The JFK assassination happens, but in this alternate history, it's found that the CIA really was behind it. How does America, and the world, change?
Wednesday, June 12th, 1974
CIA BEHIND JFK KILLINGREUTERS (NEW YORK): Panic struck around the world today as newly released tapes from the Watergate Hotel investigation exposed the CIA's involvement in the assassination of John F. Kennedy Jr.
The discovery of the CIA's unexpected competence has sent stock markets plunging and the global economy into further unrest. One anonymous business leader said: "it's very worrying. Previously, I had assumed that the CIA's missions were bound to be fuckups, and invested in oil futures accordingly."
"But if a successful mission like this can be pulled off, who knows what they can do?..."
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Friday, October 18th, 2002
NO INVASION OF IRAQ, SAYS PRESIDENTREUTERS (WASHINGTON DC): President Bush announced today that he would not proceed with any attempts to invade Iraq after intelligence reports suggested that weapons of mass destruction were not present in the country.
"These folks are good at what they do," the President said in a White House briefing, "they're not to be misunderestimated. If they say Saddam has no weapons, we should listen to that and act accordionly."
But Democrats in Congress accused the Administration of flip-flopping on the issue, claiming that the President had lost credibility on the issue. "The President...
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Monday, November 1st, 2004
BIN LADEN 'NOT RE-ELECTION MASCOT' SAYS PRESIDENTREUTERS (NEW YORK): President Bush insisted today that the US military and intelligence services' failure to capture Osama bin Laden over the last three years did not point to the man's fictional status, and called accusations made by campaign opponents 'shameful'.
"Bin Laden is real, and he is a threat to the United States," the President insisted, "he is not some viral online campaign for my re-election, and I find such accusations shameful."
But a recent poll showed that just 28% of Americans believe Bin Laden to be an actual person, with 44% believing him to be fictional, up from 19% last year, and 32% believing him to be a campaign mascot of the Bush campaign.
The President's re-election bid has struggled against the increasingly inert war in Aghanistan and questions about his domestic policy...
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