[Ben Holmes]

Was the Warren Commission even intended to be an investigation?

The following facts fit far better with the intention of doing a cover-up...

For at the first meeting of the Warren Commission, here's some of Chief Warren's statements:

1. He did not want the Commission to employ any of their own investigators.
   
2. He did not want the Commission to gather evidence. Instead he wished for them to rely on reports made by other agencies like the FBI and Secret Service.
   
3. He did not want their hearings to be public. He did not want to employ the power of subpoena.
   
4. Incredibly, he did not even want to call any witnesses. He wanted to rely on interviews done by other agencies.
   
5. He then made a very curious comment, "Meetings where witnesses would be brought in would retard rather than help our investigation.

I know that not a SINGLE believer will step up and defend these facts as the beginnings of a real investigation...

(See the first three pages of the Dec 5th Executive session...)