How Realistic is Libra?
Throughout Libra we see the group of former CIA agents constantly adapting and improvising the plan as the situation changes. I think this is one of the most realistic parts of the story. In real life it would be nearly impossible for a small group of people to have a perfect plan that would pan out exactly as they expected. Also, I think the entire premise of having any borderline omniscient and all powerful "secret society" so to speak is a bit ridiculous, a surprisingly wide spread idea among conspirators. DeLillo makes a much more believable atmosphere, with uncertainty and other groups all sort of competing to kill the president. This uncertainty in how this will all play out makes the story much more chaotic, but a lot more realistic. However, the chaotic nature of the plot also makes it seem as if DeLillo is just trying to make things make sense with historical facts. With all this uncertainty it makes the plan to coerce Lee into attempting to kill the president on his...