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SUSPECT: The Mafia
SPONSOR
Assassinations Committee, G. Robert Blakey, John
H. Davis, David Scheim
SCENARIO
Mafia recruits Oswald, maybe also a second "nut"
MOTIVE
Stop JFK's anti-crime campaign
STRONGPOINT
Many Mafia threats against JFK are on record; LBJ
was softer on crime
DRAWBACK
Mafia had more expert hitmen than Oswald; could
not have insured cover-up
SUSPECT: A Secret Team
SPONSOR
Jim Garrison, Fletcher Prouty, most Warren critics
such as M. Lane, R. Grodon, D. Lifton, J. Marrs,
P. Melanson, P.D. Scott
SCENARIO
Disaffected U.S. agents form "Enterprise"-type
cabal, set up Oswald as patsy, plant false clues
pointing to Cuba, USSR, Mafia
MOTIVE
JFK was soft on Communism, was losing the Cold War
STRONGPOINT
Explains internal control of investigation, frame-
up of Oswald
DRAWBACK
Can never to proved until government is willing to
risk its own legitimacy
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