Conspiracy Theories

Okay, maybe we haven't all had days that were exactly this bad, but sometimes they come close - which is no doubt one reason that many people are so attracted to conspiracy theories. Sometimes the only reasonable explanation for the way things are turning out seems to be that the gods - or devils, or the Trilateral Commission or the far-right wing of the Republican Party or the far-left wing of the Democratic Party - is out to get you.

This is no doubt one of the motivating factors behind the numerous conspiracy theories that have developed about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. One of the most authoritative assessments of the different theories - Kennedy was killed by a single shooter, Kennedy was shot by two people, Kennedy was shot by the CIA, Kennedy was shot by someone working for Lyndon B. Johnson, Ke

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rces, did not go to those who claimed to be witnesses or scour the country for someone who might have accidentally captured the shooting on film. Instead, he focused all of his considerable energy on the Warren Report itself, on the official narrative of what had happened. In looking at the Warren Report, he points out a number of areas in which the investigation was not as thorough as it should have been, and while he suggests that such incompetence could hardly have been entirely accidental he does leave open the door to the possibility that it was not entirely deliberate. This is one of the most important points in the book: Mistakes were clearly made in the investigation and it is hard to believe that they were entirely accidental. How could so many mistakes have been made in what was for law enforcement the most important case of the time? Is it possible that there could not have been some conspiracy? The first response - even by those who do not tend to believe in conspiracy theories - is likely to be that it is simply not possible. However, it is important to remember how difficult it is to collect evidence in a careful and systematic way: We all certainly remember what happened at the O.J. Simpson trial, another high
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