‘Mafia Spies’ Recounts the C.I.A. Plot to Kill Castro

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“Mafia Spies,” the new docuseries now streaming on Paramount+, takes a different tack. Based on Thomas Maier’s nonfiction book of the same name, it lays out the true story of how the C.I.A. collaborated with the mafia to plot the assassination of Castro. Much of this is documented in files about the assassination of John F. Kennedy that were released in batches by the National Archives in 2017 and 2018, and which Maier used as the basis of his book.

‘Mafia Spies’ Recounts the C.I.A. Plot to Kill Castro

The docuseries tells the bizarre but true story of the C.I.A.’s various schemes to use the mob to assassinate the leader of Cuba.

www.nytimes.com

 

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"The C.I.A., led at the time by Allen Dulles, wanted to eliminate the new Cuban prime minister Fidel Castro — or, as President Dwight D. Eisenhower put it, he wanted Castro “sawed off,” according to the historian Stephen Kinzer, who is featured in the series. Through a “cutout” (or middle man), Robert Maheu, a businessman and lawyer, the C.I.A. enlisted organized crime leaders, chiefly the Chicago Outfit’s Sam Giancana and John Roselli, to assassinate Castro. (The mafia had its own reasons for wanting Castro dead: After he seized power in 1959, Havana’s casinos were no longer a cash-cow haven for them.)

 

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“Mafia Spies,” the new docuseries now streaming on Paramount+, takes a different tack. Based on Thomas Maier’s nonfiction book of the same name, it lays out the true story of how the C.I.A. collaborated with the mafia to plot the assassination of Castro. Much of this is documented in files about the assassination of John F. Kennedy that were released in batches by the National Archives in 2017 and 2018, and which Maier used as the basis of his book.

‘Mafia Spies’ Recounts the C.I.A. Plot to Kill Castro

The docuseries tells the bizarre but true story of the C.I.A.’s various schemes to use the mob to assassinate the leader of Cuba.

www.nytimes.com

the bigger story is how the CIA shot Kennedy.

you always miss the mark on intelligence and saliency.