On the History Channel in mid-October, were about four shows covering different aspects of the assassination, revealing a lot of new information.
One person on one of these programs made what I thought was a very interesting point.
A number of very well placed mob figures were prosecuted in the years after Kennedy’s death, on unrelated matters. Although these figures faced long prison sentences, and did go the state’s evidence route, not a one of them claimed to have knowledge of a Kennedy conspiracy.
About five years ago, there was a series of five one hour shows covering a number of conspiracy theories. On one of them, there was a well place mob figure that stated he delivered a message to either Oswald or mob contacts in New Orleans prior to Kennedy’s assassination. He thought it was a “hit” order.
No large sum of money was every found to have been deposited in the Oswald account.
I still don’t know if Oswald was even involved. I tend to think he was, but in the overall scheme of things, I’m less than positive.
One aspect about Oswald that comes out over and over again, is that he was a man who desired to make a mark on history. He thought he was very smart, and that he had not lived up to his potential, or hadn’t been recognized for the brilliant mind he had. I’m probably not expressing this well, but the idea is that if he had made a history making move, why didn’t he own it from day one, and explain what cause had influenced him to do it?
Some of these things are real quandaries for me.
A couple of years ago the discovery channel or one of those ran a show about the timing of Oswalds movements after the shooting. One of the counter-arguments was that Oswald could not have physically made all of the stops and taken the routes he supposedly took in time to be in the theatre when he was arrested. They did the steps and took the longer routes where there was a choice. Conclusion: he could have done it all. Just one point.
“I’m probably not expressing this well”
Don’t bother too much; it’s a pretty common tale. Most assassins of famous people lately have been lone nuts who wanted to be remembered and were perhaps motivated by ideology. But just because they want history to write down their names does not mean they want to be caught and put to death. They’re not martyrs.