United States House Select Committee on Assassinations

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United States congressional committee select committee

The United States House Select Committee on Assassinations was a special congressional committee established in the late 1970s to reexamine the killings of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., ultimately concluding that Kennedy was likely assassinated as the result of a conspiracy.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
House Select Committee on Assassinations 5
United States House Select Committee on Assassinations canonical 5
United States House Select Committee on Assassinations investigation 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional committee ⓘ
select committee ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
archivesAt National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
chairperson Henry B. González ⓘ
surface form: Henry B. Gonzalez

Louis Stokes ⓘ
Thomas N. Downing ⓘ
concludedThat James Earl Ray fired the shot that killed Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Lee Harvey Oswald fired shots that killed President John F. Kennedy ⓘ
Assassination of John F. Kennedy ⓘ
surface form: President John F. Kennedy was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy

the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Central Intelligence Agency were deficient in sharing information with the Warren Commission ⓘ
the Warren Commission did not adequately investigate the possibility of a conspiracy in the Kennedy assassination ⓘ
the medical and ballistic evidence indicated the likelihood of a second gunman in the Kennedy assassination ⓘ
there was a likelihood of a conspiracy in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., though the committee could not identify its extent ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endTime 1979 ⓘ
establishedBy United States House of Representatives ⓘ
finalReportDate 1979 ⓘ
hasJurisdiction assassination of John F. Kennedy ⓘ
assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
hasMemberCount 12 ⓘ
legalBasis House Resolution 222 (95th Congress) ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableMember Christopher Dodd ⓘ
Richardson Preyer ⓘ
Walter E. Fauntroy ⓘ
oversightSubject performance of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Kennedy and King investigations ⓘ
performance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the Kennedy and King investigations ⓘ
partOf 94th United States Congress ⓘ
95th Congress ⓘ
surface form: 95th United States Congress
politicalContext post-Watergate era congressional investigations of intelligence agencies ⓘ
precededBy Warren Commission ⓘ
surface form: President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

United States Department of Justice investigations into the King assassination ⓘ
producedWork Final Report of the Select Committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
volumes of hearings and appendices on the Kennedy assassination ⓘ
volumes of hearings and appendices on the King assassination ⓘ
recommended greater congressional oversight of intelligence agencies ⓘ
improvements in protection of the President and other officials ⓘ
shortName United States House Select Committee on Assassinations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: HSCA
startTime 1976 ⓘ
topic congressional investigations ⓘ
forensic analysis of assassinations ⓘ
political assassinations in the United States ⓘ
usedMethod acoustic analysis of Dallas police dictabelt recording ⓘ
ballistics analysis ⓘ
forensic pathology review ⓘ
review of FBI and CIA files ⓘ

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Assassination of John F. Kennedy → investigatedBy → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
Warren Commission → followedBy → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
Lee Harvey Oswald → subjectOf → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States House Select Committee on Assassinations investigation
United States House Select Committee on Assassinations → shortName → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: HSCA
Jacob Leon Rubenstein → subjectOf → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Select Committee on Assassinations inquiries
Marina Oswald → testifiedBefore → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Select Committee on Assassinations
Fair Play for Cuba Committee leafleting in New Orleans → laterInvestigatedBy → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Select Committee on Assassinations
House Resolution 222 (95th Congress) → establishedBody → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Select Committee on Assassinations
House Resolution 222 (95th Congress) → appliesTo → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Select Committee on Assassinations
James Earl Ray fired the shot that killed Martin Luther King Jr. → subjectOf → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
subject surface form: James Earl Ray
this entity surface form: United States House Select Committee on Assassinations investigation
United States Department of Justice investigations into the King assassination → relatedTo → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Select Committee on Assassinations investigation into the King assassination
assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. → subjectOf → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States House Select Committee on Assassinations investigation
Final Report of the Select Committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of Representatives → author → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
Final Report of the Select Committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of Representatives → relatedTo → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
Zapruder film → subjectOf → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Select Committee on Assassinations
Louis Stokes → chairpersonOf → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ⓘ