The public role of government in relation to the JFK assassination plays an integral role in determining to what degree knowledge was accessible and contrarily actively ignored. The notion that the act of assassination within this context of government is public is epitomised by the release of government documents (previously inaccessible in theory or in practice) under The John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act.

How Government Works

McAdams presents a thorough collection of documents that place the assassination within in the framework of "how the government works". McAdams is adamant that we know the truth as to who killed Kennedy, being a lone assassin subscriber, yet presents documents that acknowledge wilful unknowing of information, albeit disparagingly and attempting to discredit the sources with his intrusive presence.

JFK Assassination: Where Are We Now?

Authored by Dr. Grover B. Proctor, Jr. an historian and university dean who is widely acknowledged as an expert on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He has published numerous articles, lectured extensively, and has frequently been consulted by print and broadcast media.

While most of his work comprises analysis and interpretation of the assassination research phenomenon, he broke new ground in the investigation in the early 1980's with his work on Lee Harvey Oswald's alleged telephone call from the Dallas jail to a former military counterintelligence agent in Raleigh, N.C.

The role politics played in the JFK assassination is contentious and depends upon the agenda of whomever is considering the issue. Consider Peter Dale Scott's definition of deep political analysis: "looking beneath public formulations of policy issues to the bureaucratic, economic, and ultimately covert and criminal activities which underlie them" in respect to the role politics played in knowledge and the wilful unknowing of information regarding the JFK assassination.

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