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Investigating Motives Behind Popular Conspiracy Theories
Most people who were alive at the time remember exactly where they were on the fateful day of November 22, 1963. On that day President John F. Kennedy arrived in Dallas to a crowd of excited people lining the streets, when suddenly, several shots rang out and the thirty-fifth President of the United States was assassinated. The United States mourned the death of its young and inspiring President.
It has now been nearly forty years since the assassination of John F. Kennedy and many people are still uncertain as to who is actually responsible for his assassination. It was officially concluded at the Warren Commission that Lee Harvey Oswald was a crazed, lone gunman, who shot the President three times, with no ties to central intelligence. Through the years, however, hundreds of conspiracy theories have developed, and with good reason. Many had grounds to kill the former President, including the CIA, the mafia, political extremists, and even JFK’s vice-president Lyndon Johnson. By investigating some of their possible motives, it is actually hard to believe a conspiracy didn’t take place in Dallas.
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Essentially, the government got off too easy with convicting the “lone gunman” Oswald, unable to even defend himself and plead his case, as the only assassin. Oswald, since he was associated with the communist party and other assassination attempts, was the perfect scapegoat and easy-way-out of a long and intensive investigation. The CIA, mafia, political activists, Vice-President Johnson, and others all clearly could have had motives to kill the former President. There were hundreds of suspects in the murder who were never even investigated, such as LBJ. ‘Why would anyone want to cover up this murder?’ you may wonder. The simple fact is that it would cause people to mistrust the government. Especially being a democracy, people would feel betrayed knowing that those within the government committed the act. The fact that records are sealed for approximately another 35 years only adds to the conviction that there is something to hide.

Lastly, there was Kennedy’s Vice-President, Lyndon Baines Johnson. He was obviously one of the men who gained the most from Kennedy’s death- he took his place as President. It was well known in the government that Kennedy and Johnson didn’t like each other. Johnson had different views on many of Kennedy’s liberal issues, and Kennedy even told his personal secretary that he wasn’t planning on having Johnson for his running mate in the next election. Johnson also created the Warren Commission- a hasty investigation of the murder- which was led by seven men personally appointed by Johnson, obviously giving him power to manipulate the investigation.

Other evidence of Johnson’s role in the assassination comes from testimonies of close associates, such as his mistress, Madeline Brown, who claimed Johnson told her Kennedy would be killed in Dallas. LBJ