The Assassination of John F. Kennedy: Unanswered Questions

The article analyzes the reasons and facts that caused distrust in the results of the investigation into the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy by the Warren Commission. The Warren Commission and the FBI's leadership at the time were fixated on the "single (magical) bullet theory" and the "lone shooter theory" (it was only Lee Harvey Oswald, who fired from the 6th floor window of the Texas School Book Depository Building), which ultimately resulted in a notable decrease in the quality of the investigation into President Kennedy's assassination. Although 21 witnesses stated that they heard shots fired from the direction of the grassy knoll, the Warren Commission refused to take that into account. However, analysis of the footage from the Zapruder witness film clearly showed that at least one shot at the president was not fired from the window of the Book Depository, i.e., it could not have been fired by Oswald. There was also an unacceptable confusion regarding the entry and exit holes of the bullets in President Kennedy's body. The issue of disproportionate and unauthorized control and interference by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover in the work of the Warren Commission is discussed. The article features many important photographs taken at the crime scene, as well as a number of declassified FBI documents.