Who Didn't Kill JFK?
On November 22, 1963 at 12:31 in Dallas Texas President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed. Only one man, Lee Harvey Oswald, was arrested in the hours following the assassination. Was Oswald the lone assassin, or a just a patsy as he claimed. Oswald was set up from the day the plot was made. Oswald was the perfect fall guy in an elaborate plan directly involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Mafia, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Secret Service, the Dallas Police, Lyndon Johnson, the Military, the Texas Oilmen, and later the Warren Commission was involved in a cover up. With these forces working together they master minded and attempted to get away with ...
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man, he wanted one of his four sons to enter into politics. Joe had both the power and money to help influence his ambitions, for his four sons. (Netzley, The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy)(pg 8) John's father put a lot of pressure on his children he told his son, "We want winners. We don't want losers here." Joe Kennedy eventually decided that his oldest son Joe would run for the presidency. Though Joe was unfortunately killed in a dangerous bombing mission during World War II. (Netzley pg10-13) After Joe's loss of his oldest son, he told John, that he should enter the life of politics. John Kennedy said My father wanted his oldest son in politics. Wanted isn't the right word. He demanded it." (netzley pg12) In 1946 John Kennedy ran for congressman from the eleventh district in Boston, and won. He was than later reelected for a second term. (Netzley pg12)
After John began to learn more about politics, he decided to run for United ...
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John's diligent campaign work, his father was contributing financially as well. Joe Kennedy wealth was estimated to be about 250 million dollars, in real estate, the stock market and rumors of bootlegging profits. (marrs, Crossfire the Plot That killed Kennedy. pg2) Joe Kennedy had numerous Mafia connections, which were used to help win votes for John, under the condition he would not go after organized crime. With the aid of the Mafia's and a his father's money John Kennedy won the closest election ever defeating Nixon by only point one percent of the votes. (Netzley pg16)
In January of 1963 just weeks before Kennedy was to be inaugurated, Eisenhower broke off diplomatic ...
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