The Warren Commission: Cover-Up or Truth?

19 mars 2025 Gary Whittaker

Unsealed: The JFK Files and the Secrets They Reveal

Part 4: The Warren Commission – A Cover-Up from the Start?

Introduction – Was the Official Investigation Designed to Hide the Truth?

Less than a week after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, the U.S. government rushed to calm the public, reassure allies, and close the case.

Enter the Warren Commission—a government-appointed panel that investigated JFK’s assassination and delivered the “official” story.

For decades, the Warren Report has been the foundation of the “lone gunman” theory—that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone and there was no larger conspiracy.

But newly declassified JFK files and decades of research now confirm:

The CIA and FBI manipulated the Warren Commission’s findings.
Critical witnesses were ignored, intimidated, or died under mysterious circumstances.
Key evidence—like autopsy photos and medical records—was altered, destroyed, or classified.
Commission members had deep conflicts of interest—including a former CIA director JFK had fired.

Was the Warren Commission an independent investigation? Or was it a carefully crafted cover-up to protect the real killers?

How the Warren Commission Was Rigged from the Start

1) Why Was Allen Dulles—The CIA Chief JFK Fired—On the Commission?

One of the most suspicious decisions about the Warren Commission was the appointment of Allen Dulles—a former CIA Director who JFK had personally fired after the Bay of Pigs disaster.

JFK publicly blamed Dulles and the CIA for the failed Cuba operation—and had even considered dismantling the CIA.
Despite this, Dulles was put in charge of the investigation into JFK’s assassination.
Newly unsealed files confirm that Dulles actively steered the Commission away from investigating CIA involvement.
Dulles’ former CIA colleagues were the same people the Warren Commission relied on for intelligence briefings.

What This Means in Hindsight

Dulles had every reason to mislead the investigation.
The same CIA agency JFK distrusted was now controlling his murder inquiry.
The Warren Commission was compromised before it even started.

Key question: Why was a man JFK fired leading the investigation into his murder?

2) The FBI’s Role in Covering Up Evidence

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover declared Oswald guilty before an investigation even began.
The Warren Commission relied on FBI reports that we now know were incomplete, misleading, or outright false.
Newly declassified memos show Hoover ordered agents to discredit conspiracy theories before the investigation even started.
The FBI withheld key evidence—like its knowledge of Oswald’s Cuban and Soviet ties.

What This Means in Hindsight

Hoover’s FBI shaped the Commission’s findings—before any real investigation took place.
The FBI ignored evidence that didn’t fit the “lone gunman” narrative.
Any proof of a conspiracy was suppressed to prevent national panic.

Key question: If Oswald truly acted alone, why did the FBI need to control the investigation?

3) Missing Evidence and Suspicious Witness Deaths

Key autopsy photos and X-rays vanished.
Eyewitness testimonies contradicting the official story were ignored.
Several witnesses died under suspicious circumstances before they could testify.
The single-bullet theory was mathematically impossible, yet became the Commission’s conclusion.

What This Means in Hindsight

If the case was so clear-cut, why was so much evidence lost, destroyed, or classified?
Eyewitnesses who challenged the official story were silenced—either legally or permanently.
The “magic bullet” theory was necessary to sustain the lone gunman narrative.

Key question: Was evidence deliberately removed to fit a pre-written conclusion?

The Open Case – What’s Still Missing?

Even with newly unsealed files, many critical records remain classified or destroyed:

CIA and FBI memos related to their direct role in shaping the Commission’s findings.
Missing surveillance footage and autopsy records from JFK’s death.
Detailed CIA communications from November 22, 1963, remain redacted.
Witness testimonies that contradicted the official narrative were never included in the final report.

If Oswald was guilty beyond doubt, why does the government still hide key documents?

Closing Thoughts – What’s Next in the Series?

The Warren Commission was only the beginning of the cover-up.

In the next articles, we’ll dive into:

Part 5: The Military-Industrial Complex and Vietnam – Did JFK’s Foreign Policy Get Him Killed? Why did JFK’s plans to pull out of Vietnam make him a target?
Part 6: The CIA, The Mob, and Jack Ruby – The Man Who Silenced Oswald Who really was Jack Ruby, and why did he kill Oswald?
Part 7: The Cover-Up Continues – The House Select Committee and the Fight for the Truth Why did a later investigation contradict the Warren Commission?

Your turn:
Was the Warren Commission a real investigation—or a government cover-up?

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