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In reply to the discussion: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy believed President Kennedy was killed by a conspiracy. [View all]AntiFascist
(12,792 posts)The obvious explanation would be that he's mixed up with anti-Castro people because he knows that they're up to no good. General Walker has been advocating insurrection against the government of JFK. Right-wing extemists are aligned with the mafia and the CIA is training mafia assassins, even though the Kennedys want to halt these activities because, quite simply, they don't trust the mafia and have been going after them. People like Banister are hoarding weapons and have connections to Marcello. It would be no surprise whatsoever that the Executive Branch would want to keep an eye on these people and also keep up to speed with related CIA counter-intelligence activities in the South.
By presenting himself as a right-wing "communist informant for the FBI", much like the character in the tv show, Oswald would be able to infiltrate these anti-Castro groups while participating in the pro-Castro / anti-Castro theatre that was obviously staged for the media. Meanwhile, the CIA (counter-intelligence) had also taken a keen interest in this Oswald character and was working on their own plans...