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(46,631 posts) Sun Sep 15, 2013, 06:47 PM Sep 2013

Who was responsible for the JFK conspiracy theories? [View all]

The KGB, no less.

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Who was responsible for the JFK conspiracy theories? [View all] Archae Sep 2013 OP

Nope, not quite nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #1

The people who didn't think Oswald as a lone shooter made sense Stupefacto Sep 2013 #2

welcome to du FreakinDJ Sep 2013 #3

No. It was because it was an easy way to make a fast buck. duffyduff Sep 2013 #16

Go to Creative Speculation... MrMickeysMom Sep 2013 #22

I don't care for the conspiracy theories. defacto7 Sep 2013 #33

Are you saying you visited the Texas Book Depository... Bay Boy Sep 2013 #77

Yes on all counts. defacto7 Sep 2013 #81

I've hit lots of moving targets at greater distances than Bay Boy Sep 2013 #96

Wow, You've shot deer from the book depository window? defacto7 Sep 2013 #97

I don't think they let you do that... Bay Boy Sep 2013 #98

"Argument from personal incredulity" fallacy. longship Sep 2013 #101

Good points. defacto7 Sep 2013 #102

Well, the data drives the hypothesis. longship Sep 2013 #103

Looks like I made a hell of a fool of myself.... defacto7 Sep 2013 #104

You are no fool, my friend. You're just human. longship Sep 2013 #105

welcome to DU gopiscrap Sep 2013 #35

Maybe it was Congress. former9thward Sep 2013 #4

Sigh. Bolo Boffin Sep 2013 #9

Post removed Post removed Sep 2013 #13

Oh, wow, linking to the anti-Semitic WhatReallyHappened.com Bolo Boffin Sep 2013 #15

Bad site, true, but the Washington Post article is legit, I think. Here's a different source: NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #17

And then Thomas' study was itself torn apart in 2005 Bolo Boffin Sep 2013 #19

Not taking a side either way but was notified of the hidden post. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #20

If you want to believe the government's story, that's your prerogative but why would rhett o rick Sep 2013 #49

Congress is still part of the government, yes? Bolo Boffin Sep 2013 #55

I may be mistaken, but didnt you alert to have this thread locked? And someone alerted on rhett o rick Sep 2013 #58

Oh, yes, I think I did. Bolo Boffin Sep 2013 #59

So it was a coincidence that both alerts were leveled against posters that you disagree with? rhett o rick Sep 2013 #60

You do not see me or anyone alerting on EVERY post we disagree with. Bolo Boffin Sep 2013 #66

Good Grief. nm rhett o rick Sep 2013 #69

"Some think that the government might lie occasionally." nyquil_man Sep 2013 #74

Do you believe everything your government tells you? nm rhett o rick Sep 2013 #85

You can't define "occasionally"? nyquil_man Sep 2013 #94

people who didn't believe in "Magic bullets"??? NightWatcher Sep 2013 #5

The "magic" bullet never existed. Archae Sep 2013 #23

Yeah, Oswald was a "radical leftist" who hung out with right-wingers in Dallas and New Orleans. Zen Democrat Sep 2013 #28

Notice how this simple fact of where they were sitting is completed ignored by the CTers? zappaman Sep 2013 #50

The JFK CT's continue to use this false diagram Archae Sep 2013 #52

Yeah. That must be why Gerald Ford altered the Warren Commission report. Octafish Sep 2013 #68

So Ford replaced "entered his back at a point slightly above the shoulder" Bolo Boffin Sep 2013 #70

Why do you want fewer people to learn what happened to President Kennedy, Bolo Boffin? Octafish Sep 2013 #72

I want DU's rules to be respected by you, Octafish. n/t Bolo Boffin Sep 2013 #73

What rule did I break, Bolo Boffin? Octafish Sep 2013 #75

You know quite well, Octafish. Bolo Boffin Sep 2013 #76

You act like an authority, but you can't show where I broke a rule. Octafish Sep 2013 #79

Seriously? zappaman Sep 2013 #87

Seeing how he was murdered while in police custody before trial... Octafish Sep 2013 #92

See what I mean? zappaman Sep 2013 #88

Chair of the Warren Commission, Chief Justice Earl Warren. OnyxCollie Sep 2013 #6

