Gerald Ford: Difference between revisions

On November 29, 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Ford to the [[Warren Commission]], a special task force set up to investigate the [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassination]] of President [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref name="Miller Center of Public Affairs">{{cite web |url=http://millercenter.org/presidentialclassroom/exhibits/lbj-appoints-gerald-ford-to-the-warren-commission |title=LBJ Appoints Gerald Ford to the Warren Commission |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=Miller Center of Public Affairs |access-date=August 20, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925144354/http://millercenter.org/presidentialclassroom/exhibits/lbj-appoints-gerald-ford-to-the-warren-commission |archive-date=September 25, 2015 }}</ref> Ford was assigned to prepare a biography of accused assassin [[Lee Harvey Oswald]]. He and [[Earl Warren]] also interviewed [[Jack Ruby]], Oswald's killer. According to a 1963 [[FBI]] memo that was released to the public in 2008, Ford was in contact with the FBI throughout his time on the Warren Commission and relayed information to the deputy director, [[Cartha DeLoach]], about the panel's activities.<ref name="WarrenJustice">{{cite book|title=Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made|last=Newton|first=Jim|publisher=Penguin Group|year=2007|isbn=978-1-59448-270-0}}</ref><ref name="WPostFBI">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/07/AR2008080702757.html|title=Ford Told FBI of Skeptics on Warren Commission|last=Stephens|first=Joe|date=August 8, 2008|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=September 8, 2009|archive-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501151341/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/07/AR2008080702757.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="FBI File">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-08-09-ford-fbi-file_N.htm|title=Ford told FBI about panel's doubts on JFK murder|work=USA Today|date=August 9, 2008|access-date=September 2, 2009|archive-date=November 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106005356/http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-08-09-ford-fbi-file_N.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In the preface to his book, ''A Presidential Legacy and The Warren Commission'', Ford defended the work of the commission and reiterated his support of its conclusions.<ref>{{Cite book | last=Ford | first=Gerald R. | title=A Presidential Legacy and The Warren Commission | year=2007|publisher=The FlatSigned Press|isbn=978-1-934304-02-0 | url=https://archive.org/details/presidentiallega00gera| url-access=registration }}</ref>