title: The assassination of the late President John F. Kennedy. An academician's thoughts.
abstract: Another look is taken at the murder case of the late President John F. Kennedy. The overall pattern established by various investigations should force any reasonable person to conclude that a conspiracy of greater or lesser proportions did exist. The actors in that conspiracy have not been identified. The role of Lee Harvey Oswald in the event is still obscure. The art and science of pathology, in this case, failed the nation. Federal agencies were incompetent and possibly criminally negligent in their handling of the case. The fact that more than a single gunman was involved in the murder seems indubitable. Scientists, as scientists, have contributed all that they can to resolving the case. Suppression, modification, and destruction of evidence crucial to the case by those having it in custody have been completed so effectively that one esteemed historian has asserted, "at least some of those responsible for the murder of a President of the United States got away with it."
mesh_terms: D005197:Famous Persons; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000266:history; D006077:Government Agencies; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006708:Homicide; D014481:United States; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000266:history / Q000473:pathology