Who killed John F. Kennedy?
Although the 10 years investigation into the death of JFK concluded Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole assassin still many historians and experts suspect that it is not only him who has been involved in this but a few others making it a conspiracy. Among the suspects, the CIA and Lyndon Johnson play some major roles as they also had substantial motives and the best opportunity to carry out the crime. Even though it has been almost four decades since the assassination still there had not been adequate amount of information revealed regarding who did this & why? Discussed below are some of the motives and opportunities of several individuals/groups who are suspected to be assassins.
Among the suspects in the JFK case, Lee Harvey Oswald is a prime suspect despite his limited motive to assassinate Kennedy. In an interview with Aline Mosby a United Press International reporter in Moscow in 1959, Oswald mentioned that “I ‘am a Marxist” highlighting that during the cold war he had the motive to assassinate the president of the USA who represented the enemy from a communist point of view. However, if one looks at the historical detail more closely, it would emerge that JFK was a president advocating more positive relationships with the USSR for example establishing a hot line with Russia in 1963. Accordingly President Kennedy was soft on communism and to someone like Oswald the best kind of president. He himself said “Kennedy was a good leader” expressing admiration and showing how he lacked the motive to do so.
Though Oswald had a limited motive, his opportunity to do such a thing is substantial. On 21st November 1963 before the arrival of the president a person named Howard Brennan has reported that he has seen a man on the 6th floor of the Book Depository when he was sitting on a wall directly opposite to the building. Soon afterwards when the president arrived he has heard an explosion and very soon he has realized that it was a gun fire. Short afterwards the gunshot he has seen a man aiming a gun at the president from the 6th floor of the building. At a line-up in police headquarters that evening Brennan told the warren commission that he could identify Oswald as being the same man he saw at the sixth floor window. This proves that Oswald had an enough opportunity for the assassination. Later as a result of the investigations done in the 6th floor of the building, a Mannlicher -Carcano rifle was found which is suspected to be used in the assassination. Under the supervision of FBI the rifle was subjected to a serious identification and they discovered a palm print which they later identified as the correct palm print of Lee Harvey Oswald. Also the bullets and the cartridges found from the president limousine were identified by experts as the bullets fired from this Carcano rifle. This is a major evidence against the Oswald again proving his substantial opportunity to carry out the crime. Apart from these witnesses Warren commission has reported that Oswald was a well-trained Marine soldier who received an extensive training in marksmanship. Therefore he also had the enough skill to shoot. When considering all these facts it is clear that there had been enough opportunity to Lee Harvey Oswald to carry this crime to a greater extent.
