Warren Commission

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The Warren Commission was a presidentially appointed panel led by Chief Justice Earl Warren that conducted the official U.S. government investigation into the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal commission
presidential commission
appendicesCount 26 volumes of hearings and exhibits
appointedBy Lyndon B. Johnson
appointedFollowing assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963
archivesLocation National Archives and Records Administration
chairperson Earl Warren
concluded Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating John F. Kennedy
no credible evidence of a domestic or foreign conspiracy
country United States
createdBy Executive Order 11130
criticizedFor perceived investigative omissions
reliance on FBI and CIA information
dateOfExecutiveOrder November 29, 1963
dissolved 1964
evidenceBase FBI and Secret Service reports
ballistics analysis
medical and autopsy records
testimony of hundreds of witnesses
fieldOfWork criminal investigation
forensic analysis
presidential security
followedBy United States House Select Committee on Assassinations
inception 1963
jurisdiction federal government of the United States
languageOfReport English
legalForm ad hoc investigative commission
location Washington, D.C.
mediaTypeOfReport print
member Allen W. Dulles
Earl Warren
Gerald R. Ford
Hale Boggs
John J. McCloy
John Sherman Cooper
Richard Russell Jr.
namedAfter Earl Warren
numberOfMembers 7
pagesOfReport over 800
producedWork Warren Commission Report
purpose investigate the assassination of John F. Kennedy
reportPublicationDate 1964
reportTitle Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
secretary J. Lee Rankin
significantEvent official U.S. government investigation into the Kennedy assassination
subjectOf conspiracy theories
historical controversy
topic assassination of John F. Kennedy

Referenced by (12)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Jack Ruby
investigatedBy
Allen Dulles
John J. McCloy
memberOf
Elm Street (Dallas)
associatedWith
Earl Warren
chairpersonOf
Killing of Lee Harvey Oswald
hasConnectionTo
Killing of Lee Harvey Oswald
hasInvestigatingBody
United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ("President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy")
precededBy
Warren Commission ("Warren Commission Report")
producedWork
Warren Commission ("Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy")
reportTitle
Lee Harvey Oswald ("Warren Commission Report")
subjectOf

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