theory of who killed JFK, but I do have one about why he might have been killed.
JFK had Addison’s disease. Also known as chronic adrenal insufficiency, hypocortisolism or hypocorticism, it is a rare endocrine disorder in which the adrenal gland produces insufficient amounts of steroid hormones. The most common symptoms are fatigue, muscle weakness, weight loss, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, sweating, changes in mood and personality and joint and muscle pains.
Importantly, most people with primary Addison’s have darkening (hyperpigmentation) of the skin, including areas not exposed to the sun. The unusual appearance of the skin might be noticeable even to laymen, and it alone would suggest Addison’s to a physician familiar with the disease.
When a journalist had asked him about the unusual tinge of his skin, Kennedy replied with uncharacteristic candor, “The doctors say I’ve got a sort of slow motion leukemia, but they tell me I’ll probably last until I’m 45. So I seldom think about it except when I have the shots.”
Kennedy was wholly dependent on the cortisone therapy that Addisonians rely upon for survival. Initially, he took 25 milligrams of cortisone by mouth; he then took it through injection. Also, he had implanted in his thighs DOCA tablets of 150 milligrams, which were replaced several times a year. There are even reports that the Kennedy family kept a reservoir of DOCA and cortisone in safety deposit boxes around the country so that Jack would have ready access to these medications wherever he traveled.
In the early 1960s, the only effective treatment for Addison’s was large doses of cortisone. And this was critical. Until synthetic versions of cortisone were developed, it had several severe side effects. What was *incorrectly* believed at the time to be one of these side effects was clinical and acute paranoia.
In 1956, the very popular Hollywood stars James Mason and Walter Matthau were in a movie entitled “Bigger Than Life”, in which Mason takes cortisone pills and is driven dangerously insane by them. Mason, a superb actor, gave a chilling performance in the movie.
Thus, the chain of logic is straightforward.
1) The President of the United States has Addison’s Disease.
2) The medicine he is taking for his disease will make him insane.
3) The President of the United States has already come close to starting a nuclear war in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
4) Nuclear weapons cannot be left in the hands of a madman.
This seems to be all the justification that would be needed by whoever would assassinate JFK.
“This seems to be all the justification that would be needed by whoever would assassinate JFK.”
Maybe. Of course, we have a perfectly legal process for removing the president. Seems a bit rash to me that someone would go ahead and kill him instead of going public, considering that an election was around the corner.