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Jefferson Morley

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Conspiracy Theories
JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents

The White House, the FBI, the Secret Service, the Dallas Police, the New York Times, CBS News, the Washington Post, every national news organization and institution said, that dead guy, Lee Harvey Oswald, did it on his own and there's no politics involved here. That same week, when people were polled, 66% of people nationally said they believe more than one person was involved.

Conspiracy Theories
JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents

In Dallas, I think the figure was 62%. Anyway, a solid majority thought that more than one person was involved. At that point, there were no JFK conspiracy theorists. Oliver Stone was a senior in high school, okay? His movie was 30 Years in the Future. OK, there were no conspiracy theorists.

Conspiracy Theories
JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents

In Dallas, I think the figure was 62%. Anyway, a solid majority thought that more than one person was involved. At that point, there were no JFK conspiracy theorists. Oliver Stone was a senior in high school, okay? His movie was 30 Years in the Future. OK, there were no conspiracy theorists.

Conspiracy Theories
JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents

In Dallas, I think the figure was 62%. Anyway, a solid majority thought that more than one person was involved. At that point, there were no JFK conspiracy theorists. Oliver Stone was a senior in high school, okay? His movie was 30 Years in the Future. OK, there were no conspiracy theorists.

Conspiracy Theories
JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents

So it is not credible to say that conspiracy theorists created this belief that there was a conspiracy behind Kennedy's death. It's simply factually false. We can see very clearly from the results of those polls done in November 1963 that it was the circumstances of decline. that convinced people that more than one person was involved. It was not conspiracy theorists.

Conspiracy Theories
JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents

So it is not credible to say that conspiracy theorists created this belief that there was a conspiracy behind Kennedy's death. It's simply factually false. We can see very clearly from the results of those polls done in November 1963 that it was the circumstances of decline. that convinced people that more than one person was involved. It was not conspiracy theorists.

Conspiracy Theories
JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents

So it is not credible to say that conspiracy theorists created this belief that there was a conspiracy behind Kennedy's death. It's simply factually false. We can see very clearly from the results of those polls done in November 1963 that it was the circumstances of decline. that convinced people that more than one person was involved. It was not conspiracy theorists.

Conspiracy Theories
JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents

And that figure has pretty much held ever since. 50 to 60% of people over the years fluctuates, but 50 to 60% of the people believe that the president was killed by his enemies. And about 35 to 40% believe the official story. So that disbelief is founded in fact, it was not created by conspiracy theorists.

Conspiracy Theories
JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents

And that figure has pretty much held ever since. 50 to 60% of people over the years fluctuates, but 50 to 60% of the people believe that the president was killed by his enemies. And about 35 to 40% believe the official story. So that disbelief is founded in fact, it was not created by conspiracy theorists.

Conspiracy Theories
JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents

And that figure has pretty much held ever since. 50 to 60% of people over the years fluctuates, but 50 to 60% of the people believe that the president was killed by his enemies. And about 35 to 40% believe the official story. So that disbelief is founded in fact, it was not created by conspiracy theorists.

Conspiracy Theories
JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents

Yeah, and you make a very important point there. You know, people ask me, why does the CIA care? You know, whoever was responsible, let's say people were responsible, they surely are not alive anymore. You know, why can't they just come clean? And the point is, is that, yes, it's a very important symbolic issue.

Conspiracy Theories
JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents

Yeah, and you make a very important point there. You know, people ask me, why does the CIA care? You know, whoever was responsible, let's say people were responsible, they surely are not alive anymore. You know, why can't they just come clean? And the point is, is that, yes, it's a very important symbolic issue.

Conspiracy Theories
JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents

Yeah, and you make a very important point there. You know, people ask me, why does the CIA care? You know, whoever was responsible, let's say people were responsible, they surely are not alive anymore. You know, why can't they just come clean? And the point is, is that, yes, it's a very important symbolic issue.

Conspiracy Theories
JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents

And people will say, well, you know, if your people were involved in this, in complicit or let it happen, you know, That's not a historical issue for the CIA today. That means a CIA official might get called up to Congress and say, explain this to us, Mr. Director. How did this happen?

Conspiracy Theories
JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents

And people will say, well, you know, if your people were involved in this, in complicit or let it happen, you know, That's not a historical issue for the CIA today. That means a CIA official might get called up to Congress and say, explain this to us, Mr. Director. How did this happen?

Conspiracy Theories
JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents

And people will say, well, you know, if your people were involved in this, in complicit or let it happen, you know, That's not a historical issue for the CIA today. That means a CIA official might get called up to Congress and say, explain this to us, Mr. Director. How did this happen?

Conspiracy Theories
JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents

And Congress might say, well, we're going to cut your budget because you've not been straight with us all these years. We're going to reorganize you. We're going to, you know, there are real world consequences for full JFK disclosure. which is why the CIA is fighting it so fiercely. And I mean, we are now six years past the deadline set by Congress and the CIA is still fighting.

Conspiracy Theories
JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents

And Congress might say, well, we're going to cut your budget because you've not been straight with us all these years. We're going to reorganize you. We're going to, you know, there are real world consequences for full JFK disclosure. which is why the CIA is fighting it so fiercely. And I mean, we are now six years past the deadline set by Congress and the CIA is still fighting.

Conspiracy Theories
JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents

And Congress might say, well, we're going to cut your budget because you've not been straight with us all these years. We're going to reorganize you. We're going to, you know, there are real world consequences for full JFK disclosure. which is why the CIA is fighting it so fiercely. And I mean, we are now six years past the deadline set by Congress and the CIA is still fighting.

Conspiracy Theories
JFK Revisited: FBI Finds 2,000 More Documents

We do not want to disclose. We do not want to disclose. And for good reasons, they have a lot to lose.