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.

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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 of America
surface form: 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 United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
languageOfReport English
legalForm ad hoc investigative commission
location Washington, D.C.
mediaTypeOfReport print
member Allen Dulles
surface form: Allen W. Dulles

Earl Warren
Gerald Ford
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Warren Commission Report
purpose investigate the assassination of John F. Kennedy
reportPublicationDate 1964
reportTitle Warren Commission self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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

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Elm Street associatedWith Warren Commission
subject surface form: Elm Street (Dallas)
Earl Warren chairpersonOf Warren Commission
Warren Commission producedWork Warren Commission self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Warren Commission Report
Warren Commission reportTitle Warren Commission self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Allen Dulles memberOf Warren Commission
Jack Ruby investigatedBy Warren Commission
Lee Harvey Oswald subjectOf Warren Commission
this entity surface form: Warren Commission Report
United States House Select Committee on Assassinations precededBy Warren Commission
this entity surface form: President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
John J. McCloy memberOf Warren Commission
Carousel Club mentionedIn Warren Commission
this entity surface form: Warren Commission Report
Executive Order 11130 established Warren Commission
this entity surface form: President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Executive Order 11130 established Warren Commission
Executive Order 11130 commissionName Warren Commission
this entity surface form: President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Executive Order 11130 commissionCommonName Warren Commission
Executive Order 11130 successorBody Warren Commission
Executive Order 11130 relatedCommissionReport Warren Commission
this entity surface form: Warren Commission Report
Jacob Leon Rubenstein subjectOf Warren Commission
this entity surface form: Warren Commission investigation
Hale Boggs memberOf Warren Commission
Marina Oswald testifiedBefore Warren Commission
Marina Nikolayevna Prusakova testifiedIn Warren Commission
J. Lee Rankin employer Warren Commission
J. Lee Rankin participatedIn Warren Commission
this entity surface form: Warren Commission inquiry into the assassination of John F. Kennedy
McCloy memberOf Warren Commission
subject surface form: John J. McCloy
this entity surface form: The Warren Commission
JFK (1991 film) portraysOrganization Warren Commission