9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [birds chirping] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [music] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies,[br](text about Illuminati's conspiracy + "It starts here!" sticker) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 history is riddled with unexplained events. [br][doorbell rings] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 You can turn back now,[br](Stuff they don't want you to know - howstuffworks.com) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 or learn the stuff they don't want you to know. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Here are the facts. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 in Dallas, Texas, on November 22nd, 1963. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 In the ensuing chaos, Lyndon Johnson was sworn in, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested, and the nation mourned. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Congress formed the Warren Commission 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to discern the facts of the case.[br](Warren Report) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Although they concluded that Oswald was a lone gunman, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 holes indicate that a majority of Americans today 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 either question or reject these findings. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 In the decades since, historians, researchers, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 conspiracy buffs and skeptics alike 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 have tried to tackle this story. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 This story remains one of the most enduring 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and controversial moments in American history. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Given the unreasonably combative, emotional tone 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 so common among both theorists and skeptics, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 it's often been difficult for people with differing views 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to listen to each other's arguments. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 One author believes that both sides may be correct, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 that there was a conspiracy at play, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 but not, perhaps, the one you'd expect. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Here's where it gets crazy. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Conspiracy theories about the JFK assassination 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 finger everyone from the CIA to the Mafia, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and even members of Congress have appeared to sign on. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 But, according to author Seymour Morris, Jr., 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 most of these theories miss the true conspiracy at hand. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 In his book, American History Revised, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Morris examines some lesser-known facts 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 about the assassination and the ensuing investigations. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 First, Morris notes that the Warren Report[br](Warren's letter to the President, submitting the commission's final report) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 missed some important points: 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 being both unable to establish a political motive 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 or adequately explain how Oswald managed the job. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Public distrust of the Warren Report led 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to a new Congressional investigation in the mid-70s, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 when Congress formed the House of Representatives' 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Select Committee on Assassinations, or HSCA. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Between the Warren Commission's work and the HSCA investigation, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 four other governmental groups exhaustively investigated the incident. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 But the HSCA found a new piece of evidence: 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 a police dictabelt recording. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 On this recording, it sounded like 4 shots were fired, rather than 3. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 While it's within the realm of plausibility that Oswald could fire 3 shots, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 4 shots were taken to be proof of a second gunman. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Although virtually every witness claimed to have heard 3 shots during the murder, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 the HSCA still changed the report, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 claiming that there probably was some sort of conspiracy, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 although they could not name any specific conspirators. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 The story of this mysterious recording doesn't stop here. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 In 1979, a percussionist named Steve Barber listened to it,[br](Search: Steve Barber, JFK, Zepruder) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and recognized that there might be a cross-over of sounds. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 In other words, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 that what sounded like 4 shots was actually noise from two different sources. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 By the time this information came to light, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 the public had already decided that the 4 shots were legitimate. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So, if as Morse argues, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 the conspiracy theories based on this recording are flawed 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 in what - if any - conspiracy was at play, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Morse named one that you might not expect: 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 after the assassination, he claimed, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 the CIA and FBI participated in an intelligence cover-up 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 at the highest levels, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 refusing to inform the Warren Commission 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 about the Kennedy brothers' secret operations to remove Castro. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Although virtually every witness claimed 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to have heard 3 shots during the murder, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 the HSCA still changed their report. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Claiming that there probably was some sort of conspiracy 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 although they could not name any specific conspirators 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 The story of this mysterious recording doesn't stop here, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 in 1979 a percussionist named Steve Barber 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 listened to it 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and recognised that there might be a crossover of sounds 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 in other words, that what sounded like 4 shots 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 was actually noise from two different sources. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 By the time this information came to light 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 the public had already decided that the 4 shots were legitimate 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 so, if as Morris argues, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 the conspiracy theories based on this recording are flawed, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 then what, if any, real conspiracy was at play? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Morris names one that you might not expect. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 After the assassination, he claims, the CIA and FBI 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 participated in an intelligence cover up at the highest levels 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Refusing to inform the Warren Commission 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 about the Kennedy brothers secret operations 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to remove Castro 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Years later, the Select Committee on Intelligence 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 revealed these plots and concluded that the 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 CIA and FBI had lied by omission to another arm of the government 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and that it was the Kennedy's obsession with Castro 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 that accidentally motivated Oswald 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 but is that the whole story? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Sceptics claim the majority of JFK conspiracy theories 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 are based on misunderstanding 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 but theorists claim that facts are being buried 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 One thing's for sure 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 according to Morris and Congress 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 there really was stuff the CIA and FBI 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 didn't want you to know about JFK 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 JFK: Let the words go forth 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 from this time and place 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to friend and foe alike 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 that the torch has been passed 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to a new generation of Americans 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 born in this century 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 tempered by war 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 disciplined by a hard and bitter peace 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 proud of our ancient heritage 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and unwilling to witness 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 or commit 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 the small undoing 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 of those human rights 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to which this nation has always been committed 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and to which we are committed today 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 at home 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and around the world