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{{Group | {{Group | ||
| + | |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Commission | ||
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|start=1963/11/29 | |start=1963/11/29 | ||
|end=1964/09/24 | |end=1964/09/24 | ||
|name=The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy | |name=The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy | ||
|type=whitewash | |type=whitewash | ||
| + | |status=captured | ||
|founders=Lyndon Johnson | |founders=Lyndon Johnson | ||
|description=The Warren Commission, officially referred to as "The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy" was established by President Lyndon B. Johnson. | |description=The Warren Commission, officially referred to as "The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy" was established by President Lyndon B. Johnson. | ||
| − | | | + | |members=Earl Warren, Richard Russell, John Sherman Cooper, Hale Boggs, Gerald Ford, Allen Welsh Dulles, John J. McCloy |
| − | | | + | |aim=Determination of JFK official narrative |
}} | }} | ||
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==Official Narrative== | ==Official Narrative== | ||
The commission fulfilled its function of determining Kennedy's killer, which it concluded, based on the best available evidence was [[lone nut]] and communist sympathiser [[Lee Harvey Oswald]]. A later US government investigation with more evidence available, the [[House Select Committee on Assassinations]] reached a different conclusion. | The commission fulfilled its function of determining Kennedy's killer, which it concluded, based on the best available evidence was [[lone nut]] and communist sympathiser [[Lee Harvey Oswald]]. A later US government investigation with more evidence available, the [[House Select Committee on Assassinations]] reached a different conclusion. | ||
===Problems=== | ===Problems=== | ||
| − | As the [[House Select Committee on Assassinations]] stated, "the Warren Commission failed to investigate adequately the possibility of a conspiracy to assassinate the President." Standard operating procedure was violated multiple times both before and after the assassination, and few questions were asked as to why. | + | {{QB|“The public must be satisfied that Oswald was the assassin; that he did not have confederates who are still at large; and that evidence was such that he would have been convicted at trial."-J. Edgar Hoover <ref> http://www.maryferrell.org/pages/Katzenbach_Memo.html </ref>}} |
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| + | The Warren Commission was designed to approve the already firm FBI conclusions, and with a bit of extra process, it did exactly that. The Warren Commission had no investigative resources of its own, and it relied completely upon [[FBI]] investigators. The Warren Commission did interview witnesses, but it cherry picked the witnesses to obtain testimony that favored its preordained conclusions. Warren Commission staff attorneys steered witnesses away from relevant insights and also falsified testimony in order to cover up inconvenient facts that happened to poke through. As the [[House Select Committee on Assassinations]] stated, "the Warren Commission failed to investigate adequately the possibility of a conspiracy to assassinate the President." Standard operating procedure was violated multiple times both before and after the assassination, and few questions were asked as to why. | ||
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| + | ==Members== | ||
| + | JFK’s bitter enemy [[Allen Dulles]] was the most active member of the Warren Commission. Key other commission members active in the cover-up were [[Council on Foreign Relations]] Chairman [[John McCloy]], [[Gerald Ford]] and [[Earl Warren]] himself. [[Mark Gorton]], whose [[Document:Fifty Years of the Deep State|Fifty Years of the Deep State]] is highly critical of the Warren Commission, singles out Commission member Senator Richard Russell for praise, stating that he "was a man of great integrity, and despite his being LBJ’s mentor in the Senate, he insisted on issuing a dissenting report. However, Senator Russell’s report was suppressed and only surfaced decades later in his private papers." | ||
==Findings== | ==Findings== | ||
| − | The Commission concluded that Kennedy's assassin was "[[lone nut]]" [[Lee Harvey Oswald]], himself killed by a "[[lone nut]]", [[Jack Ruby]]. The Commission also indicated that [[Dean Rusk]], the [[Secretary of State]]; [[Robert McNamara]], the [[Secretary of Defense]]; [[C. Douglas Dillon]], the [[Secretary of the Treasury]]; [[Robert F Kennedy]], the [[Attorney General]]; [[J Edgar Hoover]], the Director of the [[FBI]]; [[John A. McCone]], the Director of the [[CIA]]; and [[James J. Rowley]], the Chief of the [[Secret Service]], each independently reached the same conclusion on the basis of information available to them. < | + | The Commission concluded that Kennedy's assassin was "[[lone nut]]" [[Lee Harvey Oswald]], himself killed by a "[[lone nut]]", [[Jack Ruby]]. The Commission also indicated that [[Dean Rusk]], the [[Secretary of State]]; [[Robert McNamara]], the [[Secretary of Defense]]; [[C. Douglas Dillon]], the [[Secretary of the Treasury]]; [[Robert F Kennedy]], the [[Attorney General]]; [[J Edgar Hoover]], the Director of the [[FBI]]; [[John A. McCone]], the Director of the [[CIA]]; and [[James J. Rowley]], the Chief of the [[Secret Service]], each independently reached the same conclusion on the basis of information available to them. |
