[BabsC]

I don't know, he could have facilitated the assasination simply through inaction. Why did the motorcade take that turn by the depository? Why were they going slower than normal speed for a motorcade? Why was the security detail reduced that day? There is a still photograph of the faces in the second, enclosed, limo containing the vice-president. They all appear to be grinning.

So many people wanted this man and his brother dead all security had to do was slow down and look the other way.

[Tares]

Why did the motorcade take that turn by the depository?

Whoever laid out the original motorcade route was unfamiliar with the road layout at Dealey Plaza. The Triple Underpass is called the Triple Underpass for a reason. There are three distinct travel lanes, separated by raised concrete medians. The original route would have sent the motorcade through the center of the Triple Overpass. The exit to the freeway leading to the Trade Mart is only accessible from the right side of the Triple Underpass. The route the motorcade took was the only way to the Trade Mart that didn't involve driving over curbs.

Why were they going slower than normal speed for a motorcade?

Because President Kennedy requested the motorcade drive slow, so that the people of Dallas could see him better. The Secret Service argued against this, but Kennedy prevailed.

Why was the security detail reduced that day?

Two Secret Service agents normally rode on the back of the Pesidential limo. President Kennedy changed this for the trip through Dallas. Same goes for the bubble top to the limo. Kennedy wanted to be more visible to the spectators.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Colonel Fletcher Prouty discusses the collapse of normal security precautions. He mentions the lack of sealed windows along the route, the lack of sharpshooters along the route, the failure to weld shut manholes, and the order for a team of Army security specialists at a nearby military base to stand down rather than go to Dallas.

Prouty was Kennedy's briefing officer and a liason between the CIA and Joint Chiefs.

There had been numerous reports of threats by Mafioso against Kennedy including Carlos Marcello, Jimmy Hoffa and Santos Traficante. It is claimed at least two prior plots against JFK had been thwarted: one in Miami and one in Chicago.

Another intriguing tidbit is the fact that the then Mayor of Dallas, Charles Cabel, was the brother of the Cabel who Kennedy had fired from the CIA. Allan Dulles, WC member, had been fired by Kennedy as head of the CIA. Hoover was going to be forced by JFK to retire. Johnson rescinded that order.

The more this mess is examined the worse things look.