In the FINAL REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE tasked to investigate the investigation of Kennedy's assassination, dated April 23, 1976, it is evident that FBI Director Hoover is not concerned about national security, but about protecting the reputation of the FBI... and very likely a few guilty parties who pulled off the coup.
PAGE 4 of the FINAL REPORT:
"The evidence suggests that during the Warren Commission
investigation top FBI officials were continually concerned with protecting
the Bureau's reputation and avoiding any criticism...."
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The Committee has found that the FBI, the agency with primary
responsibility in the matter, was ordered by Director Hoover and
pressured by higher government officials, to conclude its investigation
QUICKLY. The FBI conducted its investigation in an atmosphere of concern among senior Bureau officials that it would be criticized and its
reputation tarnished. Rather than addressing its investigation to all
significant circumstances, including all possibilities of conspiracy, the
FBI investigation focused narrowly on Lee Harvey Oswald.
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Almost immediately after the assassination, Director Hoover, the
Justice Department and the White House "exerted pressure" on
senior Bureau officials to complete their investigation and issue a
factual report supporting the conclusion that Oswald was the lone
assassin.
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In a telephone conversation with White House Aide Walter Jenkins
immediately following Oswald's murder, Director Hoover stated:
"The thing I am MOST CONCERNED ABOUT, and so is Mr. Katzen-
bach, is having something issued so we can convince the
public that Oswald is the real assassin."
The pressure to issue a report that would establish Oswald as the lone
assassin is reflected in internal Bureau memoranda.
