Assassination of John F. Kennedy Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===FBI investigation=== [[File:Presentation of the Young American Medals for Bravery. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Director of F.B.I. J.... - NARA - 194254.jpg|thumb|upright|left|alt=Attorney General [[Robert F. Kennedy]] and President [[John F. Kennedy]] are pictured speaking at the White House|FBI Director [[J. Edgar Hoover]] (pictured between [[Robert F. Kennedy|Robert]] and [[John F. Kennedy]] in May 1963) wrote in a 1964 memo that "we left no stone unturned".<ref name="bug338"/>]] The FBI immediately launched an investigation into the assassination, relying on a federal statute that forbade assaulting a federal officer. Within 24 hours of the killing, FBI Director Hoover sent President Johnson a preliminary report finding that Oswald was the sole culprit. After Ruby killed Oswald, Johnson decided that the Texan authorities were incompetent and instructed the FBI to conduct a complete investigation.<ref name="kurtz2">[[#Kurtz|Kurtz (1982)]], p. 2.</ref> On December 9, 1963, the Warren Commission received the FBI's report of its investigation which concluded that three bullets had been fired{{mdashb}}the first striking Kennedy in the upper back; the second striking Connally; and the third striking Kennedy in the head, killing him.<ref name=":2">[[#assoc|Associated Press (1963)]], p. 16.</ref> The FBI continued to serve as the main investigative arm of the Warren Commission in the field. A total of 169 FBI agents worked on the case, conducting over 25,000 interviews and writing over 2,300 reports.<ref name="bug338">[[#Bugliosi2007|Bugliosi (2007)]], p. 338.</ref> The thoroughness of the FBI's investigation is contested. Bugliosi applauded its quality and cites conspiracy theorist [[Harrison Edward Livingstone]]'s praise of the FBI's commitment to following all leads.<ref>[[#Bugliosi2007|Bugliosi (2007)]], pp. 338β339.</ref> In its 1979 report, the HSCA found that the FBI's investigation of pro- and anti-Castro Cubans, and any connections to Oswald or Ruby, was insufficient.<ref name="bug338"/> The HSCA also noted that Hoover "seemed determined [to make the case that Oswald was the lone assassin] within 24 hours of the assassination".<ref>[[#Bugliosi2007|Bugliosi (2007)]], p. 339.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page