JFK Conspiracy Theory

What do JFK and Kurt Cobain have in common? The official stories of their deaths are both lies. JFK’s murder was carried out by the CIA and Kurt Cobain was murdered by a hitman hired by his wife. Ok before you tune out I’m not here peddle my nut job conspiracy theories. As much fun as that would be. Conspiracy theories carry a negative connotation, and for good reason. Conspiracy theories are often based in paranoia and divisive political and social ideologies. However, many conspiracy theories that seemed impossible at the time, later turned out to be true. Did you know that the fact that cigarettes cause cancer was once considered a conspiracy theory. So when should we discuss and think about these theories and when should we simply ignore

Conspiracy theories have always fascinated me due to my open minded nature. Although I have researched many of these theories over the years, I have a favorite, and with plenty of historical significance that I believe would be great to focus on in order to illustrate my point. The JFK assassination is possibly the greatest mystery in the history of the United States. Although the official story claims that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating the beloved president, according to a Gallup poll conducted in 2013, over 60% of Americans believe that there were outside influences contributing to President Kennedy’s death. As you know from my introduction I personally believe that Kennedy’s assassination was planned by the CIA. I came to this conclusion through reading primary and secondary documents pertaining to Kennedy and his negative relationships with the CIA. One of the many reasons the CIA didn’t like Kennedy, was his rejection of Operation Northwoods. Operation Northwoods was once considered a nut job conspiracy theory, however once classified documents were released by the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1997, the once theory became

The proposed ideas included, staging terrorist attacks in Florida killing United States citizens, blowing up navy ships, and sinking the boats of cuban refugees. Thankfully this incredibly immoral plan was rejected by President Kennedy. Some other examples of Kennedy going against the CIA include his refusal to use American operatives like the CIA wanted to for the Bay of Pigs invasion, firing the director of the CIA, Allen Dulles, and his possy, and being quoted saying that he wanted to, “splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds”. The CIA had every reason to dislike the president, but that does not provide any solid evidence that the CIA was behind the assassination. However, there is much more evidence to connect the CIA to the actual murder, although none of it is entirely conclusive. For one the warrant commission created by Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate Kennedy’s murder was headed by Allen Dulles, the very CIA director which Kennedy fired. This seems very convenient to