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! ===Rockefeller Commission=== {{Main|United States President's Commission on CIA Activities within the United States}} In 1975, President [[Gerald Ford]]—who had been a member of the Warren Commission a decade prior—established the [[United States President's Commission on CIA Activities within the United States]], better known as the Rockefeller Commission after its chairman, Vice President [[Nelson Rockefeller]].<ref>[[#Bugliosi2007|Bugliosi (2007)]], pp. xix, 369.</ref><ref name="ford">[[#Ford|"U.S. President's Commission on CIA Activities within the United States Files, [1947-74] 1975". Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum.]]</ref> The commission received a mandate to determine if any domestic activities by the CIA were unlawful and to make appropriate recommendations: accordingly, it also re-examined the Kennedy assassination.<ref name="bug369">[[#Bugliosi2007|Bugliosi (2007)]], p. 369.</ref> [[File:Back-and-to-the-left-fairuse.png|thumb|left|upright=1.7|alt=Four juxtaposed frames from the Zapruder film illustrating the backwards motion of his head and body after the fatal head shot|The [[Rockefeller Commission]] first proposed that the backwards motion of Kennedy following the fatal shot—which conspiracy theorists claim is indicative of a shot from the grassy knoll—was due to a "seizure-like neuromuscular reaction".]] After five months of investigation, the Rockefeller Commission submitted its report to President Ford.<ref>[[#Bugliosi2007|Bugliosi (2007)]], p. 1214.</ref> The report reviewed the medical evidence and agreed that Kennedy had been killed by two shots from behind.<ref name="bug369"/> Refuting Garrison's claims that the backwards motion of Kennedy's head seen on the Zapruder film was indicative of a grassy knoll shooter,<ref name="backandtotheleft"/> the commission found that "such a motion would be caused by a violent straightening and stiffening of the entire body as a result of a seizure-like neuromuscular reaction to major damage inflicted to nerve centers in the brain".<ref name="reitzes">[[#Reitzes|Reitzes (2013)]]</ref> The later HSCA suggested that the "[[Newton's laws of motion#Third|propulsive effect resulting from brain matter]]" ejected from the exit wound may have been responsible.<ref>[[#Bugliosi2007|Bugliosi (2007)]], p. 484.</ref> Pathologist [[Vincent Di Maio]] testified before the HSCA that the notion of a "transfer of momentum" from a grassy knoll bullet was unfounded and something from "[[Arnold Schwarzenegger filmography|Arnold Schwarzenegger]] pictures".<ref name="reitzes"/> The Rockefeller Commission also sought to determine whether CIA operatives—particularly [[E. Howard Hunt]] and [[Frank Sturgis]]—were present in Dealey Plaza during the assassination, and whether they were among the "[[three tramps]]" pictured shortly after the assassination. The commission found no evidence for these claims.<ref name="ford"/> It also inquired into purported connections between the CIA and Oswald and Ruby, for which it found no evidence and concluded was "farfetched speculation".<ref name="ford"/> They concluded that there was "no credible evidence of CIA involvement".<ref name="bug369"/> 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