September 10, 2012

Did U.S. Leaders Discuss Killing Castro?

David Barrett, Miami Herald

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It only took half a century, but we finally have direct evidence of U.S. government leaders cryptically discussing ideas about assassinating Fidel Castro just months before the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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TAGGED: John F. Kennedy, John F Kennedy, JFK, United States, Cuba, Fidel Castro

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