McCloy was no cupcake Octafish Sep 2013 #8

It never gets mentioned that the Warren Commission members did not all agree with its conclusions. dflprincess Sep 2013 #30

wasn't Hale Boggs killed in a questionable plane crash? nt grasswire Sep 2013 #32

Yes. And do you know who drove him to the airport? AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2013 #78

Bill Clinton n/t dflprincess Sep 2013 #83

wow indie9197 Sep 2013 #84

While you are researching, it may be worthwhile AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2013 #89

Yes he was. dflprincess Sep 2013 #82

Disinformationists, Misinformationists, and the Truth. Octafish Sep 2013 #7

The right hand didn't know what the left was doing Taverner Sep 2013 #27

Mass Media ignoring 'RFK Believed in Conspiracy' shows corrupt nature of America's Press Octafish Sep 2013 #46

Paranoid schizophrenics, others with mental health disorders that cause disordered thinking REP Sep 2013 #10

bah..... whistler162 Sep 2013 #11

It was love that killed Kennedy! Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #12

Sen. Richard Schweiker[R-PA]:"The Warren Commission has collapsed like a House of Cards" MinM Sep 2013 #37

Active measures. joshcryer Sep 2013 #18

It was a lack of trust in its own government by the people which gave rise to the JFK conspiracy Samantha Sep 2013 #21

You win. Boomerproud Sep 2013 #99

Yup YoungDemCA Oct 2013 #108

Why would the KGB spread these conspiracy theories? Archae Sep 2013 #24

Damn that Putin n/t Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #29

The people who covered up the crime. n/t Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #25

KGB, NSA, CIA, Stasi, take a number Taverner Sep 2013 #26

If there were other bullets fired, where did they hit? Recursion Sep 2013 #36

Oh sure they started ALL conspiracies about JFK Rex Sep 2013 #31

who was resposible gopiscrap Sep 2013 #34

Oh, right. The KGB. SOOO much more sinister than the CIA! WinkyDink Sep 2013 #38

That make sens. Today RT is doing a lot of the same job : alienate The US left from the Center. Nt Sand Wind Sep 2013 #39

And there it is RZM Sep 2013 #62

Kick . Nt Sand Wind Sep 2013 #40

After 2 congressional investigations I thought we had most of the answers but this documentary KurtNYC Sep 2013 #41

LOL! your source is a teenage humor magazine aolwien Sep 2013 #42

Oliver Stone explains how Jim Garrison was on the right trail... Octafish Sep 2013 #43

Oliver Stone? Archae Sep 2013 #45

JFK the movie wasn't a documentary. Octafish Sep 2013 #47

Not to mention what a farce the Shaw trial was. zappaman Sep 2013 #48

"Shoot Him Down" -- NBC, the CIA and Jim Garrison Octafish Sep 2013 #56

And a liar. zappaman Sep 2013 #57

No, Garrison wasn't a liar. That's what the CIA and FBI want you to think. Octafish Sep 2013 #61

Here's what JFK researcher Harold Weisberg thought. zappaman Sep 2013 #63

I don't understand why you make fun of the BFEE, zappaman. Octafish Sep 2013 #64

Yawn. zappaman Sep 2013 #65

Wow! An acolyte of McAdams, the professional debunker. Octafish Sep 2013 #71

Cuz they pay well, my good friend. zappaman Sep 2013 #86

You mock me for posting about the crimes and treasons of the BFEE... Octafish Sep 2013 #90

we need a bullwhip toting, hard nosed investigative journalist to get down to the bottom of why dionysus Apr 2014 #109

Evidence contradicting the official version? NT jakeXT Sep 2013 #44

I opposed the unrec, from the beginning. Laelth Sep 2013 #51

lol. grantcart Sep 2013 #93

The Dallas Police Department. thucythucy Sep 2013 #53

Obviously, the KGB wasn't alone in spreading JFK conspiracy theories. Archae Sep 2013 #54

Mark Lane played a pretty significant role. nyquil_man Sep 2013 #67

Pauley Perrette (NCIS' Abby) produced Citizen Lane MinM Sep 2013 #80

Executive Action (1973) MinM Sep 2013 #91

That film is chilling dflprincess Sep 2013 #100

The Parallax View MinM Sep 2013 #106

Thanks for the tip. dflprincess Sep 2013 #107

Warren Commission, Dorothy Kilgallen, the fact that Dallas cops let Oswald get shot Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #95