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08 May 2018
A Research Paper on the JFK Assassination Conspiracy
Introduction
The assassination of President Kennedy happened during the occurrence of the Cold War which happened one year upon the happening of the Cuban Missile Crisis and it led the world into a nuclear calamity. It was also a time of crises in the civil rights movements wherein resistance from different States were taking place. Likewise, the brother of President Kennedy, named Robert fought the atrocities of organized crime since he was the Attorney General at such time. Cuba at such time had an official named Castro who acquired power during the Era of Eisenhower and plotted to assassinate President Kennedy while Vietnam was a dilemma at such time and brewing into a full-scale war (2018). These problems divided the country and the administration of Kennedy in terms of domestic and foreign policy. Furthermore, there were mob figures, the CIA, Pentagon officials, Exiles from Cuba who were all prime suspects to the murder of the Kennedy. In the subsequent paragraphs, the question of how a man named Lee Harvey Oswald became the killer of the assassinated president will be answered thoroughly, as well as another suspect named Lyndon is included in this research as to the determination of the assassination, which took place in America.
A. Description of the Assassination
On the year 1963, former John F. Kennedy was assassinated while on board the Presidential motorcade along the Dealey Plaza. About an hour after the shooting incident, Lee Harvey Oswald became the prime suspect and was immediately arrested and while being brought to the jail, he was also killed and fatally shot. This murder was televised on live news, later on another person named Ruby was arrested for killing Oswald. At first, investigation concluded that the assassination and killing of Oswald was a Lone plan however, in the course of investigation by the Committee formed to investigate, they stated that the assassination was a conspiracy and a planned scheme made by a number of individuals.
B. Why is it Considered that the Assassination is a Conspiracy
A task-force commission in America was created to research on the assassination of the President and looked into the summary of the events that preceded the assassination. “The Commission committed to solve this task and provide the most accurate conclusions based on proof and sure evidences. The Commission was allowed to work on all the strategies available for them to find the answers to all the queries with the assistance of government agencies and full cooperation of this task-force team” (National Archives). It was obvious that based on the investigation and research made by the task-force that this was a planned scheme to put an end in the life of John Kennedy. Firstly, the bullets were alleged to be coming from the “sixth floor window and corner of the Texas Depository. Witnesses stated they have seen flashes of the rifle being fired from said floor. Likewise, scene of the crime operatives discovered that “the bullets seen on the Governor’s stretcher at Parkland Memorial Hospital along with bullet fragments found at the Presidential limousine were fired from the 6.5- millimeter Mannlicher-Carcano rifle as opposed to all the other weapons” (National Archives). The weaponries and ammunition used and found at the crime site and near the assassination area have led into the conclusion that it was not a spur-of-the-moment attack but was made through a long-time of consistent planning and meticulous scheme to kill the President.
A. Why Lee Harvey Oswald was Considered as a Scapegoat and not the Actual Killer
It has been released during the investigation procedures that the bullets that took the life of President Kennedy and almost caused the life of Governor Connally was fired by Lee Harvey Oswald. This information was based on the findings that the:
(a)The Italian rifle used belonged to Oswald (National Archives).
(b)Oswald brought the firearm to the Depository Building on 1963 (National Archives).
(c) Committee concluded that Oswald situated at the 6th flr window when the shots were fired (National Archives).
(d)Shortly after the assassination, the rifle allegedly owned by Oswald was found placed near the cartons on the sixth floor along with the paper bag that Oswald used to conceal the weapon (National Archives).
(e)The testimony of the experts and the meticulous analysis of videos and images coming from the day of assassination, the Commission has concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald was indeed capable of firing the shots from far-off distance. So, the Commission has decided based on the research and investigations made that Oswald is the primary suspect and the one who murdered the President Kennedy (National Archives).
It was also a time of desperation in terms of the civil rights movements and there were resistance all over the United States. It was also a public knowledge that the brother of President Kennedy, named Robert was determined to lessen of silence the organized crimes happening while he was the Attorney General. It was made into a theory that Oswald was the killer and scapegoat but the mastermind was that official from Cuba named Castro who acquired power during the Era of Eisenhower and plotted to assassinate President Kennedy while Vietnam was a dilemma at such time and brewing into a full-scale war (2018). The actual killer and mastermind who brought about this murderous incident into completion was none other than Castro himself.
B. Who Else Planned the Assassination
The Federal Bureau of Investigation as well as other government agencies, including the police and the military have the responsibility to show the people how the investigation and research made by the task-force has been performed and whether or not the murder was planned with wicked intention of silencing the President Kennedy. An attack against the President is an attack against America hence, the need for authenticity and openness in the part of the government officials and agencies of releasing such information to the State (Amos O.). Another man suspected to be the murderer is Lyndon Johnson, former running mate and Vice-President of President John Kennedy at such time. For the record, it has been concluded that the assassination was indeed a planned scheme to end the life of John Kennedy. As summarized in the Committee’s Report that the scene of the crime operatives found out that the bullets found all came from a Mannlicher-Carcano rifle, which at the same time was found on the sixth floor of the Depository Building. All these weapons and ammunition were used at the crime site and near the assassination area have led into the conclusion that it was not a spur-of-the-moment attack but was made through a long-time of consistent planning and meticulous scheme to kill the President. Conspiracy with the head of Cuba and its hired assassins was the main theory and all evidences pointed out into an act of conspiracy. Likewise, under the JFK Assassination Records of 1992 that the government was set to open to the public and release the thousands of confidential and top secret documents to the people who has provided National Security concerns to finally put an end to the questions that bother the public, questions left unanswered. This information being referred points out to the assessment by several agencies on the ground of the intelligence community as to making the decision of whether truly there was conspiracy. Furthermore, from the start of the enactment of the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act in 1992, the government has opened millions of pages of specific classified documents to the public whilst some of these documents are redacted and partially released. These documents were held in keeping by the National Archives and Records Administration, are CIA and FBI files. At one point, the CIA released a press interview stating that they are in the process of review “to determine the appropriate next steps with respect to any previously-unreleased CIA information" (Aleem Z.). One such U.S. diplomat, Charles Thomas, who killed himself in the year 1971 requested for an open investigation so that the truth will come out concerning the Warren Commission on account of the missed evidence of a conspira...