The assignation of Kennedy has been a victory for some and lost for others. In the heart of many, the death remains a mysterious wound which will never fully heal. Regardless, rumors continue circulating, and life goes on.
Here 7 Most Shocking Quotes about John F. Kennedy Assassination that involve the CIA and FBI in the murder:
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“We took care of Kennedy . . . The hit in Dallas was just like any other operation we’d worked on in the past.” —Sam Giancana to his brother
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“The committee believes, on the basis of the evidence available to it, that President John F. Kennedy was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy. The committee is unable to identify the other gunman or the extent of the conspiracy.” —Final Report, House Select Committee of Assassinations (HSCA), 1979
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“We don’t have any proof that Oswald fired the rifle. No one has been able to put him in that building with a gun in his hand.” —Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry, quoted by United Press International, November 5, 1969
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“He looked far ahead and he wanted to change a great deal. Perhaps it is this that is the key to the mystery of the death of President John F. Kennedy.” — Mikhail Gorbachev, former Premier of the Soviet Union
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“I told the FBI what I had heard [two shots from behind the grassy knoll fence], but they said it couldn’t have happened that way and that I must have been imagining things. So I testified the way they wanted me to. I just didn’t want to stir up any more pain and trouble for the family.” — Ken O’Donnell, former Special Assistant to JFK
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“I came to the conclusion that there was some sort of conspiracy, probably involving the mob, anti-Castro Cuban exiles, and maybe rogue CIA agents.” — Frank Mankiewicz, former press secretary to RFK
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“After Kennedy was killed, the CIA launched a fantastic cover-up. Many of the facts about Oswald unavoidably pointed to a Cuban connection…..In a chilling parallel to their cover-up at Watergate, the CIA literally erased any connection between Kennedy’s assassination and the CIA.” — H.R. “Bob” Haldeman, former Nixon chief of staff