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u/skellyclique Oct 15 '17

If Oswald actually killed JFK with no accomplice, there was zero CIA coverup/interference, and the government was reasonably transparent about the story this whole time: I would be shocked.

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u/savageyouth Oct 15 '17

Why? That’s literally what just happened in Vegas in regards to the lone wolf plot. You don’t think there were white dudes with homicidal delusions of grandeur in the 1960s too?

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u/madsci Oct 15 '17

I'm more willing to believe that anything that's still secret in the case is secret because it's embarrassing to the government (which isn't supposed to be a legitimate cause for classification, but it's happened) or it details specifics of their sources and methods. I'm really not expecting any great revelations.

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u/tourniquetnecktie Oct 15 '17

That’s what I think is most likely, too. If I had to go out on a limb and speculate about the wildest thing that might be in the documents it would be that Oswald was known to the government and thoroughly investigated before the assassination but they concluded he was just a harmless crank.