Outsider Influence Quotes
The Texas authorities bungled the investigation, and the President under pressure, appointed the Warren Commission to conduct the investigation. That commission did poorly as well as they were lied to by both the CIA and the FBI. The autopsy report disappeared. The forensic photos of the dead president were not shown to anyone but Judge Warren; even the chief investigator—Arlen Specter—was not allowed to see them. Conspiracy theories have abounded ever since.
This model has been used by many counties even into the 21st century to get the benefits of foreign know how and capital while preventing the foreign businesses to control parts of the nation and the economy. In this case, Cixi had allowed a telegraph company and two modern coal mining areas. The system works well provided the foreign interests do not bribe the native administrators who are appointed to oversee the activity. It takes two for bribery and other forms of corruption to work and unfortunately, Cixi ruled a culture where corruption, petty and large, was pervasive and traditional.
