CAPA Mission Statement
“When
powerful organized interests conspire to remove those leaders who threaten them
then the very core of democracy is compromised.” - Philip H. Melanson, Ph.D.
Joe
Green wrote for CTKA (Citizens for Truth in the Kennedy Assassination – Probe):
“The downside to not coming up with some sort of organizational structure is
that opposing forces are strengthened and even galvanized….The investigative
process is a scientific one at its best, and that means weeding out the ideas
that don't work as well as promoting the ones that do…. By promoting those
where the evidence is irrefutable, we present a more unified front to the world
and help to streamline and organize our public relations. It may not be to
everyone's taste, but it has to be done, if we are to ultimately win over the
generations to come...”
Dr.
Cyril Wecht - the Chairman of the COPA and CAPA Executive Committee:
50 years have passed since the
Warren Commission declared that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin in the
murder of President John F. Kennedy. During those decades, independent
researches, authors, medical and ballistic experts continued to expose the hard
evidence that proves the official government conclusion is invalid. We now know
that:
- - No
lone gunman could have killed President Kennedy and wounded Governor Connally.
- - The
official investigations were flawed and important leads never properly pursued.
- - Significant
unanswered questions remain in other political assassinations, such as those of
Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King.
- - The
truth remains hidden as long as the government records on these assassinations
remain sealed from the public.
Some
people may feel that there is no purpose in working to solve murders that date
back fifty years, but we know there is no time limit on the truth and no
statute of limitations in a murder case. Until we face the truth about the
assassinations of our political leaders, we cannot hope to move toward a viable
democracy in this country, nor prevent other such assassinations from
happening. No other event has frozen more people in time, or changed the shape
of the future in the same way as the assassination of President Kennedy, and we
can wait no longer for a solution, - we
must act now.
Our immediate goals are clear. We intend to:
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Work closely with the NARA and get Congress to fulfill their oversight mandate
by holding public hearings and ensure the full disclosure of the remaining
sealed records;
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Analyze the new records and educate the American people about who murdered their
leaders, who covered up the conspiracies to kill them, and why;
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Correct the media spin that says there is nothing new in these records;
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Initiate a similar process to release the records in other assassinations, especially
the HSCA MLK files that remain sealed and weren’t covered by the JFK Act;
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Answer the outstanding questions that can be answered;
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Find the historic truth and
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Seek justice.
There are hundreds of
non-profits organizations and think tanks that study war and peace and promote
democracy but only a few that focus on political assassinations as the biggest
threat to the legitimacy of the government.
Political assassination is the most serious threat to democratic government - and it occurs some where every day usually as a convenient means of maintaining and controlling power. That’s why it is important to support those who do focus on and study political assassinations as a tactic that must be opposed.
We want
to live in a country where murders will not go unpunished, and where the
democratic processes cannot be frustrated by individuals, agencies or
organizations who oppose the popular will and violate the Constitution
Recent
polls show that 85% of the American people agree with us about the evidence of
conspiracy in this case and the need to release all of the remaining withheld
records. They know they have never been told the full story by the official
investigations. We need your help to reach them and to let them know that
something can and must be done. Help us reveal the truth and tell the American
public that there is something new in these files and something can be done
about it.
This is
your organization. Working together we can make a difference now. There is an
organization that supports the latest research, uses grassroots outreach and
social media, is lobbying Congress for oversight hearings, using the courts to
free secret files and is forcing the rule of law in political assassinations.
Join Us.
We need
to address these unresolved political assassinations today in order to prevent
political assassinations from happening in the future and create the
independent investigative network that can immediately respond to any future
assassinations.
We
look forward to hearing from you,
Cyril H. Wecht, M.D., J.D.
Cyril H. Wecht, M.D., J.D.
Chairman,
Executive Committee COPA-CAPA
