Post by Arjan Hut on Sept 28, 2023 12:44:06 GMT -5
Did JFK really say he wanted to splinter the CIA? This article on Gizmodo.com tries to shine a light on this question:
"Thanks to Wikileaks, you may have seen a quote from President Kennedy recently about his desire to “splinter the C.I.A. in a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds.” Wikileaks used the quote as the password to decrypt its latest release about CIA spy tools. And the quote can be found in news stories around the world, including in some from The Intercept. The only problem? The origin of the quote is a bit dubious."
(read the rest of the article here)
Maybe the answer lies in Arthur Schlesinger's heavily redacted memo?
(Back to Erasing the Past nr. 560)
A famous quote, but did he say it?
"Thanks to Wikileaks, you may have seen a quote from President Kennedy recently about his desire to “splinter the C.I.A. in a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds.” Wikileaks used the quote as the password to decrypt its latest release about CIA spy tools. And the quote can be found in news stories around the world, including in some from The Intercept. The only problem? The origin of the quote is a bit dubious."
(read the rest of the article here)
Maybe the answer lies in Arthur Schlesinger's heavily redacted memo?
(Back to Erasing the Past nr. 560)
A famous quote, but did he say it?