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The Warren Commission 'concluded' that three shots were fired at the motorcade, and all three shots originated from the Texas School Book Depository Building, mainly due to the discovery of three spent shells on the sixth floor - then it mused that perhaps only two shots were fired and the third shell was used as a chamber plug.
So which is it, Earl? If there were three shots, but only two fired from the Texas School Book Depository Building, then shouldn't we be looking for another shooter?
Texas had Miranda before Miranda - not that it helped LHO.
Consistent with the patriarchal attitudes that dominated most of the 20th Century, the panel of psychiatrists consulted by the Warren Commission wanted to blame Marina Oswald for the murder of the president.
In a rare moment of clarity, the Commission declined to pursue this vector.
The Warren Commission should have asked Agatha Christie to write its report.
At least she understood the importance of identifying the elements of a crime and crafting a cogent narrative from the facts that supports the primary conclusion – having experience writing fiction certainly couldn't have hurt either.
The second of day of Mrs. Oswald's testimony was taken at 200 Maryland Avenue NE in Washington D.C. by the Warren Commission – again led by general counsel J. Lee Rankin – revealed Mr. Oswald's contentious relationship with the FBI, domestic issues between the Oswalds, and several letters sent to the Soviet Embassy declaring Mrs. Oswald's intentions to return to the Soviet Union.
The Warren Commission Report has been the target of scorn and derision over the years. Some of it undeserved, but not all of it.
On p.54, the WCR represents testimony that conflicts with the report's primary conclusion: that LHO acted alone and of his own volition.
President Johnson announced today via Executive Order No. 11130 the formation of a commission to investigate the assassination of President John Kennedy and the violent death his alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.
The Commission is chaired by Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court Earl W. Warren and its members include congressional, intelligence, and private interests.
Details of how the members were chosen have not been released, but the eminence of Chief Justice Warren ensures an investigation of the most unimpeachable jurisprudence.
