A conspiracy as small as this is clearly not what 99% of CTers have envisioned.
Also, you sometimes list four names, sometimes seven.
You also allude to oil companies but do not provide an estimate of the number involved in the conspiracy.
And did this “small” conspiracy (just the employees of the TSBD, oh, and the oil industry) fake the paperwork linking the rifle to Oswald? Did they fake the autopsy? Did they fake the backyard photographs?
Exactly what evidence was tampered with by the conspiracy?
"A conspiracy as small as this is clearly not what 99% of CTers have envisioned."This thread is asking an important question.
There can be no doubt that the vast majority of CTers are weak minded lunatics who have no interest in actually finding out what was going with the JFK case. They are simply propping up their own fragile egos at the expense of the truth. It's disgusting really and embarrassing that I am lumped in with them by default.
Because witness evidence is contradictory by nature and the investigation was unbelievably incompetent, not to mention corrupt, these people can come up with any outlandish theory they want, no matter how large it gets.
"Also, you sometimes list four names, sometimes seven."The list of four - Truly, Shelley, Fritz and Dougherty - are those who had foreknowledge of events that day.
The list of seven - Shelley, Lovelady, Williams, Norman, Jarman, Dougherty, Givens - are those who clearly lied to the investigating authorities. Williams, Norman and Jarman did not lie because they were part of the conspiracy they lied because Williams saw something he shouldn't have seen. Williams tried to distance himself from it and dragged Norman and Jarman into his lie as back up.
"You also allude to oil companies but do not provide an estimate of the number involved in the conspiracy."I've made no mention of oil companies.
"And did this “small” conspiracy (just the employees of the TSBD, oh, and the oil industry) fake the paperwork linking the rifle to Oswald? Did they fake the autopsy? Did they fake the backyard photographs?"None of this was faked.
I don't believe any evidence was faked.
Some important evidence was destroyed/lost such as BRW's lunch remains including the soda bottle.
Forrest Sorrels taking Oswald's shirt out to Bledsoe so she could make notes seems a weird use of evidence.
But I don't believe anything was faked.
I'm working on a "Patsy" model, so Oswald can do all the things he is said to have done - bought a rifle and revolver, got Marina to take photos etc.
"Exactly what evidence was tampered with by the conspiracy?"Obviously, I've given the example of the lunch remains and Bledsoe.
There are other small examples of tampering but not on some kind of industrial scale.
You must remember, the order, from the very top, that the investigation into the murder was to focus solely on Oswald, really happened. This led to a skewing of the investigation. Which in turn led to moments of corruption. Not as part of a conscious conspiracy put as part of "following orders."