Allamagan Posted June 27, 2007 CIA conspired with mafia to kill Castro The CIA conspired with a Chicago gangster described as "the chieftain of the Cosa Nostra and the successor to Al Capone" in a bungled 1960 attempt to assassinate Fidel Castro, the leader of Cuba's communist revolution, according to classified documents published by the agency yesterday. The disclosure is contained in a 702-page CIA dossier known as the "Family Jewels" compiled at the behest of then agency director James Schlesinger in 1973. According to a memo written at the time, the purpose of the dossier was to identify all current and past CIA activities that "conflict with the provisions of the National Security Act of 1947" - and were, in other words, illegal. The dossier covers operations including domestic surveillance, kidnapping, infiltration of anti-war movements, and the bugging of leading journalists. But its detailed information on assassination attempts against foreign leaders is likely to attract most attention. The plot to kill Mr Castro, whom the US government at the time considered a threat to national security and a stooge of the Soviet Union, begins quietly and sinisterly in August 1960. The documents released yesterday describe how a CIA officer, Richard Bissell, approached the CIA's Office of Security to establish whether it had "assets that may assist in a sensitive mission requiring gangster-type action. The mission target was Fidel Castro". The dossier continues: "Because of its extreme sensitivity, only a small group was made privy to the project. The DCI (Director of Central Intelligence Allen Welsh Dulles) was briefed and gave his approval." Following the meeting with the Office of Security, Bissell employed a go-between, Robert Maheu, and asked him to make contact with "gangster elements". Maheu subsequently reported an approach to Johnny Roselli in Las Vegas. Roselli is described as "a high-ranking member of the 'syndicate' (who) controlled all the ice-making machines on the (Las Vegas) Strip and (who) undoubtedly had connections leading into the Cuban gambling interests". The CIA is careful to cover its tracks. According to the dossier, Maheu told Roselli that he (Maheu) has been retained by international businesses suffering "heavy financial losses in Cuba as a result of Castro's action. They were convinced that Castro's removal was the answer to their problem and were willing to pay the price of $150,000 (£75,000) for its successful accomplishment". Roselli was also told that the US government was not, and must not become aware of the operation. Roselli in turn led the CIA to a friend, known as Sam Gold. In September 1960, Maheu was introduced to Gold and his associate, known as Joe. In a development that appears to underscore the amateurishness of the whole operation, Maheu subsequently accidentally spotted photographs of "Sam and Joe" in Parade magazine. Gold was in fact Momo Salvatore Giancana, "the chieftain of Cosa Nostra (the mafia) and the successor to Al Capone". Joe was actually Santos Trafficante, Cosa Nostra boss of Cuban operations. At a meeting at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Gold/Giancana suggested that rather than try to shoot or blow up Mr Castro, "some type of potent pill that could be placed in Castro's food or drink would be much more effective". He said a corrupt Cuban official, named as Juan Orta, who was in debt to the syndicate and had access to the Cuban leader, would carry out the poisoning. The CIA subsequently obtained and supplied "six pills of high lethal content" to Orta but after several weeks of abortive attempts, Orta demanded "out" of the operation. Another disaffected Cuban was recruited to do the job, but he demanded money up front. In the event, the dossier relates, "the project was cancelled shortly after the Bay of Pigs episode" (in April, 1961). Yesterday's document release under the Freedom of Information Act also reveals details of CIA bugging and surveillance operations and the handling of a Soviet defector and KGB agent, Yuri Ivanovich Nosenko, in 1965-67. Also made public are 147 pages of documents relating to CIA assessments of the Soviet and Chinese cold war leaderships. "The CIA fully understands it has an obligation to protect the nation's secrets, but it also has a responsibility to be as open as possible," CIA director Michael Hayden said yesterday. "The declassification of historical documents is an important part of that effort." Source: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
me Posted June 27, 2007 Allamagan do you have this from the CIA website? they have allot fo declassified material from the 60's now. Maybe even stuff about Somalia. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ms DD Posted June 27, 2007 Salaam How is this news? We knew this...didnt we? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N.O.R.F Posted June 27, 2007 More interested in Malik Al Shabazz's (Malcolm X) Allah Yarxamu, Dossier. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacaylbaro Posted June 27, 2007 This was knows saaxiibayaal ,,,,,,,,,, more to come Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allamagan Posted June 27, 2007 Originally posted by me: Allamagan do you have this from the CIA website? they have allot fo declassified material from the 60's now. Maybe even stuff about Somalia. ME, if you go to CIA website and do a query or search by the word "Somalia", you will get considerable amounts of valuable declassified data back. Here are some selected titles. Very interesting though, it is picture format and cant be copied to be pasted here in SOL! Have a nice read. Somalia ------- 1- SOMALILAND PRESIDENT EGAL SPEAKS ON MYSTERIOUS BOMB BLAST 2- SOMALIA: DEALING WITH AIDEED 3- SOMALIA: LESSONS LEARNED FROM WHAT HASN'T WORKED 4- ETHIOPIA: THE IMPACT OF SOVIET MILITARY ASSISTANCE 5- ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA: OGAAADENIA SITUATION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR PRESIDENT SIAD 6- SOMALIA AND INSURGENCY IN THE OGAAADENIA 7- THE COUP ATTEMPT IN SOMALIA: BACKGROUND 8- (ESTIMATED PUB DATE) KENYA - SOMALIA - A COMPARISON OF MILITARY FORCES 9- SOMALIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR PRESIDENT SIAD OF A SOMALI WITHDRAWAL 10- POSSIBLE REPERCUSSIONS OF A SOVIET WIN IN ETHIOPIA/SOMALIA 11- INCREASED SOVIET MILITARY ADVISOR ROLE AND SOVIET GENERAL'S RECOMMENDATIONS CIA website Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peacenow Posted June 27, 2007 After what he done in the ****** War, I will look forward to the day when he dies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malika Posted June 27, 2007 ^^^Which war??, If I am to assume your talking about the Ethio-Somalia war..then its not him that you should be angry with...more like a miscalculation of the late Somali president.. CIA,arent they fascinating! they are behind every assassination of great men! e.g Nkurumah,Malcom X Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacaylbaro Posted June 27, 2007 Wasn't that a Castro who was directly fighting side by side with the Ethiopians ??? i remember some of the Cuban prisooners back in the days ,,,,,,,,, KUUBO NAAS DHEER baanu ugu yeedhi jirnay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allamagan Posted June 27, 2007 1978, KENYA - SOMALIA - A COMPARISON OF MILITARY FORCES Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chimera Posted June 27, 2007 May he and His brother burn in hell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allamagan Posted June 27, 2007 ^ Be presice adeer, who and his brother are you talking about here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malika Posted June 27, 2007 Jacaylbaro,You were old enough then?? Yes, Castro felt betrayed by Siad,after all he claimed to be a Socialist,then turned around and sold his soul to the Americans...after a meeting between Mengistu and Siad,Siad promised not to invade Ethiopia,but just weeks after the meeting he did, Castro didnt have a choice but to support his then allie Ethiopia.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chimera Posted June 27, 2007 Allamagan Fidel and Raul Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
