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Octafish

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35. LEMNITZER and DULLES knew Bay of Pigs Operation was COMPROMISED, yet gave it their blessings...
Sat Feb 4, 2012, 05:51 PM
Feb 2012

...to proceed, right to JFK's face. It's on the record, and too much public scrutiny may significantly decrease the treasonous bastards getting away with it.

The Cubans knew the time and place of invasion. And the United States knew they knew. Yet, JCS Chairman LEMNITZER and CIA Director DULLES knew Bay of Pigs Op was COMPROMISED, yet told President Kennedy their plan -- developed under Eisenhower and presumably for the Nixon madministration to come -- would work without the United States having to intervene militarily.

So, Castro knew the time and place for the attack. Knowing the plan was the compromised, let alone stupid from a military and political point of view, they failed to inform the President. How is that not treason?



Three MO' bits on JFK and the Bay of Pigs Thing...

Know your BFEE: At every turn, JFK was opposed by War Party

"Wasn't that, like, the Bay of Pigs Thing?"

JFK Would NEVER Have Fallen for Phony INTEL!

If it wasn't for JFK saying, "No," to the warmongering anticommunist paranoid greedheads, it's very possible none of us would be here now.

Okay CIA Admitt you don't want us to see something. DON"T CALL US STUPID! Justice wanted Feb 2012 #1
A prime actor (or actors) is still alive. HubertHeaver Feb 2012 #6
EXACTLY!!! Ecumenist Feb 2012 #11
The truth would confuse us Politicalboi Feb 2012 #2
Yeah because they obviously didn't know what the fuck they were doing, either! nt gateley Feb 2012 #3
BS. Rex Feb 2012 #4
Oh I BET it will... nt Poll_Blind Feb 2012 #5
Years ago, the book The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #7
Given how much of the Bay of Pigs was done when the CIA was gobbling acid, you're probably right on saras Feb 2012 #8
DU and the American People Ichingcarpenter Feb 2012 #10
This is the best time to release it. 20-30 years from now the red scare / cold war... joshcryer Feb 2012 #9
I'm hoping my friend Octafish will Ichingcarpenter Feb 2012 #12
LEMNITZER and DULLES knew Bay of Pigs Operation was COMPROMISED, yet gave it their blessings... Octafish Feb 2012 #35
Thanks for finding the history, photo Ichingcarpenter Feb 2012 #42
You are most welcome, Ichingcarpenter. The first link's Vol. III is key. Octafish Feb 2012 #44
Damn Solly Mack Feb 2012 #13
Funny, I don't feel confused, even conflicted. DCKit Feb 2012 #14
What a bunch of horseshit gopiscrap Feb 2012 #15
So it's classified...CONFUSING? pinboy3niner Feb 2012 #16
They are correct hootinholler Feb 2012 #17
We need a Bradley Manning in the CIA. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2012 #18
Wouldn't you want someone more competent? msanthrope Feb 2012 #19
The thugs in the CIA are unwilling. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2012 #21
Again, though, wouldn't you want someone more competent than Manning msanthrope Feb 2012 #22
If what Manning did was "no big deal" then why is he on trial? Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2012 #23
Because despite his defender's claims, what he did is a 'big deal.' msanthrope Feb 2012 #27
Competent is what sense? Whistle blowing or getting caught whistle blowing? Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2012 #28
Manning has something more important than "competence." Octafish Feb 2012 #36
How much integrity do you think it took for him to hit a woman in the face? msanthrope Feb 2012 #38
She was his boss and beat him down over it. Octafish Feb 2012 #39
Oh yeah...having to be restrained after hitting a female superior is full of integrity. msanthrope Feb 2012 #40
I'm not making a case. I support Manning over secret government. Octafish Feb 2012 #41
Yes. They are laying the ground for other charges. msanthrope Feb 2012 #45
Seriously, the reason we're classifying documents now is because it would "confuse us"? Capitalocracy Feb 2012 #25
Keeping the electorate in the dark by those it hires is a favorite pastime of the politicians. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2012 #29
time to defund, dismantle cia spanone Feb 2012 #20
That is more or less what JFK said see where it got him! sce56 Feb 2012 #31
Yeah, why do we have the cia? newspeak Feb 2012 #47
I'd love to show you, but it would BLOW YOUR MIND! Capitalocracy Feb 2012 #24
"The CIA undermining its own misinformation campaign would confuse everybody" krispos42 Feb 2012 #26
The USCIA can go to hell ... T S Justly Feb 2012 #30
I'm not confused. CIA is a bunch of criminals. EFerrari Feb 2012 #32
So we'd finally learn of the source for them Higgins boats? nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #33
Time to purge the CIA of the RW fuckers contaminating it. Odin2005 Feb 2012 #34
Bullshit, the only thing "confusing the public" is not knowing or having to guess about history. Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #37
I know this is serious and I am all outraged, too, but my first reaction was to laugh. renie408 Feb 2012 #43
We might be confused into supporting Cuba. Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #46
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