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D. Agencies and departments of the U.S Government performed with varying degrees of competency in the fulfillment of their duties President John F. Kennedy did not receive adequate protection. A thorough and reliable investigation into the responsibility of Lee Harvey Oswald for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was conducted The investigation into the possibility of conspiracy in the assassination was inadequate. The conclusions of the investigations were arrived at in good faith but presented in a fashion that was too definitive.
1. The Secret Service was deficient in the performance of its duties.
(a) The Secret Service possessed information that was not properly analyzed investigated or used by the Secret Service in connection with the President's trip to Dallas; in addition Secret Service agents in the motorcade were inadequately prepared to protect the President from a sniper.
(b) The responsibility of the Secret Service to investigate the assassination was terminated when the Federal Bureau of Investigation assumed primary investigative responsibility
2. The Department of Justice failed to exercise initiative in supervising and directing the investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the assassination.
3. The Federal Bureau of Investigation performed with varying degrees of competency in the fulfillment of its duties.
(a) The Federal Bureau of Investigation adequately investigated Lee Harvey Oswald prior to the assassination and properly evaluated the evidence it possessed to assess his potential to endanger the public safety in a national emergency
(b) The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a thorough and professional investigation into the responsibility of Lee Harvey Oswald for the assassination.
(c) The Federal Bureau of Investigation failed to investigate adequately the possibility of a conspiracy to assassinate the President.
(d) The Federal Bureau of Investigation was deficient in its sharing of information with other agencies and departments.
4. The Central Intelligence Agency was deficient in its collection and sharing of information both prior to and subsequent to the assassination.
5. The Warren Commission performed with varying degrees of competency in the fulfillment of its duties
(a) The Warren Commission conducted a thorough and professional investigation into the responsibility of Lee Harvey Oswald for the assassination
(b) The Warren Commission failed to investigate adequately the possibility of a conspiracy to assassinate the President. This deficiency was attributable in part to the failure of the Commission to receive all the relevant information that was in the possession of other agencies and departments of the Government.
