James Bamford: The Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Operation Northwoods, and Iraq

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 03:19:17 GMT

According to long-hidden top-secret documents I obtained from the National Archives, Operation Northwoods called for innocent people to be shot on U.S. streets; for boats carrying refugees fleeing Cuba to be sunk; for waves of terrorism in Washington, Miami and elsewhere. Using phony evidence to blame Castro, the Joint Chiefs would get their needed pretext.