Seems the trouble is that so MANY people talked that we cannot pinpoint exactly who the core no. of conspirators were or if there was just one super boss who made the final decision.
A lot of suspicion about LBJ and even his former attorney thinks LBJ orchestrated it, but if that’s correct , why would LBJ choose to have JFK shot in Dealey plaza when it could have been done with a much simpler “heart attack” death by some untraceable drug( at the time in 63)?
This a valid point, Zeon, and one that is often skirted over by CTers.
If the FBI/Secret Service/CIA and others were involved in the assassination (the "Large Enduring Conspiracy") then why not something much simpler, behind closed doors, much more easily controlled (and we can forget Royell's childish idea about 'sending a message').
Why not something with no loose ends, no witnesses, no evidence to the contrary?
I think the answer is quite simple - those who decided to assassinate JFK were not in a position to kill him in such an 'intimate' way.
They were not the FBI or the Secret Service or the CIA.
There is something very desperate about the way JFK was assassinated.
Something very basic and lo-fi.
Something crude and unsophisticated.
Something that speaks of a handful of people involved, not a massively complex operation.
Nowadays, the idea of the President of America being the most powerful man on the planet has lost almost all of its prestige, but back in the early '60's it was truly off the charts. And not just in America - JFK was a globally accepted icon.
Let's imagine deciding to assassinate such a man.
How do you design an assassination attempt so that the finger can never point at you?
What are the consequences of failure?
How do you keep it quiet?
I think there is a very specific reason JFK was assassinated in Dallas.