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How the Warren Commission Failed

History professor Gerald McKnight is publishing a new book on the JFK assassination investigation, tantalizing titled, "Breach of Trust: How the Warren Commission Failed the Nation and Why." I think you get a pretty good idea that McKnight doesn't buy the "lone nut" theory that Lee Harvey Osward acted alone in the murder of President John F. Kennedy.

The History News Network publishes this article taken from McKnight's work. Although the whole book must be read to determine its worthiness, from what I can tell McKnight believes rogue military and intelligence agents did it to provoke an invasion of Fidel Castro's Cuba.

Putting the pieces of evidence together, a pattern emerges that points to a more realistic hypothetical explanation than the official version. Kennedy was removed from office by powerful and irrational forces who opposed his revisionist Cuba policy. By 1963 senior military and CIA officers had arrived at the conclusion that Castro's Marxist government was not about to fall if a "higher authority" did not intend to overthrow it.

For a Bill Harvey, a Desmond FitzGerald, a Lyman Lemnitzer, and other like-minded highly placed professionals in the military and intelligence communities, Kennedy's 1962 no-invasion pledge was tantamount to giving Castro an intolerable degree of sanctuary. The CIA, its influence with the Kennedy White House already compromised because of the Bay of Pigs imbroglio, seethed at the prospect of becoming even more marginalized. If the White House would not commit to a military solution of the "Castro problem," the morale and motivation of the antiregime Cubans would be irreparably damaged. CIA agents specializing in covert operations, the celebrated secret warriors of the Eisenhower years who carried out the vital and dirty work for freedom, braced themselves, expecting increasing difficulty in recruiting agents and sources, keeping already recruited agents, and continuing or intensifying intelligence-gathering and other clandestine operations against the Castro regime.

For these CIA hard-liners, stalwarts of the Harvey-FitzGerald faction, bent on revenging the humiliation of the Bay of Pigs by getting rid of Castro, Kennedy may have crossed his Rubicon when he gave the green light to Attwood and a policy of accommodation with Cuba's leader.

McKnight's conclusions would then fall in the Jim Garrison school of thought -- at least one of Jim Garrison's schools of thoughts -- you know, after he blamed the queers.

Nevertheless, it is still intriguing that even after all of these years, we remain interested -- and that most Americans do not believe Oswald singlehandedly killed the most powerful man in the world.

P.S. Blogger must be down. While I can post, I can't seem to see BaT nor other Blogspot sites. Sitemeter shows no visits in at least the last hour, so this must be a more serious issue than a momentary crash. Here's hoping we're back up soon.

14 comments Jake McCafferty last posted at 4:54 PM
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14 Comments:

i don't think it had anything to do with the warren commision but with the mafia. i think that LHO (Lee Harvery Oswald) owed the mafia something; particually a favor. the mafia was planning to assinate the president and needed LHO's help. LHO agreed to help the mafia for fear of his life. The mafia sent someone in the room with him to make sure he would not back down (explains why some people saw 2 people in the window). The mafia member left for some apparent reason, LHO saw his window of opputunity and decided to back out. Realizing he could not leave the building he point the gun and at near standing mafia member (another person involved in the shooting). The mafia realized where his gun was being pointed, but if was too late to not execute their plan. The shoot the president and went after LHO. LHO realized and this is why he rushed out of the Texas Book Depository in a hurry. Tippet(the cop who was shot that day) seen LHO in a panic frenzy and started to question him, LHO knew he did not have time to stand and chat so he shot the cop in a blind panic attack. The Mafia could not let LHO talk or stay in jail to long or he might unravel the truth behind the mystery, so they had Jack Ruby assianate him and make it look like and act of patriatism. This is my personal theory.

BBBD

By Anonymous, at 11:28 AM

I believe the theory would make more sense if the Mafia marksmen actually carried out the assassination and had Oswald believing his only role was to secure the sniper's lair in the Texas School Book Depository.

He would have never realized until his arrest that he was actually the fall guy. I've never been convinced that Oswald shot Tippett.

The Jack Ruby silencing would then make sense -- as he would have owed the Mob something. Although you'd have to been pretty deep to take the fall for murder -- without any chance to escape, as Ruby would be caught immediately.

Thanks for commenting.

By Jake McCafferty, at 5:05 PM

i agree with the first comment posted about the assassination having to do with the mafia, not the warren commission. Oswald was set up to assassinate kennedy but didn't go through with it--so the mafia men on the grassy knoll took it into their own hands. Oswald was shot by Ruby, a mafia affiliate, out of fear that Oswald would talk about how he was set up by the mafia.

