A trip to Chicago by JFK was cancelled only weeks before.
The Omen in Chicago: the I-Team has discovered not just one, but two plots to cut down JFK in Chicago in early November, 1963, and an intriguing backstory of bungling by the government agencies protecting him.
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An hour later, the White House scrubbed JFK’S trip.
“Since the president’s life was in such severe danger, that was the reason he cancelled the trip to Chicago— the assassination threat,” said Bolden. “
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The Chicago plan didn’t work out so they simply waited until Dallas.
Thanks, BeadCounter.
I wonder if Oswald knew the Marine shooter in Chicago? LOL