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Here's the story behind the picture, it's pretty interesting. The picture was shot by a Colorado photographer named Bob Jackson.

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[–] AlDente 9 points 9 months ago

I prefer this version:

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Does anyone really think that, after all these decades, none of the conspirators would have left a message to be opened after their death?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That generation placed a high value on silence and stoicism.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

"Three can keep a secret if two are dead."

Someone would have had to recruit Oswald, recruit Ruby, and pay for the whole thing. So many moving parts and not one person had a child who noticed anything?

Watergate's "Deep Throat" was part of that generation , too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I think Deep Throat supports my point more than yours. Took forever to find out who he was, and it was a huge scandal at the time. Today it would be a yawner. Leaks are an everyday occurrence now, and very little is kept secret for long these days compared to back then.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Pretty much everyone involved in Watergate was around for the Kennedy era.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

All I’m saying is that Lee Harvey Oswald had gone to Russia, announced he was defecting and had secrets for sale, and when they didn’t bite, he requested to go back to the US and was granted permission… despite just having defected and offering to sell US state secrets…. He had Top Secret clearance at 18, learned Russian in the American intelligence communities private language school, was known as an exceptionally terrible shot, personally knew Jack Ruby…

I honestly think anyone who believes the official story hasn’t done any research on it other than maybe checking out the controlled opposition conspiracy idiots.

Not to mention that Allan Dulles was immediately brought back into the government after having been fired by Kennedy, and was a big part of the investigation into the incident. The same Allan Dulles who was directly implicated in hundreds of illegal activities both domestically and abroad.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

By my count your conspiracy would have had to have at least two dozen people, if not more, in the US and in Russia. What kind of hold lasts over half a century without a single crack? After the USSR fell people were selling anything that wasn't nailed down.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No one in Russia, except Oswald… but you can find news events around him, he went on Russian TV and everything bragging about it.

Why did the government say it was a national security concern to release the JFK documents if their official story is complete and without fault?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

So, you're saying Oswald was a spy who went to Russia and then came back home. Seems like the worst person to recruit for a job like that; he was a worked at the Book Depository and any employee would have been under intense scrutiny after the murder.

And someone had to recruit him, then someone else had to get him the job, and another person had to convince Jack Ruby to silence Oswald.

So many moving parts and no one person dropped the ball? Remember, these are the same people who failed to kill Castro a dozen times after screwing the pooch at the Bay of Pigs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Where did you hear he had top secret clearance?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Just trying to follow the American justice system standard.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ah iconic photograph, but does it really fit this community?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's up to the mod, I guess, but the sidebar only says "Cool old pics," so not much to go on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ah, okay. My recollection of the Reddit sub of the same name is that it was people who were cool back in the day. But maybe they're going for something different here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I'm honestly not 100% sure either. I also remember a r/thewaywewere, where people would post old pics of themselves.