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One week after the assassination of President Kennedy, now President Lyndon Johnson issued an Executive Order which announced the formation of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy. It would carry the nickname “the Warren Commission,” and it would become the national focal point for national distrust of government reports.
Given that the entire purpose of the commission was to prevent speculation of a conspiracy in the killing of President Kennedy, history would seem to have judged it a complete and utter failure.
But… was it…?
One week after the assassination of President Kennedy, now President Lyndon Johnson issued an Executive Order which announced the formation of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy. It would carry the nickname “the Warren Commission,” and it would become the national focal point for national distrust of government reports.
Given that the entire purpose of the commission was to prevent speculation of a conspiracy in the killing of President Kennedy, history would seem to have judged it a complete and utter failure.
But… was it…?
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