John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories drug lords, including a French heroin syndicate. Soon after the assassination of President Kennedy, Oswald's activities in New Orleans, Louisiana, during the spring and summer of 1963, came under scrutiny. Three days after the assassination, on November 25, 1963, New Orleans attorney Dean Andrews told the FBI that he received a telephone call from a man named Clay Bertrand, on the day of the assassination, asking him to defend Oswald. Andrews would later repeat this claim in testimony to the Warren Commission. Also, in late November 1963, an employee of New Orleans private investigator Guy Banister named Jack Martin began
Reactions to the assassination of John F. Kennedy Reactions to the assassination of John F. Kennedy Around the world, there were stunned reactions to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the President of the United States, on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. The first hour after the shooting, before Kennedy's death was announced, was a time of great confusion. Taking place during the Cold War, it was at first unclear whether the shooting might be part of a larger attack upon the U.S., and whether Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson, who had been riding two cars behind in the motorcade, was safe. The news shocked the nation. Many