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July 11, 2004
To take the "ur conspiracy"
as an example -- the
conspiracy that put the Well... at least it put them
conpiracy theorists on the in their current place on the
map: intellectual landscape.
The assassination of JFK. Maybe that's
"off of the map".
A lot of energy was put into
raking over the Warren Commission
report, studying the frames of
the Zapruder film, looking over
the background of Oswald...
I'm not up on the details
of these disputes, and The theorists have a number
have no intention of of interesting points, but in
delving into them. I have general they don't impress
no conclusion that I want with their intellectual rigor.
to present on whether it's
plausible that Kennedy was E.g. what possible reason
killed by a lone assasin, could Oswald have for
on who might have been waiting until the last The Theory
behind a conspiracy to minute to get off a shot? version is
kill Kennedy, and so on. that there
Well: maybe he was was another
But the notion that the indecisive and gunman "on
CIA -- or some faction wasted time stalling, the grassy
inside the CIA -- might then decided to go knowl", and
have had a president for it at the last Oswald was
killed remains moment. supposed to
interesting, not because wait for
it's proven, or even Why not? the car to
provable, but simply get in range
because it can be made of both.
to sound plausible.
Plausible,
To make it sound plausible but Oswald's
to most people, my experience pause
is that all you need to do is doesn't
lay out a motive: prove it.
The fact that such
things seem Kennedy was angry with the
*possible* is CIA because he felt
already a strong manipulated into the "Bay
inditement against of Pigs" fiasco. Memos
the CIA: exist where Kennedy said
he wanted to "scatter the
Perhaps a free CIA to the winds".
country shouldn't
have a secret I don't know if such
police, eh? a memo really exists
(though I was told
so), but saying that
it does is enough to
get a "Oh. Maybe
they did do it, then."
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There are some funny
attitudes in play here:
it's okay with you for the
CIA to be capable of doing
anything given a motive?
You'll just cross
your fingers and
hope they'll never
want to do
anything bad?
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