United States House Select Committee on Assassinations
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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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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States congressional committee
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select committee → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
federal government of the United States
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| archivesAt |
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
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| chairperson |
Henry B. Gonzalez
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Louis Stokes → Thomas N. Downing → |
| concludedThat |
James Earl Ray fired the shot that killed Martin Luther King Jr.
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Lee Harvey Oswald fired shots that killed President John F. Kennedy → 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
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| endTime |
1979
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| establishedBy |
United States House of Representatives
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| finalReportDate |
1979
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| hasJurisdiction |
assassination of John F. Kennedy
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assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. → |
| hasMemberCount |
12
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| legalBasis |
House Resolution 222 (95th Congress)
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| legislativeBody |
United States House of Representatives
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| location |
Washington, D.C.
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| notableMember |
Christopher Dodd
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Richardson Preyer → Walter E. Fauntroy → |
| oversightSubject |
performance of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Kennedy and King investigations
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performance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the Kennedy and King investigations → |
| partOf |
94th United States Congress
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95th United States Congress → |
| politicalContext |
post-Watergate era congressional investigations of intelligence agencies
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| precededBy |
President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
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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
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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
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improvements in protection of the President and other officials → |
| shortName |
HSCA
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| startTime |
1976
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| topic |
congressional investigations
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forensic analysis of assassinations → political assassinations in the United States → |
| usedMethod |
acoustic analysis of Dallas police dictabelt recording
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ballistics analysis → forensic pathology review → review of FBI and CIA files → |
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Warren Commission
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followedBy |
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Assassination of John F. Kennedy
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investigatedBy |
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United States House Select Committee on Assassinations
("HSCA")
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shortName |
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Lee Harvey Oswald
("United States House Select Committee on Assassinations investigation")
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