By Anonymous, at 8:07 AM

i agree with the first comment posted about Oswald working with the mafia in the assassination. he was set up and when he panicked, a mafia man on the grassy knoll shot the president. when Oswald was arrested, Ruby--an affiliate of the mafia, shot him as well so he wouldn't spill what really happened about how he was set up by the mafia.--just one of the many theories..

By Anonymous, at 8:13 AM

I agree that the CIA was definitely responsible for the assassination. THey had the motive and the resources to pull it off. I also believe that they had help from people in the military. They killed Kennedy because of his polices. He didn't want war so that angered military leaders, he didn't want the CIA so that angered them. I don't think the mafia had anything to do with the assassination. I think they were paid off by the CIA to kill Oswald and that was it. Oswald was definitely a not the only shooter. He was too weak for that he was only a fall guy. There is no way that he killed Kennedy. Due to the Warren Commission's Report, a lot of people felt that Oswald was the only guilty one, but it goes a lot higher than Oswald. Unfortunately we will probably never know.

By Anonymous, at 2:26 PM

I believe the warren report's purpose was to cover up the truth and show that there was an attempt to solve the case by the government. I do not think Oswald was the only person behind the assassination, but instead it was a great big conspiracy which needed the warren report to cover up. Kennedy's policy had brought up great opposition from not only his staff, the military, and the CIA, but it also had become enemies with groups such as the mofia. With such adversary, I believe the CIA setup and the rest of the government set up President Kennedy in Dallas and let the Mofia, Soviets, Cubans, or who ever got to him first kill Kennedy. The warren report was used to put the blame upon Oswald who was the easiest scapegoat the government could put the assassination on and prevent an outbreak of war or public disgust due to further investigation. Instead of discovering the truth, I believe the government has achieved their goal, for we are still debating what had truely occured on that day of Dec. 22, 1963.

By Anonymous, at 3:46 PM

Wow, a flood of comments on this topic. I should post on this more often.

One question, as many of you seem to take facts from the Oliver Stone movie (although it's been debunked rather roughly by several JFK experts) ...

If the Mob did it, who was the likely ringleader (i.e. godfather) and why did Jim Garrison so easily dismiss the suspect right under his nose -- and instead obsess on CIA spooks and Clay Shaw?

By Jake McCafferty, at 6:17 PM

I agree and think that the CIA pulled it because it was covered up perfecly. I also agree that oswald was just the set-up and was there to throw all the blame on, to get the thought of it being the CIA out of mind. Think that they also added Jack Ruby to add even more confusion to the picture.

By Anonymous, at 10:17 AM

Personally i think that the conclusion they came to about Oswald being the only killer is totally wrong... It was ten times bigger then just one person. There were so many different reasons why all different people wanted to assinate Jfk. And there was also evidence that was overlooked that could have proved that there was more then one shooter... Unfortunetly, There were alot of people in high places that prevented this from happening. The CIA for example was supposed to be behind the conspiracy...

By Anonymous, at 10:17 AM

I agree with McKnight in that the Warren Commission was a failure. It drew too many concrete conclusions (ie - "one shooter," "three bullets," etc) with too much contradicting evidence. For example, Jean Hill was standing directly opposite the grassy knoll when the shots rang out. She claimed to hear 3-6 shots and also saw a puff of smoke from the grass across the street.

There were too many eyewitness testimonies claiming that there were more than one shooter (people claiming a shooter was in the Depository and others claiming a shooter was in the grassy knoll) and too many experiments done that debunked the Warren Commission's theories. I do believe that LHO was involved in the murder of JFK in some way, but I am not convinced, especially by the Warren Commission, that he acted alone.

By Anonymous, at 10:23 AM

i think LHO did shoot JFK but i dont believe he acted alone. the warren commision deffinately left out key information and didnt interview certain people to cover up the truth about what happened that november. LHO's ties to Jack Ruby, the mafia, the cubans, and the govt. are too numerous to be coincidence. the wounds on JFK's body also strongly suggest multiple shooters.

By Anonymous, at 10:24 AM

JFK was a great president. He was assassinated, but by who? Some say Lee Harvey Oswald did it. In my opinion I think many people were in on this. It's still a mystery wrapped inside an enigma with perplexion scattered on top. So why bother trying to find out. It's futile. Some people believe he was framed. Others have great evidence on Oswald that proves he committed this crime, but some say it was all false. To this day people are looking for an answer, but it seems that we will never find out the true killer or killers!

By Anonymous, at 10:31 AM

oswald didnt killed the president.
He got framed.

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