I think the CIA killed Kennedy theory is heavily predicted on a President in the 1960s having significant control over their administration, organization, and budget.
This wasn't "the CIA" in abstract, but a specific conspiracy of high ranking officials who saw Dulles get the axe and decided regime change was now in order. Robert Kennedy getting got, Nixon getting ousted, and Carter getting his political knees swiped out from under him to make way for a senile actor and his CIA handler all indicate that these agencies weren't immune to the power of the Presidency up to this point. That's why they set out to take control.
But by now, we've seen so much autonomy handed over that it no longer really seems to matter who is in change.
I think the CIA killed Kennedy theory is heavily predicted on a President in the 1960s having significant control over their administration, organization, and budget.
This wasn't "the CIA" in abstract, but a specific conspiracy of high ranking officials who saw Dulles get the axe and decided regime change was now in order. Robert Kennedy getting got, Nixon getting ousted, and Carter getting his political knees swiped out from under him to make way for a senile actor and his CIA handler all indicate that these agencies weren't immune to the power of the Presidency up to this point. That's why they set out to take control.
But by now, we've seen so much autonomy handed over that it no longer really seems to matter who is in change.
Yeah, I'm not saying the CIA was immune to the power of the elected government, just that they have never been faithful to it or its agendas