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He got most of it, but not all. The mob did do it, but not just because of the legal "persecution" they were undergoing. Even the mob is patriotic enough to think whacking the President is a bad thing. But, during their negotiations with Castro to try and recover the hundreds of millions they lost when he kicked them out of Havana and confiscated their gambling monies, a business opportunity arose. During their negotiations, the mob revealed to Castro that the CIA was trying to get them to whack him. In retaliation for Kennedy and the CIA trying to have him whacked, Castro wanted Kennedy whacked, and was willing to "make a deal" with the mob if they took care of it. (Key thing to note here, which journalists always forget to mention, is that BIG press conference Castro gave where he announced that if 'leaders of other countries' thought it was OK to kill him, he thought it was OK to kill them, roughly paraphased.) In exchange for their confiscated Millions and Millions and Millions in gambling money, and expressly motivated by the activity of the Justice Dept, the Mob did Castro's dirty deed, taking care of two problems at once. Why the subsequent coverup since the Gov't knew what happened? Simple. If the American people knew Castro had a hand in it, they would have demanded full-scale war with Cuba, which at that time would certainly have resulted in a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union. Johnson now had his hands on the reins, and in his thinking, (correctly, BTW) why should millions of Americans die because one politician got whacked? All of this is the reason the USA will NEVER normalise relations with Cuba while Castro lives. The day after he croaks, things will change. Also, when Warren came out of LBJ's office after being told he would head the commission, it was noted by visitors that he was crying. The reason he was crying is because he had been told the truth and now had to lie to the American people and cover up what really happened, for their own benefit. A coverup by the Gubment never goes away, too many people like secrets.