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Why do we still not have all the JFK assassination files? (www.politico.com)
submitted 1 year ago by original_reader@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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[–] Hello_there@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey. Remember when the wife of a Watergate mastermind was on a plane? And also on that plane just happened to be a network news reporter covering Watergate? And that plane crashed? And the Nixon led inquiry didn't find anything wrong?
And remember when that Watergate mastermind confessed to the Kennedy assassination on his deathbed?
Crazy coincidence, huh?

[–] redballooon@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No I remember none of that.

[–] r2vq@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well you should get your memory checked out because I don't remember it either and I have a terrible memory.

[–] Hello_there@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] redballooon@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Wikipedia article about the flight is a fascinating read. I don’t get where it says an Watergate investigating journalist was on board, but ok.

I see why it is fodder for conspiracy theorizing, but as always it’s also not the smoking gun one can make it seem to be, if one presents only a few selected factoids.