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In reply to the discussion: GHW Bush, JFK's assassination, the CIA and drugs [View all]dballance
(5,756 posts)Ted Kennedy had a long history of doing what was best for the country.
I suspect that even if he knew the truth he probably felt it wasn't the best thing for the country to make it public. Can you imagine the unrest that would have happened if the CIA had conspired to kill JFK and that was made public? If the American people had learned that such a popular President was killed by their own government? The '60s were still a time when the public mounted mass protests and sit-ins.
If it were true and factions within the US government conspired to assassinate JFK it could have caused quite mass pandemonium.
So my best guess is that even if Ted Kennedy suspected such a conspiracy or found it actually existed he probably felt it was in the best interest of the nation, of public order, not publicize it or try to make political hay off of it in public. In private, I hope he capitalized off of it.