... "ascertain, evaluate and report upon the facts relating to the assassination of the late President John F. Kennedy." The seven man commission was headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren and included Gerald Ford, Allen W. Dulles, John J. McCloy, Richard B. Russell, John S. Cooper and Thomas H. Boggs. The Warren Commission reported to President Johnson ten months later. It reached the following conclusions: (1) The shots which killed ... ...

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... shots. The Warren Commission was a government, within a government of the United States. It was oddly formed by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson who appointed Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren, Congressman Gerald R. Ford, and former CIA head Allen W. Dulles, who had been fired by President Kennedy. The commission attempted to protect the Vice Presidents interest in that it took the speculation off him ... ...

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