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of a governor, no action of any sort was taken to seal off any
part of Dallas or the entire city itself. Bus terminals, airports
and trains were not watched. Private planes were not grounded.
Roadblocks were not set up. The city was not swarming with local
and federal investigators. Not only was the attack on the Pres-
ident not treated as an act directed against the government of the
U.S., it was not even treated as important a crime as the robbing
of a bank. Such neglect on the part of the federal police
agencies constituted nothing short of malfeasence. The question
Q
arises- - how can one assassin induce those in command of federal
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police agencies to commit malfeasance of such incredible proportions?
An argument might be made for the innocence of the Dallas police on
the bases of paralysis and gross incompetence, shock, confusion and
the fact that they were besieged by both press and public, but
the failure of federal agencies remains suspect of being criminal
in nature
The widespread confusion and panic following the Lincoln
assassination did not prevent the mobilization of the full re-
sources of the federal government to seal off the city of Washington
and to begin a massive investigation. But the almost complete
failure of federal intelligence agencies following the Kenne dy
assassination occurred in a circumstance lacking in widespread
hysteria. Their malfeasance was represented in their failure
to follow up on any and all leads thrusting in the direction of
conspiracy. There is no evidence to support the proposition- that
federal government agents had been thrown into a panic which might
possibly have provided a weak rationale for their initial inaction.
There is, on the contrary, substantial evidence of government response,
but
never to evidence of conspiracy.
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