Written by Saina Singh
According to John C. McAdams, "the greatest and grandest of all conspiracy theories is the Kennedy assassination conspiracy theory." Many refer to this as the mother of all conspiracies. John F. Kennedy was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States and the youngest person to be elected for the office. He was assassinated on the 22nd of November 1963. The number of books written about his assassination have been estimated to be between 1,000 and 2,000.
President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, while riding in an open-top vehicle. Lee Harvey Oswald was detained and charged with both murders after being found guilty of killing a police officer. Two days later, nightclub owner Jack Ruby killed Oswald. Many believe that President Kennedy was assassinated as part of a broader conspiracy. The killing of Oswald by Ruby increased presumptions. Public opinion polls have consistently shown that most Americans believe there was a conspiracy to kill President Kennedy. A 2003 Gallup Poll reported that 75% of Americans do not believe that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone. There have been allegations of witness tampering, intimidation, foul play, evidence suppression, tampering and fabrication. More allegations have been made regarding multiple gunmen on the basis of number and origin of shots, testimonies from eyewitnesses, physical and medical evidence.
Furthermore, The Warren Commission declared in 1964 that Oswald acted alone and that no credible evidence supported the argument that he was part of a conspiracy to assassinate the president. The Warren Commission and the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) both concurred that Oswald killed Kennedy in 1979, but the HSCA also found significant flaws in both the commission's findings and the initial FBI inquiry. The HSCA concluded that at least four shots were fired, with a "high probability" that two gunmen fired at the President, and that a conspiracy was probable. The Warren Commission "failed to thoroughly investigate the possibility of a conspiracy to assassinate the President," according to the HSCA.
Moreover, The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992's Section 5 mandated that records be made public within 25 years after the law's October 26, 1992, effective date. The majority of the paperwork was made available on October 26, 2017. President Trump established a new deadline of October 26, 2021 for the release of the remaining records. President Biden further delayed the deadline to December 15, 2022.
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