Old School Cool @lemmy.world ickplant @lemmy.world 7 mo. ago

The picture of Lee Harvey Oswald (JFK's alleged assassin) getting fatally shot by Jack Ruby, 1963

Here's the story behind the picture, it's pretty interesting. The picture was shot by a Colorado photographer named Bob Jackson.

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I prefer this version:
Does anyone really think that, after all these decades, none of the conspirators would have left a message to be opened after their death?
- That generation placed a high value on silence and stoicism.
  
  "Three can keep a secret if two are dead."
  
  Someone would have had to recruit Oswald, recruit Ruby, and pay for the whole thing. So many moving parts and not one person had a child who noticed anything?
  
  Watergate's "Deep Throat" was part of that generation , too.
- All I’m saying is that Lee Harvey Oswald had gone to Russia, announced he was defecting and had secrets for sale, and when they didn’t bite, he requested to go back to the US and was granted permission… despite just having defected and offering to sell US state secrets…. He had Top Secret clearance at 18, learned Russian in the American intelligence communities private language school, was known as an exceptionally terrible shot, personally knew Jack Ruby…
  
  I honestly think anyone who believes the official story hasn’t done any research on it other than maybe checking out the controlled opposition conspiracy idiots.
  
  Not to mention that Allan Dulles was immediately brought back into the government after having been fired by Kennedy, and was a big part of the investigation into the incident. The same Allan Dulles who was directly implicated in hundreds of illegal activities both domestically and abroad.
  
  By my count your conspiracy would have had to have at least two dozen people, if not more, in the US and in Russia. What kind of hold lasts over half a century without a single crack? After the USSR fell people were selling anything that wasn't nailed down.
  
  Where did you hear he had top secret clearance?
Alleged, lol
- Just trying to follow the American justice system standard.
Ah iconic photograph, but does it really fit this community?
- It's up to the mod, I guess, but the sidebar only says "Cool old pics," so not much to go on.
  
  Ah, okay. My recollection of the Reddit sub of the same name is that it was people who were cool back in the day. But maybe they're going for something different here.

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