It seems that CIA was pissed-off with him for the Bay of Pigs fiasco while the Mafia thought that the Kennedys had a political debt to pay, esp. when they (Mafia) had helped him won the election by stuffing ballots in the Democratic wards of Cook county Chicago.
As I read in one of the books..it mentioned the Kennedy patrirarch Joe telling his Mafia buddies (he made his money smuggling moonshine across from the border in Canada during the Prohibition era) in 1957 that if they helped Jack won the presidential election, they would have their own guy in the Oval office.
Moreover, with Bobby going after Mafia hammer & tongs, Mafia felt betrayed and so in cahoots with CIA, prominent Mafia members like Carlos Mercello of Louisiana Crime family, Santo Trafficante of Tampa, FL, Sam 'Mooney' Giancana of the Outfit (as Chicago Mafia family was known as) and Jimmy Hoffa of Teamsters decided on getting rid of Jack.
Also, Lee Harvey Oswalds was killed by Jack Ruby, a known Mafia associate!
2006-07-17
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