Context The Warren Commission (Connecting the Dots)

Context The Warren Commission

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Recipe for a Coverup?

Conspiracy theorists often point to a memorandum written by Assistant Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach three days after the assassination as a call for a top-level government coverup of a conspiracy. One passage from the memo reads:

The public must be satisfied that Oswald was the assassin; that he did not have confederates who are still at large; and that the evidence was such that he would have been convicted at trial.

Katzenbach explained the memo, and the general thinking among top administration officials in his testimony before the House Select Committee on Assassinations. Rather than calling for a coverup, the memo called for a full disclosure of the facts of the case. This is made clear in a passage the conspiracy books seldom quote:

It is important that all of the facts surrounding President Kennedy's Assassination be made public in a way which will satisfy people in the United States and abroad all that the facts have been told and a statement to this effect be made now.

. . . and further:

I think this objective may be satisfied by making public as soon as possible a complete and thorough FBI report on Oswald and the assassination.

. . . and finally:

I think, however, that a statement that all the facts will be made public property in an orderly and responsible way should be made now.

If one assumes, as conspiracists do, that there was clear evidence of a conspiracy, and that Katzenbach knew there was such evidence, then the memo is the recipe for a coverup. The reality, however, is that Katzenbach like most of official Washington was convinced that Oswald had done it alone, but also convinced that theorizing about a conspiracy (especially a Communist conspiracy) harmed the national interest.

Did Gerald Ford Move the Wound in Kennedy's Back?

Conspiracists have insisted that the wound in Kennedy's back was too low to be consistent with the Single Bullet Theory. Thus, the fact that Warren Commission member Gerald Ford changed the description of the wound in a draft of the Warren Commission Report from "back" to "neck" seems sinister to them. But was it really sinister, or was Ford acting in good faith?

Warren Commission

Warren Commission investigated the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Note: Gerald R. Ford was a member of the Warren Commission, the president for the Richard M. Nixon administration, the president of the Gerald R. Ford administration.

Richard M. Nixon was the president for the Richard M. Nixon administration, and an honorary member of the Bohemian Club.

George H.W. Bush is a member of the Bohemian Club.

George H.W. Bush talks about the New World Order; Walter Cronkite said he is glad to sit at the Right Hand of Satan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd2M4S5D1uc

Walter L. Cronkite was a member of the Bohemian Club.

Henry A. Kissinger is a member of the Bohemian Club, a trustee at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), the national security adviser, secretary of state for the Richard M. Nixon administration, the national security adviser & secretary of state, secretary of state for the Gerald R. Ford administration, a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

William T. Coleman Jr. was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), Gerald R. Ford’s honorary pallbearer, a senior consultant & assistant counsel for the Warren Commission, is a trustee at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, a senior partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a co-chair emeritus for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Urban Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Lester Crown was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Kathleen Brown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an attorney at O'Melveny & Myers LLP.

Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr. is a partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Thomas E. Donilon was a partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, White House deputy national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration, a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Zoe Baird was a partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, and is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

William T. Coleman Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a co-chair emeritus for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), a senior partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, a trustee at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), Gerald R. Ford’s honorary pallbearer, and a senior consultant & assistant counsel for the Warren Commission.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Valerie B. Jarrett is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Newton N. Minow is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP, and is the president of the Barack Obama administration.

William M. Daley was the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration, is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a trustee at the Third Way.

Ronald A. Klain is a trustee at the Third Way, was the chief of staff to the vice president for the Barack Obama administration, and a partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP.

Danielle C. Gray  is the assistant to the president for the Barack Obama administration, and was a lawyer at O'Melveny & Myers LLP.

Derek Douglas was a special assistant for urban affairs for the Barack Obama administration, and an associate at O'Melveny & Myers LLP.

Thomas E. Donilon was a partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, White House deputy national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration, a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

William T. Coleman Jr. is a senior partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a co-chair emeritus for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), was was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), Gerald R. Ford’s honorary pallbearer, and a senior consultant & assistant counsel for the Warren Commission.

William D. Ruckelshaus is a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), and was a director at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Nicholas deB. Katzenbach was a director emeritus at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and the attorney general for the Lyndon B. Johnson administration.

Lyndon B. Johnson was the president for the Lyndon B. Johnson administration, and a member of the Burning Tree Club.

Gerald R. Ford was a member of the Burning Tree Club, and the president for the Gerald R. Ford administration.

Richard M. Nixon was a member of the Burning Tree Club, an honorary member of the Bohemian Club, and the president for the Richard M. Nixon administration.

George H.W. Bush is a member of the Burning Tree Club, a member of the Bohemian Club, and was the president of the George H.W. Bush administration.

John F. Kennedy was a member of the Burning Tree Club, the president of the John F. Kennedy administration, and the Warren Commission investigated his assassination.

William T. Coleman Jr. was the senior consultant & assistant counsel for the Warren Commission, a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is a trustee at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation.

Jack Valenti was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Burning Tree Club.

Henry A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), the national security adviser, secretary of state for the Richard M. Nixon administration, the national security adviser & secretary of state, secretary of state for the Gerald R. Ford administration, is a member of the Bohemian Club, a trustee at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).