[Sample B: Approval/Signature Sheet] - George Mason University

of a cover-up, as many Warren Commission critics alleged. The Committee
acknowledged the Commission’s flaws in rushing to complete its investigation, over-
stating the evidence, and failing to pursue leads of possible conspiracy, especially
concerned organized. Despite these serious shortcomings, the House panel praised the
Commission for conducting its investigation “in good faith, competently, and with high
integrity.” 431
In looking at Oswald’s life, the Committee outlined sketchy links between the
alleged assassin and organized crime and his involvement with anti-Castro Cubans
despite his purported pro-Castro sympathies. At the same time, the Committee accepted
at face value the CIA’s denial that Oswald was connected to American intelligence in any
way. The Committee declared that "The Warren Commission was, in fact, incorrect in
concluding that Oswald...had no significant associations, therefore its finding of no
conspiracy was not reliable." 432 One of Oswald's Fair Play for Cuba leaflets had the
address of 544 Camp Street, which the Committee said, was associated, paradoxically,
with anti-Castro activities and Bannister. Oswald also allegedly had some connections to
the New Orleans Mafia through an uncle, Charles "Dutz" Murrett, "a minor underworld
gambling figure," who had associations with "significant organized crime figures
affiliated with the Marcello organization." 433
Unlike the Warren Commission, the Committee also believed Sylvia Odio’s story
that a man named as “Leon Oswald” who she recognized after the assassination as Lee
431 House Report, 336.
432 House Report, 108.
433 House Report, 209.
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