for questions about claims based on John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th president of the United States.
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Did JFK call himself a jelly donut in his famous Berlin speech?
This morning, in an attempt to find inspiration for a name for my new puppy (who is a great talker), I googled "great orators". The second hit took me here, where JFK is again listed as one of history's great orators. However, I was surprised to…
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Does an Executive Order keep JFK murder evidence unavailable until 2039, 2038 or 2017?
Back in 1968, Jim Garrison (New Orleans District Attorney) was interviewed by Johnny Carson about the JFK assassination. During this interview, Jim Garrison mentioned an Executive Order that keeps JFK murder evidence unavailable until a distant…
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Did JFK earn $150,000 a year as president, and donate it all to charity?
I found this on Facebook:
It claims that:
During his presidency, John F. Kennedy never collected his salary of
$150,000 a year. Instead, he donated the full amount to charity.
Initial googling seems to support his charity, but that amount seems…
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Did Six FBI Agents die before they could testify before the House Select Committee on Assassinations?
While reading a different question Was Martin Luther King taped by the FBI while committing adultery?
I came to the Wikipedia page for
William Sullivan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Sullivan
Sullivan was one of six current or former FBI…
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Did the House Select committee on Assassinations come to the conclusion that JFK was "probably" eliminated as part of a conspiracy?
Former Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura writes in American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies That the Government Tells Us:
There are two official government reports on the assassination of
President Kennedy, and they directly…
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Did JFK say that "you can win with half the people's votes but cannot govern with half against you"?
According to Al Jazeera:
Jose Miguel, president of the Institute of Legal Medicine, told Al Jazeera: "The most worrying thing is the intolerance and deep divisions within the population, so the biggest challenge for the new government is to reduce…
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Was John F Kennedy accidentally shot by a secret service agent?
In the book Mortal Error: The Shot That Killed JFK, Bonar Menninger argues that the third shot that hit John F Kennedy was fired by accident by a secret service agent. The book's Wikipedia page summarizes the theory:
Conducting his own…
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Which secret societies is JFK denouncing in this speech?
I have a few friends who are strong believers of the existence of illuminati/nwo threats, and I occasionally am shown a video or two that is supposed to provide evidence of such.
Whether such a group is out there or not, in this video JFK alludes to…
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Did a former CIA accountant testify that Lee Harvey Oswald was a CIA employee?
Harvey and Lee is a web-site that documents some conspiracy theories about the death of John F. Kennedy.
In particular, it contains a purported transcript of the testimony of a 1978 former CIA accountant, James B. Wilcott:
Mr. Wilcott. Well, it was…
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Did JFK have an affair with Marilyn Monroe?
There are a variety of rumors on this topic, many with vague sourcing. That they had an affair, that confidants on both sides have confirmed it, that it influenced Monroe's infamous "Happy Birthday, Mr. President", and then the typical Daily Mail…
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