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! ===Church Committee=== {{Main|Church Committee}} [[File:Church Committee report (Book II) (page 1 crop).jpg|thumb|upright=.7|alt=Title page of Book II of the Church Committee report|Church Committee report (Book II)]] In 1975, following the [[Watergate scandal]] and the revelation of CIA misconduct by [[Seymour Hersh]] (the CIA's so-called "[[Family Jewels (Central Intelligence Agency)|Family Jewels]]"), the [[U.S. Senate]] launched the [[United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities]]βbetter known as the Church Committee after its chairman, Senator [[Frank Church]].<ref>[[#jewels|"Timeline of the C.I.A.'s 'Family Jewels'". ''The New York Times'']]</ref><ref>[[#x|"Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities". US Senate.]]</ref><ref>[[#Bugliosi2007|Bugliosi (2007)]], pp. 369β370.</ref> The committee was to investigate all improper and unlawful actions by the CIA and FBI, both foreign and domestic. Due to persisting theories, the Church Committee organized a subcommittee (staffed by Senators [[Richard Schweiker]] and [[Gary Hart]]) to examine CIA and FBI conduct pertaining to the assassination.<ref name="bug370">[[#Bugliosi2007|Bugliosi (2007)]], p. 370.</ref> In its final report, the Church Committee concluded that there was no evidence of a CIA- or FBI-led conspiracy.<ref name="bug370"/> They found that the original investigation into the assassination was "deficient" and criticized the FBI and CIA for withholding information from the Warren Commission. In particular, it noted that knowledge of the [[CIA Assassination attempts on Fidel Castro|CIA's many failed attempts to assassinate Castro]] may have significantly affected the course of the investigation.<ref name="bug370"/><ref name="thehorror"/> Moreover, the Church Committee revealed that the CIA had conspired with the [[Italian-American Mafia|Mafia]] in these plots against Castro.<ref name="bug370"/><ref>[[#Sabato|Sabato (2013)]], p. 548.</ref> These revelations led to further public scrutiny of the assassination.<ref name="thehorror">[[#Kurtz|Kurtz (1982)]], p. 8.</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