Difference between revisions of "The Warren Commission"
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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. <ref name="WCR-C6" /> | 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. <ref name="WCR-C6" /> | ||
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Revision as of 13:27, 14 January 2014
 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 |
| Type |  whitewash |
| 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
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.
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. [1]
References
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