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | <references/> | ||
Latest revision as of 12:02, 27 November 2016
 The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy     | |
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| Formation | 1963/11/29 |
| Founder |  Lyndon Johnson |
| Extinction | 1964/09/24 |
| Status | captured |
| Purpose/focus | Determination of JFK official narrative |
| Type |  whitewash |
| Membership | •  Earl Warren• Richard Russell • John Sherman Cooper •  Hale Boggs•  Gerald Ford•  Allen Welsh Dulles•  John J. McCloy |
| The Warren Commission, officially referred to as "The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy" was established by President Lyndon B. Johnson. | |
Official Narrative
The commission fulfilled its function of determining Kennedy's killer, which it concluded, based on the best available evidence was lone nut and communist sympathiser Lee Harvey Oswald. A later US government investigation with more evidence available, the House Select Committee on Assassinations reached a different conclusion.
Problems
“The public must be satisfied that Oswald was the assassin; that he did not have confederates who are still at large; and that evidence was such that he would have been convicted at trial."-J. Edgar Hoover [1]
The Warren Commission was designed to approve the already firm FBI conclusions, and with a bit of extra process, it did exactly that. The Warren Commission had no investigative resources of its own, and it relied completely upon FBI investigators. The Warren Commission did interview witnesses, but it cherry picked the witnesses to obtain testimony that favored its preordained conclusions. Warren Commission staff attorneys steered witnesses away from relevant insights and also falsified testimony in order to cover up inconvenient facts that happened to poke through. As the House Select Committee on Assassinations stated, "the Warren Commission failed to investigate adequately the possibility of a conspiracy to assassinate the President." Standard operating procedure was violated multiple times both before and after the assassination, and few questions were asked as to why.
Members
JFK’s bitter enemy Allen Dulles was the most active member of the Warren Commission. Key other commission members active in the cover-up were Council on Foreign Relations Chairman John McCloy, Gerald Ford and Earl Warren himself. Mark Gorton, whose Fifty Years of the Deep State is highly critical of the Warren Commission, singles out Commission member Senator Richard Russell for praise, stating that he "was a man of great integrity, and despite his being LBJ’s mentor in the Senate, he insisted on issuing a dissenting report. However, Senator Russell’s report was suppressed and only surfaced decades later in his private papers."
Findings
The Commission concluded that Kennedy's assassin was "lone nut" Lee Harvey Oswald, himself killed by a "lone nut", Jack Ruby. The Commission also indicated that Dean Rusk, the Secretary of State; Robert McNamara, the Secretary of Defense; C. Douglas Dillon, the Secretary of the Treasury; Robert F Kennedy, the Attorney General; J Edgar Hoover, the Director of the FBI; John A. McCone, the Director of the CIA; and James J. Rowley, the Chief of the Secret Service, each independently reached the same conclusion on the basis of information available to them.
Known members
6 of the 7 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
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| Hale Boggs | A US House Majority Leader who strongly dissented from the official narrative of the JFK Assassination. His small plane disappeared without trace in Alaska, together with Nick Begich and two other men. |
| John Sherman Cooper | US lawyer who refused to sign the draft of the Warren Commission Report until a qualifying statement was inserted. |
| Allen Dulles | Dulles served the longest ever term as Director of Central Intelligence and dominated American intelligence for a generation. He personified a cadre of Ivy League pragmatic elitists in high echelons of the government who greatly admired Germany’s scientific achievements.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> Dulles was fired by JFK after the Bay of Pigs and bore a grudge against him thereafter. |
| Gerald Ford | US Deep State functionary who was made US President by The Cabal after they removed Richard Nixon with the Watergate Coup |
| John J. McCloy | US deep politician, Warren Commission, CFR Chair for 17 years, President of the World Bank ... |
| Richard Russell |
