things that happened after oswald s murder was that we, you know, were forever denied the why. people at the time believed he did it. the question was why. there are questions continually coming up about the possibility of an international plot. there is still all this thought that the russians might be behind it. or cuba might be behind it. johnson sees there s a real danger in that. you want to put these rumors to rest. investigations into all the facts of these last four days may not be limited to the state of texas or the fbi. some congressmen already have suggested a congressional investigation. killing a president wasn t a federal crime at the time, so you had the federal government intervening in still what was a local murder. there certainly was a concern of competing investigations. there was the dallas criminal investigation, there was the
with that many assassins, i don t know how kennedy made it to the autopsy table. garrison announced he discovered a code. he says jack ruby s unlisted telephone number is in address books belonging to oswald. he just changed the digits around, added numbers. then you subtract 1300, and that gives you ruby s unlisted telephone number. mr. garrison, if the p. o. didn t exist until late 65, how could it be jack ruby s phone number? you obviously missed the point. when anyone exposed garrison, he would say the cia agents. who s suppressing this information? the federal government is suppressing it who in the federal government? the administration. the administration of your government is suppressing it
killed the president, yes. is there any evidence any one else may have been linked with oswald in this shooting. at this time, we don t believe so. i don t know what this is all about. did you kill the president? no, sir, i didn t. sir? did you shoot the president? i work in that building. were you in the building at the time? naturally, if i work in that building, yes, sir. back up, man. did you shoot the president? no, they re taking me in because of the fact that i lived in the soviet union. did you shoot the president? i m just a patsy. this is room 317, homicide bureau here at the dallas police station. as you see, they are bringing the weapon allegedly used in the assassination of president john f. kennedy this afternoon at 12:30 here in dallas. 6.5 made in italy in 1940. police have traced a rifle purchased in chicago by mail
have seized. could oswald have fired three shots in 5.6 seconds. a lot of attention was given to the zapruder film and when the president was hit first and second. there was a track constructed to match exactly the heights and distances in the plaza. if there wasn t enough time, then you would have a second shooter. oswald was not an expert shot. he was a good shot, but making the shots were not that tough at all. cbs did it. a guy from the military did it. those three shots he got off in 2.6 seconds. the zapruder film became the lens through which the assassination was seen. if it didn t happen on the zapruder film, it didn t happen. zapruder started the camera when the limo was about
In what many consider to be the greatest conspiracy in American history, members of the Warren Commission staff and others attempt to explain in their eyes why.