The document explores various theories surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, including speculation about multiple shooters and the involvement of different parties such as the CIA and the mafia. It discusses the impact of the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the Vietnam conflict on the presidency. Despite ongoing investigations and the collection of records, the mystery of the assassination remains unresolved nearly 54 years later.

1. JFK:
Who Really Did
It?
Robert Dietterick
WRD 103
Professor Van Kirk
Assignment #4

2. Background
Controversial
President
1
Factors of
Presidency
•Cold War
•Civil Rights
Movement
•Vietnam
2 November
22nd, 1963
3
Continuity of
Government
4
Warren
Commission
5
Theories
6
Redacted
Documents
7
Mystery
8

3. Theories
• Grassy knoll:
• Second Shooter
• Placed behind fence/hedge
• Multiple Shots Fired
• Delivered Fatal Shot
• Trajectory Accurate?
• Umbrella man:
• Man Holding Umbrella on Sidewalk
• No Rain
• CIA Technology
• Stabilizer?
• Oswald

4. Theories
• Industrial Complex:
• Cold War
• Peace Treaty Possible?
• Potential Vietnamese Conflict?
• Gun/Weapon Lobby Responsible
• CIA:
• Fidel Castro and Cuba
• Soviet Missiles in Cuba
• Bay of Pigs
• CIA Reputation
• Mafia Assistance

5. Theories
• Accidental discharge:
• Shots Fired
• Secret Service Motorcade and Weapon
• Secret Service Retaliation
• Trajectory?
• LBJ:
• Vice-President
• Continuity of Government
• 25th Amendment Article I
• Embarrassed
• Different VP for next term
• E. Howard Hunt
• Nixon > Watergate

6. The Urban Legend
• Nearly 54 years later, the mystery remains
• Public Law 102-526 (President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992)
• Redacted Documents
• No Evidence Yet for Theories > No Smoking Gun
• Will we ever know?