Talk:United States House Select Committee on Assassinations

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[edit] Secret Hearing

I edited the faulty line about the HSCA "suffering" in the same way as the Warren Commission in being secret. The Warren Commission was not secret. From Bugliosi's book Reclaiming History:

"Two misconceptions about the Warren Commission hearing need to be clarified...hearings were closed to the public unless the witness appearing before the Commission requested an open hearing. No witness except one...requested an open hearing...Second, although the hearings (except one) were conducted in private, they were not secret. In a secret hearing, the witness is instructed not to disclose his testimony to any third party, and the hearing testimony is not published for public consumption. The witnesses who appeared before the Commission were free to repeat what they said to anyone they pleased, and all of their testimony was subsequently published in the first fifteen volumes put out by the Warren Commission."

If the Warren Commission was "secret", why would they publish everything verbatim in 26 volumes and sell the books to the public?139.48.25.61 (talk) 20:03, 21 January 2008 (UTC)