Exactly 30 years ago, Oliver Stoneâs original political thriller âJFKâ stirred up controversy and public outcry over the dubious circumstances surrounding the assassination of the former president. Though the U.S. governmentâs Warren Commission charged Lee Harvey Oswald with the murder, many elements about the case shed doubt on the governmentâs official portrait of Oswald as an individual firebrand who assassinated Kennedy with no outside help. âJFKâ not only helped to bring those arguments to light, but made an even bolder accusation â alleging that the plot involved the CIA and even then-Vice President Johnson himself. Due in part to the cultural impact of Stoneâs original film, the U.S. government passed the âJFK Act,â pledging to release a wealth of sealed records to the public by 2017. Drawing on those newly-released records as well as James DiEugenioâs 1992 nonfiction book âDestiny Betrayed: JFK, Cuba, and the Ga
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CANNES: US director Oliver Stone returned to one of his favourite themes as he presented his latest movie at Cannes on Tuesday, claiming that president John F. Kennedy was assassinated by the CIA because he stood up to the American military.
Stone, whose new documentary on the killing was premiering at the Cannes film festival, also told reporters that he thought it was fear of being bumped off that kept Barack Obama from challenging the military and intelligence agencies during his time in office.
“Obama, one of his biggest concerns when he was president, was being assassinated because he was the first black president,” Stone told reporters.