I am very proud to come back, to speak on the disinterested effort we have made and I believe that, with all due respect, that the decisions we made, when we turned our final report over to President Johnson, will stand in history. John Sherman Cooper backdecisiondisinterested share on social
Our staff not only received the reports from these agencies, they examined them. They questioned them. John Sherman Cooper agencyexaminequestion Change image and share on social
We provided complete protection to witnesses - right of attorney, right of record, right to cross-examine, and open hearing if they desired. Only Mr. Lane asked for an open hearing. John Sherman Cooper askattorneycomplete Change image and share on social
Rather, like the anarchists of the last century, he didn't care if he was killed or not. They just wanted to be known. We found no trace of any conspiracy. John Sherman Cooper anarchistcarecentury Change image and share on social
The tests which showed that this was the only rifle which had the markings which were shown on the bullets; the fact that a man was seen by several witnesses, not identified, but seen in the window with the general description of what he looked like. John Sherman Cooper bulletdescriptionfact share on social
Now, people have said that somebody told them that they saw somebody on the railroad bank or saw somebody going over the bank, but no one has ever been able to show any cartridges, any rifle, any pistol, no one has ever found anything other than the evidence about Oswald. John Sherman Cooper bankcartridgeevidence share on social
I must say, to be very honest about it, that I held in my mind during the life of the Commission, that there had been three shots and that a separate shot struck Governor Connally. John Sherman Cooper commissionconnallygovernor Change image and share on social
We found what we could at that time - the truth. If somebody else can find something else which we didn't find, that, of course, is a duty on their part, as is the truth. It will be the truth. John Sherman Cooper dutyfindpart Change image and share on social
The original judgment of the FBI, the Secret Service, and the CIA was that there were three shots. I don't think that convinced us except as a statement by people, many of them who were familiar with ballistics. This question troubled me greatly. John Sherman Cooper ballisticciaconvince share on social
It was determined, as shown in the report of the Commission, which I can read to you, but I know you are familiar with the report. It states there was disagreement on this issue, particularly as the subject was debated, that there were different opinions about it. John Sherman Cooper commissiondebatedetermine share on social
