JFK Assassination Controversy
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― Earl Warren Chief Justice Earl Warren established a commission to investigate the death of John F. Kennedy, called the Warren Commission. After the nearly yearlong investigation they concluded that the killer was Lee Harvey Oswald, who was also later killed on his way to the Dallas police headquarters. The Warren Commision was written a week after JFK’s assassination. It created controversy, but it also solved the murder of America’s 35th president. On November 29th, 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson launched a federal investigation for the assassination of John F. Kennedy called The Warren Commission. This yearlong investigation used accounts and statements provided …show more content…
He was accused and found guilty of assassinating the 35th president of the United States. This former U.S. Marine was killed on November 24th, 1963. Just two days after he killed JFK, he was shot by nightclub owner Jack Ruby on his way to the Dallas police forces headquarters. Back in 1956, 7 years before his death, he joined the U.S. Marines, he was a better-than-average marksman, yet he was court martialed twice in 1958 for having illegal weapons and displaying violent behavior (Biography). Later that year he terminated his military service and arranged a trip to Moscow. When he arrived there he informed Russian authorities that he wanted to move to the Soviet Union. After some debate by government operatives over Oswald's possible role as a spy he was allowed to stay in Minsk. During his short time there, he was closely monitored by the KGB. In 1981, Oswald wed Marina Pruskova. In 1962 he was dissatisfied by his life in the Soviet Union so he got his wife and newborn daughter and moved back to the U.S. This is where Oswald's life gets tricky and throws up red flags. His small family set up residence in Dallas, Texas. During this time, he was using his alias Alek J. Hidell and his communism, from when he lived in Russia, transformed into support for Cuba. In 1963, Oswald ordered a handgun in the mail, and later obtained a rifle. Hidell, a.k.a Lee Harvey Oswald, had his wife Marina take a photo of
― Earl Warren Chief Justice Earl Warren established a commission to investigate the death of John F. Kennedy, called the Warren Commission. After the nearly yearlong investigation they concluded that the killer was Lee Harvey Oswald, who was also later killed on his way to the Dallas police headquarters. The Warren Commision was written a week after JFK’s assassination. It created controversy, but it also solved the murder of America’s 35th president. On November 29th, 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson launched a federal investigation for the assassination of John F. Kennedy called The Warren Commission. This yearlong investigation used accounts and statements provided …show more content…
He was accused and found guilty of assassinating the 35th president of the United States. This former U.S. Marine was killed on November 24th, 1963. Just two days after he killed JFK, he was shot by nightclub owner Jack Ruby on his way to the Dallas police forces headquarters. Back in 1956, 7 years before his death, he joined the U.S. Marines, he was a better-than-average marksman, yet he was court martialed twice in 1958 for having illegal weapons and displaying violent behavior (Biography). Later that year he terminated his military service and arranged a trip to Moscow. When he arrived there he informed Russian authorities that he wanted to move to the Soviet Union. After some debate by government operatives over Oswald's possible role as a spy he was allowed to stay in Minsk. During his short time there, he was closely monitored by the KGB. In 1981, Oswald wed Marina Pruskova. In 1962 he was dissatisfied by his life in the Soviet Union so he got his wife and newborn daughter and moved back to the U.S. This is where Oswald's life gets tricky and throws up red flags. His small family set up residence in Dallas, Texas. During this time, he was using his alias Alek J. Hidell and his communism, from when he lived in Russia, transformed into support for Cuba. In 1963, Oswald ordered a handgun in the mail, and later obtained a rifle. Hidell, a.k.a Lee Harvey Oswald, had his wife Marina take a photo of