Chomskys faulty "there was no JFK assassination conspiracy" logic

[Frankie Vegas]

Rethinking Camelot?

[ed. note: I was never a Camelotian; a JFK activist of the time told me I'd die unmourned in a rat-infested garret]

Speaking of Chomsky's brain:

Of all of these theories, the only ones of any general interest are those that assume a massive cover-up, and a high-level conspiracy that required that operation. In that case, the assassination was an event of true political significance, breaking sharply from the normal course of politics and exercise of power. Such ideas make little sense unless coupled with the thesis that JFK was undertaking radical policy changes, or perceived to be by policy insiders.

The scale of the presumed conspiracy should be appreciated. There is not a phrase in the voluminous internal record hinting at any thought of such a notion. It must be, then, that personal discipline was extraordinary among a huge number of people, or that the entire record has been scrupulously sanitized. There has not been a single leak over thirty years, though a high-level conspiracy to assassinate Kennedy and conceal the crime would have to involve not only much of the government and the media, but a good part of the historical, scientific, and medical professions. An achievement so immense would be utterly without precedent or even remote analogue.(pg. 37)

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Re-watched Virtual JFK recently. I would think stopping 6 wars and trying to stop a seventh amid a government who were keen on war would be enough to get one assassinated.
Also, the related agencies and people were involved with murders of other heads of state, so assassinating one in their own country wouldn't be too much of a leap.

As for the cover up. I read something about that years ago that I wish I could remember. It basically explained that big cover ups can happen when there are a lot of little people told to cover a little piece up and not given a reason why but value their jobs (lives).

I'm so glad I found this thread. I've been meaning to look at Choamsky's ideas on this case.