I was a 17-year-old college freshman on 11/22/63. JFK's murder affected me, & everyone in our generation, deeply. It also changed the course of history. LBJ immediately ramped up the Vietnam war. Our culture exploded.
I have read many of the books, followed all the arguments & hearings, and studied the research & massive documentation. I am persuaded beyond a reasonable doubt that David S. Lifton's Best Evidence (1990), plus Robert J. Groden's The Killing of a President (1993), plus this Web site provide the best explanation.
Conclusion:
"The murder of John F. Kennedy was a conspiracy.
James Earl Files, in association with Charles Nicoletti and John Rosselli, were sent to Dallas by Sam Giancana -- head of the Chicago mob -- and a known CIA covert operative, David Atlee Phillips.
The CIA and Mafia had full knowledge of the hit and CIA covert operatives were actively involved.
John Rosselli was flown into Dallas on a CIA supported Military Air Transport flight co-piloted by Robert 'Tosh' Plumlee.
Charles Nicoletti was driven into Dallas from the Grace Ranch in Arizona by Chauncey Holt.
David Atlee Phillips of the CIA orchestrated Oswald and possibly an unknown third party who was to have eliminated Oswald but who killed Officer J.D. Tippit instead. This man's identity is unknown."
Nicoletti & Files fired (from different locations) the two near-simultaneous fatal head shots. Marshall Caifano was the likely shooter from the South Knoll (throat wound). At least 8 shots were fired. See the Dealey Plaza page at the linked site.
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CIA set Oswald up to take the blame. Oswald was the perfect guy for them to manipulate.
The real horror: CIA/mafia (intertwined in the early 60's) pulled this coup. CIA then forged the intact back-of-skull images that came out of the Bethesda autopsy. As outrageous as this sounds, that is the only way to reconcile the accurate eyewitness accounts -- from 16 medical professionals in Dallas -- of JFK's massive occipital (back-of-head) brain-blasted-out gaping wound with the wildly different, obviously fraudulent images accepted by the Warren Commission.
Read the two books cited above. Read/view all of the Web site linked above. Stop listening to disinformation propaganda garbage spewed by Big Media.
The mob had delivered the WVA primary to JFK through the UMW and Teamster connections when Humphrey was the strong favorite. This provided the momentum for Kennedy to get the nomination. Additionally, they worked for JFK in Chicago, "getting out the vote."
When the Kennedy's went into office, RFK started hitting the teamsters and the mafia hard. RFK had Marcello swept off the street in New Orleans after losing the deportation hearing. They dumped him in the hills of Guatemala without a wallet of any money.
In late 1961, Giancana sent Roselli and another guy to talked to Joseph Kennedy. They asked him to remind his boys that they had helped him get elected. Joe responded that he would have a talk with them when they got home for Christmas. Before Christmas Joe had a stroke and could not converse with anyone.