John Sherman Cooper Quotes

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• The police had already found the cartridges and the rifles and the bag in the Texas School Depository and within a half an hour, those…
• I never initiated nor did the FBI ever initiate any conversation or correspondence with me.
• I would like you to consider the difference in the time from 1963 to date. The FBI, at that time, was headed by Mr. Hoover…
• 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…
• I met Mr. Hoover socially. I never talked to him about anything connected with his work. We just met him.
• 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…
• I think he Oswald felt he was a failure and for the United States and for President Kennedy and all of us. He knew he…
• I would like that to be known; these facts are in the summary which I think is a very good one.
• 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…
• 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…
• Our staff not only received the reports from these agencies, they examined them. They questioned them.
• The intelligence investigation under the leadership of Senator Church, which I know has helped cause this investigation by you, points out that the agencies did…
• 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…
• There is no evidence of any kind except that is directed toward Oswald.
• Very curious, at the age of about 13 years, Oswald began to study Marxism and he kept on in his writing, affirming that he was…
• 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…
• I don't think anybody ever thought about the CIA meddling in internal affairs. The shock of the President's death called for an immediate investigation. It…
• I don't think many people have ever read the report. Who has read 26 volumes of this case? How many read the summary? If you…
• 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…
• 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…

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