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Who shot jfk?
The lone-gunman verdict has been shredded by physical evidence, suppressed testimony, and two Congressional investigations. The House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) concluded in 1979 that Kennedy was 'probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy.' The question was never who pulled a trigger — it was who gave the order, and the evidence converges on a network connecting the CIA, anti-Castro Cuban exiles, and elements of organized crime.
Evidence
- Jim Garrison, the only prosecutor ever to try a JFK conspiracy case, indicted New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw in 1967 and exposed operational links between Shaw, David Ferrie, and CIA officer David Phillips.
- Mark Lane's 'Rush to Judgment' (1966) and 'Plausible Denial' (1991) systematically dismantled Warren Commission witness handling and produced a Miami civil court finding in 1985 that the CIA was involved in Kennedy's murder.
- Peter Dale Scott's concept of 'deep politics' frames the assassination within a broader parapolitical structure — oil interests (H.L. Hunt), the Texas right, and the intelligence community all sharing motive.
- Douglass names the 'Unspeakable' institutional force, not a single gunman.
- Garrison's work, expanded by researchers like David Talbot in 'The Devil's Chessboard,' points to CIA Deputy Director Richard Helms and the clandestine services as central planners.