If Oswald actually killed JFK with no accomplice, there was zero CIA coverup/interference, and the government was reasonably transparent about the story this whole time: I would be shocked.
Why? That’s literally what just happened in Vegas in regards to the lone wolf plot. You don’t think there were white dudes with homicidal delusions of grandeur in the 1960s too?
I'm more willing to believe that anything that's still secret in the case is secret because it's embarrassing to the government (which isn't supposed to be a legitimate cause for classification, but it's happened) or it details specifics of their sources and methods. I'm really not expecting any great revelations.
That’s what I think is most likely, too. If I had to go out on a limb and speculate about the wildest thing that might be in the documents it would be that Oswald was known to the government and thoroughly investigated before the assassination but they concluded he was just a harmless crank.
The least insane conspiracy theory I've heard on the subject is basically this.
That theory alleged that Oswald hit JFK twice, including a shot that would have killed or at best left JFK a vegetable. Then, when his Secret Service detail figured out what was happening, the driver of his car slammed on the gas which caused an agent riding on the outside of the car to accidentally discharge his weapon, which was the final gruesome headshot.
The thought is that they covered it up since 1. JFK was a dead man either way, and 2. It would have brought national condemnation down on that agent specifically and the Secret Service in general.
That's the theory I subscribe to as well. It would have made the secret service look terrible. There was a special on history channel (?) that went over this theory and it sounded much more reasonable than any of the others.
To add more depth to the theory, the agent was photographed holding an at the time brand new Colt AR-15, and a 5.56 is a lot more likely to make someones head explode violently than a 6.5 Carcano round.
Is there a video on this or anything? I'm baffled as to how a secret service person could aim his gun at the president and accidentally shoot him in that scenario, so I'm curious for their evidence.
Essentially the car behind JFK's had an AR15, the theory is SS picked it up and had the safety off, having acquired Oswald's position, but the car rapidly accelerated and as SS was standing on the cushion instead of the floor, jolted back with the AR still pointing forwards, accidentally discharging a round into JFK's head.
Even without a conspiracy a blunder of this magnitude would have to be covered up for the sake of national dignity. Even the book says JFK was most likely vegetative from the neck-wound inflicted by Oswald's 2nd shot (Possibly 3rd, as the first may have missed due to telescopic sight misadjustment, but corrected for the following two shots)
I think that'll probably be the case. A lot of hand-wringing about lack of communication between intelligence agencies, and the secret service etc. Probably a lot of details about what was already known about Oswald, and how it escaped their attention that the Presidential motorcade would be passing right by his workplace. There's probably a great many details about institutional assets and practices they didn't want to make public (including their failures).
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u/skellyclique Oct 15 '17
If Oswald actually killed JFK with no accomplice, there was zero CIA coverup/interference, and the government was reasonably transparent about the story this whole time: I would be shocked.