NPACT coverage of Church Committee Hearings - Assassinations
NPACT coverage of Church Committee Hearings - Assassinations
Simmons Fentress of Time Magazine discusses the plot to assassinate Fidel Castro, on going from 1959-1965. Mention of the involvement of the CIA, U.S. Presidents, and the Mafia being used as a contact in Miami.
NPACT coverage of Church Committee Hearings - Assassinations
Simmons Fentress of Time Magazine discusses why the Mafia may have become involved with the CIA in the attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro. The Mafia had a way to get their hooks into the U.S. government by working with the CIA.
NPACT coverage of Church Committee Hearings - Assassinations
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NPACT coverage of Church Committee Hearings - Assassinations
Simmons Fentress of Time Magazine continues discussing possible motives for the Mafia help the CIA in plots to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover blew the whistle on government involvement with the Mafia.
NPACT coverage of Church Committee Hearings - Assassinations
Program moderator Paul Duke discusses U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover finding evidence of a CIA tie to the Mafia, but did not inquire any further as to what they had found. Duke reads brief quote from RFK regarding the investigation into the CIA and Mafia.
NPACT coverage of Church Committee Hearings - Assassinations
Simmons Fentress of Time Magazine discusses what John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, may have known about Mafia involvement with the CIA.