Bertrand Russell, in his nineties, wrote a paper questioning the conclusions of the Warren Commission on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The paper was entitled, 16 Questions On the Assassination, by Bertrand Russell, and published on September 6, 1964. It begins with the following paragraph, setting the stage for a series of penetrating questions, some of which have never been fully answered.

"The official version of the assassination of President Kennedy has been so riddled with contradictions that it is been abandoned and rewritten no less than three times. Blatant fabrications have received very widespread coverage by the mass media, but denials of these same lies have gone unpublished. Photographs, evidence and affidavits have been doctored out of recognition. Some of the most important aspects of the case against Lee Harvey Oswald have been completely blacked out. Meanwhile, the F.B.I., the police and the Secret Service have tried to silence key witnesses or instruct them what evidence to give. Others involved have disappeared or died in extraordinary circumstances."