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2017-11-04 Caribbean-Latin America

Did the Dastardly CIA Really Try Repeatedly to Assassinate Poor Innocent Little Fidel Castro?

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-11-04 01:03|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
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#1 "No coherent plan was ever developed within the CIA." I recall Director of National Intelligence Clapper saying when asked about unmasking: "no," or at least "not wittingly." Three-letter agencies tend to parse and weigh words.

Does the Bay of Pigs count as a plot? Years ago (circa 1959-60), I recall that a private company with interests in Cuba was offering $1 mil for a hit on Castro, at least that was the rumor.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-11-04 08:42|| 2017-11-04 08:42|| Front Page Top

#2 The origins of the "coherent plan" were that Castro was to be installed as the Cuban leader. Quite obviously the plan worked.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-11-04 09:00|| 2017-11-04 09:00|| Front Page Top

#3 What goes around comes around.
BoP events reminds me of another more recently failed CIA project in Benghazi.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-11-04 15:29|| 2017-11-04 15:29|| Front Page Top

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