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Jfk Secret Service Essay

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The Secret Service was in charge of the president’s security, and clearly failed in its job. While the Secret Service as an organization had neither a believable motive nor the power to carry out the assassination by itself, it is unbelievable that one or more members of the Secret Service urged the assassination. About 1% of conspiracy believers blamed the Secret Service for killing Kennedy. According to this theory, anti-Kennedy agents in the Service had no interest in protecting him from shots. One such theory claims that Kennedy’s driver, a Secret Service agent, fired the fatal shot. Kennedy and Hoover did not get along, but that is hardly a solid reason for one to kill the other. The FBI was not under any threat from the Kennedy administration.
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