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Warren Commission findings

The Warren Commission's conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone gunman in the JFK assassination

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Jan 14, 2026
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JFK was shot by the CIA

The claim that "JFK was shot by the CIA" is not supported by the weight of declassified records and official investigations: no verifiable evidence has emerged showing that the Central Intelligence Ag...

Feb 7, 2026

Was Oswald the lone shooter

The official investigations concluded that fired the shots that and that no evidence proved a wider conspiracy; the Warren Commission and multiple federal investigations found Oswald the shooter . Nev...

Jan 19, 2026

How have forensic re‑analyses since the 1960s changed assessments of the Tippit shooting and related ballistic evidence?

Forensic work at the time of the Tippit killing led investigators to conclude the .38-caliber cartridge cases found at the scene were fired from the revolver taken from Lee Harvey Oswald, a finding th...

Jan 16, 2026

What specific documents newly released in 2025 change historians’ understanding of CIA knowledge about Oswald’s Mexico City visit?

The new 2025 declassification tranche — a 77,000‑page release assembled at the National Archives and distributed to researchers — contains specific CIA Mexico City Station records, internal memos and ...

Jan 11, 2026

Was Kennedy killer for political reasons by the government?

A straight answer: there is no conclusive, documented proof that the U.S. government ordered John F. Kennedy’s killing for political reasons; the official Warren Commission concluded Lee Harvey Oswald...

Jan 10, 2026

How have historians evaluated whether the newly released CIA files could have altered the Warren Commission’s investigation or conclusions?

Most historians judge the recently released CIA files as unlikely to overturn the Warren Commission’s core conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald killed President Kennedy alone, while simultaneously conclu...

Jan 7, 2026

What did Allen Dulles testify about during the Church Committee hearings in 1975 regarding CIA activities and the JFK assassination?

Allen Dulles appeared in the mid-1970s as a central figure in Senate investigations of the intelligence community because of his prior role as CIA director and as a member of the Warren Commission; th...