CIA terror plots to bomb, starve, and sabotage the Cuban Revolution
NOVANEWS
By Nick Pardee
The Oct. 26 release of files related to the assassination of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy shed light on brazen terror plots hatched by the Central Intelligence Agency against the Cuban Revolution. The CIA’s plans included potential attacks on the island as well as in cities throughout the United States. Their intention was to blame Fidel Castro alongside Cuba’s new revolutionary government, and their aim was to build a pretext for regime change.
Taken from the files, in a document summarizing the CIA’s covert Operation Mongoose:
“We could develop a Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area, in other Florida cities and even in Washington. The terror campaign could be pointed at Cuban refugees seeking haven in the United States. We could sink a ...