An Introduction to the JFK Assassination

Who Killed President Kennedy?

This series of essays isn’t going to give you the answer, but it will try to illustrate the best way to think about the question.

Much of the evidence in the JFK assassination is inconclusive and open to a variety of interpretations. There are, however, some basic, indisputable, uncontroversial facts. These facts suggest only two realistic solutions, both of which revolve around the role of Lee Harvey Oswald:

• either Oswald killed Kennedy, with or without associates,
• or he was set up in advance to take the blame.

Let’s start at the beginning, with The Shooting in Dealey Plaza