‘In his new exposé of the National Security Agency entitled Body of Secrets, author James Bamford highlights a set of proposals on Cuba by the Joint Chiefs of Staff codenamed OPERATION NORTHWOODS. This document, titled “Justification for U.S. Military Intervention in Cuba” was provided by the JCS to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara on March 13, 1962, as the key component of Northwoods…’
via http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20010430/index.html
also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods
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