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[birds chirping]

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[music]

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From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies,
(text about Illuminati's conspiracy + "It starts here!" sticker)

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history is riddled with unexplained events. 
[doorbell rings]

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You can turn back now,
(Stuff they don't want you to know - howstuffworks.com)

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or learn the stuff they don't want you to know.

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Here are the facts.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated

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in Dallas, Texas, on November 22nd, 1963.

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In the ensuing chaos, Lyndon Johnson was sworn in,

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Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested, and the nation mourned.

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Congress formed the Warren Commission

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to discern the facts of the case.
(Warren Report)

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Although they concluded that Oswald was a lone gunman,

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holes indicate that a majority of Americans today

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either question or reject these findings.

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In the decades since, historians, researchers,

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conspiracy buffs and skeptics alike

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have tried to tackle this story.

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This story remains one of the most enduring

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and controversial moments in American history.

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Given the unreasonably combative, emotional tone

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so common among both theorists and skeptics,

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it's often been difficult for people with differing views

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to listen to each other's arguments.

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One author believes that both sides may be correct,

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that there was a conspiracy at play,

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but not, perhaps, the one you'd expect.

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Here's where it gets crazy.

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Conspiracy theories about the JFK assassination

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finger everyone from the CIA to the Mafia,

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and even members of Congress have appeared to sign on.

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But, according to author Seymour Morris, Jr.,

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most of these theories miss the true conspiracy at hand.

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In his book, American History Revised,

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Morris examines some lesser-known facts

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about the assassination and the ensuing investigations.

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First, Morris notes that the Warren Report
(Warren's letter to the President, submitting the commission's final report)

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missed some important points:

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being both unable to establish a political motive

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or adequately explain how Oswald managed the job.

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Public distrust of the Warren Report led

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to a new Congressional investigation in the mid-70s,

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when Congress formed the House of Representatives'

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Select Committee on Assassinations, or HSCA.

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Between the Warren Commission's work and the HSCA investigation,

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four other governmental groups exhaustively investigated the incident.

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But the HSCA found a new piece of evidence:

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a police dictabelt recording.

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On this recording, it sounded like 4 shots were fired, rather than 3.

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While it's within the realm of plausibility that Oswald could fire 3 shots,

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4 shots were taken to be proof of a second gunman.

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Although virtually every witness claimed to have heard 3 shots during the murder,

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the HSCA still changed the report,

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claiming that there probably was some sort of conspiracy,

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although they could not name any specific conspirators.

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The story of this mysterious recording doesn't stop here.

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In 1979, a percussionist named Steve Barber listened to it,
(Search: Steve Barber, JFK, Zepruder)

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and recognized that there might be a cross-over of sounds.

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In other words,

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that what sounded like 4 shots was actually noise from two different sources.

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By the time this information came to light,

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the public had already decided that the 4 shots were legitimate.

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So, if as Morse argues,

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the conspiracy theories based on this recording are flawed

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in what - if any - conspiracy was at play,

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Morse named one that you might not expect:

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after the assassination, he claimed,

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the CIA and FBI participated in an intelligence cover-up

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at the highest levels,

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refusing to inform the Warren Commission

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about the Kennedy brothers' secret operations to remove Castro.

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Although virtually every witness claimed

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to have heard 3 shots during the murder,

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the HSCA still changed their report.

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Claiming that there probably was some sort of conspiracy

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although they could not name any specific conspirators

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The story of this mysterious recording doesn't stop here,

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in 1979 a percussionist named Steve Barber

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listened to it

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and recognised that there might be a crossover of sounds

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in other words, that what sounded like 4 shots

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was actually noise from two different sources.

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By the time this information came to light

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the public had already decided that the 4 shots were legitimate

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so, if as Morris argues,

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the conspiracy theories based on this recording are flawed,

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then what, if any, real conspiracy was at play?

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Morris names one that you might not expect.

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After the assassination, he claims, the CIA and FBI

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participated in an intelligence cover up at the highest levels

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Refusing to inform the Warren Commission

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about the Kennedy brothers secret operations

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to remove Castro

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Years later, the Select Committee on Intelligence

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revealed these plots and concluded that the

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CIA and FBI had lied by omission to another arm of the government

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and that it was the Kennedy's obsession with Castro

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that accidentally motivated Oswald

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but is that the whole story?

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Sceptics claim the majority of JFK conspiracy theories

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are based on misunderstanding

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but theorists claim that facts are being buried

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One thing's for sure

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according to Morris and Congress

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there really was stuff the CIA and FBI

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didn't want you to know about JFK

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JFK: Let the words go forth

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from this time and place

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to friend and foe alike

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that the torch has been passed

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to a new generation of Americans

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born in this century

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tempered by war

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disciplined by a hard and bitter peace

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proud of our ancient heritage

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and unwilling to witness

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or commit

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the small undoing

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of those human rights

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to which this nation has always been committed

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and to which we are committed today

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at home

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and around the world