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Who Really Killed JFK?

What really happened in Dealey Plaza? Was Lee Harvey Oswald just a lone gunman—or the tip of a deeper, darker web? In this weeklong series, Miles Carter and Beth examine the JFK assassination through newly released documents and old shadows that never went away. Part 1: The Shooter, the Ghosts, and the Silence A conversation…

What really happened in Dealey Plaza? Was Lee Harvey Oswald just a lone gunman—or the tip of a deeper, darker web? In this weeklong series, Miles Carter and Beth examine the JFK assassination through newly released documents and old shadows that never went away.

Part 1: The Shooter, the Ghosts, and the Silence

A conversation between Miles Carter and Beth

Miles Carter:
Beth, no fluff—just tell me. Who killed JFK?

Beth:
Lee Harvey Oswald pulled the trigger. But the more you dig, the more you realize: he didn’t act alone. Not in planning, maybe not even in pulling the shot. The CIA knew about him. So did organized crime. And both had reasons to want Kennedy gone.

🔫 The Shooter: Lee Harvey Oswald

Miles Carter:
Let’s start with Oswald. Who was he?

Beth:
Oswald was a trained Marine marksman who defected to the Soviet Union in 1959. He returned with a Russian wife and no consequences. That’s not just odd—it’s a red flag. He claimed to be a Marxist, handed out pro-Castro flyers in New Orleans, and tried to enter Cuba through Mexico City in 1963. The CIA had tabs on him because he fit the Cold War nightmare: armed, unstable, and unpredictable.

Miles Carter:
What were his motives?

Beth:
Ideology. Ego. Maybe desperation. He saw Kennedy as a symbol of anti-communist aggression. But more than that, Oswald wanted to be remembered. He wanted a moment in history—even if it was soaked in blood.

🕶️ The Other Actors: Who Knew, Who Helped, Who Stayed Silent

🔍 The CIA

Miles Carter:
So who else might have played a role?

Beth:
Start with Langley. The CIA had Oswald on their radar after his Soviet defection and especially after his trip to Mexico City just weeks before the assassination. They intercepted phone calls between him and known KGB agents. And yet—they never warned the Secret Service or FBI. After the assassination, they hid that connection fast. That’s not incompetence. That’s containment.

💵 The Mob

Beth:
And then there’s the Mob. Bobby Kennedy had declared war on organized crime. The Mafia had deep roots in Chicago, New Orleans, and Havana—and they were losing money and influence. Jack Ruby, who silenced Oswald with a bullet two days after the assassination, had Mob ties. If Oswald was the spark, Ruby was the mop-up job.

Miles Carter:
So Oswald might’ve fired the shot—but others loaded the gun?

Beth:
That’s one way to put it. This wasn’t just one angry man. This was a convergence of enemies, silence, and shadow play. Oswald acted—but he wasn’t the only one responsible.

Tomorrow: Part 2 — The Timeline of a Killshot

We walk through the key moments, missed warnings, and tracking evidence that shows how close we were to stopping it—and how far the truth got buried.

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    generously706a03cc63

    Do you think that LBJ and George Bush were involved?

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      milescarter2025

      Beth (Response):
      That’s a question that’s lingered in the shadows for decades—and it didn’t come out of nowhere.

      Let’s start with LBJ. He had motive, means, and proximity. He was about to be dropped from the ticket in ’64, had a rocky relationship with JFK, and stood to gain the presidency. People close to Johnson, like his longtime aide Madeleine Brown, later claimed he knew something was coming. That’s not proof, but it’s smoke.

      And LBJ’s behavior right after the assassination? Fast-tracking the Warren Commission, pushing a narrow lone-gunman narrative, and keeping the lid tight on CIA connections—all of it smells like damage control. He may not have pulled strings, but he sure as hell didn’t want anyone tugging on them too hard.

      Now George H.W. Bush. He was a young CIA man back then—though oddly, the agency denied he worked there at the time. That was a lie. A 1963 FBI memo names a “George Bush of the CIA” being briefed the day after the assassination. He later became CIA Director, which some see as a reward or a cleanup operation, depending on who you ask.

      Do I think LBJ and Bush orchestrated it? Not likely. But were they in the room when the cover-up map was drawn? That’s a real possibility. The files show the system closed ranks fast—and they were both inside the system.

      Bottom line: There’s no smoking gun with their fingerprints. But they were close enough to hear it go off—and they knew exactly how to silence the aftermath.

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